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  1. Support us

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Christopher Lloyd formed the Great Dixter Charitable Trust in 2004. Today Dixter inspires visitors with its exuberant and dynamic style of gardening. The surrounding estate with its meadows and ancient woodland are managed in the traditional manner to maximise biodiversity and sustainability.

Great Dixter represents a meeting of two worlds – the ornamental and the managed amongst the natural and the wild. Today, Fergus Garrett builds on Christopher Lloyd’s legacy by passing on the skills and knowledge required to future generations.

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.

Dixter relies on its Friends to help maintain its unique environment and support a horticultural training programme for gardeners of all ages and backgrounds.

Please help us to continue this work by becoming a Friend of Great Dixter or by exploring the options below. 

Donate

Donate

Great Dixter is run by an independent charitable trust and is funded by its own activities and donations. You can help by making a donation, becoming a Friend or leaving a bequest. Read more

Published: 1st January, 2021

Updated: 11th March, 2022

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Leave a legacy

Leave a legacy

The creation of a reserve fund to support running costs is key to our continued ability to train gardeners and maintain the innovative, intensive plantings and high standards of horticulture practiced in this important garden. By leaving a legacy or by making a gift in memory of a loved one, you are supporting our work. Read more

Published: 9th February, 2021

Updated: 6th April, 2023

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Make a friend a Friend

Make a friend a Friend

Support Great Dixter by making a friend a Friend for £72 per annum. Read more

Published: 4th January, 2021

Updated: 6th April, 2023

Author: Catherine Haydock

The 2023 Appeal

The 2023 Appeal

This Fund is needed to help fill the gap left from reduced visitors post pandemic for general funds and also to allow Fergus to realise his vision for the place. This could be: training scholars, urgently required restoration projects, core costs etc. Read more

Published: 25th March, 2023

Updated: 8th April, 2023

Author: Emma Davies

The North American Friends of Great Dixter

The North American Friends of Great Dixter

The purpose of the North American Friends of Great Dixter (NAFGD) is to support and promote the activities of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust. This page gives more information on how you can become involved. Read more

Published: 21st April, 2021

Updated: 26th April, 2023

Author: Catherine Haydock

Become a Friend

Become a Friend

Support the work of Great Dixter by becoming a Friend. Read more

Published: 2nd January, 2021

Updated: 30th April, 2023

Author: Catherine Haydock

About the Trust

About the Trust

Great Dixter was the family home of gardener and gardening writer Christopher Lloyd. Great Dixter is an historic house, a garden, a centre of education, and a place of pilgrimage for horticulturists from across the world. Read more

Published: 8th February, 2021

Updated: 27th October, 2023

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  • Layered Planting: an intensive 5-part online Symposium

    Layered Planting: an intensive 5-part online Symposium

    Running from January to May 2024, Head Gardener Fergus Garrett will share his knowledge and skills with you, guiding you towards creating your own long season borders in the Dixter style, through a combination of online lectures, live Q&A sessions and tailored written support material.

  • Behind the scenes at Great Dixter in October

    Behind the scenes at Great Dixter in October

    Great Dixter is a garden that delights and challenges. Our Behind the Scenes Tour in October provides a rare opportunity to enjoy a private viewing of the garden on a day when it is normally closed to the public.

  • Behind the Scenes at Great Dixter in September

    Behind the Scenes at Great Dixter in September

    Great Dixter is a garden that delights and challenges. Our Behind the Scenes Tour in September provides a rare opportunity to enjoy a private viewing of the garden on a day when it is normally closed to the public.

  • Behind the scenes at Great Dixter in August

    Behind the scenes at Great Dixter in August

    Great Dixter is a garden that delights and challenges. Our Behind the Scenes Tour in August provides a rare opportunity to enjoy a private viewing of the garden on a day when it is normally closed to the public.

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  • Opening times

    Opening times

    The House and Gardens are now closed and will re-open on Tuesday 26 March 2024. The Nursery remains open as follows: Monday to Friday 9.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm -4.30pm; Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm; closed on Sunday.

  • Tickets

    Tickets

    Pre-booked tickets are no longer required. Please purchase tickets upon arrival from the kiosk.

  • Visitor information

    Useful information to consider when visiting Great Dixter House and Gardens

  • The Nursery

    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.

  • How to find us

    Details of how to travel to Great Dixter

  • Visit the Nursery

    Visit the Nursery

    Whilst the House & Garden are now closed for the season, our fantastic Nursery is still open. Between November 2022 - April 2023, The Nursery is open: Monday - Friday 9am-12:30 and then reopens 1:30pm - 4:30pm. Saturday - 9am - 12:30 Sunday (closed) There is no entrance charge.

  • Cafe

    Cafe

    The Loggia Cafe serves a delicious range of home-made lunches and refreshments. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options are available. Please inform staff if you have any special dietary requirements or allergies and they will endeavour to help.

  • Christopher Lloyd

    Christopher Lloyd

    Great Dixter was the home of gardener and gardening writer Christopher Lloyd (1921-2006), who developed it into a hub of ideas and connections that spread out across the world.

  • Garden map

    Download a map of the garden

  • About

    Great Dixter was the family home of gardener and gardening writer Christopher Lloyd – it was the focus of his energy and enthusiasm and fuelled over 40 years of books and articles. Now under the stewardship of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust and Christopher’s friend and head gardener, Fergus Garrett, Great Dixter is an historic house, a garden, a centre of education, and a place of pilgrimage for horticulturists from across the world.

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Published: 19th March, 2014

Updated: 7th November, 2018

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