THE WORLD’S most famous English garden has become one of the Seven Wonders of the Weald.

Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, created by writer Vita Sackville-West and her diplomat husband Sir Harold Nicolson, has joined six other attractions which make up the tourism initiative.

The results of their teamwork as plantswoman and structural designer, have inspired generations of gardeners.

Owned by the National Trust for 40 years since Vita’s death, visitors can still see the lawns, beds and borders as the couple laid them out. There is the famous white garden, the nuttery, the cottage garden and the lime walk, together with the writer’s room in the famous twin towers which soar over the gardens. Visitors can climb to the top for breathtaking views over the Weald.

The gardens will be featuring in the current BBC2 series Around the World in 80 Gardens being presented by TV gardener Monty Don.

The other wonders are Bedgebury Pinetum and Forest, and Finchcocks Musical Museum, both at Goudhurst; Bewl Water, Lamberhurst Vineyard and Scotney Castle, all at Lamberhurst, and Marle Place Gardens at Brenchley. English Heritage’s Bayham Abbey has dropped out this year.