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Grow Your Own Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven at Perch Hill Farm, East Sussex

Grow Your Own Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven at Perch Hill Farm, East Sussex

Few things are more rewarding than stepping into the garden and picking armfuls of flowers for the house. This day is all about how to make that a reality, with expert advice drawn from decades of growing, trialling and harvesting cut flowers at Perch Hill. 

Learn how to create a cutting garden that provides flowers from March to November, with practical guidance on everything from seed sowing and propagation to soil preparation, mulching, staking and succession planting. We'll cover the most productive hardy and half-hardy annuals, biennials, sweet peas, tulips and other bulbs, as well as the techniques that help maximise flowers in any space, large or small. 

See these ideas brought to life in the garden and discover how to grow, harvest and condition flowers for the longest possible vase life, filling your home with months of beautiful bouquets and buckets of homegrown abundance. 

  • This course is taught by Sarah with assistance from Josie, her head gardener
  • It is a lecture with slides format, with some practical demos with the Perch Hill gardeners
  • You will also get a course hand-out covering all the information Sarah teaches on the day
  • It is held at Sarah's home - Perch Hill Farm, Brightling, Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5HP
  • The day lasts from 10:00 until 4pm including tea/coffee on arrival, (from 10am for 10.30 prompt start)
Wednesday 23rd September
Grow Your Own Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven at Perch Hill Farm, East SussexCourse at Perch Hill
Available now:
600095-23/09/2026
  • You will receive your confirmation via email

    Open day refunds:

    All of our open day dates are non-transferable and non-refundable. If you are unable to attend you are welcome to send your order confirmation along to someone who can attend in your place.

    Course / event refunds:

    We can refund the full cost of your course / event if we receive at least 8 weeks notice of the cancellation.

    We are unable to offer a refund or transfer if we receive less than 4 weeks notice of the cancellation. A friend or family member is welcome to attend in your place. For more information, please see our course FAQs 

  • If you’re attending an Open Day, you’ll receive a confirmation email ten days before your visit, containing all the details you need to ensure you have a really enjoyable day.  

    For everyone attending a course, you'll receive an email one month before your visit, containing details about the course, directions and listings of local B&Bs.  

    Please note that our courses and events are ticketless, so you don’t need to bring a ticket with you unless otherwise stated. 

Grow Your Own Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven at Perch Hill Farm, East Sussex
Grow Your Own Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven at Perch Hill Farm, East SussexCourse at Perch Hill
£250
per person
  • You will initially receive an automated email from our order system to confirm your booking. You will then receive a course confirmation email which will contain all the information that you will need before attending the course – details of the course, names booked on the course, directions and local B&B information etc. The course confirmation email will be sent to you within 2 weeks of placing your booking. Please note that our courses and events are ticketless and you do not need to bring a ticket with you on the day.

  • If you are unable to attend a course/event you have booked and paid for: A friend or family member is welcome to attend in your place. You will need to provide us with their name, dietary requirements and contact email address/phone number as soon as possible prior to the course/event date. If we receive 8 weeks’ notice or more: Raven's Haven Ltd will refund the full cost of your course/event. If we receive more than 4 weeks’ notice: Raven's Haven Ltd will transfer you to another suitable course/event of the same value. In this instance this must be a straight swap onto another course we have availability on within the same season. I.e. no more than 6 weeks from the original course date booked. Furthermore, we are unable to carry course credits over to the following calendar year. Please note, we cannot issue vouchers to spend on other products at sarahraven.com If we receive less than 4 weeks’ notice: We are unable to offer a refund or transfer as we have inadequate time to re-sell the place. A friend or family member is welcome to attend in your place. If you find you are unable to attend a Course with less than 4 weeks’ notice, please contact us at events_srcg@thecuttinggarden.com so we may advise further. A course/event place purchased as a gift carries the same cancellation policy. The course value cannot be transferred over to use on Sarah Raven products. If we need to cancel a course/event: Raven's Haven Ltd may cancel any course/event due to illness or very low numbers, and you will then have the option of a transfer to another course/event of the same value or a full refund of your payment.

  • Parking for courses, garden visits and garden open days will be in the grass field next to the Cutting Garden. There is also a drop off point located outside the Perch Hill building for anyone with mobility issues. There is a disabled toilet on site. Please note: during the wetter times of the year the grass may be muddy and the paths are sometimes slippery and a little uneven, so please do wear suitable shoes or boots and take extra care. The garden can pose problems for people in wheelchairs as there are steps and gravel paths in some areas.

  • The Perch Hill Shop is open for anyone attending our Open Days or courses. Please note we do not have the space to hold the full mail order line, but we do stock a selection of Sarah's favourite items.

  • We don't have any visitor accommodation at Perch Hill but we can recommend a few local hotels and B&Bs.

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