TY - BOOK AU - Nicolson,Adam TI - Sissinghurst: an unfinished history SN - 9780670021734 AV - SB466.G8 N53 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Viking KW - Historic farms KW - Conservation and restoration KW - England KW - Family farms KW - History KW - Farm life KW - Sissinghurst Castle (England) N1 - "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 N2 - 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 ER -