![Fast flowing River Lavant West Sussex](https://assets.westdean.ac.uk/images/blog_listing_large450/159363-river-lavant.jpg)
West Dean Gardens - March 2014
It's official, it's been the wettest winter on record with 425mm of rain falling so far this year - about 17 inches in old money. As a consequence the mighty river Lavant is in fine form whooshing through the gardens lickety-split.