Jubilee Dutch Guild of Head Gardeners
The Dutch Guild of Head Gardeners celebrated its fifteenth jubilee year in style with a weekend at the estate of Twickel. They asked Monique to give a lecture on the garden of Sissinghurst.
Work in two countries again
From 2018 onwards Monique’s work will be concentrated in both The Netherlands and the UK, where Sissinghurst research and advice will continu.
Lecture for Men Garden Society
A garden club of only men, calling themselves The Garden Men, has asked Monique to give a lecture about the influence of her work on Sissinghurst. It was a very animated evening for a totally enthusiastic and interested public of men and their wives.
First article Tuinseizoen
Monique’s first article ‘Working at Sissinghurst’ for the garden magazine TUINSeizoen is recently published.
Christmas blog for Dutch NGS
Every month Monique writes a blog about Sissinghurst on the website of the Dutch NGS, the ‘Nederlandse Tuinenstichting’. Her Christmas blog is about the White Owl of Sissinghurst.
Read the blog
Previous episodes are to be found here
New Sissinghurst map
The graphic artist Neil Gower has been asked to design a new map of the Sissinghurst Garden and Monique works with him to get it up to date.
Autumn Blog Dutch NGS
Every month Monique writes a blog about Sissinghurst which is published on the website of the Dutch NGS: the ‘Nederlandse Tuinenstichting’. This month’s subject is autumn at Sissinghurst.
Hyde Hall
Recently Monique paid a visit to Hyde Hall in Essex to look at their dry garden which was made on top of a hill on clay soil. This to inspire our own plans of making Sissinghurst’s Delos into a rock garden again with a Mediterranean touch.
Writing for a Garden magazine
From January onwards Monique is going to write a monthly article for the Dutch garden magazine TUINSeizoen.
An accidental encounter
Monique had an accidental encounter at the Charleston Garden Festival with an old resident of South Cottage. Recently, he visited Sissinghurst and provided useful, previously unknown, information about the garden.