Vita's Knole: Love and Loss
Join Knole's Collections and House Manager for a fascinating talk and Q&A in connection with their current exhibition 'Vita: Discover a story of love and life at Knole'
- Booking essential
- Free event
Discover more about Vita Sackville-West’s life at her ancestral home of Knole in this talk and Q&A led by Knole's Collections and House Manager Samantha Smith.
Learn about Vita's earlier years through to her wedding to Harold Nicolson and her bittersweet departure from Knole in 1913.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A, offering a fantastic opportunity for you to delve deeper into Vita's life before she came to Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Note: this event is free but booking is essential.
Times
The basics
- Booking details
Call 0344 249 1895
- Meeting point
Please sign in at Visitor Reception
- Accessibility
This event takes place upstairs in the Oast Exhibition Space. There is a wooden hand rail on either side of the steps.
- Other
Please note that this event is free but booking is essential. Standard admission applies if visitors wish to enter the garden, tower or library.
Upcoming events
Radical Relationships: A new display (1 June 2024 - 30 March 2025)
Explore how Vita, Harold and their inner creative circle did not fit with early 20th century societal norms of gender and sexuality. A new display told through the books in Vita and Harold's collection. Opening Saturday 1 June.
Summer of Play at Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Join us for a Summer of Play at Sissinghurst Castle Garden with an Elizabethan twist.
Meet the Sissinghurst Scholars
More dates added. Meet the Sissinghurst Scholars, offering a rare opportunity to engage with team members of one of England's most iconic gardens.
Becoming Gardeners: Vita & Harold at Sissinghurst and Long Barn
Discover Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson’s horticultural journey across five decades in this exclusive two-day course in collaboration with Long Barn Gardens.