advice, recipes and videos from sarah

Pollinator super plants

Sarah talks about her favourite pollinator friendly plants for each month of the year.

Planting artichokes with alliums

Sarah talks about why and how you should grow artichokes and alliums together.

Hortus Bulborum – conservors of historic bulb cultivars

Sarah visits Hortus Bulborum in North Holland, where they conserve bulbs which are threatened with extinction, 90% of tulips there are no longer...

The daintiest new crocus varieties

Sarah chooses the daintest new crocus varieties from a recent trip to Holland.

French strawberry jam recipe

An excellent jam that is not too sweet and not too set, perfect with scones and cream.

How to create a delicious organic salad

Learn Sarah's five simple steps to a delicious salad, and her favourite salad ingredients to grow at home.

Planting a pelargonium pot display

Create the perfect summer and autumn pot display with rich coloured pelargoniums and verbena by following this easy tutorial.

How to make a flower grid

Create a beautiful flower arrangment in a shallow bowl by using a flower grid.  Follow these tips to easily make one.

How to make a floral spring centrepiece, using a flower grid

Sarah shows you how to make a beautiful table centrepiece, using tulips and a simple flower grid.

How To Grow Dahlias

When To Plant Dahlias

In Your Garden Today

No matter how many experts, editors and educators try to seduce you into the idea of naturalistic plantings, there will always be an alternative...

How fake flowers became cool again

Fake silk flowers (and a new era of dried and paper flowers) are on the brink of a major comeback, but not in the dusty pub fireplace style that...

Crop rotation in your veg patch

A quick introduction to crop rotation, to get the best from your veg plot and avoid the build up of pests and diseases.

How to avoid getting whitefly in the greenhouse

Sarah talks through her multi-pronged attack method of how she has eradicated whitefly from the greenhouse this year, using companion planting and...

Homemade tea – taste trials

See the results of the Perch Hill homemade tea taste trials.

Creating an insect haven

To welcome back the bugs after winter, Sarah Raven plants their favourite flowers