GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Everything you need to know to get the most from your plot this month

IF YOU HAVE ENJOYED READING ABOUT THE GLORIOUS SPRING DISPLAYS AT GREAT DIXTER (SEE PAGE 124), YOU MIGHT WANT TO DELVE FURTHER INTO ITS PAST. THIS INSPIRING GARDEN HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED, PARTICULARLY BY THE CELEBRATED GARDENER WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO IT, CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. THIS LATEST BOOK – Great Dixter Then & Now (PIMPERNEL PRESS, £12.99) – INCLUDES MANY OF CHRISTOPHER’S IMAGES, ALONGSIDE CONTEMPORARY SHOTS FROM CAROL CASSELDEN AND OTHERS. AT JUST 80 PAGES, WITH A BRIEF TEXT BY CURRENT HEAD GARDENER FERGUS GARRETT, IT COVERS THE GARDEN’S DEVELOPMENT FROM THE 1920S TO THE PRESENT DAY.