Dan Pearson // Delos at Sissinghurt
Designed for the National Trust as a realization of a garden planned in 1930 by the writer and poet, Vita Sackville-West, and her diplomat husband, Harold Nicolson, it was inspired by a trip to the Greek island of Delos. I was struck by this image as it reminded me of the work of Peter Korn and the lecture I attended of his last year. The growing of these types of plants is increasingly more viable with climate change. The intervention in the soil is the biggest change needed to grow this type of garden. In other photos on Pearson's website, we see the garden stripped bare to start again as Korn does with his gardens, laying a new layer of sand/soil.
I love the planting here; it's low, allowing for space and breathing room. The color palette of its muted greens and then pops of color, yellows and purples here and there. The juxtaposition between the beautiful brickwork, character, and the design of the arts and crafts-style cottage, compared to the low arid-style garden, is exciting as it's something you seldom see in the National Trust. The lack of lawn is refreshing.
Takeaways:
You don't need density to have an impact. Like in any good design, composition is everything.
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