The garden at Long Barn, near Sevenoaks β the home of Lars and Rebecca Lemonius β shares many of the elements that make Sissinghurst Castle famous, says Christopher Stocks. Photographs by Clive Nichols.
In February 1936, a rich young American couple drove down to Sevenoaks from London, in search of a house they were hoping to rent. Writing in her diary, published as The Flower and the Nettle: Diaries and Letters 1936β39, Anne Morrow recalled: βAll the way down…