SARAH RAVEN’S SECRETS FOR CREATING A GLORIOUS GARDEN

The gardener, presenter and writer shares her tips for a fabulous May garden, from wildflower meadows to planting up pots JONATHAN BUCKLEY

The presenter shares her top tips

Iseem to spend May with a trowel in my hand. We are always very busy emptying the polytunnel of all the plants we’ve grown from tubers, seeds and cuttings. Every square metre at Perch Hill gets a refit. The colour for the next six months comes largely from tender plants that cannot go out into the garden until the frosts have passed in May.

There’s nothing like alliums for their explosions of colour

Sarah fills the garden with beautiful colours as the frosts pass