The winter solstice, now just past, is an annual event that has resonated with people in the Northern Hemisphere for thousands of years. Though the change is almost imperceptible, small fingers of light are beginning to unravel the edges of the fabric of winter darkness. The optimist in me rejoices. We haven’t yet celebrated the … Read more
Christopher Lloyd –1921-2006—was an opinionated curmudgeon and one of the twentieth century’s greatest gardeners. A native of England’s East Sussex, he was a great cook, writer, bon vivant, lover of opera and a fount of horticultural knowledge. He loved dachshunds and named his own after favorite flowers. He did not suffer fools. Though Lloyd was … Read more
A few days ago I read an article in The Telegraph, an English newspaper, on the fabled long borders at Great Dixter, an estate garden that was the longtime domain of the late plantsman and author Christopher Lloyd. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9552586/Great-Dixter-gardens-going-out-in-a-blaze-of-glory.html) Great Dixter is open to the public full time, so the beds and borders have to … Read more
