Jen Stuart-Smith

Beata Andrews, former head gardener for Sarah Raven at Perch Hill now runs Botanika, her own, unique floristry business where she uses flowers from her allotment and garden to make her arrangements more than a little bit special… What’s behind the boom in British cut flowers? Everyone thinks it’s a nice lifestyle to be growing […]

If I were to instigate a thriving cut-flower garden at my home, Doddington Place Gardens, near Sittingbourne, I would look to Parham House, West Sussex (www.parhamhouse.co.uk) for inspiration – although I very much doubt I would need the prodigious quantities of flowers that Parham grows. An astonishing 20-25 buckets of cut flowers from the garden

Do you feel overwhelmed by your garden at this time of year? Or maybe your back’s playing up? Take the no-dig approach to gardening and your will find you have time – and more produce – on your hands Experienced gardeners and anyone who has ever trained with the RHS will find it hard to

To get our new website and blog off to a flying start, we thought we would interview one of our favourite bloggers, seed purveyors and flowers growers…Benjamin Ranyard of Higgledy Garden in Cornwall. He’ll be a hard act to follow but we like to aim high. So, what gems did he have for us? So,