Great Dixter House and Gardens

Great Dixter House and Gardens Gardening writer, Christopher Lloyd's house and gardens, situated in Northiam, East Sussex, now under the stewardship of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust.
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For more information visit www.greatdixter.co.uk.

Garden moving into summer
28/05/2026

Garden moving into summer

Join us for a truly special Meadow Gardening Study Day at Great Dixter House & Gardens Led by Head Gardener Fergus Garre...
27/05/2026

Join us for a truly special Meadow Gardening Study Day at Great Dixter House & Gardens

Led by Head Gardener Fergus Garrett, this day offers the opportunity look closely at the beauty, complexity, and importance of wildflower meadows.

Using the remarkable Great Dixter meadows as a living classroom, Fergus will guide participants through the art of observing and assessing grassland — learning how simply by looking closely at different patches of meadow, you can begin to understand what they need and how they should be managed to encourage greater floral diversity and ecological richness

Through lectures including 35 years of experience observing this habitat you will gain a deeper understanding of the rhythms of meadow management and the extraordinary diversity that can emerge with thoughtful care.

Visiting at the peak of orchid flowering season makes this an especially magical time to experience the meadows in a place that blurs the edges of wild and cultivated.

The day includes refreshments and lunch served in the Great Hall, along with a 10% discount on plant sales in the nursery for attendees.

There are two dates available and just a few spaces remaining — we’d love for you to join us.

Dates:

1st of June
8th of June

Time: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

We are open all of Late May Bank Holiday Weekend including Bank Holiday Monday. House and Gardens 11am - 5pmNursery 9am-...
24/05/2026

We are open all of Late May Bank Holiday Weekend including Bank Holiday Monday.

House and Gardens 11am - 5pm
Nursery 9am-5pm
Loggia Café and Shop open from 10am

In May, at the height of the dawn chorus, the garden is flooded with birdsong and wild flowers from our surrounding mead...
17/05/2026

In May, at the height of the dawn chorus, the garden is flooded with birdsong and wild flowers from our surrounding meadows.

Ox-eye daisies, cow parsley and buttercups weave themselves through the ornamental borders, softening the edges and blurring the line between cultivated and wild. It feels less like looking at a picture and more like stepping inside one.

This joyful mix of ornamentals and native wildflowers is not only beautiful - it also supports biodiversity, creating a rich habitat for pollinators and wildlife while allowing the garden to move with the rhythm of the season.

We are proud of our meadows - one of Britain‘s most threatened habitat and enjoy seeing some wildflowers join the garden at this time of the year.

Wonderful textures and shapes of the of shrubs in the Barn Garden.Clematis ‘Marjorie’ climbing up through the lilac.
11/05/2026

Wonderful textures and shapes of the of shrubs in the Barn Garden.

Clematis ‘Marjorie’ climbing up through the lilac.

Last of the tulips mixing with the start of the cow parsley in the garden. Tulip ‘Mariette’ on the Cat Garden ledge.
07/05/2026

Last of the tulips mixing with the start of the cow parsley in the garden. Tulip ‘Mariette’ on the Cat Garden ledge.

Beth’s Poppy threaded through white scented stock, cow parsley, woad and the foliage of late-season perennials in the Pe...
06/05/2026

Beth’s Poppy threaded through white scented stock, cow parsley, woad and the foliage of late-season perennials in the Peacock Garden.

We are open all of the Early May Bank Holiday 11am-4pm Tulipa acuminata, Camassia, and Beth’s poppy in the Peacock Garde...
01/05/2026

We are open all of the Early May Bank Holiday
11am-4pm

Tulipa acuminata, Camassia, and Beth’s poppy in the Peacock Garden

27/04/2026

Great Dixter is currently full of Braconid Wasps feeding on Woad, Smyrnium and honesty. These small, inconspicuous, black wasps are ectoparasitoid and therefore notorious for parasitizing caterpillars, aphids, and other insects, making it an important part of your biological insect control.

Without these wasps our landscape would be defoliated within a few months time therefore they play a vital role in balancing ecosystems.

Yet when one walks past them one wouldn’t really realise they are there.

If you would like to learn more about how to create a balanced ecosystem within your own garden as well as the surprising finds from our biodiversity audit directly from the experts who studied Great Dixter join us on our Gardening for Biodiversity course!

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The last of the tulips hold on as the garden transitions into the cow parsley froth. Wisteria, Magnolia x soulangeana ‘L...
26/04/2026

The last of the tulips hold on as the garden transitions into the cow parsley froth.

Wisteria, Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Lennei’ and Choisya ternata on the steps up to Christi’s terrace.

Malus hupehensis moment. Raised from seed by Christopher Lloyd, this is a special moment in the garden when the trees in...
25/04/2026

Malus hupehensis moment. Raised from seed by Christopher Lloyd, this is a special moment in the garden when the trees in the Orchard Meadow and car parks are all in full flower.

‘Blush pink buds open to unexpectedly large white blossom. This species, one of the latest in flower, makes a lovely tree in time with good bark. I look forward to that.’ - Christopher Lloyd in The Year at Great Dixter.

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Great Dixter Northiam Rye
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TN316PH

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

01797252878

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