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    Island Dreams

    Aug 11, 2021 2 minutes
    WORDS VIVIENNE HAMBLY

    Delos, the new garden at Sissinghurst in Kent, was inspired by a visit Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson made to the Greek island in 1935. The couple sought to emulate the mood of the island in a patch of their garden with mixed results. This summer, the National Trust, with designer Dan Pearson and lead gardener Saffron Prentis, opened the restored garden in which landscaping, current

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