Comments on: SUMMER READING: SISSINGHURST – VITA SACKVILLE-WEST & SARAH RAVEN

By: Tatyana@MySecretGarden

Tatyana@MySecretGarden — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:01:18 +0000

Thank you Matt for this post! I love how you connected it with your own gardening experience.
This book will be very interesting for me since I visited Sissinghurst this May (and published 8 posts with the Sissinghurst Garden pictures ( tanyasgarden.blogspot.com/2014/05/rainy-sissinghurst-part-1.html ). I am sure I'll want to return there even more after reading the book. Thanks again!

By: hopflower

hopflower — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:19:52 +0000

Yes, indeed. Sarah Raven is a great author and gardener. Sissinghurst is memorable, for sure. I take a bit of issue (and you are not the only one lately to do this) with the term botanical Latin, however: some botanical names are, in fact, Greek; or a fusion of the two.

By: AmyO

AmyO — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:53:29 +0000

In reply to AmyO. Yes....you two really should come up to visit! Kris & I are also getting a NEPS meeting figured out at The Fells for the fall so you'll def. have to come up then!!

By: Thomas Generazio

Thomas Generazio — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 06:49:35 +0000

I'll have to put that book on my list as well. I first heard of Sarah Raven when she did a program on Garden's World about vegetables. And I first learned about Sissinghurst while watching Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets. Seems like a magical place. The Brits have all of the best gardening shows. Thank god for Youtube!!!

By: Mlle Paradis

Mlle Paradis — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:41:08 +0000

oh p.s. just saw your note about rabbit hill. glad to hear! i'll have to go find a copy for myself too. all best.

By: Mlle Paradis

Mlle Paradis — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:38:14 +0000

Two of my favorites – S. Raven has a gorgeous sense of color too. Can't wait to see this book for myself! Thanks for the intro!

By: Felicia

Felicia — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:10:30 +0000

Can't wait to get my hands on this book! Have you read Virginia Woolf's Garden by Caroline Zoob? Vita is mentioned several times.

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:59:54 +0000

In reply to AmyO. Oh Amy, I know! It's safe and sound in the bookcase, where it was when you were last over the house! Now that we have more time, this might be the perfect excuse for a trip up to Vermont some weekend!

By: AmyO

AmyO — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:25:32 +0000

What a truly inspiring book to have! It is going on my list of books to buy now! Oh, and I am still waiting on my Ruth Kasten book that I won a while back…..

By: Sammie070502

Sammie070502 — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:54:47 +0000

Darn. I think you've put this book on my "must have" list. An excellent review.