West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has just launched a wide range of more than 354 short courses online, running from mid-April to October 2021.

Spring has sprung at West Dean Gardens, and to celebrate, enjoy our top tips for looking after your house plants; for local visitors, some of our iconic glasshouses have just re-opened; and renowned plantsperson Hester Forde will be hosting two online gardening courses.

To coincide with International Nurses day on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, West Dean Gardens, near Chichester in West Sussex, are extending an open invitation to NHS nurses and all their NHS colleagues to visit the award-winning gardens for free, once the gardens reopen.
 

Much-loved West Dean Gardens, on the outskirts of Chichester may be closed to the public at the moment, but it continues to be a source of ‘virtual’ inspiration in the current climate, whether it be the magnificient magnolias by the pergola or the delicate Snakeshead Fritillaries under the fruit trees around the walled garden.