The Lime Walk, also known as the Spring Garden, was the one part of Sissinghurst where Nicolson undertook the planting as well as the design.
He had originally intended a single axis running straight from the Rose Garden, through the Cottage Garden, and then through the Nuttery to the moat, but the topography of the site precluded that.
Instead, an angled walk was established in the mid-1930s, and substantially replanted in 1945–1962.
Sackville-West was critical of the angularity of the design, comparing it to Platform 5 at Charing Cross station, but treasured it as her husband's creation. "
I walked down the Spring Garden and all your little flowers tore and bit at my heart.
I do love you so, Hadji.
It is quite simple: I do love you so.
Just that."
The limes are pleached and the dominant plant is Euphorbia polychroma 'Major'.
Nicolson kept meticulous gardening records of his efforts in the Lime Walk from 1947 to the late 1950s and, providing consolation after the end of his parliamentary career, he described the walk as "My Life's Work".

The Yew Walk runs parallel to the Tower Lawn.
Its narrow width has been problematic, and by the late 1960s the yew hedges were failing.
Extensive pruning proved successful in revitalising the avenue.

The Nuttery was famed for its carpet of polyanthus.
Nicolson called it "the loveliest planting scheme in the whole world".
Unlike the other gardens, where flowering plants were placed within flower beds, in the Nuttery and the Orchard plants were allowed to spread across lawns as though they were growing in the wild.
By the 1960s, the plants were dying, and attempts to improve the soil did not assist.
The primrose carpet was replaced in the 1970s by a mixture of woodland flowers and grasses.

The Moat Walk stands on the old bowling green constructed by Sir Richard Baker in the 1560s and his reconstructed moat wall provides the axis.
The azaleas were bought with the £100 Heinemann prize Sackville-West received in 1946 for her last published poem, The Land.
The wisteria were a gift from her mother, Lady Sackville, as were the six bronze vases.
A bench designed by Lutyens terminates one end of the walk, the other focal point being the statue of Dionysus across the moat.
The two arms of the moat that remain from the medieval house are populated by goldfish, carp, and golden orfe.
The Lime Walk, also known as the Spring Garden, was the one part of Sissinghurst where Nicolson undertook the planting as well as the design. He had originally intended a single axis running straight from the Rose Garden, through the Cottage Garden, and then through the Nuttery to the moat, but the topography of the site precluded that. Instead, an angled walk was established in the mid-1930s, and substantially replanted in 1945–1962. Sackville-West was critical of the angularity of the design, comparing it to Platform 5 at Charing Cross station, but treasured it as her husband's creation. "I walked down the Spring Garden and all your little flowers tore and bit at my heart. I do love you so, Hadji. It is quite simple: I do love you so. Just that." The limes are pleached and the dominant plant is Euphorbia polychroma 'Major'. Nicolson kept meticulous gardening records of his efforts in the Lime Walk from 1947 to the late 1950s and, providing consolation after the end of his parliamentary career, he described the walk as "My Life's Work".
The Yew Walk runs parallel to the Tower Lawn. Its narrow width has been problematic, and by the late 1960s the yew hedges were failing. Extensive pruning proved successful in revitalising the avenue.
The Nuttery was famed for its carpet of polyanthus. Nicolson called it "the loveliest planting scheme in the whole world". Unlike the other gardens, where flowering plants were placed within flower beds, in the Nuttery and the Orchard plants were allowed to spread across lawns as though they were growing in the wild. By the 1960s, the plants were dying, and attempts to improve the soil did not assist. The primrose carpet was replaced in the 1970s by a mixture of woodland flowers and grasses.
The Moat Walk stands on the old bowling green constructed by Sir Richard Baker in the 1560s and his reconstructed moat wall provides the axis. The azaleas were bought with the £100 Heinemann prize Sackville-West received in 1946 for her last published poem, The Land. The wisteria were a gift from her mother, Lady Sackville, as were the six bronze vases. A bench designed by Lutyens terminates one end of the walk, the other focal point being the statue of Dionysus across the moat. The two arms of the moat that remain from the medieval house are populated by goldfish, carp, and golden orfe.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden