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    Creating an Organic Ornamental Garden with Sarah Mead, Head Gardener at Yeo Valley Organic Garden - Episode 28

    Creating an Organic Ornamental Garden with Sarah Mead, Head Gardener at Yeo Valley Organic Garden - Episode 28

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

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    Creating an Organic Ornamental Garden with Sarah Mead, Head Gardener at Yeo Valley Organic Garden - Episode 28

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

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    Length:
    36 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 12, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Organic lifestyles may have become particularly popular in the last few years, but the shrewd gardeners at Yeo Valley Organic Garden have been at it for over 25 years in the depths of Somerset. What’s even more exciting is their debut appearance at this year’s belated Chelsea Flower Show - a ‘dream come true’ for Sarah Mead.From dealing with pesky pests to picking out vibrant native flowers for their Chelsea display, Sarah has a host of fantastic tips for those of us wanting to use fewer chemicals in our gardens in this episode of “grow, cook, eat, arrange”.In this episode, discover:How Yeo Valley Organic Garden is enticing, but not forcing, people to live more organicallyVarious ways to entice wildlife into your organic garden to help keep slugs and snails at bayA selection of Sarah Mead’s favourite ornamental & native organic flowersYeo Valley Organic’s exciting maiden outing at Chelsea Flower Show this yearSarah’s keen interest in a revolution for organic food View all products mentioned and find further advice from Sarah: https://bit.ly/3f2DFiHOrder Sarah’s new book: https://bit.ly/2TWHJczOrder Arthur’s new book: https://bit.ly/3xOov7HGet in touch: info@sarahraven.comFollow Sarah: https://bit.ly/3jDTvBpYeo Valley Website: https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/
    Released:
    Aug 12, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    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/