Stephen Anderton

Christopher Lloyd: His Life at Great Dixter

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ISBN 13:: 9781845950965
author:: Stephen Anderton
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Pimlico
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2011
Pages:: 256
Dimensions:: 23.4 x 15.3 x 1.9 centimetres (0
Genre:: Home & Garden, Gardening, General,
Condition:: New
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Christopher Lloyd's life at Great Dixter is a story of one English house and garden spanning a century. Born in 1921, Christo spent his whole life there, constantly re-planting and enriching the garden, while turning out landmark books and exhaustive journalism.

The garden at Great Dixter was created by Christo's father, Nathaniel, who bought the medieval manor and commissioned the architect Lutyens to rebuild the house and lay out the garden. His mother, Daisy, made the first wild garden in the meadows there. This biography reveals what made Christo tick by examining his relationships with his family, friends, and colleagues.

From 1910 to 2006, Great Dixter was a unique and unbroken history of one English house and one English garden. The book is an enjoyable and revealing account of Christo's life and legacy, including the e4 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to preserve the garden for the nation.

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