Christopher StocksChristopher Stocks is a journalist and author who has written for for House & Garden, Architectural Digest, The Daily Telegraph and the National Trust Magazine, as well as Country Life. You can follow him @christopher_stocks Wet wet wet: How water has been irrigating the imagination of our gardens for centuries From stew ponds and medieval moats to a miniature Mount Parnassus, water has flowed through the history of British gardens, often in ruinously expensive fashion. Long Barn Gardens, Kent: The place where Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson learned how to make a garden great The garden at Long Barn, near Sevenoaks — the home of Lars and Rebecca Lemonius — shares many of the elements that make Sissinghurst Castle famous, says Christopher Stocks. Photographs by Clive Nichols. By Christopher Stocks Published 4 January 24
