advice, recipes and videos from sarah

The Best Muesli

Make a big batch of the core recipe to last a couple of weeks, then add the extras you like, changing them from one day to the next.

Citrus Fruit Salad

Make this with super-nutritious blood oranges or the best standard oranges, such as Navels. It's healthy and delicious.

Healthy Spicy Ginger Cake Recipe

The perfect antidote to a cold winter afternoon. If you can, make this recipe using blackstrap molasses, it’s crammed full of antioxidants and...

Sloe gin (or damson vodka) recipe

Sarah's easy yet delicious recipe for sloe gin or damson vodka. Perfect for using up your winter hedgerow harvests.

Persian jewelled rice recipe

This delicious seasonal dish is wonderful as a side to spicy meat and vegetable dishes.

Sarah's Superfoods: Kale

As an ex-doctor, I want to ignore the fads and focus on truly exceptional good foods that we should include in our diet as much as possible.

Sarah's Superfoods: Kale recipes

Try Sarah's delicious kale recipes, including kale crisps, pilaf, curry and salad.

Sarah's Superfoods: Blood oranges

Small fruit crammed with huge flavour and a soft texture that almost melts in the mouth, blood oranges are always juicy.

Sarah's Superfoods: Blood orange recipes

February to March is the best time for Sicilian blood oranges, with all their health benefits including vitamin C, antioxidants, fibre and calcium.

Seasonal flowers for Valentine's

Seasonal flowers are the most romantic gift to give in February.  Here's Sarah's top picks for bringing spring into your home early in the year.

Mince pies with orange pastry recipe

I love an orange flavoured pastry with my mince pies, a traditional tasting twist on a classic recipe.

Danish glogg recipe

Danish glögg is a delicious treat for Bonfire night, or at parties in the run up to Christmas - it's perfect on cold wintry nights.

Dahlias | Why Sarah Loves Them

Sarah shares why dahlias are her favourite.

Prune and Armagnac Tart

A brilliant winter tart for serving with a spoon of Creme fraiche or vanilla ice-cream.

Roasted tomato soup

A deliciously fragrant soup, perfect served warm or cold.

Coffee, meringue and ice cream cake

I was first given this incredible pudding by a friend, Tam Lawson, 20 years ago and I’ve made it for pretty much every Christmas since.

How to Plant a Bulb Lasagne

Sarah demonstrates how to plant a bulb lasagne in a container.

Smoked haddock and beetroot gratin

A scrumptious and warming autumn smoked haddock and beetroot gratin recipe.

Sloe Gin Mincemeat Recipe

A perfect recipe for Stir up Sunday. You can use straight away, but it’s even better left for a while to mature and marinade.

Pelargonium and lemon cordial recipe

This is my favourite drink served here for lunch in the café for our garden openings and courses.

How to Plant Narcissi for Naturalising

Sarah demonstrates the best way to plant narcissus for naturalising using a Long Handled Bulb Planter.

Sarah's Chelsea Flower Show Garden 2017

Polyanthus | Why Sarah Loves These

Watch as Sarah shares her top varieties of polyanthus for growing as pot toppers or border fillers.

Sarah's Favourite Hardy Annuals

Watch as Sarah shares her top hardy annual flowers.

Sarah's Favourite Summer-Flowering Bulbs

Sarah discusses her favourite summer-flowering bulbs, including the very best lily varieties.

Sarah's Favourite Hydrangeas

Join Sarah for a walk through Hydrangea alley, where she discusses her favourite varieties for long-lasting colour and interest.

Companion Planting

Sarah discusses her top varieties for companion planting and the best ways to protect against pests and reduce diseases.

Sarah's Favourite July Poppies

Sarah shares her favourite varieties of poppies that flower throughout July.

Sarah's Favourite Rose Colour Palettes

Watch as Sarah discusses her favourite rose colour palettes.

How to Grow Courgettes

Sarah shares her favourite courgette varieties and top tips for growing and harvesting them.

Marinated mozzarella with basil and prosciutto

This is a brilliant recipe for making inexpensive mozzarella taste like the finest buffalo mozzarella.

Gardening at home with Sarah | The Rose Garden in June

Sarah shares her favourite varieties of roses, and explains why you should underplant your roses with salvias.

Gardening at home with Sarah | Favourite Biennials for June

Sarah shares her reasons for growing biennials and her favourite varieties for June colour.

How to stake your annuals

Sarah shares her top tricks on how to stake your annual seedlings effectively.

Planting Container Combinations at Perch Hill

Watch as Sarah plants up a combination of edible container plants and shares her top tips for success

Gardening at home with Sarah | Top Seed Sowing Systems at Perch Hill

Sarah discusses the top seed sowing systems used at Perch Hill.

How to Plant Sweet Pea Seedlings

Sarah shows us how to plant her recently delivered sweet pea seedlings.

Stuffed Red Horn Peppers

Sweet red peppers stuffed with cream cheese and pine nuts

Parmesan Lollipops

If you want to show off at a party, make these lollipops as canapés.

Gardening at home with Sarah | May Colour

Join Sarah at Perch Hill as she shares her favourite May flowering varieties for the vase.

Gardening at home with Sarah | Planting out Dahlias

Sarah shares an update on the progress of her dahlia cuttings taken a few weeks ago.

Gardening at home with Sarah | Favourite Alliums for May to July Colour

Watch as Sarah shares her best allium varieties currently growing at Perch Hill for spectacular colour from May to July.

How to Sow Parsley Seeds

Watch as Sarah demonstrates how to sow one of her favourite herbs, parsley, and shares top tips for successful germination.

Gardening at home with Sarah | Favourite Wallflowers

In our latest video Sarah shares her favourite wallflower varieties for growing almost anywhere in the garden.

Gardening at home with Sarah | May Tulips

Sarah shares her favourite tulips for companion planting, growing in shade and pots.