IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERY

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD: A LIFE AT GREAT DIXTER

Until Sunday 12 September 2010
Entry included in Museum Admission
(£6 /£5 concessions /£3 Art Fund Members /Free for Under 16s, Friends & Carers of disabled visitors)

Our current exhibition is 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 pieces together a picture of the man behind the iconic garden. Eight of Christopher's friends and colleagues have contributed to the exhibition, giving their memories and viewpoints on him and his work — including Beth Chatto on her memories of Christopher as a cook; Andrew Lawson on Christopher's unique views on colour; Anna Pavord on her friendship with Christopher and Stephen Anderton on Christopher's childhood and love of botany. These different perspectives on will give visitors the chance to explore Christopher Lloyd’s public persona and his private interests and enthusiasms and gain a unique appeciation of one of the 20th century's most influential gardeners.

Read Anna Pavord's article on the exhibition, from The Independent on Saturday 3 April.

Coming soon...

GOING DUTCH

Tuesday 5 October to Sunday 20 February 2011
Entry included in Museum Admission
(£6 /£5 concessions /£3 Art Fund Members /Free for Under 16s, Friends & Carers of disabled visitors)

Discover how the Dutch Wave hit Britain’s gardens in our new exhibition.
In the 1980s a new style swept through Dutch gardens. “The Dutch Wave” was based on ecology, spontaneity and naturalistic planting. In the following decade Dutch gardens and their creators captured the imagination of a new generation of British designers. Going Dutch looks at the careers of the most prominent Dutch designers from this movement, including Henk Gerritsen and Piet Oudolf and investigates their influence on contemporary British gardens.

IN THE MAGAZINE SPACE

INTERNATIONAL GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION

Thursday 2 September to Sunday 10 October (except Wednesday 15 September)
Entry included in Museum Admission
(£6 /£5 concessions /£3 Art Fund Members /Free for Under 16s, Friends & Carers of disabled visitors)

Winning and highly commended entries for the annual International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition will fill the Magazine Space. The exhibition will include the 7 category winners from the 2009 competition.

The Garden Photographer of the Year competition was founded in 2007 by five members of the Garden Photographers' Association in 2007. In 2008, as a response to entries and enquiries from overseas, it added “International” to its name. The first exhibition of entries was held at the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, in May 2008. The competition and exhibitions of winning entries are now the garden world’s premier photography events.

This autumn’s exhibition at the Garden Museum will showcase work by Colin Varnell, Matthew Bishop and, 2009 overall IGPOTY winner, Jonathan Berman’s picture of Tresco Abbey Gardens.

Find out more about the competition and winning images.

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Coming soon...

LONDON ALLOTMENTS - A CITY HARVEST

Friday 15 October to Sunday 28 November
Entry included in Museum Admission
(£6 /£5 concessions /£3 Art Fund Members /Free for Under 16s, Friends & Carers of disabled visitors)

Edwina Sassoon’s photographs bring Harvest Festival to Central London; from giant Pumpkins to bottled Runner Beans, the exhibition is a celebration of plots and produce and of the creativity and individuality of the city’s allotmenteers.

For several years Edwina has been exploring the city’s allotments resulting in “The Three Year Allotment Notebook” written with Joanna Cruddas, and published in August 2010 by Frances Lincoln.

You can read Joanna Cruddas' blog here.

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.