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Vita Sackville-West. Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH (née Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer . Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist.
The luxuriance of its long-abandoned garden, bathed in rose-pink Turkish sunlight, dazzled Vita even in its desuetude. There grew pomegranate, quince and fig trees, vines, roses and naturalised carpets of bulbs.
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- Mown Grass as Paths. Above: Photograph by Immanuel Giel via Wikimedia. The orchard was already there when Nicolson and Sackville-West bought the property.
- A Bird’s-Eye View. Above: Photograph by GraceKelly via Wikimedia. If you split a garden into distinct areas, it looks just as interesting from above at it does from the ground.
- Hidden Sculptures. Above: Photograph by Tony Hisgett via Wikimedia. Glimpsed through an archway or an open doorway, a well-placed sculpture draws the eye to distant reaches, making a garden feel larger and more mysterious.
- Windows in Walls. Above: Clematis overhanging a metal grille work window between the tower lawn and the rose garden. Photograph by Jonathan Buckley courtesy of Virago.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, at Sissinghurst in the Weald of Kent in England, was created by Vita Sackville-West, poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, author and diplomat. It is among the most famous gardens in England and is designated Grade I on Historic England 's register of historic parks and gardens.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden. Historic, poetic, iconic: a refuge dedicated to beauty. Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson fell in love with Sissinghurst Castle and created a world-renowned garden. Biddenden Road, near Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB. Opening times.
May 12, 2017 · Long Barn: Vita Sackville-West’s Starter Garden. Clare Coulson May 12, 2017. Before Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson began to create their now world-famous garden at Sissinghurst Castle, they had a starter garden. Long Barn, an old Kentish house in Sevenoaks, was where the couple experimented with the features that, a century later ...
May 28, 2020 · On our weekly delve into the archive, we revisit a 1950 feature in which Vita Sackville-West writes about the creation of her garden at Sissinghurst, which she made from scratch together with her husband Harold Nicolson. The thing to remember about this garden is that twenty years ago, in 1930, there was no garden.
