A Lifetime of Seasons

He was the best informed, liveliest and most innovative gardening writer of our times * GUARDIAN *Christopher Lloyd ranks with Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West as one of the major figures in twentieth-century British gardening * THE TIMES *Christopher Lloyd taught us that we don’t necessarily have to do things very differently - just better, and with all our heart * SPECTATOR *It is THE gardening classic, as essential to every gardener as a sharp pair of secateurs or a good spade – Carol KleinA brilliant gardener and a brilliant writer – Monty Don * OBSERVER *This is the man at his best: frank, provoking, erudite and, of course, very funny * OBSERVER *He was the most interesting plantsman I have ever known – Alan TitchmarshUntil the last few years of his life, Christo could often be found in his kitchen, once he had taken an early-morning walk round the garden to find inspiration for an article, and then typed it in his deceptively conversational style on his laptop. Seasons were observed, as they would have been in his mother’s day. Christo, we miss you. Your distinctive voice which still echoes through my head whenever I open any of your books. The flame from the log fires may have died down, but the sparks you ignited in us will spread far and wide, long down the ages – Beth ChattoBritish horticulture is blessed with many inspired plantsmen and elegant writers, but rarely do those qualities combine as seamlessly as in Christopher Lloyd * INDEPENDENT *

Christopher Lloyd spent years lovingly developing and refining his celebrated gardens at Great Dixter in Sussex. Throughout his career he was unparalleled in gardening journalism, writing for many publications. In 1979 the Royal Horticultural Society conferred on him its highest honour, the VICTORIA MEDAL OF HONOUR. He received the OBE for services to horticulture in 2000 and died in 2006.