Vita Sackville Wests Sissinghurst

Sackville-West, Vita

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From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the poet, bestselling author of ‘All Passion Spent’ and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer depicting her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the 20th-century. With wonderful additions by Sarah Raven, ‘Vita Sackville-West’s Sissinghurst’ draws on this extraordinary archive, revealing Vita’s most loved flowers, as well as offering practical advice for gardeners.

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Publish Date: 06/03/2014
ISBN: 9781844088966 Category: Tag:

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From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the poet, bestselling author of All Passion Spent and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer describing her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the twentieth-century.

With wonderful additions by Sarah Raven, Vita Sackville-West’s Sissinghurst draws on this extraordinary archive, revealing Vita’s most loved flowers, as well as offering practical advice for gardeners. Often funny and completely accessibly written with colour and originality, it also describes details of the trials and tribulations of crafting a place of beauty and elegance.

Sissinghurst has gone on to become one of the most visited and inspirational gardens in the world and this marvellous book, illustrated with drawings and original photographs throughout, shows us how it was created and how gardeners everywhere can use some of the ideas from both Sarah Raven and Vita Sackville-West.

Additional information

Weight 789 g
Dimensions 223 × 163 × 34 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

xviii, 382 , 24 unnumbered of plates

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

712.60942238 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K