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...In 2019 they were chosen with the approval of the courtyard’s designer, Christopher Bradley-Hole, and were planted as semi-mature specimens of varying height, some of which were sourced in Germany....
...One monk used to be in the army, and there is a former teacher, lawyer, barman, artist and gardener. Quite the career changes, I think....
...In my hot youth I wrote an attack in February 1970 on heathers, an FT column which earned me a tribute from the king of garden writing, Christopher Lloyd....
...“It’s a garden where somebody’s life and personality has gone into it, a very strong central vision” “Every few years there’s a garden that people begin to talk about,” says Christopher Woodward, director...
...Perched on a rolling hillside populated by olive groves and oaks that overlooks Monte Cetona, the rustic stone edifice is surrounded by verdant grounds designed by the late British gardener Russell Page....
...In a room celebrating acclaimed gardeners — both historical and contemporary — the exhibition spotlights Antiguan-American author and gardener Jamaica Kincaid, who uses her own garden as a place through...
...The brand was established by hairstylists Sarah Jo Palmer and Christopher Deagle in a bid to reduce the amount of waste produced by the beauty industry....
...such as the one organised by Damson Farm and taught by RHS master grower Christopher Smith....
...Christopher “Christo” Lloyd’s garden has continued to thrive and evolve since his death in 2006....
...Lucian Freud, says his long-term assistant David Dawson, did not share a gardener’s or horticulturalist’s love of plants....
...A better buy now is Christo’s Yellow Lightning, a verbascum named after the great gardener Christopher Lloyd and his discovery of it in Turkey. He noticed stems of it being carried on a local donkey....
...He leaves all the dirty work to his gardener Milton, and between the two of them they keep on top of what could otherwise very easily run out of control....
...I wait for this new book by the talented Land Gardeners – out in January – I would be thrilled to be given some bags of its Climate Compost inoculum, £15....
...Great Dixter in Sussex is run on a grander scale, carrying forward the ideas and plantings of its former occupant, the famous Christopher Lloyd....
...Fifteen years after the death of its famous occupant, Christopher Lloyd, I have been back to the garden at Great Dixter in Sussex....
...John Evelyn was a diarist, botanist, intellectual and landscape gardener — and this monumental cabinet is commensurate with his manifold roles....
...I remember Christopher Lloyd telling me that he could never grow hollyhocks on his heavy soil at Great Dixter, whereas I had no problems on dry soil....
...He has spent weeks in testing conditions and introduced gardeners to some lovely plants from seed....
...Sir Leicester was also a keen gardener at his weekend home, Planes in Surrey. The BBC missed the subtlety of it, but Linda’s expectations still prompt thought....
...On the evening of August 7, Wendy and Christopher Spink at 4 Becondale Road, SE19, are opening the tropical and exotic garden that they have planted on four levels....
...A lot of people get into growing chillies who are not natural gardeners and for some it turns into an obsession.” She affectionately calls them “chilli-heads”....
...In the 1930s the family employed four gardeners....
...The fine brick house was built in the 1690s with help from Christopher Wren....
...Christopher Lloyd’s exacting specifications and glides into the soil to remove long-rooted weeds or to easily slide new plants into tight spaces....
...They travelled south and saw the inspiring nursery at Bury Court, run by John Coke and Marina Christopher in Hampshire....
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