Great Dixter, Northiam, East Sussex

Today we decided to revisit Great Dixter, somewhere we hadn't been for a number of years.. It was the family home of the renowned gardener and writer Christopher Lloyd (he died in 2006 but his legacy has been carried on by the Head Gardener Fergus Garrett), who devoted his lifetime to creating one of the most experimental, exciting and constantly changing gardens of our time. It has led the way in meadow creation, succession planting, education and supporting biodiversity. The garden contains a wide variety of interest from carpets of meadow flowers, exuberant mixed borders, yew topiary, natural ponds and sub-tropical planting.
It really is like no other garden I can think of. The planting is almost voluptuous in it's beauty, an explosion of colour, vistas and scent. You can feel almost overwhelmed walking through it. The paths and passages through it are very narrow and so, due to it's popularity (the car park was overflowing and a third coach load of visitors was arriving just as we left), navigating the spaces became slow at some points but it was still worth it for the wonderful assault on our senses.
The main image is a view of the 15th Century Grade I listed historic house (restored and extended by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1910) from the Long Border. With the other two extras I wanted a capture some close up details of some of the flowers and plants. I particularly loved the graphic qualities of plants in the last image and thought it really suited the black and white treatment.
With some of our micro trips we've decided to do set of 7 x 5 prints to remember our visits by so we set ourselves a limit of six prints each. We've just sent off for twelve prints of our last visit to Margate so can't wait for them at arrive in the post. Our next set will be from here as we so enjoyed our visit to the amazing, unique place.