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Early Tulips & Forcing Potatoes with Swallows & Damsons', Anna Potter - Episode 11

Early Tulips & Forcing Potatoes with Swallows & Damsons', Anna Potter - Episode 11

Fromgrow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends


Early Tulips & Forcing Potatoes with Swallows & Damsons', Anna Potter - Episode 11

Fromgrow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Apr 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

With the spring season fast approaching, this week seemed a fitting time to consider our pick of the early tulips to bring some spring colour to your garden. Helping us to choose our favourites on this episode is a wonderful guest with a background in fine art and floristry, Anna Potter.As the artistic eye behind Swallows & Damsons, Anna shares her journey to building her own floristry company utilising her photography skills to create a ‘visual diary’, and we hear how to chit potatoes and use them in a variety of delicious dishes.In this episode, discover:Anna’s background in fine art, and how it grew into a love of floristryHow she grew Swallows & Damsons through beautiful Instagram contentAnna, Sarah & Arthur’s absolute favourite early tulipsThe story behind the tulip named after Sarah RavenChitting potatoes, and everyone’s favourite recipe for their potato of choiceView all products mentioned and find further advice from Sarah: https://bit.ly/3CIWeT5Order Sarah’s new book: https://bit.ly/2TWHJczOrder Arthur’s new book: https://bit.ly/3xOov7HShop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeuGet in touch: info@sarahraven.comSwallows & Damsons: http://www.swallowsanddamsons.com/Anna Potter’s book - The Flower Fix: https://amzn.to/39WzZwoChitting Potatoes: https://bit.ly/3d7Rs7fProducts mentioned:Tulips: https://bit.ly/3d7RuMpPotatoes: https://bit.ly/3mIUTV7Potato Tubers: https://bit.ly/3wAXzZnFollow Sarah: https://bit.ly/3jDTvBpFollow Arthur: https://bit.ly/3jxSKK5
Released:
Apr 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Welcome to "Grow, cook, eat, arrange" the brand new podcast by gardeners Sarah Raven and Arthur Parkinson, who've worked together for nearly ten years at the beautiful Perch Hill Farm in the South of England. Sarah loves gardening in general but growing produce both food and flowers is the part she loves the most. She also loves to cook straight forward garden-picked food every day with the minimal amount of ingredients and palava but the greatest amount of taste! Arthur is Sarah's florist who picks beautiful arrangements for photoshoots and open days at the farm, from buckets of scented sweet peas to huge armfulls of dahlias and towering gladiolus.We'll be releasing a new episode every Friday, featuring a relaxed informative chat between Sarah & Arthur across a variety of topics. They'll focus on their favourite flowers currently growing in the garden and the tastiest produce on the veg slope at Perch Hill. They'll talk about how to sow or grow them as well as how to harvest or arrange them, adding their favourite tips or methods along the way. As well as chatting about gardening and growing, Sarah will give you some of her favourite recipes full of food you can produce. So whatever gardening you're into, whatever size your garden is, or whatever level of experience you have, there'll be something for everybody. You can find out more about the products used in the episodes and get in touch via our website. Enjoy the show! Website: https://www.sarahraven.com/