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Meadows at Great Dixter and Beyond
Meadows at Great Dixter and Beyond

Meadows at Great Dixter and Beyond

By Christopher Lloyd, Introduction by Fergus Garrett, Photographs by Jonathan Buckley, Photographs by Carol Casselden

A Pimpernel Garden Classic

GARDENING

240 Pages, 8.25 x 10.75

Formats: Cloth

Cloth, $45.00 (US $45.00) (CA $54.00)

Publication Date: June 2016

ISBN 9781910258033

Rights: US & CA

Pimpernel Press (Jun 2016)

Price: $45.00
 
 

Overview

Acclaimed master of meadow gardening Christopher Lloyd, and his successor Fergus Garrett, dole out advice in this new and expanded edition

To see a meadow in bloom is a great delight—it’s alive and teeming with life, mysterious, dynamic and seemingly out of our control . . .

So Christopher Lloyd began his book on meadows, first published in 2004. No one knew more about meadow gardening than Lloyd, who spent much of his long life developing the flowering tapestries in his garden at Great Dixter, in the UK. In Meadows, he imparted that lifetime’s learning, exploring the development and management of meadow areas, explaining how to establish a meadow in a garden setting, and describing the hundreds of beautiful grasses, bulbs, and perennials and annuals that thrive in different meadow conditions. Lloyd's classic text remains at the heart of this new book. However, here Fergus Garrett, Christopher Lloyd's head gardener and his successor at Great Dixter, greatly expands and develops the theme of meadow gardening. Garrett's introduction is accompanied by brand new photography by Carol Casselden. This edition is completely redesigned.

Author Biography

Christopher Lloyd (1921-2006) wrote regularly for newspapers and magazines including the Guardian and Country Life, and was the author of many gardening books. He was created OBE in 2000 and also held the highest award of the Royal Horticultural Society, the Victoria Medal of Honour. Fergus Garrett went to Great Dixter as head gardener in 1992 and worked closely with Christopher Lloyd for the next 15 years. He has since combined his full-time, hands-on gardening role at Dixter with writing and lecturing all over the UK, Europe, the US, Australia and New Zealand.