Edward Bowring BSc DipSTH
Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Practitioner and Garden Writer

July Here in West Sussex it has been really wet, and I mean proper rain for days on end. Thankfully the sun has come out again, but...

June After all the May rain and recent sunshine, the gardens are flourishing, so green and lush and dotted with colour. The longest day...

May With the evenings lengthening day by day and the hope of soon seeing friends and family properly, hope is in the air. May is a...

Iris (Reticulata) 'Harmony' February Here in West Sussex we've had hard frosts, cold biting winds and even a smattering of snow . But now...

I think we would all agree that January is never the easiest month to get through, let alone when combined with a lock-down and the endless

Hellebore in the frost January We leave 2020 firmly behind us and enter the new year thankful for new beginnings and in hope that things...

Cornus stolonifera Flaviramea Winter The winter woolies have been dug out the cupboards and the days are noticeably shorter - winter has...

Autumn is here The clocks have gone back, the afternoons are shorter and the colours of the garden are muted day by day. But there’s...

With the lockdown restrictions easing recently dahlia season began. Dahlias have made a serious comeback in recent years and are very...

Dahlia 'Walzing Matilda' It's July and I can't quite believe where the past 3 months have gone, lock down is tentatively being eased and...

Bees loving Geranium Rozanne Finally some rain! As I write a pathetic drizzle limps down the window, after the wettest winter I can...

We are so blessed to have a garden at this time, for the children to let off some much needed steam and for my wife and I to escape into...

Due to Covid -19, life as we know it has been put on hold. It's not easy, I am on the shielding list so not able to leave the house for...

We've got through January and spring is not too far away. Here in West Sussex the snow drops are appearing signalling that winter is soon...