Sissinghurst Castle Garden

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After a few days of doing nothing since we got back from holiday apart from a few days relaxing and only shopping trips, including collecting Claire's new specs and an iPhone 4S, we had a proper trip out.

Sissinghurst is one of the nearest National Trust sites near us, and we love the gardens. This is our third or fourth visit of the year.  With the changing of the seasons, the planting changes in the gardens change to make the visits different. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst/

We usually take a picnic and park right at the back of the car park where there are picnic tables for visitors to use.

Sissinghurst Castle

Back of the outer courtyard

From the rose garden

Osteospurmum

Planter

Dahlia

Dahlia

Castle Tower

Dahlia
Orange Garden Cottage

Sissinghurst Oast Houses


Dahlias


Dahlias


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