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1 day ago · Sissinghurst Castle Garden Estate Map. Enjoy a fun-filled family day out at Sissinghurst Castle Garden this season. With our gardens, lakes and over 400 acres to explore, there's something for everyone. Sissinghurst Castle Garden is a one pawprint rated place.
- The Garden at Sissinghurst
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- Sissinghurst Castle Garden Estate
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- The Garden at Sissinghurst
Garden Location on a Map. Perhaps one of the most famous garden in Britain, Sissinghurst Castle Garden is one for your diary. We have more information, map and places to stay and visit.
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.
Jul 25, 2023 · Vita Sackville-West’s Sissinghurst is the epitome of an English garden. Discover the key plants that make the 12 acre gardens so exquisite. The notable rising Renaissance towers lay shadows upon one of the most iconic gardens in England, just as they have done for the past 500 years.
- The English Garden
- The Origins
- Documenting The Garden's Creation
- A Worthwhile Challenge
Vita understood that when colour is restricted, the gardener has to focus on creating interest and drama with different shapes, textures and form. When planning the garden, Harold found some white gladioli, white irises, white pompom dahlias and the white Japanese anemones, which he and Vita both loved. Look out for evidence of his all-important st...
In her plans, Vita imagined ‘a low sea of grey clumps of foliage, pierced here and there with tall white flowers’ and by 1953 she was able to report to her Observer readers how this vision was progressing. She writes about various grey mounds: artemisia, the silver Cineraria maritima, grey santolina and Achillea ageratifolia. These are pierced with...
It was the contrast of all these plants together that created interest for the eye, despite the absence of colour. Vita seemed to relish the challenge, writing:
Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson fell in love with Sissinghurst Castle and created a world renowned garden. More than a garden, visitors can also find Elizabethan and Tudor buildings, find out about our history as a Prisoner of War Camp and see changing exhibitions.
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Explore the estate with plenty of space to walk, run, cycle, walk your dog or do some birdwatching at Sissinghurst Castle Garden near Cranbrook, Kent.
