All you need for a beautiful and productive garden | Seeds, Plants & More

How to Grow Courgettes

Sarah shares her favourite courgette varieties and top tips for growing and harvesting them.

How to Grow Tomatoes

Sarah shares everything she knows about growing tomatoes, including top tips on sowing, pinching out and training.

How to Sow Parsley Seeds

Watch as Sarah demonstrates how to sow one of her favourite herbs, parsley, and shares top tips for successful germination.

Gardening at home with Sarah | Favourite Wallflowers

In our latest video Sarah shares her favourite wallflower varieties for growing almost anywhere in the garden.

Gardening at home with Sarah | May Tulips

Sarah shares her favourite tulips for companion planting, growing in shade and pots.

How to plant out broad beans

Sarah demonstrates how to plant broad bean seedlings in the vegetable garden at Perch Hill.

How to chit potatoes

Sarah shows us how to chit potatoes. Including one of her favourite varieties, ‘Belle de Fontenay’.

How to Sow Broad Beans

Watch as Sarah demonstrates how to sow broad beans in rootrainers.

March in the Garden

Learn how to plant bare root roses, lift and divide summer perennials and sow seeds for your veg and flower gardens.

Starting a vegetable garden from scratch

Want to start a veg plot but not sure where to start? Sarah's guide will help you begin.

Perfect plants to create a cottage garden style

Learn which plants to choose to create the perfect cottage garden - from pretty pinks to delicate blues and subtle whites.

Bring pollinators into your garden

Find out why and how to attract beneficial insects into your garden.

Companion planting - protect with plants

Grow these flowers in your veg patch to help deter pests and protect your plants the natural way.

Companion planting: Friends with Benefits

Sarah tells us why companion planting works, and how you can grow veg, herbs and flowers together to eliminate pests and increase productivity.

Edible Flowers

The best edible flowers to grow all year round - with growing and harvesting tips.

Growing edible flowers

Sarah shows you how what sort of edible flowers she likes to grow and eat at home.

Growing tomatoes from seed

Find out the best way to grow your tomato plants from seed, starting in March if they are undercover and in May if outdoors.

Growing chillies from seed

Learn how to grow tasty chillies from seed with this simple guide.

How to grow and harvest asparagus

Learn how to plant and grow asparagus crowns and harvest their delicious spears.

How to grow Eucomis (Pineapple flower)

Learn how to plant and grow Eucomis bulbs, for beautiful pineapple flowers in your autumn garden.

How to grow grapes in Britain

Learn how to grow grapes in Britain with the advice of Chatsworth gardener Ian Webster.

How to grow potatoes in bags

Find Sarah's tips for how to grow potatoes in a container or planting bag in your small garden space.

How to layout a vegetable garden

Once you've created your vegetable plot, you need to find out how to lay it out. Sarah's guide will show you how.

How to plant and grow blackcurrants

Learn how to plant, grow and harvest blackcurrants, to produce beautiful crops for years to come.

How to plant and grow onion sets

Find out how Sarah plants, grows and harvests her onion and shallot sets for maximum flavour and productivity.

How to plant and grow raspberries

Learn how to plant out raspberry canes and how to establish and grow them with Sarah's instructions.

Creating the perfect veg patch

Creating a veg patch is one of the most rewarding experiences, find out the essentials to get you started here.

How to plant and grow aquilegias

Aquilegias are invaluable for flowering in May and early June when there is suprisingly little colour in the garden.

How to plant and grow iris

Iris start off a long bulb flower succession at Perch Hill. They're beautiful and successful in pots, borders, or in grass.

How to plant & grow peonies

Your step-by-step guide to growing peonies, how to grow them and when to care for them.

Square inch gardening with Charles Dowding

Sarah meets Charles Dowding- the no-dig expert for tips on square-inch gardening.

Growing rhubarb and making cordial

Sarah talks through the different varieties of rhubarb she grows in order to extend the season.

Sarah's Superfoods: Broccoli

Broccoli has long been regarded as a nutritious choice. Rich in fibre, full of iron and packed with vitamins A, B and C. But which variety is most...

Sarah's Superfoods: Kale

As an ex-doctor, I want to ignore the fads and focus on truly exceptional good foods that we should include in our diet as much as possible.

February in the garden

With spring just around the corner there's plenty to do in your garden in February. Plant bulbs for spring and summer colour and start sowing your...

How to grow crocosmias

Tips and advice on how to grow Crocosmias, for outstanding colour from July - October.

How to grow your seed potatoes

Find out how to chit and plant out your earlies or maincrops, as well as how to force them in bags.

How to plant out rhubarb crowns

Learn how to plant out your rhubarb crowns, with these simple instructions.

Chitting potatoes

Sarah shows you how to grow potatoes by chitting for quicker and slightly larger potato harvests.

How to plant out from gutterpipes

Sarah shows you how to plant out salad from gutterpipes, in her salad garden at Perch Hill.

Growing peas in the veg garden

Sarah talks through her favourite varieties to grow and eat in the veg garden at Perch Hill.

The best winter salad leaf varieties to grow

Sarah shows you which varieties of salad she grows to last through the winter at Perch Hill.

Starting a veg patch - what to grow

When you are starting a veg patch you need to make the difficult decision about what to grow - here's Sarah's top tips.

January in the garden

It's nice to start the new year in the garden and you'll find there's plenty to be done in January from herb sowing to tidying and mending.

Growing cyclamen

Cyclamen are a sure sign that spring is around the corner, with a cheery splash of pink they are a great start to the new year.

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