1. Childhood
Adam Nicolson's story of the popular garden, started in 1932 by grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. From 2008.
Adam Nicolson's grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson bought Sissinghurst in 1932 and turned it into one of Britain's best-loved gardens.
This is his account of growing up there, and his vision of how to manage its future.
"Sissinghurst is what I am. My nutrients come from the soil; it is the land I have walked over, looked out over, smoked my first cigarette in, planted my first tree in, bicycled over, slept in and lived in all my life."
Read by the author.
Abridged in five parts by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 2008.
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