Sarah Raven launches podcast series to inspire beginner gardeners

Renowned gardener and author Sarah Raven has released a new miniseries of her chart-topping gardening podcast ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’.

The series of 10-minute-long episodes gives specific advice for novice gardeners looking to create their own kitchen garden at home.

It covers the process of curating a kitchen garden, with Sarah explaining where to begin, her must-have vegetables, salad, and herbs, and how to deter pests.

Sarah says: “We all dream of having freshly picked herbs and home-grown vegetables to cook with at dinnertime, but I know that having a kitchen garden feels unachievable for some.

“I’ve been growing veg for three decades, and so I’ve learned quite a lot, and I really want to share my knowledge of the kitchen garden as far and wide as I can.

“This series is the distillation of everything I’ve learned over that time. I’m going to start with the real basics and talk you through the most important things I think you need to know when getting started.”

Across the series, lasting just over an hour, Sarah explains common garden terminology, including demystifying the difference between hardy and half-hardy annuals, while also providing simple information surrounding common garden pests and diseases, and top tips for small-space gardening.

Sarah Raven’s podcast, ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ has released over 130 episodes covering varying gardening topics and has recently hit three million downloads.

The podcast, which consistently holds its place in the gardening charts, has featured guests including Alan Titchmarsh, Emma Bridgewater, Prue Leith, and Anna Jones.

You can listen to ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ via sarahraven.com/podcast.