Top 5 Flower Gardens in the World, No. 2

Something new - I love traveling and seeing beautiful gardens wherever I go. This little series of beautiful gardens from around the world is written by Seemab from Elegant Directory, July 2010. Amazing gardens from around the world - I would love to visit them all! Enjoy.



No. 2 :: Great Dixter Garden

This is a house in Northiam, East Sussex near the South Coast of England. Importance of the house is basically due to a beautiful garden it owns. This garden is regarded as the personification of English craftsmanship of planting trees and flowers.

History:

Nathaniel Lloyd, the owner of the house and a well known businessman worked together with the architect Edwin Lutyens to create this beautiful garden. Lloyd’s son, Christopher Lloyd gave worldwide fame and popularity to the garden. He was an author, columnist, lecturer on gardens and television personality.

One season’s planting flows impeccably to the nest season in order to hide the dying flowers under the mask of new ones. The garden has been built in “arts and crafts” style. Main features include an orchard, a long border, topiary and a meadow filled with wild flowers. This garden is open to public as well as for study tours. (full article)