[Sackville-West, Vita] Scott-James, Anne.

Sissinghurst: The Making of a Garden.

London, Michael Joseph, 1974. 16 cm x 24 cm. 160 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains a few underlinings in pencil by preowner.

Includes for example the following essays: Forword / From the Top of the Tower / Apprenticeship / Sissinghurst: The Garden Philosophy / Into Action / Living at Sissinghurst : 1930 – 1939 / The Plants of Sissinghurst / The Lime Walk / The War Years: 1939 to 1945 / After the War: Revival and Full Bloom / Vita as a Practical Gardener / The Garden Goes On / Sissinghurst in Spring / Sissinghurst in Summer / Sissinghurst in Autumn.

″In 1930, Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson fell in love with a neglected Elizabethan castle in Kent – Sissinghurst. They restored the house, but it is the garden they created – and which is now owned by the National Trust – that attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. From the Nicolson’s notes, diaries and letters, the author records how the garden was made, how the Nicolson-Sackville-West gardening partnership worked and how the garden became one of the strongest bonds holding their marriage together. The author also wrote “Down to Earth”, “The Cottage Garden”, “The Language of the Garden” and “Gardening Letters to My Daughter”.” (Amazon)

• Keywords: Country House · Garden · Garden Architecture · Garden Collection – Ann Geneva · Garden Design · Garden Design – Collection · Garden Design – Rare · Garden history · Gardening · Library & Collection Building
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718112784
• Inventory Number: 72423AB