A Joy of Gardening
Blend of practical advice and appreciation, combining the talents of a professional writer and a near-professional gardener, and using her experience in her garden at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, England.
GardeningRegional
RELEASED1977
PUBLISHERHarper & Row
LENGTH210
LANGUAGEEN
Victoria Mary Sackville-West, The Hon Lady Nicolson, best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and poet. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She won it again, becoming the only writer to do so, in 1933 with her Collected Poems. She helped create her own gardens in Sissinghurst, Kent, which provide the backdrop to Sissinghurst Castle. She was famous for her exuberant aristocratic life, her strong marriage, and her passionate affairs with women, such as novelist Virginia Woolf. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West
A Joy of Gardening
Blend of practical advice and appreciation, combining the talents of a professional writer and a near-professional gardener, and using her experience in her garden at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, England.
GardeningRegional
RELEASED1977
PUBLISHERHarper & Row
LENGTH210
LANGUAGEEN
Victoria Mary Sackville-West, The Hon Lady Nicolson, best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and poet. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She won it again, becoming the only writer to do so, in 1933 with her Collected Poems. She helped create her own gardens in Sissinghurst, Kent, which provide the backdrop to Sissinghurst Castle. She was famous for her exuberant aristocratic life, her strong marriage, and her passionate affairs with women, such as novelist Virginia Woolf. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West
