Advice & Inspiration For Your Garden

Growing tips for gardening success

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

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

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

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

how to plant, grow & care for cosmos – UPDATED 2024

why Sarah loves themEven if you only have a tiny garden – or just some pots – you have to grow at least one cosmos. They are the lowest maintenance, floweriest plants in the world. For me, cosmos is t

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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 gridDecorating 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 arrangement ste

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 bought, but you’ll als

Sweet Cucumber Pickle

This recipe is excellent for the long-term storing of cucumbers. It’s sweet and tangy, with a good crunch, and is delicious eaten with potato salad, cold meat and pates and in Cheddar cheese sandwiche

30 years of Perch Hill: 6 lessons from Sarah

From plot to plate and increasing biodiversity to colour theory and the importance of biodiversity, Sarah shares her learnings from three decades of trialling and testing in her garden at Perch Hill.t