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What is Gardening at Sissinghurst about?

<p><p>Created by Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson, Sissinghurst represents romatic gardening at its most successful. It is one of the most visited garden in Britain. This book relates the garden's outstanding features to the distinctive styles of Sir Harold and Vita, and examines the design, development, planting and maintenance of each part of the garden throughout the year. There are detailed planting plans of the beds and borders, and an analysis of the precise use of colors that make this garden one of the most copied in the world. A descriptive catalogue lists the plants raised at Sissinghurst and named after the garden or its creators.<p></p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Illustrations in a book about a famous garden should be of four kinds. There should be two-page spreads of gorgeous panoramas, intimate close-ups of individual plants and flowers, garden plans, and pictures of the people who created the garden. The book should also give the garden's history, telling us about the people who planned it and brought it into being. We should learn what ideas shaped the garden, where the urns came from, and why certain plants have been chosen. Lord, a well-known garden ph

Author

Tony Lord

Publisher

Frances Lincoln, in association with The National Trust

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780711209916

Subjects

Agriculture, History, Stem