Sarah Raven
Sarah Raven - our lawn specialist
In her revival, Sarah Raven investigates why the British are so proud of their lawns. She visits Worcester College Oxford, to catch a glimpse of lawn perfection and talks to author Tom Fort about the lawn's history and why it has fallen from favour. She visits the winner of Britain鈥檚 best lawn competition and discovers a radical new approach to growing lawns, with the world's first 'floral lawn' - composed solely of flowering and foliage plants, without a blade of grass in sight!
With the help of a family of four, she also road-tests three types of lawn: a wild flower meadow, traditional grass and fake grass - with surprising results.
The grandeur of Polesden Lacey with its vast expanse of lawn is the central location for Sarah鈥檚 revival, as she shows us how to keep our lawns in tip top condition, how to inject a splash of colour into grass by naturalising bulbs and how to deal with those irritating bald patches in the lawn, which are the blight of every gardener.
