Alex Preston

Sowing seeds of comfort

Sarah Raven takes us month by month through a selection of the best flowering plants for form and fragrance

Perch Hill in Sussex, the home of Sarah Raven. Credit: Jonathan Buckley 
issue 10 April 2021

  • A Year Full of Flowers: Gardening for all Seasons

    Sarah Raven

    Bloomsbury, pp. 384, £25

  • In the Garden: Essays on Nature and Growing

    Various Authors

    Daunt Books, pp. 224, £9

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