Cuttings: A Year In The Garden With Christopher Lloyd

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Christopher Lloyd was the grand old man of British gardening & gardening writers. From 1989 until 2006
- when he died aged 84
- he produced his Guardian column from his beloved house & garden, Great Dixter in East Sussex. His knowledge as a plantsman was prodigious, yet he wrote in an easy, direct & vigorous manner, advising, entertaining & cajoling his readers as he guided them through the gardening year. In January, he recommended the purchase of a notebook with a weatherproof cover since 'the dead season is just the moment for the fun of catalogue browsing'. Nothing was too small for his sharply observant eye: ' Paving cracks colonised with little plants add a touch of magic to the garden. Once you start experimenting, you'll get carried along. Just see.'

Preparing the ground, planting for summer scent, choosing a shrub for all-year round pleasure, pruning, going organic, cottage gardens, placing a favourite hellebore, thinking about conifers or growing your own veg
- all fell within his purview. &, in everything he wrote, he transmitted his huge appetite & enthusiasm for the pleasure that a garden brings.