As their custodian, he sat in the Sissinghurst gazebo with a tranquil heart.

ECONOMIST: Obituary

Between garden chores at Sissinghurst, Harold had dinned into him the importance of truthfulness, no matter how awkward: a Bloomsbury virtue in relationships, at least.

ECONOMIST: Obituary

Not so far from Great Dixter, at Sissinghurst Castle, lay the epitome of English taste in Vita Sackville-West's White Garden, surrounded by equally soothing beddings in blue, lilac and mauve.

ECONOMIST: Christopher Lloyd