Detroit Institute of Arts’ auxiliary Friends of Art & Flowers presents sixth annual Betsy Campbell Lecture, “Great Dixter and Designing with Plants,” a talk by Fergus Garrett Oct. 15
Updated Sep 27, 2016
September 27, 2016 (Detroit)—Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) auxiliary Friends of Art & Flowers, a museum support group, presents the sixth annual Betsy Campbell Lecture, “Great Dixter and Designing with Plants,” on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m., featuring renowned lecturer, gardener, garden writer and CEO of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust Fergus Garrett. This lecture is free with museum admission, which is free for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county residents.
Garett will talk about the ever-changing gardens at Great Dixter, the family manor of the late gardener and author Christopher Lloyd in Northiam, England, and provide information on what Michigan gardeners can do to artfully change the design of their gardens. A reception and book sale/signing follow the lecture.
Garrett is known throughout the horticultural world for his brilliance in gardening, prolific garden writing and passion for training the next generation of great gardeners. He was the long-time head gardener at the Great Dixter and became CEO of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust after Lloyd’s death in 2006.
September 27, 2016 (Detroit)—Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) auxiliary Friends of Art & Flowers, a museum support group, presents the sixth annual Betsy Campbell Lecture, “Great Dixter and Designing with Plants,” on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m., featuring renowned lecturer, gardener, garden writer and CEO of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust Fergus Garrett. This lecture is free with museum admission, which is free for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county residents.
Garett will talk about the ever-changing gardens at Great Dixter, the family manor of the late gardener and author Christopher Lloyd in Northiam, England, and provide information on what Michigan gardeners can do to artfully change the design of their gardens. A reception and book sale/signing follow the lecture.
Garrett is known throughout the horticultural world for his brilliance in gardening, prolific garden writing and passion for training the next generation of great gardeners. He was the long-time head gardener at the Great Dixter and became CEO of the Great Dixter Charitable Trust after Lloyd’s death in 2006.