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The National Trust took over the whole of Sissinghurst, its garden, farm and buildings, in 1967. The garden epitomises the English garden of the mid-20th century. It is now very popular and hence can be very crowded in peak holiday periods. In 2009 BBC Four broadcast an eight-part television documentary series called Sissinghurst. It describes the house and garden and the attempts by Adam Nicolson and his wife Sarah Raven, who are Resident Donors, in partnership with the National Trust, to restore a form of traditional Wealden agriculture to the Castle Farm. Their plan is to use the land to grow ingredients for lunches in the Sissinghurst restaurant. A fuller version of the same story can be found in Nicolson's book, Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (2008).
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