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8 Great things about Great Dixter

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 carrotsandcalendulaLeave a comment

 Christoper Lloyd – the legendary garden writer who lived and gardened at Great Dixter in Northiam, East Sussex, and made it famous by writing about it for more than 40 years. Christo, as he was affectionately known, was the youngest of the six children of Daisy and Nathaniel Lloyd. Nathaniel made his money in colour… Continue reading 8 Great things about Great Dixter

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Secret gardens

May 2, 2016May 12, 2016 carrotsandcalendulaLeave a comment

I have always loved secret gardens, since first I read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic. So it was with delight that I entered Brighton Kemptown’s own hidden treasure, the garden that once belonged to 32 Sussex Square, bought in 1830 by Lawrence Peel, younger brother of the Prime Minister. Sussex Square is a beautiful, grand Georgian… Continue reading Secret gardens

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