My visit at Sissinghurst Castle Garden
I have just been in England on the most amazing tour. First to The Chelsea Flower Show and then to great gardens in Kent and Sussex.
In this video I'm talking about my visit at Sissinghurst Castle Garden in the Weald of Kent. This is one of the greatest gardens I know, and I have followed the garden the last 25 years.
This amazing place is designed by Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson (1886-1968), author and diplomat. It is among the most famous gardens in the world and is designated Grade I on Historic England's register of historic parks and gardens.
I was so lucky to see roses, irises, foxgloves and paeonies in flower at the same time. I was just amazing, and I think and hope, that you will enjoy.
My name is Claus Dalby, and I live in Risskov on the outskirts of Aarhus in Denmark. To date, I have written about 30 books on flowers and gardens in Danish, and my garden has been featured on many TV shows. In March 2022 my first book in English will be available. I consider my home (built in1908), and its garden with its neighboring wood, as my sanctuary. When I started gardening in 1996, there was just a large lawn covering approximately 1 acre (4,000 square meters), but today the grass is long gone - replaced by 15 hedged rooms with varying colors and moods. Additionally, one of my great passions is growing in pots, arranged to create spectacular container gardens, which I will share quite a bit about on this channel. Decor and creating moods have always interested me - both outside and inside - and I love to use the flowers from my garden for bouquets and to inspire other crafts that create a sense of hygge.
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Thank you Claus for the Sissinghurst tour. So nice to see how they combine different plants.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
Thank you for the lovely tour of Sissinghurst gardens the inspiration must be endless.
Here in England we are always complaining about the weather, but it is what gives us such beautiful gardens!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
And you have some of the best gardens in the world, surely.
I live about 10 minutes away from Sissinghurst and love it there! So much inspiration. And I have always felt that your gardening style is similar- very abundant planting and lots of rooms 🥰 It has definitely been an early spring for us here. Looking back at my photos of my garden from previous years, I’d say about 2 weeks ahead. Love your content! 🤩
Just beautiful!!!!
Thank you, Claus!🤩
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
Claus another beautiful garden in England in Sussex is Great Dixter Christopher Lloyd’s. It is my favourite and the house is gorgeous as well.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Just wait. I soon have a film ready from GD
Truly wonderful....
Thank you for showing Sissinghurst Garden. Really loved looking at her garden.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
It is an amazing garden, is it not.
How delightful to see Sissinghurst from your perspective Claus; it’s really interesting to me how different people focus on different aspects & anyway I love hearing your commentary on just about anything! 😍 Your voice has the most mellifluous tone & even if I wasn’t interested in gardening I’d enjoy hearing you 😊 It’s also lovely to see your comparison of the flowering times between the two countries & always to see how your garden looks today. I would love to know what you bought from the Chelsea Flower Show & any ideas you brought back with you too. It almost blows my mind when I see the show gardens on TV & I have Adam Frost’s book, which details how he designed & built each of his Gold Medal 🥇 gardens there. The level of detail that goes into them is incredible - sadly I don’t have anything like enough patience to do something like that, although I’d love to design one myself & then turn up after someone else has finished building it!! 😂 Thankyou as always for another lovely film 👏🏻
@ClausDalbyEnglish
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so, so much for your very kind comment - and for being here.
I just want to roll around in the garden like a cat!
I,am all ways happy to watch and learn enjoy your words , think you changed my view on my own new garden lay out , great vids looking for ward to your next post .. with a simple thank you and your team .
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
So gorgeous. Thank you
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being here.
Claus, what a treat to see Sissinghurst gardens! I'm happy to see any other lovely places you would like to show us, especially your own wonderful garden! Mange tak!
Can't wait to see the white garden.
Thank you for taking us along to the castle garden and I am looking forward to the white garden.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for joining me and welcome back to watch the white garden.
Your garden is nothing short of STUNNING! Yes, Sissinghurst is lovely too.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
That is so kind - thank you very much.
Gorgeous video! Thank you
Thank you. Would love to go to Sissinghurst
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
If you get the chace to visit, you really should! It is an amazing place.
Thanks for sharing
Lovely Claus is best watched at x2 speed
Simply an amazing place. I wish I had time to visit when I went to London for a week. RHS Chelsea was a magical time Claus. Thanks for sharing such an inspiring video. Take care!💚🌿
Lovely visit. Thank you for sharing. 🌸
Thank you, for sharing both your garden, before and after, as well as Sissinghurst.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure. I am glad that you like what I do here.
Oh my goodness, that was just divine. Thank you thank you. (Nomi)
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure. Thank you for being here.
It's always a true pleasure to see your own garden, which is just as beautiful as Sissinghurst!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
That is such a lovely thing to say - thank you so, so much.
Thank-you for sharing!💕🌸🌿
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for being here.
Stunning!
Love your garden enthusiasm & your interesting garden design. Your house & green house beautiful too!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this kind comment.
Love the video today I always love a good garden video thanks for sharing all the beautiful flowers
Thank you for the tour. I am enjoying your new book on container gardening.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
I am so pleased to hear that you like my book - thank you for buying it.
1:41 I would agree with that statement, though I think it only applies to the south. Up north our roses I'd say are at about the same stage as yours.
Wow, I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, and a lovely day to you too.
Thank you so much for the Sissinghurst garden. Always a great delight to see one of your videos. I wish I could go visit your beautiful garden!!!
Love your videos absolutely beautiful home and gardens. I follow Linda Vater religously and hope you do more on you tube and plan to get your book on containers.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
Жыл бұрын
I definitely plan to be more active here on KZread again! If you do buy my book, I hope you will enjoy it and find much inspiration in it.
Thank you so much for sharing your visit to Sissinghurst. Love that garden and have been blessed to see it twice. You know... you could have shown your own garden AFTER the Sissinghurst footage and it would be no less beautiful. :-) Your garden plant choices are such a treat for the eyes.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
That is such a huge compliment, thank you so, so much.
Thank you Claus for your inspirational videos, we did so much enjoy our virtual travel with you to Sissinghurst, and to your own wonderful garden. It is lovely to see spring and summer flowers in your part of the world whilst we, in New Zealand, move closer to winter!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you so much for being here.
Lovely video Claus
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you Troy
Thank you for the tour. I'm inspired by Vita's and your gardens. Very inspiring!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
I am so pleased to hear that - thank you.
The way you say peonies that’s how I pronounce it ,I have heard people saying it different way . 😊
I love the cottage style gardens. Had not heard of this one, so thank you for the Video, Claus! 🤩
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
I cannot recommend a visit strongly enough.
Can you show the forest next to you in spring and summer time 2024. Interesting to see in your videos please. Thank you ❤❤❤❤
@ClausDalbyEnglish
3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your request. I only make videos from my own garden, though.
The PEONY! :)
Love seeing the garden fill in! Such pretty colors!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful gardens!🌱
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for beautiful European garden tours. Hoping to visit soon from Pennsylvania, USA. (My peonies were an early, short display this year due to 90°, no rain days.)
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for joining me on my tours.
@thongd.5871
2 жыл бұрын
Linda, you should search KZread for videos to save peony buds in the refrigerator for up to 3 months for later use, so you can enjoy your peonies for longer. 😉
Thank you Mr. Dalby, excellent!🌸💚🙃
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank yo so much, you are very kind.
Your garden is looking amazing Claus! I’m in the North East UK and roses here aren’t yet in bloom, usually mid to late June for my garden 🌹 & Sissinghurst is just beautiful!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Sissinghurst is such a beautiful place and I love coming back.
Absolutely love your videos. So beautiful and well done. Thank you!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
Loved to hear about your trip to England. I live in the Midlands of the country and the gardens are not so far ahead as in the south. My roses are only just starting to bloom and the peonies are at the same stage as yours.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Gret to hear from you
Love the lupins, they remind me of my childhood but slugs and snails eat them every time I try to grow them.
Thank you sharing that tour. I live on the desert Southwest of the US and really love the lush beauty of green, wild gardens..
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for joining me.
Your videos are a revelation and you are a legendary gardener.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
You are so kind - thank you very much.
This video really put a smile on my face, thank you for sharing your travels with us!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for joining me on my travels.
Thank you for sharing Claus love your garden, I love this time of the year when the borders are starting to peak - Greetings from Ireland!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure - I am glad you like it.
Thank you for the lovely video, Claus. Looking forward to seeing more of the castle gardens, but mostly a tour of *your* woodland garden. That urn atop the moss covered pedestal is beautiful! I can't wait to see more.💚
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind interest, I will keep your wish for a woodland tour in mind.
@janetleeharrison
2 жыл бұрын
@@ClausDalbyEnglish 🥰👍
@patrickallon7649
2 жыл бұрын
me waiting as well . patrick in liverpool
Thank you so much for doing this video, Claus! Your garden is beautiful and so are the Sissinghurst gardens. I saw plants at Sissinghurst, like Dictamnus (Gas Plant) and Lunaria (Money Plant), that I used to grow but no longer have. It makes me want to go and buy some seeds or some plants and start them again! 😄
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Dear Claus, many thanks for showing us what will grow where there is sufficient rain. I have been enjoying your videos for some time and have been reading your first book in English on arranging potted plants. Here in the Sonoran Desert things look very different but many of your ideas about color and plant mixing as well as the wonderful look of potted plants by your entry ways have been inspirational.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for buying my book - I am really pleased that you can find inspiration in it, even though you are in a quite different part of the world.
Always love seeing your lovely garden! 😍
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much 😊
Just beautiful 😍 Thank you, Sir for your video! 🌹🌹🌹
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
Absolutely stunning Claus 🌸💕🌸
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
You are very kind - thank you.
Good afternoon! Thank you for the video! Tell me how do you arrange watering of the site?
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! In my own garden we simply use an oscillating sprinkler and for the containers we use a water wand.
Beautiful; both gardens. Thank you Claus. Hmmmm. That "I'll be back." with that wonderful German accent makes me a little nervous. lol
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
German? I'm Danish!
@TheTubeDude
2 жыл бұрын
@@ClausDalbyEnglish Well just shows you that I'm an ignorant America. No doubt you speak several languages. I barely speak one. Thank you for correcting me, sir.
It's a really nice garden. I enjoyed watching it.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
I am happy to hear it - thank you.
Thank you so much for today’s wonderful video. I’m learning so much from watching your channel. I have a shade garden, and will be happy when you cannot see the soil and weeds. I’m almost there!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! I am so happy to hear that you like what I do here.
My peonies are ready to flower too! ❤ sending you love from Canada 🇨🇦 Linda in Vancouver
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Linda - you always write such nice comments.
Lots of Love Claus from Tanzania😍
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.
Love seeing both gardens. My peonies are almost finished and roses are starting. Zone 5 central Indiana USA. Cannot wait to see more. Love lilies but so do the rabbits 😩
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
You are quite a bit ahead of us then. So pleased that you are keen to see more.
Thank you again for sharing your beautiful garden and for the look at Sissinghurst Castle gardens. Both are so beautiful! I'm wondering if you can tell me what the blue flower with black stems are, at 6:32 in your video? Thank you!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comment and joining me on both my walks!
I thought Sissinghurst and your own garden have similarities, both are beautiful
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
You are very kind ...
@lonesomeStu
2 жыл бұрын
I thought so too.
Hola hola
Is anyone able to identify the rose at 5:30?
Hello, thank you for sharing you’re beautiful gardens. Can you add plant names for this tour and others? Looking for the tiny purple flowers name at 6:29.
@kyrah8359
2 жыл бұрын
Also the burgundy one at 7:09, and pink one at 7:58?
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I try to add plant names as often as I can, but I am afraid my time does not allow me to help you here.
-is it lychnis or silene diocia in pink? -did you grow the ravenswing in trays or did they all come up on their own?
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
'Ravenswing' is self seeding in the garden
@achnix3167
2 жыл бұрын
@@ClausDalbyEnglish thanks
Can not hear the audio
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
You are the first one to say this - are you sure that you have your volume turned up?
🌻👨🌾🌸🐝 🤩 wow your garden is impressive! Inspiring! Your passion and hard work shows. As a gardener & KZread creator myself I am extremely thankful that you share tips and guidances. I hope we can learn from each other as we grow!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comment and for being here. This is all about learning from and inspiring each other.