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Student placements

Christopher Lloyd established the garden at Great Dixter as a place where young and old gardeners would meet and share their excitement for plants. His writing in both books and the press stimulated gardeners all around the world.

Students come to Dixter to learn practical skills and develop a deeper understanding of the craft of traditional flower gardening. Fergus Garrett, Christopher’s friend and head gardener, continues his legacy, both in the borders at Great Dixter and through his work with students.

We offer informal placements, which are usually short term (from a month or to a few months in length) which students carry out on a voluntary basis (although we provide living expenses and accommodation), as well as formal traineeships and scholarships. These are detailed below. 

We also offer a bursary for EU based young and trainee gardeners for travel and training.

The Nursery Traineeship

The Nursery Traineeship

Applications for the nursery traineeship are open. The chosen trainee will spend 16 months in the nursery at Great Dixter learning from the team of experienced and knowledgeable staff who work there. Click here for more information and to apply! Read more

Published: 27th November, 2020

Updated: 8th April, 2021

Author: Catherine Haydock

The Ruth Borun Scholarship

The Ruth Borun Scholarship

The Ruth Borun Scholar spends a year working in the garden at Great Dixter, is paid minimum wage and offered subsidised accommodation on site.  This Scholarship is generously funded by The Anna and Harry Borun Foundation in memory of Ruth Borun. Read more

Published: 27th November, 2020

Updated: 31st March, 2021

Author: Catherine Haydock

The Christopher Lloyd Scholarship

The Christopher Lloyd Scholarship

The Christopher Lloyd Scholar spends a year working in the garden at Great Dixter and learning from Fergus and the team. Read more

Published: 27th November, 2020

Updated: 31st March, 2021

Author: Catherine Haydock

The Christopher Lloyd Bursary

The Christopher Lloyd Bursary

Fergus Garrett and the Great Dixter Charitable Trust see the Christopher Lloyd Bursary as a way of giving something back to the horticultural world by creating opportunities for trainee or young gardeners to widen their experience and gain inspiration from experts in the UK or abroad by travelling to, and/or learning in, horticulturally interesting places, attending courses and conferences and studying plants in the wild. Read more

Published: 27th November, 2020

Updated: 12th March, 2021

Author: Catherine Haydock

Other placements

Other placements

As well as formal scholarships, Great Dixter offers placements for trainee gardeners from around the world. Read more

Published: 27th November, 2020

Updated: 12th March, 2021

Author: Catherine Haydock

The Chanticleer USA Christopher Lloyd Scholarship at Great Dixter

The Chanticleer USA Christopher Lloyd Scholarship at Great Dixter

The Chanticleer USA Christopher Lloyd Scholarship was conceived in order to provide a gardener from the United States with a year-long, practical education in the traditional style of ornamental gardening as practised at two of the world’s most respected gardens, Great Dixter in East Sussex, England, and Chanticleer near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Read more

Published: 27th November, 2020

Author: Catherine Haydock

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    The garden, house and education programme cost the Trust over £1 million a year to run. Around £700,000 of this comes from visitor, nursery and event income but the remaining £300,000 has to be found from donations as the Trust receives no regular public subsidy.

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    Our course tutors are a mixture of experienced staff and people who have had a strong connection with Dixter over the years.

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    Great Dixter Gardens is now open for exercise for local people. Please click here to book a ticket. Friends and Annual ticket holders do not need to book. From the 12th April 2021 travel outside your local area is permissible. The house itself will be closed until 17th May 2021.

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    Opening times

    The Garden at Great Dixter is now open to visitors. Friends and Annual Ticket holders do not need to book but we ask that other visitors book in advance. Gardens open 11am to 5pm. The house will remain closed until the 17th May 2021. We are closed on Mondays except on Bank Holidays.

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    The Nursery

    The Nursery was started by Christopher Lloyd in 1954, specialising in plants he deemed garden-worthy. We remain a small, personal and professional nursery. We are open to customers every day from 1st April from 9-5pm and Monday to Saturday lunchtime until the end of March, 9am-12:30, 1:30-4:30pm.

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    Annual Ticket

    If you are a frequent visitor to the garden, you may be interested in buying an Annual Ticket. These unlimited admission to the gardens, during our usual opening hours for one year and a 10% discount on plants in our Nursery(excludes mail order). These will be sent by first class post.

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    The Cafe will be closed until the 13th April. You are welcome to bring a picnic and use the picnic tables we have set up around the car park areas until this time.

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    Dixter Tricks

    In 2020 in response to the Coronavirus pandemic Great Dixter launched a series of online lectures on Zoom. These are now all available to watch online on demand on Vimeo Fergus will look at a snapshot of the garden in September 2020 he will provide insight into his staking techniques as well as editing in the borders and how best to use a notebook.

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  • The Nursery Traineeship

    The Nursery Traineeship

    Applications for the nursery traineeship are open. The chosen trainee will spend 16 months in the nursery at Great Dixter learning from the team of experienced and knowledgeable staff who work there. Click here for more information and to apply!

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If you are a frequent visitor to the garden, you may be interested in buying an Annual Ticket.

These allow unlimited admission to the gardens, during our usual opening hours for one year and a 10% discount on plants in our Nursery(excludes mail order). Please choose from 1 person, 2 people or a Family ticket below. 

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These will be sent by first class post.