Tag: Christopher Lloyd
Book Review: Hue Anxiety
The garden we loved best when we were in England last September was the late Christopher Lloyd’s Great Dixter. And so when we returned home I was determined to read some of his garden books. I have been drawn to and perplexed by the subject of color in the garden for some time, and …
Great Dixter, Part 4 (the Final Chapter)
This will be my last post on Great Dixter. As I’ve already said, it was our favorite English garden. We liked it so much, in fact, that I felt compelled, almost against my will, to enjoy some of the topiary. But only because it was so very silly. This was in the Peacock Garden. It’s …
Our Favorite English Garden in September, Part 3 (Or, Anarchy in the UK)
After swooning over the Long Border, the next area we walked through was the Orchard Garden and the High Garden. I’m treating them as a single unit for two reasons. First, I’m not completely sure which pictures were taken in which garden. And second, to me both gardens had the same sense of joyful anarchy. …
Our Favorite English Garden in September, Part 2
Time for more distraction from the snow. Here’s another installment about our visit to Great Dixter. Leaving the Sunken Garden with its pond, we walked through a stone arch toward the Wall Garden. An unexpected feature of the Wall Garden was the mosaic portrait of Christopher Lloyd’s two dachshunds, Dahlia and Canna. I like how …
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