"was inspired by the white garden at the Sissinghurst Castle Garden, designed by Vita Sackville-West. Verey toured the gardens of Woodside in her BBC documentary ""The English Country Garden"", broadcast in October 1996. The art historian and garden designer Roy Strong created a classical Italian garden for John, at the behest of John's friend the fashion designer Gianni Versace. Strong had previously created gardens for Versace at his homes in Lake Como and Florida, the Villa Fontanelle, and the Casa Casuarina, respectively. The creation of Strong's Italian garden of scarlet geraniums and boxwood necessitated the moving of Verey's white garden,"
"Vita Sackville-West Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English poet, novelist, and garden designer. She was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry during her lifetime and 13 novels. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, ""The Land"", and in 1933 for her ""Collected Poems"". She was the inspiration for the androgynous protagonist of """", by her famous friend and"
"Scott-James considered the roses in the Rose Garden ""one of the finest collections in the world"".The writer Jane Brown describes the Rose Garden, more than any other including the White, as expressing, ""the essence of Vita's gardening personality, just as her writing-room enshrines her poetic ghost"". Delos, between the Priest's House and the courtyard wall, was the one area of the garden that neither Harold nor Vita considered a success. Vita explained its origins in an article in Country Life in 1942. It was inspired by terraced ruins covered with wild flowers she had observed on the island of Delos."
"for planting what became the White Garden but she and Harold ultimately rejected it as too confined, shady and damp. The Trust is considering reinstatement of the pool. ""A symphony in subtle shades of white and green"", the White Garden is considered the ""most renowned"" and most influential of all of Sissinghurst's garden rooms. Planned before the war, it was completed in the winter of 1949–1950. Using a palette of white, silver, grey and green, it has been called ""one of Vita and Harold’s most beautiful and romantic visions"". Vita recorded her original inspiration in a letter to Harold dated"
"a play by Eileen Atkins, created from the love letters between Sackville-West and Woolf. The play was first performed in London in October 1993 and off Broadway in November 1994. Vita Sackville-West Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English poet, novelist, and garden designer. She was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry during her lifetime and 13 novels. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature:"
"12 December 1939, ""I have got what I hope will be a lovely scheme for it: all white flowers, with some clumps of very pale pink"". The concept of single colour-palette gardens had enjoyed some popularity at the end of the 19th century, but few such gardens remained when Vita drew up her plans. Influences for the White Garden are given as Hidcote and Phyllis Reiss's garden at Tintinhull, both of which Vita had seen. Gertrude Jekyll had discussed the concept, but argued for varying the white palette with the use of blue, or yellow, plants, advice followed by Reiss."
"of the most famous and visited gardens in England. In 1948 she became a founder member of the National Trust's garden committee. The grounds are now run by the National Trust. She was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society. In the early 1920s Sackville-West wrote a memoir of her relationships. In it she sought to explain both why she had chosen to stay with Nicolson and why she had fallen in love with Violet Keppel. The work, titled ""Portrait of a Marriage"", was not published until 1973. In the book she uses metaphors from nature to"
"his Red House in Kent, it influenced new ideas in architecture and gardening—the ""old-fashioned"" garden suddenly became a fashion accessory among the British artistic middle class, and the cottage garden esthetic began to emigrate to America. In the early 20th century the term ""cottage garden"" might be applied even to as large and sophisticated a garden as Hidcote Manor, which Vita Sackville-West described as ""a cottage garden on the most glorified scale"" but where the colour harmonies were carefully contrived and controlled, as in the famous ""Red Borders"". Sackville-West had taken similar models for her own ""cottage garden"", one of"
"Manor, Oxfordshire, actually an assemblage of charming and picturesque houses and cottages, fine barns and stables, where she developed her skills as a gardener. Influenced by Gertrude Jekyll she created the noted garden at the house, with an inspired kind of untidiness that influenced her lifelong friend Vita Sackville-West's love of self-seeded surprise effects within a formal structure at Sissinghurst and that may be detected today in the garden style of Rosemary Verey. The writings of Gertrude Jekyll and the early champion of wild gardens William Robinson, she had no formal botanical training, but a highly developed 'garden sense' that"
"her last published poem, ""The Land"". The notable wisteria were a gift from Vita's mother, Lady Sackville, as were the six bronze vases. A bench designed by Lutyens terminates one end of the walk, the other focal point being the statue of Dionysus across the moat. The two sides of the moat which remain from the medieval house are populated by goldfish, carp, and golden orfe. The Orchard was an unproductive area of fruit trees when Harold and Vita arrived. The unplanned layout was retained as a contrast to the formality of the majority of the garden; the fruit trees"
"Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll, who wrote widely in journals about their design philosophy as did others like British novelist Vita Sackville-West, a serious and dedicated garden enthusiast. These writings are thought to have influenced garden design in Australia, most evident in the work of acclaimed landscape architect, Edna Walling. Many gardening ideas of the time are apparent at El Arish; contrived ""wild"" sections of plantings; emphasis on contrasting foliage, particularly involving sub-tropical plants and the use of rock- gardening, along with planning and layout ideas including the use of local quarried stone walling, a sense of enclosure, a myriad of"
"(""Saccharum cv."") and papyrus. Lotusland Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States. The (15 ha / 37 acres) garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska. The County of Santa Barbara restricts visitation via a conditional use permit: Lotusland botanic garden is open to the public by advance reservation only, with walking tours 1½ to 2 hours long. Ralph Kinton Stevens purchased the land in 1882; he and his wife, Caroline Lucy Tallant, named the property ""Tanglewood"". They established a lemon and palm nursery and"
"White House Rose Garden The White House Rose Garden is a garden bordering the Oval Office and the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., United States. The garden is approximately 125 feet long and 60 feet wide (38 meters by 18 meters). It balances the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden on the east side of the White House Complex. The White House Rose Garden was established in 1913 by Ellen Loise Axson Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson, on the site of a previous colonial garden established by First Lady Edith Roosevelt (wife of Theodore Roosevelt) in 1902. Prior to"
"Rose Garden was constructed on the site of the old kitchen garden from 1937. It terminates the north-south axis running from the White Garden and concludes with a brick wall, designed by A. R. Powys and known as the Powys Wall, constructed in 1935. Old garden roses, those bred before 1867, formed the heart of the garden's planting. Such roses appealed to Vita for their lavish appearance, but also for their history. ""Rosa × centifolia"" and ""Rosa gallica"", believed to have been introduced from Persia in the 7th century, and 'Félicité et Perpétue' (Jacques 1827), named after two early Christian"
"Symmes, who graduated from the university's Landscape Architecture Department in 1914. Ms. Symmes' original plan showed great sensitivity to the site. Much of her original plan can still be seen in the design of the ""Pink and Yellow Gardens"" with its grotto, inspired by the Villa Tusculana at Frascati, Italy and the reflecting pool which was part of a system to take advantage of underground water. The ""Redwood Canyon"", with redwood cuttings brought from the Blake's property in Berkeley and St. Helena, is planted along a natural waterway. The original plan also shows a lake in the ""Australian Hollow"", taking"
"Victor's Way Victor's Way (previously Victoria's Way), located near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a privately owned meditation garden notable for its black granite sculptures. The 9-hectare property includes a number of small lakes and forested areas. A plaque by the entrance says the park is dedicated to cryptographer Alan Turing. The park closed in 2015 as Victoria's Way with the owner stating """"Too may day-trippers came turned it into a fun park for parents with children. It was designed as a contemplative garden for over 28's."""" but was then re-opened as Victor's Way April 15, 2016 with new age"
"regularly won top awards at Chelsea and Southport Flower Shows as well as at the oldest annual flower show in the world in Shrewsbury. She sold roses to the Queen Mother and the Churchills, and helped Vita Sackville-West design her White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent. Her annual rose catalogue was widely known and respected both for its information and elegant writing; and she also designed many gardens. In a final tribute, David C.H. Austin gained her approval to name a rose after her just three weeks before she was murdered. Walking, especially in hill country, was one of"
"Garden Village, Kentucky Garden Village is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky. It is located on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River, below the Peyton Branch and southeast of Pikeville. It was founded as Liberty upon the creation of the county in 1822, with the intention of the community becoming the seat of local governance. The site proved unpopular with local residents and Liberty was replaced by Pike (present-day Pikeville) the next year. Garden Village was established on the site by local landowner William Justice in 1945 and named after Garden City, New York, which he had"
"once visited. It does not have a separate post office. Garden Village, Kentucky Garden Village is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky. It is located on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River, below the Peyton Branch and southeast of Pikeville. It was founded as Liberty upon the creation of the county in 1822, with the intention of the community becoming the seat of local governance. The site proved unpopular with local residents and Liberty was replaced by Pike (present-day Pikeville) the next year. Garden Village was established on the site by local landowner William Justice in 1945"
"from the field below. Restoration work was started by the Thompsons and later continued by the diplomat Harold Nicolson and his wife, writer Vita Sackville-West, who lived there until 1931. A formal garden was begun by Sackville-West and Nicolson when they bought the house in 1915. The garden at Long Barn, like their later garden at Sissinghurst, was a product of the couple's different tastes and temperaments. It was further developed by their friend Edwin Lutyens in 1925. The Bloomsbury Group often met at Long Barn, and visitors included Virginia Woolf, Stephen Spender, Clive Bell, Lytton Strachey, E. M. Forster,"
"to be both a great boon and an albatross around its neck"". Scott Smith's plans include the reinstatement of every species of rose known to have been grown by Vita. A new history of the garden was published in 2014. The garden continues to exert considerable influence, being described as a ""Mecca"" and a ""place of pilgrimage"" for gardeners from around the world and encouraging many imitators. Entered through the archway in the West Range that had been blocked for over 100 years before Vita and Harold's arrival, the Top Courtyard is dominated by the Tower. The entrance arch is"
"Santa Barbara Botanic Garden The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is a 78-acre botanical garden, containing over 1,000 species of rare and indigenous plants. It is located in Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara, California, United States. The purpose of the Garden is to display California native plants in natural settings. There are approximately of hiking trails within the garden. Mission Creek flows through the premises, and includes a rock dam which was constructed in 1806 by Native Americans (mainly Canaliños) under the direction of the Spanish padres of the adjacent Mission Santa Barbara. The Garden was founded in 1926 and designed by"
"AUTOMOBILES"" (1951) and ""Italy: The New Domestic Landscape"" (1972). Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden is an outdoor courtyard at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, New York City. Designed by notable architect Philip Johnson, the courtyard was conceived at the same time as Johnson's West Wing annex for the museum. Construction began in the spring on 1952 and was completed in April 1953. Throughout its history, the garden has served as the temporary setting for notable artworks including Alexander Calder's ""Black Widow"" (1959), Anthony Caro's ""Midday"" (1960), Pablo Picasso's ""She-Goat"" (1950), as well"
"located in New York and New England. Allen's landscape designs were influenced by the work of Gertrude Jekyll, whom she met in 1921 on her European travels and whom she would later visit again at Munstead Wood. She featured perennials in her plantings, creating English-style perennial borders and designs featuring topiary work. Allen became best known for geometric gardens, especially her knot gardens, the designs for which were influenced by knot gardens she had seen during her European travels. She created knot gardens for the 1939 New York World's Fair, with Constance Boardman, the Bishop's Garden at Washington Cathedral, and"
"from around the world. White River Gardens The White River Gardens are botanical gardens located adjacent to the Indianapolis Zoo in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. The gardens are a part of the White River State Park. White River Gardens originally cost $14 million to build. Each summer the garden hosts ""Butterfly Kaleidoscope,"" an exhibition of live butterflies in the Hilbert Conservatory. The exhibit was canceled for two years and restarted again in 2013. The gardens and conservatory sits to the east of the Indianapolis Zoo and along the White River. There are over 1,000 different species of plants"
"mixed herbaceous borders that were advocated by Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood in Surrey from the 1890s. Her plantings, which mixed shrubs with perennial and annual plants and bulbs in deep beds within more formal structures of terraces and stairs designed by Edwin Lutyens, set the model for high-style, high-maintenance gardening until the Second World War. Vita Sackville-West's garden at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent is the most famous and influential garden of this last blossoming of romantic style, publicized by the gardener's own gardening column in ""The Observer"". The trend continued in the gardening of Margery Fish at East Lambrook Manor."
"the garden. Alta Vista Gardens The Alta Vista Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden located in Vista, California, in the United States. The mission of the gardens is to ""bring together people, nature and art"". The purpose of the garden to provide an interactive living classroom for North San Diego County students. ""Plans for a botanical garden in Vista go back more than 35 years, and a nonprofit formed in 1999 to oversee the project"". In November 2005, the gardens' board of directors adopted a new master plan created by Todd Curé, Bryan Morse and Ron Holloway, for a collection"
"slated for occupation at the end of 2015. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is a 78-acre botanical garden, containing over 1,000 species of rare and indigenous plants. It is located in Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara, California, United States. The purpose of the Garden is to display California native plants in natural settings. There are approximately of hiking trails within the garden. Mission Creek flows through the premises, and includes a rock dam which was constructed in 1806 by Native Americans (mainly Canaliños) under the direction of the Spanish padres of the adjacent Mission Santa Barbara. The"
"McKee Botanical Garden The McKee Botanical Garden (area of 18 acres (7.3 hectares)) is a non-profit, subtropical botanical garden in Vero Beach, Florida. It is located at 350 U.S. Highway 1, Vero Beach, Florida. It was founded in 1929, when Waldo Sexton and Arthur G. McKee purchased an tropical hammock along the Indian River. Tropical landscape architect William Lyman Phillips was hired to design its streams, ponds, and trails. Its indigenous vegetation was augmented with ornamental plants and seeds from around the world. In 1932, they proceeded to open the garden, then known as McKee Jungle Gardens, as a tourist"
"Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden is an outdoor courtyard at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, New York City. Designed by notable architect Philip Johnson, the courtyard was conceived at the same time as Johnson's West Wing annex for the museum. Construction began in the spring on 1952 and was completed in April 1953. Throughout its history, the garden has served as the temporary setting for notable artworks including Alexander Calder's ""Black Widow"" (1959), Anthony Caro's ""Midday"" (1960), Pablo Picasso's ""She-Goat"" (1950), as well as providing a space for innovative exhibitions like ""8"
"Jacqueline Kennedy Garden The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden is located at the White House south of the East Colonnade. The garden balances the Rose Garden on the west side of the White House Complex. Edith Carrow Roosevelt, who had established her ""Colonial Garden"" on the site of the present Rose Garden, oversaw a similar but less formal planting on the east side, the site of the present Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. The origins of the Garden's present form initially began in 1913 with First Lady Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, at the time taking to calling it the East Garden, which saw Mrs."
"basis of our garden design"". The west-east vista from the Top Courtyard through the Tower gateway, across the Tower Lawn and to the statue of Dionysus across the moat forms one of Harold's most important visual axes. It bisects the north-south axis running from the White Garden, across Tower Lawn to the Roundel in the Rose Garden. In the south-western corner of the Tower Lawn is a small garden known as the Sunk Garden. This was created in 1930 as the Lion Pond, but the pond was prone to leaking and was drained in 1939. Vita subsequently considered the site"
"White River Gardens The White River Gardens are botanical gardens located adjacent to the Indianapolis Zoo in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. The gardens are a part of the White River State Park. White River Gardens originally cost $14 million to build. Each summer the garden hosts ""Butterfly Kaleidoscope,"" an exhibition of live butterflies in the Hilbert Conservatory. The exhibit was canceled for two years and restarted again in 2013. The gardens and conservatory sits to the east of the Indianapolis Zoo and along the White River. There are over 1,000 different species of plants in the collection. It"