british cut flowers Did you know that the retail value of the cut flower industry in Britain is worth over two billion pounds? That’s the same as the UK music industry, yet only 10% of those flowers are British gro
how to create a christmas tealight chandelier (two ways) Two great ideas for our Tealight Chandelier – decorated with rustic moss and berries, or classic ivy and silver baubles, it will look wonderfully festive hanging above your Christmas table this year
christmas decorations from the garden It's easy to make Christmas decorations and with just a little work they can look more beautiful than anything you can buy. My favourite way to make easy Christmas decorations is to go out into the ga
how to freeze flowers I like freezing the small edible flowers – anchusas, borage, pansies and violas – in ice or olive oil cubes. Make up different shapes, with some stars as well as rectangles. I know it's go
top tips for picking and arranging roses Roses make beautiful cut flowers but it helps to know some basics on how to pick them and advice on arranging roses for the best effect. Picking roses The trick with roses is to pick them early in t
a simple table centrepiece If you have plenty of rosemary in the garden you can use it to cover drinking tumblers for the table centres in the marquee. Covering a tumbler or medium-sized jam jar (Bonne Maman French jam jars are
a unique christmas flower table arrangement upper level display I'm starting off with some thin-necked, silvered glass bottles, but any tall, narrow bottle or vase would do. These, filled with white wax flower and the odd branch of silver birch
cosmos summer flower arrangement In this video, Sarah shows you how to put together a lovely roadside-inspired Cosmos 'Purity' flower arrangement. By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube.Th
spring flower arrangements In early spring our yearning for those intense green, newly emergent leaves on the trees – and the carpets of primroses, wood anemones and celandines covering the ground below them – grows
gardening at home with sarah | may colour Join Sarah at Perch Hill as she shares her favourite May flowering varieties for the vase. I had a lovely weekend this weekend picking tonnes and tonnes of flowers because the
how to make a sweet pea table centrepiece Sarah shows us how to make a really quick and easy, colourful table centrepiece with sweet peas, something that is perfect for a summer party or wedding. I was out in t
new favourite dahlia arrangement Sarah shows us how to arrange her favourite collection of new dahlias, along with Nicotiana 'Lime Green'. I'm going to talk you through my new favourite dahlia collecti
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.
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
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
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
