Last updated: 1 November 1999 - this entry is more than a year old, for details on how to update click here
| Address and contact details |
| Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB |
| Tel: 01580 715330, 01580 710700 |
| Fax: 01580 713911 |
| Latitude: 51° 07' 0" N |
| Longitude: 0° 34' 7" E |
| Background to the collection |
| Ownership: | The National Trust |
| Umbrella organisation: | English Heritage, The National Trust |
| Personnel |
| Contact person:: | |
| Total Staff: | 7 |
| Policies |
| Accessions: | Plants suited to a mid-twentieth-century garden in the style of Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicolson. |
| Collections: | None |
| Physical environment |
| Soil type: | Clay, neutral |
| Aspect: | Mostly flat |
| Total area: | 2.4 ha |
| Weather records | Records kept |
| Plant collection |
| Plants: | 2500 |
| Special families within the collections: |
| Rosaceae, Ranunculaceae |
| Special genera within the collections: |
| Rosa, Clematis |
| Record Keeping: | Kept since 1960
Computerised |
| Record System: | Paradox |
| Plant-collecting trips: | National |
| Facilities on site |
| Herbarium: | No |
| Library: | No |
| Research facilities: | No |
| Publications: | Garden guide |
| Identifications: | No |
| Teaching and Education: | No |
| Interpretation: | Signs, brochures |
| Friends Organisation: | No |
| Visitor facilities: | Restaurant, café, plant shop, book shop, gift shop |
| Access to the collections |
| Public access: | Admission charge |
| Visitors per year: | 175,000 |
| Public opening hours: | Tues-Fri: 1-6pm
Sat-Sun: 10am-5.30pm |
| Guiding principles behind the collection |
| The purpose of our ownership is to manage the garden in accordance with the vision of Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicolson. |
| Location map |
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