The white garden has been popular for about about seventy years, ever since it was created by an aristocratic gardening duo in England. In 1930, Vita Sackville-West and her husband, Harold Nicholson bought a ruined castle in Kent with cottages and enough land to make a big garden. It was called Sissinghurst Castle. Over the next several years, they cleaned up the rubble and together, created a masterful space with gardens leading into gardens.

Vita's passion was a white garden, something she had always imagined and it became a stunning oasis, attracting visitors from all over the world.

Situating a White Flowered Garden

With white gardens, the possibilities are endless as there are many white flowers, herbs, flowering shrubs, vines and roses available. Gardeners should think about a location with a good dark green background, like a privet hedge or tall evergreens. This way the whites will be that much stronger, standing out against the the dark backdrop