narcissus paperwhite table centrepiece This is the most successful, long-lived Christmas table centre I have ever made: a great tiered fountain of scented Paperwhite narcissi. Kept cool in my greenhouse, it looked good for nearly a month.
trendy herbs how to: sorrel & lovage Do you remember The River Cafe getting us all to start growing rocket about 20 years ago? Salad rocket was joined by the thin-fingered, peppery, wild variety. Then Jamie Oliver made Summer Savou
how to make a hand-tied bunch Sarah shows us how to make a hand tied bouquet of flowers - using home-grown flowers from her cutting patch at Perch Hill Farm. Before you start, lay out all your condi
early flowering biennials for spring My spring garden is full of bulbs – scented narcissi, hyacinths and tulips of many different kinds. I also have cherry and apple blossom and patches of early-flowering annuals like Cerinthe majo
companion planting: friends with benefits Most of us love the idea of companion planting, the underlying principle being that by uniting one species with another we’ll free a plant from the scourge of some particular pest or have a mira
salvia 'amistad' | why sarah loves this One of my absolute favourite plants. Incredible flowers, excellent performance and loved by pollinators. One of my absolute favourite plants is Salvia ‘Amistad&rs
how to plant a bulb lasagne Bulb planting tips >watch how >start shopping bulbs > To get dense and flowery spring pot displays, you have to try layering bulbs in what the Dutch call a bulb lasagne,
sowing seeds into gutterpipes I sow loads of things, particularly amongst the herbs and salads, into lengths of guttering. They germinate quickly and consistently, all cosy in the warm in my polytunnel and transplant outside
gardening at home with Sarah | the best tulips at Perch Hill In this video from Sarah at home, she shares her favourite tulips for picking, pots, borders and grass.By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube.The data processing by Youtube
sarah's guide to hardy annual flowers Hardy annuals as cut flowers have to be picked - that’s the great thing about them. It’s not picking them that will lead to disaster. Let hardy annuals form seed and they’ve done wha
sowing flowers in late summer I am a believer in late summer sowing – getting most of my hardy annuals into the ground as soon as I can. The soil is warm in late August, and with a little rain the top few inches of ground sh
the wild flowers of sicily It had to be the most unpromising bit of landscape I’d ever seen. The entire bay – literally – was rimmed with oil refineries, tanker loading bays, incomprehensible tangles of pipewo
gardening at home with sarah | a walk through the bluebell wood Join Sarah for a tranquil stroll through the bluebell wood at Perch Hill. There’s nowhere better than a bluebell wood in April, this absolute, incredible blue carpet jus
how to make a christmas wreath Go on a forage and see what’s still looking good outside, picking anything colourful and decorative to add to your wreath, such as brilliant-pink spindle berries, agapanthus seed heads, orange
chrysanthemums as cut flowers It's now five weeks since I returned from Holland with a box of cut chrysanthemums and this morning I threw the last one away. That's an incredible vase life – five weeks in a dark, warm house a
decorating for christmas with paperwhite narcissi How do you fancy an incredibly beautiful, long lasting, deliciously scented and spectacular table centre which will be at its best over Christmas and New Year? You can make it little or large, and tha
