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Sissinghurst : Vita Sackville-West and the creation of a garden / Vita Sackville-West and Sarah Raven

Author
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962
Additional Titles
Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description
xviii, 382 pages, 24 un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)
Additional Creators
Raven, Sarah

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Summary
"From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the British 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 twentieth-century. With wonderful additions by Sarah Raven, a famous British gardener in her own right who is married to Vita's grandson Adam Nicolson, 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 color 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. Sissinghurst is a magnificent portrait of a garden and a family"--
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ISBN
9781250060051 (hardback)
1250060052 (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-368) and index of plants, shrubs and trees.
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