9 Gardens to Visit in Sissinghurst Castle

Well-known for spectacular beauty and diversity, Sissinghurst Castle is well worth a visit if you are planning a garden tour in the UK! The gardens at  Sissinghurst Castle are famous for garden lovers from around the world.

The Castle is unusual in having many “compartments” each within a boundary and designed to create an individual theme or character, for instance, the ‘White Garden’ has mainly white flowers. The very first thing to do when you arrive is to ascend the tower and from the top memories the relative position of each garden compartment which will save you getting lost.

Sissinghurst Castle:

All the different smaller gardens in Sissinghurst Castle are beautiful.

1. The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden is a riot of colour with flowers blooming throughout the season in a happy jumble of Roses, Iris, Astrantia,  Helenium and seasonal bulbs all in the same beds. It can be viewed from the raised seat against the semi-circular wall at the West end of the garden.

2. The White Garden

If you are lucky timing your visit, as Flora Garden Tours do, the central dome will be covered in the white flowers of the Rosa longicuspis. Around this will be a bewildering selection of species--all white. There may be Gladioli, Irises, pompom Dahlias, Japanese Anemonies and many more.

3. The South Cottage Garden

The gold, yellow and glowing red symbolize the South Cottage Garden, which has colour throughout the season but is particularly impressive after springtime. Against the wall of the South Cottage Garden, you will get to see the early summer flowering rose - Mme Alfred Carriere and to the West, the Castle tower forms a scenic back-drop.

4. The Herb Garden

Occupies the East corner near the moat which remains from an earlier Tudor castle. It displays culinary and medicinal herbs.

5. The Nuttery

In Nuttery, Kentish cobnuts – a variant of hazelnut create a shady yet beautiful paradise for birds and visitors. It’s pure bliss that you can consider visiting during garden tours in the UK.

6.  The Lime Walk

The Lime Walk is also known as the Spring Garden and has prolonged beds of hyacinths, tulips and fritillaries marked out by an avenue of pleached limes. They are punctuated by amazing terracotta pots and remember that every inch bursts with colour for around four weeks.

7. The Moat Walk

The Moat Walk is defined on one side by the remains of an Elizabethan wall and other by a bank of bright yellow azaleas.

8. The Orchard

The Orchard was intended to be a half garden and half wilderness. The roses were planted against the boughs of apple trees with winding ways mown in long grasses. However, the bees use the apple blossom and prepare honey in their hives.

9. The Purple Border

As the name suggests, the Purple Border doesn’t only comprise of purple plants alone. This means you won’t find much of purple right there. In fact, the Purple Border is a perfect blend of pink, blues, purples and lilacs. There are roses planted in the border and the beauties like Rosa Geranium, Charles de Mills. Hazel brushwood is used to keep the plants upright.

Bottom Line –

Would you really like to visit Sissinghurst Castle gardens? If so, it’s time to book Romantic Gardens of Kent, Sussex and Surrey Garden Tour 2020 through Flora Garden Tours! It will be one of our best garden tours in the UK, intended to deliver wonderful floral experiences to treasure forever.