Advice & Inspiration For Your Garden

how to plant, grow & care for crocuses

Early spring colour is so important in the garden, bringing mood-enhancing optimism just when we need it most. Delicate and colourful, crocuses are the ideal cheer-givers in  February and

How To Stop Slugs Eating Your Dahlias

  If you have a garden or a balcony, you’d be mad not to grow dahlias – there’s no better plant for flowers both inside and out. However, slugs and snails can o

Tom's Town Garden

container gardening in Tom's town gardenTom is our Head of Horticulture and he has a beautiful garden — small, exquisite and perfectly formed! Together, Sarah and Tom have curated an array of bold and

one pot, one year – lots of colour

When it comes to low maintenance container gardening, there are two key times of the year to focus on.      1. May planting for your summer/autumn display  

Growing Tips For Gardening Success

Read our guide and explore how to get started on container gardening watering and feeding your plants For the best results, water less regularly than you might think, but water more thoroughly. 

light-as-a-feather courgette cake

This is my favourite cake, very simple to make, perfect every time, truly light, and utterly delicious with an equally light, non-claggy filling in the sandwich. It’s a recipe from our veg grower Anit

Grilled figs with lemon and pomegranate

A perfect late summer and autumn pudding, when figs are plentiful, (we grow ‘Brown Turkey’ here and even from a 3-year-old tree we can hardly keep up with the harvest). Serve with a dollop of yoghurt

Spaghetti with beans and tomatoes

This is originally a River Café recipe that I make all the time for supper when the beans and tomatoes are abundant and utterly delicious. Pick the beans snappy and small rather than large and slightl

Lemon Soufflé

An extremely lemony mousse – tart and delicious – at its best when citrus is fresh and plentiful as it is right now in the early months of the year. You can also make this with blood oranges. Note tha

lamb fricassee

This is a light and summery Greek dish, packed with herbs, using lettuce as a wilted green. It’s one of my favourites and so easy to make.serves 4-6900g boned shoulder or neck fillet of lamb1 large o

Canterbury Apple Tart

A totally delicious and warming recipe. We make lots of these when we’re quiet, to freeze and then gently heat to serve warm as a different option to cake in our café at our open days.serves 7-8For th

Dakos Salad

I love the island of Crete, particularly the mountains and their valleys bang in the middle, and I love the nature and the food. I make the Greek-inspired salad at home when the tomatoes are at the be

Just arrived?

our bulbs and plants, and how to grow them Note sure what to do when your order arrives this autumn? Below, you'll find answers to some of our most frequently asked questions about autumn deliveries.

Blackberry Cranachan

This is a child-friendly version of a Scottish classic of whisky, cream, raspberries and oatmeal. In this one, I add pudding wine instead of whisky, and I make a sweet granola with toasted oats. This

How to create a floral grid arrangement

how to create a floral grid Decorating the house in spring is always rewarding and a great way to cheer up gloomier days. Take inspiration Sarah and make your own beautiful spring table a

Roots beginners guide allotment guide

Growing your own food is one of the most rewarding skills to learn, not only will you start to understand where produce comes from and how much better it tastes compared to shop bough