Welcome to the Sarah Raven blog! 210 articles Sort by: The long dark days of January just make me want to go into hibernation, curled up like a little hedgehog in a cosy pile of leaves! I find it far... January. A quiet time in the garden. Cold mornings and short afternoons mean I’ve done little…

Echinacea purpurea 'After Midnight', Agastache 'Blackadder'

New to Gardening?There's a gardener in everyone just waiting to sprout. But how do you start? With an adventur

Bring planting to life by paying close attention to the defining features of your garden

Planting roses in a mixed border is one of the easiest ways of enjoying roses in your garden. Combine shrub roses, other shrubs, perennials and annuals to create a tapestry of different colours and textures. Planning a mixed border thinking about colour The colour of the roses and accompanying plants in a mixed border is a matter of personal taste, but there are a few simple guidelines you can follow. Decide if you want to stick to a narrow colour scheme or if you would like to go for…

The first thing that strikes me on entering garden designer Beth Chatto's gravel garden in Essex early in the morning is the scent of herbs. Thyme? Marjora

Drought resistant flowers

Astrantia and salvia

Галерея роз - Садовые композиции с розами и сочетания сортов

1. Hanging Bucket 2. Spilled Pot 3. Tulip and Pansies 4. Raised Garden Beds 5. Perennial Border 6. Stunning Flower Ball 7. Bird House and Clemati Flowers 8. Planting along a Low Fence

I realise now that I wanted to disappear. To get so lost that nobody ever found me. To go so far away that I'd never be able to make my way home again. But I have no idea why

Wondering how to create a cottage garden? Follow our advice on planning this popular, traditional garden style, full of colourful flowers, including everything from the layout to best plants

A blog for Southwest gardeners with an emphasis on the quaint English Cottage Garden style

Always one of the first English Roses to start flowering, its perfect scrolled buds open to large, rosette-shaped flowers of bright glowing pink. The beautiful, perfectly balanced Old Rose scent is often described as being the quintessential Old Rose fragrance. A vigorous rose; it will form a medium-sized, upright shrub. Named for the famous garden designer and author. David Austin, 1986.