Reading his books, you find a friend. Suddenly the sharpness is directed at other people, and the voluminous brain is at your service. || Few other authors can teach you as much about the practical nuts and bolts of horticulture, and above their sheer enjoyability these are invaluable referemce books, made all the more useful by being well indexed. || If you haven't read it yet, now's your chance! || Christopher Lloyd remains our most readable and entertaining gardening writer. Even those who can never aspire to his gardening heights will relish his many books. 'Foliage Plants' shows him at his opiniated best. || Full of good advice and acute observation. || Packed with advice on which foliage plants to grow for maximum effect in situations such as shady beds, against walls and in mixed borders.
Christopher Lloyd was among the best informed, liveliest, most worthwhile gardening writers of our time and the author of a host of classics. He lived in Northiam, East Sussex and died in January 2006.
Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter, first worked at the Beth Chatto Gardens as a student, over twenty years ago, and has remained a close friend of Beth's ever since.