bring pollinators into your garden The honeybee is in peril, but every gardener can help by planting pollinator friendly plants in their gardens and allotments. Gardening, for me, has turned a completely new corner. I used to lov
top 10 plants for pollinators If you're just starting to make a pollinator friendly garden or if you're new to gardening and want to add a few pollinator friendly plants but are not sure where to start then this is Sarah's top 10
how to grow a wildflower meadow There are various things worth knowing about growing your own wildflower meadow. Watch as Sarah talks through some of her tips for a successful wildflower meadow. If I ha
my top wild flower mixes and garden-worthy varieties Wild flowers were my first love in the plant world. Here are my favourite varieties, that flower for months, not just a few fleeting weeks, and are possible to grow in your own back garden. For i
companion planting Sarah discusses her top varieties for companion planting and the best ways to protect against pests and reduce diseases. By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission t
creating an insect haven I want to create a mini paradise for insects at Perch Hill, a place that gets everything right for them and that will look beautiful, so that we can sit and watch hoverflies, butterflies and bees
my love of wild flowers All my life, I have been in love with wild flowers ... so much so I published a book documenting 500 of Britain's most beautiful specimens. Read on for an extract which explains why I'm so fond o
the importance of wild flower meadows Almost all our meadows have now been sprayed and re-sown with more productive grasses to create more hay, with others turned over to arable. It’s been estimated that by 1984, 97% of lowland
creating a wild flower meadow Sarah talks through how she has begun to establish the wild flower meadow at Perch Hill. By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube.The data processing by
pollinator super plants Many cultivated garden plants have limited wildlife value. Years of selection for increasing showy blooms has resulted in flowers losing their attraction to pollinators, but there are plenty of t
how to create a butterfly garden Walking through the hay meadows in Transylvania last summer felt like a visit to a perfect place, not just for the wildflowers – the salvias, aquilegias and orchids – but for the butterfli
how to grow wild flowers in container pots There are so many reasons you might choose to grow wild flowers in container pots – perhaps you’ve got limited outside space, like the freedom of moving your plants around to keep things v