One of the pleasant features about the gardens is that they lie all around the house. Make a circuit of the gardens and you have made a circuit of the house exterior. Each has good views of the other.
Apart from a couple of mixed orchards and a scattering of trees there were no gardens here when the Lloyds arrived on the scene in 1910.
Great Dixter filmed by Howard Sooley in 2014
Explore the pages below. The descriptions are by the late Christopher Lloyd and his friend and successor, Head Gardener at Great Dixter, Fergus Garrett.
Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett on the Prairie at Great Dixter Read more
Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett on the Orchard at Great Dixter. Read more
The Sunk Garden in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett on the Lower Moat at Great Dixter Read more
The Vegetable Garden at Great Dixter Read more
The Exotic garden at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
The Peacock Garden at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
The Topiary Lawn at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
A description of the Upper Moat at Great Dixter by Fergus Garrett Read more
The Barn Garden at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
The Front Meadow at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd's words Read more
The Blue Garden at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd's words Read more
Great Dixter’s Solar Garden in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
The Wall Garden in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett on the Horse Pond at Great Dixter Read more
The High Garden at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more
Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett on the Cat Garden at Great Dixter. Read more
Head Gardener, Fergus Garrett on the Orchard Garden at Great Dixter Read more
The Long Border at Great Dixter in Christopher Lloyd’s words. Read more