Gardening at Sissinghurst

Name: Gardening at Sissinghurst
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ISBN: 9780028603896

ISBN-10: 0028603893

ISBN-13: 9780028603896

Edition: N/A

Authors: Tony Lord

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Created by Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson, Sissinghurst represents romantic gardening at its most successful. Gardening at Sissinghurst reveals the secrets behind the most visited garden in Britain. Tony Lord 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. With invaluable inside information combined with Tony Lord's own unrivaled horticultural knowledge and magical photographs, Gardening at Sissinghurst is a fascinating exploration of a unique and much-visited garden.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 168
Size: 10.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

An Overview: Chronology and plan of Sissinghurst	p. 7
Sissinghurst Past, Present and Future: The story of a great garden	p. 10
The Top Courtyard: Purple borders in the shadow of the tower	p. 22
The Lower Courtyard: Plants for walls and the virtues of vistas	p. 36
The Rose Garden: Old roses and companion plants around the Rondel	p. 46
The Lime Walk: The enamelled brilliance of Harold's 'Life's Work'	p. 66
The Cottage Garden: Sunset colours in an intimate setting	p. 76
The Nuttery: A tapestry of ground-cover plants	p. 90
The Moat Walk: Formal simplicity along the old moat wall	p. 100
The Herb Garden: Vita's delight in herbs and their history	p. 110
The Orchard: Bulbs and wild flowers in an informal setting	p. 118
The White Garden: A symphony in subtle shades of white and green	p. 128
Behind the Scenes: The unseen secrets of Sissinghurst's success	p. 148
Sissinghurst's Plants	p. 158
Bibliography	p. 160
Index	p. 160
Acknowlegments	p. 168
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