I imagine I have a lot to deal with at The Watch House, but being the custodian of a large, historic garden is a different matter altogether. Responsibilities range from maintaining the fragile fabric (living […]
Tag: Vita Sackville-West
Spring Comes to Sissinghurst
How fortunate that my first visit to Sissinghurst this year should coincide with the warmest day of the spring so far. As the car bowled through the Weald of Kent the roads were fringed […]
Getting Real
How comforting – Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson had plant casualties. They were like the rest of us, after all. This amusing revelation comes thanks to The National Trust’s renewed efforts to restore some […]
Sensational Sissinghurst (Part 2 – White Heat)
The White Garden at Sissinghurst is arguably one of the most admired and imitated gardens in the world. It began as an idea in 1939, all thoughts of which were sadly overshadowed by the War. Then in […]
Sensational Sissinghurst (Part 1 – Wall Flowers)
The gardens of Sissinghurst Castle in Kent must be amond the best known in England, if not the whole of Europe. They are the creation of two people, Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicholson, […]
