Friday 12th June 2026

Layered planting and the mixed border

10:00
to
15:00

£110.00

Fergus Garrett

Fergus Garrett will look at how to combine plants in borders of all sizes using colour, shape, texture, repetition and balance. Contemplating a variety of plant associations, he will break down this often daunting task into a more accessible and joyful endeavour.

Fergus Garrett trained in horticulture at Wye College, London University. He worked in Kent for Rosemary Alexander of the English Gardening School, for Beth Chatto at the Unusual Plants Nursery in Essex and then for the Sackler family at Cap d’Antibes and Gstaad. In 1992 he became head gardener at Great Dixter, working closely with Christopher Lloyd until Christopher’s death in 2006. Since then he has become Chief Executive of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust. Fergus works full-time, hands-on in the garden, as well as writing and lecturing extensively across the world.

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