Sissinghurst : an unfinished history /
Nicolson, Adam, 1957-
Sissinghurst : an unfinished history / Adam Nicolson. - 1st American ed. - New York : Viking, c2010. - 341 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
"The quest to restore a working farm at Vita Sackville-West's legendary garden"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sissinghurst -- Inheritance -- The idea -- Origins -- Testing -- Occupation -- Rejection -- Glory -- Disintegration -- Acceptance -- Admiration -- Renewal.
The grandson of Virginia Woolf's poet paramour Vita Sackville-West traces his passionate efforts to restore his family's celebrated garden, an effort that included a reinstatement of a working farm to grow food for more than 200,000 annual visitors.
9780670021734 0670021733
2009050258
Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--England.
Family farms--History.--England
Farm life--History.--England
Sissinghurst Castle (England)--History.
SB466.G8 / N53 2010
SB466.G8 / N53 2010
Sissinghurst : an unfinished history / Adam Nicolson. - 1st American ed. - New York : Viking, c2010. - 341 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
"The quest to restore a working farm at Vita Sackville-West's legendary garden"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sissinghurst -- Inheritance -- The idea -- Origins -- Testing -- Occupation -- Rejection -- Glory -- Disintegration -- Acceptance -- Admiration -- Renewal.
The grandson of Virginia Woolf's poet paramour Vita Sackville-West traces his passionate efforts to restore his family's celebrated garden, an effort that included a reinstatement of a working farm to grow food for more than 200,000 annual visitors.
9780670021734 0670021733
2009050258
Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--England.
Family farms--History.--England
Farm life--History.--England
Sissinghurst Castle (England)--History.
SB466.G8 / N53 2010
SB466.G8 / N53 2010