Our Noel Pritchard Memorial Lecture of 2023, and the last in the series. The lecture will be free to all, including non-Friends. So please join us. This coincides with the Aberdeen Fascination of Plants Day (actually a week long event). For more information see https://www.abdn.ac.uk/about/campus/fascination-of-plants-day-2023-2746.php

The talk will be preceded by a private drinks and canapés party at 1800 in the Garden for Friends only. See All Events.

There will be a link to a simultaneous broadcast on Teams available from friendsofcbgwebmaster@gmail.com

Fergus Garrett is Chief Executive of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust.

Fergus will talk about connecting to the countryside, and how to combine plants using colour, shape, texture, repetition and punctuation, using Great Dixter and other gardens as examples.

 Born in Brighton to an English father and Turkish mother, Fergus spent his formative years in Istanbul, Turkey. On returning to the UK, he went to school in Brighton and then studied horticulture at Wye College, University of London. Fergus joined Christopher Lloyd as his head gardener in 1993.  He has a deep connection with Great Dixter as a result of his relationship with Christopher Lloyd and very much enjoys the interplay between the creative and scientific aspects of horticulture.