Sarah Raven, writer, cook, broadcaster and teacher, is the expert on all things to grow, cut and eat from your garden.
Sarah
is a presenter on BBC Gardeners' World, she writes for The Daily
Telegraph, Gardens Illustrated, Gardeners' World Magazine, and Domino
Magazine (US) and has been a guest on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and
the
Food Programme.
Her gardening and cookery books have won her a
number of awards including Best Specialist Gardening book for The
Cutting Garden and Cookery Book of the Year for Sarah Raven's Garden
Cookbook. Her
latest book looks at the vital role Wildflowers play in
the British
countryside. She also had a well-received TV series (BBC2)
in Spring
2012 called 'Bees, Butterflies and Blooms' on the crisis of
insects and
Sarah's attempts to flower up the nation to hugely increase
insect food
and habitat supply.
Sarah is an
inspirational and passionate teacher, running cooking, flower arranging,
growing and gardening courses at
Perch Hill, her farm in East Sussex,
and around the country, since
1999. She is married to the writer Adam
Nicolson and has two daughters
and three stepsons. They divide their
time between Sissinghurst Castle
and Perch Hill Farm.