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A Year of Cut Flowers

Tips, tricks and everything you could possibly wish to know about planning, growing and arranging your own cutting garden from the queen of cut flowers, Sarah Raven.


In A Year of Cut Flowers, Sarah shares the secrets she has evolved over decades at Perch Hill to keep cut flower production nearly constant, from the start of the growing year to the end. With her unparalleled expertise up your sleeve, you’ll have a house full of flowers conditioned to last well in a vase, and an abundant garden always brimming with colour.


'A swoon-inducing, endlessly useful book' - The Garden


'This fusion of sheer joy and hard data is a powerful combination, a formula so convincing on every level that it makes any gardener want to carve out space for a cutting garden’. - New York Times


With plenty of cut-flower inspiration and practical advice such as:

  • How to choose high, medium and low productive cut-and-come-again plants so you can enjoy bountiful vases of home-grown blooms
  • Which plants should form the backbone of any cutting patch or garden, large or small
  • Plant rotation, with a selection of plant groups coming in and out of the same patch of soil
  • A year-round plan to achieve efficient cut flower production and ensure highest possible production from minimal space
  • How to condition and arrange your cut flowers for maximum impact and longevity

  • This book is hardback and badges.exclusively signed by Sarah.

    Signed copy
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      • Expertly curated by Sarah and the team
      • Trialled and tested at Perch Hill
      • Chosen for beauty and exceptional performance
      • Plants, bulbs & seeds are sent at the best time to plant
    • Free Delivery when you spend over £60 

      Standard Delivery
      UK Mainland
      Seeds £2.99
      Bulbs £4.99
      Plants £5.99
      Gardening Kit & Home £5.99 

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      For more information, please see our delivery page.

      Returns 

      Need to return something? Please inform us of any issues as soon as possible, within 28 days of delivery. For more information, please read our returns policy here.

      We will help you to arrange a return of a hardware item, but we will not expect to receive damaged plants even if we have issued a refund to you.

      Please note: all fully hardy plants are covered by our lifetime guarantee.On occasion we may need to send you an alternative variety to the one shown, which will be selected by our growing team to ensure its suitability. It will be of equal or greater value to the original. Please contact our customer service team if there are any problems.

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