IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERY

Coming soon...

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD: A LIFE AT GREAT DIXTER

Opening Thursday 1 April

Our next exhibition will be a fascinating retrospective of the late Christopher Lloyd: horticulturalist, writer and one of the gardening world's great characters.

Born in 1921, Christopher Lloyd lived and worked for most of his life at his family home, Great Dixter. It was at Dixter that he, through his adventurous changes and characteristic use of colour, created one of the world’s best loved gardens. His work in the gardens informed and inspired his distinctive writing, published in national press and numerous books, which made him a household name and the most engaging plantsman of his generation.

Bringing together personal objects from Christopher’s home, recollections from his friends and colleagues, his writing and gardens, the exhibition will piece together a picture of the man behind the iconic garden.

Entry will be free with Museum Admission
(£6 /£5 concessions /£4 Art Fund Members /Free for Under 16s, Friends & Carers of disabled visitors)

IN THE 'MAGAZINE SPACE'

RUSHMOOR IN BLOOM
A new exhibition of photographs by Julie Henry and Debbie Bragg

From Monday 8 March

Rushmoor in Bloom focuses on the remarkable gardens entered into the annual front garden competition held in the Borough of Rushmoor in Hampshire. The artists say "When we took portraits of the competitors and their gardens, we were amazed by the creativity and resourcefulness of the gardens on display.  Moreover, we were fascinated by the dynamic between public and private acts of creativity. On the one hand, the gardens felt intimate and personal, whilst at the same time they were in full view of the public, in the front of people’s houses."

Entry is free with Museum Admission
(£6 /£5 concessions /£4 Art Fund Members /Free for Under 16s, Friends & Carers of disabled visitors)

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2010

The painter Charlotte Verity is our new artist in residence. Our garden will be her subject for this calendar year. She started in January in the snow. Her exhibition scheduled for spring 2011 will give an insight into our garden through her closely observed drawings and paintings.

Charlotte studied at the Slade under William Coldstream. Her most recent solo exhibition at Browse and Darby gallery in 2007, was entitled London Garden. We would like to thank the Cocheme Charitable Trust for generously sponsoring the residency.

For further information please visit www.charlotteverity.co.uk or contact info@charlotteverity.co.uk / 07850 067854.