Great Dixter Charitable Trust

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Web Name: Great Dixter Charitable Trust

WebSite: http://www.greatdixter.co.uk

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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.Gardens open 11am to 5pm. The house will remain closed until the 17th May 2021. We are closed on Mondays except on Bank Holidays. Read moreGreat Dixter is an historic house, a garden, a centre of education, and a place of pilgrimage for horticulturists from across the world.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 Fergus Garrett and the Great Dixter Charitable Trust. If Dixter remains loved and retains its own identity, everything else will fall into place. Christopher Lloyd, Nov 2005For £1,000 you can treat yourself or someone else and at the same time help to secure Dixter’s future.Published:4th January, 2021Author:Catherine HaydockApplications 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!Published:27th November, 2020Author:Catherine HaydockGreat 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.Published:10th February, 2021Author:Coralie ThomasSuccession planting in the mixed borderThe magnificent Long Border will be used as an example of how to plan and put into practice a long season border using structural plants, underplanting and interplanting of bulbs, use of self-sowers, pockets of bedding, masking with climbers, and good maintenance. This intensive day will include slides, talks and discussion sessions on the border. Read moreMeadow gardening Discover the secrets of meadow gardening using the marvellous Great Dixter meadows as an example. You will be taken through the process of creating your own meadow and maintaining it. Includes slides and talks and practical sessions in the meadows. Read moreExotic gardening Gain an insight into Great Dixter’s tropical garden. From design, plant choice, the act of planting, and maintenance, to the winter care of plants, Fergus Garrett will take you through the process step by step. Learn how to incorporate some of these plants to extend the season of colour in your own borders. The day will include slides, talks and practical sessions in the Exotic Garden. Read moreBiodiversityGreat Dixter is a haven for biodiversity. In 2017 with the help of experts, we carried out a study to assess the biodiversity of the garden and wider estate, to help us better understand how to manage it. Read moreCafeThe Cafe will be closed until the 13th April. You are welcome to bring a picnic and use the picnic tables we have set up around the car park areas until this time. Read moreThe NurseryThe 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. Read moreFamiliesGreat Dixter is a magical place for families to visit. Garden Explorers is an adventurous group for toddlers and carers which takes place each Thursday and Friday morning at Great Dixter. We hope to restart the group again soon in line with Coronavirus precautions. Read moreIf you are a frequent visitor to the garden, you may be interested in buying an Annual Ticket.These allow 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). Please choose from 1 person, 2 people or a Family ticket below.Buy Annual Tickets OnlineThese will be sent by first class post.

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