In this gardening classic, Christopher Lloyd takes a glorious tour through the garden to share his thoughts on how to be more adventurous. Always one to challenge the commonplace or fashionable, his knowledge is unrivalled and the inconoclastic joy with which he dispensed with convention remains completely beguiling.

From ‘Flower of the Sentimentalists’ to a ‘Dry Wall Free-for-All’, ‘Planning a Border’ to ‘Spring Meetings’, his enthusiasm and curiosity shine through on every page. For Lloyd, gardening was nothing if not fun and, believing that ‘to be roused into an argumentative frame of mind is in itself no bad thing’, his writing is wonderfully stiumulating and thoroughly enjoyable.

Pure beeswax is used in furniture restoration, lace making and print making. Amongst other things, this handy little stick can be used to ease a stiff drawer or protect the wooden handles on old garden tools.

1oz stick.

Full title:
In My Garden
The Garden Diaries of Great Dixter

Paperback
288 pages
Bloomsbury Publishing

Taken from Christopher Lloyd’s weekly column in Country Life, In My Garden (first published in 1993) is a collection of anecdotes, advice and ruminations covering each month of the year at Great Dixter.

These scissors are incredibly robust and sharp and are ideal for cutting flowers and delicate pruning, as well as for cutting twine and string. They are traditionally used for pruning bonsai.

Dimensions:
Blade length 3cm; overall length 10cm.

This rudimentary looking gardening tool is highly valued by those that have discovered it. It is neat and nippy for hooking out weeds in window boxes, pots, and vegetable plots, as well as from between paving stones.

Dimensions:
Length 20.5 cm.

By Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto with a new introduction by Fergus Garrett

Paperback

304 Pages

Aurum

This volume contains an exchange of letters spanning the gardening year, as two long-established friends and distinguished gardeners, Beth Chatto and Christopher Lloyd share observations, anecdotes and tips from their years of experience.

Signed by Fergus Garrett

This is a nicely shaped dibber with one inch graduations for planting out seedlings and small bulbs.

Dimensions:
8 inches L

This is a nicely shaped small dibber, useful for for seeds and seedlings.

Dimensions:
5 inches L

The Great Dixter mug is 100% bone china and comes with one of four coloured logos and dachshund motifs able to be selected above. It is inspired by a long line of Dixter dachshunds.

This hand and body lotion is from Romney Marsh Wools. It is gentle, rich and soothing and contains lanolin to keep skin soft and smooth.

Not tested on animals.

150ml.