A Tree Filled View, Sissinghurst Castle Garden

We decided as it was such a nice day to pay our first visit of the year to a National Trust property and we chose Sissinghurst Castle Garden. Including parking it's £30 for two to get in which is on the steep side but, considering the amount of work that goes in to the upkeep, it does seem like fair value. When we arrived there was a lot of activity as they seemed to be doing their Spring planting so we did not get see many plants and flowers in bloom, apart from some beautiful crocuses (see extra).
Sissinghurst was owned by Vita Sackville-West , the poet and writer, and her diplomat husband Harold Nicholson from the 1930's when they began transforming the grounds (him via the architectural planning of the garden "rooms" and her with the colourful, abundant planting scheme). The castle itself had a rich and varied history from the 1700's, when it was used as a prison, to the Second World War when the grounds and estate were requisitioned for use by the women's land army.
The tower, on the right hand side of the main image, is all that remains of the castle today. From its summit you can see the working farm and the 450-acre wider estate.