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

Please forgive the radio silence we've moved house and everything else has had to take rather a back seat. It's been a lovely summer and...

Everything is growing almost by the minute! It's been warm down here in Sussex and the gardens are really coming into their own. It's dry...

May is a wonderful month in the garden. Everything seems to grow more with each day that passes, the hardy geraniums are green with...

Spring is finally here in West Sussex. The bulbs are out in force and the birds are chirping away. March is an all go month in the garden...

Winter finally arrived! We've been scraping the ice off the cars and enjoying the frosty mornings down here in West Sussex! The ground...

Dawn light over the pond Happy new year! After a mild Christmas down here in the south a cold snap is moving in and the gardens first...

Cornus stems bring great winter colour to a border. Well here in West Sussex winter has struck, successive cold nights and frosts meant...

The clocks have gone back and it's scarily dark by home time. However it does mean it is lighter in the morning to help us get out of bed...

The leaves are falling, nights drawing in scarily fast and clocks about to go back. October is a month of preparation and planning for...

September is a lovely month here in West Sussex. If we are lucky an Indian summer again and the warmth extending into the autumnal glow....

The heatwave continues here in West Sussex and has meant we've had to start crack of dawn and finish earlier like on the continent! May...

It's been an odd start to May, the last frost (we hope) and even ice on the children paddling pool and then to 20°C a few days later. But...

Well the weather over the past few weeks here in West Sussex has been pretty rubbish so it's going to be an even busier April than usual!...

It's official, dahlias are back in all their loud and bright glory! They are brilliant for a pot display (smallish varieties) or to add...

Thank heavens that cold spell and snow is over and the gentle warmth of spring is edging closer by the day! The hellebores and crocus...

Thank heavens January is over and the first signs of spring are rearing their heads! The hellebores and snowdrops are out, crocus...

Growing food with your children has to be one of the most satisfying and educational things one can do as a parent. Teaching them that...

It's dark when the children wake us up and again by 4 o'clock so if you're anything like me you need to catch as much daylight and...

It's finally got cold, we've had the first frost of the year and the clocks have gone back. Winter is here bar the odd strangely mild day...

It's officially autumn, the beans are out, the perennials fading and days shortening faster than we'd like, but there is still lots to do...