The natural world is seldom precisely predictable.

As a wildlife film maker I become well used to changing my plans at the last minute.

But this year takes the biscuit. Or should that be a ‘Butterscotch Biscuit’, with its beautiful golden, daisy-like blooms.

For the first time in its 108-year history, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show moved from May to the back end of September. I have never known so many confused keen gardeners.

Yet all who take part in this annual bean and begonia feast have risen to the challenge and excelled.

My gardening credentials come from an entirely different direction. In the past having been involved with BBC gardening programmes, even helping to design and build television gardens, I presented as well as produced many programmes.

While doing so I encountered bucket loads of passion from the people involved.

My aim was to encourage wildlife friendly gardening.

I greatly admired the horticultural talent, as well as the design and attention to detail of the exhibits. Let alone the splendour of the planting.

At this level I also discovered professional gardeners do not just do it, they live it.

For the millions of more casual enthusiasts the Chelsea Flower Show and others like it across the country, are an annual fix to satisfy our souls whilst providing inspiration and ideas.

With growing global concern for the natural world leaving many feeling helpless, we can at least all play a part in our gardens.

The more habitats we can create in a relatively small space, the more variety of plants we can grow. And that greatly benefits wildlife.

Not just birds and bees but countless bugs and other creatures that form the base of many different food chains.

Minimising the use of chemicals and other destructive practices, creating ponds and leaving fashionably less manicured areas to grow wild, helps more than we imagine.

Growing flowering plants and trees not only helps the planet it can also help our well being.

As one of my former colleagues and horticultural heroes, the television gardener Don Hoyle used to say at the end of his programmes, ‘enjoy your gardening’.