Reporting from Sissinghurst, England — — “Everybody knows Kent,” Charles Dickens wrote in “The Pickwick Papers,” “apples, cherries, hops and women.” Almost 175 years after publication of “Papers ...

The British have a particular relationship with their gardens. They talk about them, argue about them, write extraordinary books about them, and travel considerable distances on weekends to peer over ...

Reporting from Sissinghurst, England — — “Everybody knows Kent,” Charles Dickens wrote in “The Pickwick Papers,” “apples, cherries, hops and women.” Almost 175 years after publication of “Papers ...

Sissinghurst Castle Garden's head gardener since 2013, Troy Scott Smith has vied to preserve its original beauty while ensuring its flora can withstand the temperatures spurred by climate change.

In an earlier column, I wrote about armchair garden travel, including through the online series “Sissinghurst Through the Seasons,” hosted by the legendary British garden’s manager, Troy Scott Smith.

Those of us who love garden literature know Vita Sackville-West, the English poet and novelist who was probably most famous during her life for her garden writing, though she is probably known best ...