In a small pocket of London, between the houses of No.77 and No.79 Eastbourne Road, lies a neglected community garden. It was a beautiful thing once, a little oasis in a bustling city for neighbors by day and the local foxes at twilight. Now itโs overgrown and neglected, an empty patch of greenery lost to time.
Once a sanctuary, the gardenโs gate is now firmly closed. And thatโs exactly how Winston at No.79 likes it โ anything to avoid Bernice, who has moved in next door with her young son. Their houses may share the garden, but theyโre not exactlyย neighborly.
But then a mysterious parcel drops on Winstonโs doormat. It contains no note, only a bundle of photographs of the garden in bloom many years agoโvibrant with flowers, filled with people from every corner of the community. Is someone trying to tell them something? The seed of an idea is plantedโฆ
Somewhere out there, a secret gardener made a decades-old promise to keep the communityโs spirit alive. Now itโs time for The Twilight Garden to come out of hibernation.
Sara Nisha Adams is a writer and editor. She lives in London and was born in Hertfordshire to Indian and English parents. Her first novel was The Reading List.