Volunteer

Volunteers pictured in the garden at Great Dixter

There are a number of spaces each year for volunteers to help in the garden, in the house alongside the curator and archivist, and in the nursery.

To apply or for more information, please contact Catherine Haydock

Tel: +44 (0) 1797 254048
Email: [email protected]

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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.
Tutors

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

Joint Itinerary information

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!
Buy Tickets Online

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.
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. We are closed on Mondays except on Bank Holidays. Gardens open 11am to 5pm. The house will remain closed until the 17th May 2021.
Tickets

Details about tickets
Visitor information

Information for visitors on visiting the house, garden and nursery at Great Dixter
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.
Become a Friend

Support the work of Great Dixter by becoming a Friend.
How to find us

Details of how to travel to Great Dixter
Layered planting through the seasons

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 uses current examples from the garden to look at how layered planting at Great Dixter extends the season.
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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