We are excited to have a very special speaker for this year’s Bank to Bend lecture. Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter, will be sharing the history and current status of the world famous garden he manages near the South Coast of England. The write-up as it appears on our website:
Bank to Bend Garden Lecture
Great Dixter: Past, Present, and Future
Saturday, April 4, 11:00 am
One of England’s premier gardens, Great Dixter was home to renowned gardener and garden writer Christopher Lloyd and continues to inspire garden enthusiasts, writers, and artists. Fergus Garrett, head gardener there and chief executive for the Great Dixter Charitable Trust, worked with Lloyd for 16 years before Lloyd’s death in 2006.
Garrett will discuss how this world-famous house and garden developed, including the house’s historical background, architect Edwin Lutyens’s collaboration with Nathaniel Lloyd as they redesigned the house and gardens, and Christopher Lloyd’s great impact on the estate. To register call 800.448.3883.
$20; $10 Members
The annual Bank to Bend lecture is named for Winterthur’s signature March Bank display of early bulbs and perennials. H.F. du Pont and other family members used to look for the earliest bulbs on the slope to the North of the house, where the heart of this display occurs. They called the path along the slope “from bank to bend.” The Winterthur Garden and Landscape Society underwrites the annual lecture and has generously supported the restoration of the March Bank.
