Exploring the gardens of a writer's retreat in the English countryside | Spring at Sissinghurst

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Episode 1 ✨

In this episode we are exploring the gardens of an historic mansion in the English countryside. This writer's retreat once belonged to the poet and writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold Nicolson.

Dating to around the 1560s, Sissinghurst is made up of an Elizabethan Manor House and the gardens, as we see them today, are the results of Vita and Harold's careful planning and experimental planting since the 1930s.

It’s late May and the garden has sprung to life after a long, grey winter...

I hope you enjoy this episode.

📚 Further Reading

If you found this film interesting and would like to know more about Sissinghurst Castle Garden and the people who are connected to this place throughout history I have listed some resources below:

Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst: The Creation of a Garden by Vita Sackville-West and Sarah Raven

Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson

Love Letters: Vita and Virginia by Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf with introduction by Alison Bechdel

The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West

Orlando by Virginia Woolf


Let me know if you have any recommendations - I'd love to hear what you think!


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