Read about the development of this English Garden in East Sussex where Sir Edward Lutyens did a lot of the designing. A garden surrounding a Tudor house it is the family home of Christopher Lloyd now in his eighties, who has (and still is) written many excellent books on plants and gardening.

If you click on Great Dixter it will take you to the home page where you will be able to visit the many different parts of his garden and find out about the history of this interesting old house.

Make sure you take a look at the mixed borders filled with traditional English garden plants, the marvelous long border and the High Garden. If you are interested in wildlife gardening then take a look at the meadow flowers and the Barn garden – these ideas can be adapted for small scale gardening.

Read Christopher Lloyd’s words on the use of colour in his garden.

Clematis can be grown in many different ways in an English Garden and there are some tips on their cultivation in his clematis catalogue.

Why not visit Abbey House Gardens now for some more inspiring photos?

Enjoy your English Garden!