Return to Great Dixter

published 8 July 2013

This week Country Life reports on the recent developments at Great Dixter, former home of our long-serving 'In My Garden' writer Christopher 'Christo' Lloyd (1921-2006).

With its Lutyens-designed grounds, yew topiary, carpets of meadow flowers and colourful mixed borders, this historic house is a place of pilgrimage for horticulturists worldwide.

We take a look in the Country Life Archive to track the changing face of this property through the 20th century.

ARCHIVE ARTICLES

GREAT DIXTER, SUSSEX: THE HOME OF MR. NATHANIEL LLOYD BY LAWRENCE WEAVER

EVERGREEN HEDGES: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR PLANTING AND GROWTH BY H. AVRAY TIPPING

GREAT DIXTER ROUND THE YEAR BY CHRISTOPHER LLOYD (FREE PDF DOWNLOAD)

GREAT DIXTER, SUSSEX: THE HOME OF MR. CHRISTOPHER LLOYD BY CHARLES HIND (FREE PDF DOWNLOAD)

35 YEARS IN MY GARDEN BY CHRISTOPHER LLOYD (FREE PDF DOWNLOAD)

Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.