Vita Sackville-West, the poet and writer, began transforming Sissinghurst Castle Garden in the 1930s with her diplomat and author husband Harold Nicolson. Delos is one of ten garden rooms at Sissinghurst. It had originally been built in response to a visit that Harold and Vita had made in 1935 to the ruins of the Greek island of this name in the Cyclades. In 2014, Head Gardener Troy Scott Smith invited Dan Pearson to act as Garden Advisor to Sissinghurst. Four years later in 2018, Troy invited Dan and his studio to work with him and his team to re-imagine the garden. (Info via National Trust)
I have never seen a garden like this and my mind is completely blown. As much as I adore a lush, almost overgrown and “wild” garden, this barren, Mediterranean style stone garden is spectacular, and made even more special with a castle in the background.
