A highly enjoyable biography of the gloriously eccentric English gardener and writer, Christopher Lloyd (“Christo”) who created the garden at the English house of Great Dixter in Sussex, and was regarded as the greatest “plantsman” of the 20th century.
About the Author, Stephen Anderton
Stephen Anderton, who knew Christopher Lloyd well for over twenty years, is a gardening writer whose books include Rejuvenating a Garden, Urban Sanctuaries and Discovering Welsh Gardens. He is gardening correspondent of The Times and formerly National Gardens Manager for English Heritage. Stephen Anderton has had access for the first time to Christo's chaotic, 100-year archive of papers relating to the house, garden and family.