Giveaway:
Sarah Raven Seeds and Gardening Products for You and the Children!
RRP £42:50
As my regular readers will know I write for Garlic and Sapphire – Garlic & Sapphire was created by the team at Sarah Raven, who brought together bloggers from around the UK who are passionate about gardening, wild flowers, cooking local produce and arranging beautiful flowers. I was lucky enough to meet Sarah the other week, and visit her lovely Perch Hill home for an open day, more about that later, but for now I am delighted to be able to offer all Lavender and Lovage readers a fabulous opportunity to win some seeds and gardening products for YOU and the CHILDREN too! The prize I have on offer is worth £42:50 and comprises:
Tomato and Basil Seed Collection
Sarah Raven Seed Planting Booklet
Coir Jiffy’s – One reusable tray, with 45 pellets
Not only can you sow some seeds to harvest, but you can get the children involved too! All you have to do to enter is follow the instructions below and don’t forget to pop back to see my post about meeting Sarah Raven at Perch Hill too. Karen
Sarah Raven
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GOOD LUCK!
Karen
Herbs , lovely to have fresh herbs for your cooking.
I love to have fresh herbs as well, but fresh peas, potatoes and courgettes from the garden are fantastic.
I love traditional cottage garden flowers growing in the garden and I love all vegetables but especially brocolli.
I shared to twitter this post https://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2013/03/mothering-sunday-and-blue-white-china-little-victoria-lemon-daisy-cakes-recipe.html
I love bluebells (and snowdrops)
veg – nothing better than a homemade veg soup
Flowers! You can use some of them in cooking and they make you smile on a rainy day!
flowers just love the smell of them look of ummmand they brighten up my day & i use them on my cupcakes:)
Herbs – lemon thyme, bay leaves and basil. You can’t cook without basil in the summer. Veg – almost anything but I’m looking forward to asparagus and broad beans right now!
Ever since I was pregnant with my first son I have a mad craving for cherry tomatoes on the vine! I used to eat lots and lots when I was pregnant and still love them now (I hated them before I became pregnant!). I must admit I love all vegetables and there is not one I do not like. I also love herbs, especially fresh sage and mint!
I grow vegtables atm we have radish’s tomato’s and cucumbers x
carrots at the moment we are growing them we did some last year and they were great
I love roses and lavender and also growing herbs in pots – you can’t beat fresh Basil or Coriander.
i love growing carrots, but my fave veg are brussel sprouts
my fave flowers are daffodils, veg spinach and herb coriander
Got to be courgettes for me
I adore daffodils – signify the start of spring.
lavender for me
I am really enjoying the thought of edible flowers this summer, including finding recipes for weeds!
I’m mad for tulips following a visit to Keukenhof a couple of years ago. I grow many different varieties to give colour from February to June. Love them!
I loveveg that is easy to grow as I am hoping my daughter will be a gardener when she gets older – we have some seeds for odd shaped squashes to sow soon, but on the flower front love anything big and colourful.
I love tulips, basil and cabbage 🙂
@hannahmdy
I LOVE RUDBECKIA. THEY ARE SUCH A HAPPY FLOWER AND LAST SUCH A LONG TIME.
Flowers I love best are Roses xxx
My favourite are vegetables.
Love tomatoes
Herbs – love them for their flavour, their look and their fragrance too. Rosemary is my favourite.
I love zinnias, they’re such wonderful old fashioned colours
loads of veggies
Flowers
I love roses
Courgettes – great flowers, great veg!
sweet peas are my favorite flower and i love runner beans and cabbage too
Gotta be runner beans out my garden!
I love bright orange Calendula – they always make my day
I love verbena, aquilegia, allium…
I love peas. Pea shoots in salad; peas in everything; pea-pod soup; pea roots dug back into the ground for their nitrogen. What a do-er of a plant a pea is & so easy to grow too! Mmmm peas! Vohn x
I love growing fruit and vegetables and my favourite flowers are daffodils.
I love growing herbs.
My favourite is a flower and a herb! I love Lavender.
basil
Ooo I love the seeds box, what a nice thing to have.
I have this thing for herbs
Asparagus
fav veg is courgettes
love it
Veg for me, but I love flowers too and Lilies are my favourites. I love to eat freshly grown veg, in particular carrots and courgette
vegetables
I love vegetables! I love growing my own, particularly mange tout and cut-and-come-again lettuce.
save the bee! We should all plant more!
Carrots and spinach
VEGETABLES, SO MANY YUMMY ONES!
Cherry tomatoes are amazing when you grow them yourself.
Lavendar
Vegetables!
shared here – https://twitter.com/ashlallan/status/332207123238895617
Flowers are my favourite – I love growing them from seed it gives me an enormous sense of satisfaction when I see them bloom.
Shared Galaxy Chocolate, World Baking Day and The Famous Drinking Chocolate Cake Recipe via Facebook as Claire M. Smith
I love growing herbs, but I love lavender
Got to be bee and butterfly friendly flowers
Oh, VERY hard choice. I love flowers because they can brighten your day with their cheerful colours. Vegetables growing give such satisfaction as they taste to good on the plate fresh grown and picked. I do love herbs too though and basil is my favourite of all. they can change the taste of the most bland food and turn it into something special 🙂
Onions
Herbs
Vegetables!
Shared this https://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2013/04/a-quick-and-easy-random-recipe-cheese-and-onion-scone-bread-loaf.html
Geraniums
My favourite herb is rosemary because it’s just so easy to grow. It likes just being left! It tastes great with lamb. I also like garlic because it flavours many dishes.
I love all flowers but my favs are ones that bring wildlife in to our garden!
Wisteria – the aroma of Summer 🙂
Peonies, basil, aubergine
My favorite flowers are Sweetpeas (among others) but I particularly love growing tomatoes 🙂
courgettes, I love them
flowers, but don’t forget some veg have lovely flowers on them.
Red roses
Chives and begonias
Favourite flowers are freesias, but don’t have much success with them at home – love lavender, wallflowers honeysuckle too
I always plant some mixed seeds to attract bees, love watching them buzz about my garden.
To eat or to grow? Potatoes are without doubt my fave veg, though I found them tricky to grow. Tried a few years ago to grow them in gro-bags, the crop wasn’t smth to write home about, we laughing called them patate d’oro, as I spent a lot of money on all the gro-bags, compost etc. This year we’re growing tomatoes, cucumbers, round and yellow courgettes plus lots of herbs and berries
I love growing loads of things – cottage garden flowers, vegetables and herbs. And I am rather good at growing dandelions!
I love the smell of rosemary in the sun, and the way the bushes buzz with bees. If we get any sun that is. I love lupins, but so do the slugs. Oh well! At least we have a visiting hedgehog.
i love tulips they are so lovely, always remind me of spring time 😀
Can not beat the freshness and flavor of vegetables and fruit home grown with love and care
Flowers 🙂
vegetables, love tomatoes
red roses
All fruit and veg.
Courgettes, very satisfying to grow as you get enourmous harvests, and I use them in so many different things.
I love trying to grow parsley and coriander.
I grew some peas and courgettes last year that were DELICIOUS! Hope to have a good crop this year too!
I love the smell of fresh mint
My favourite flowers are Carnations.
flowers and fruit
I particularly love cottage garden plants but I love rambling roses especially pink ones that are scented that you can bring into the house
My favourite flowers are daffodils, my favourite plants to grow from seed are cucumbers the children love watching the vines creep up the wall of the conservatory and the baby cucumbers begin to grow!
I love growing fresh herbs to use in cooking
Love the lavender in my garden.
Parsley and thyme
I love Sprouting Brocolli
I love peas, easy to grow and nice to eat raw and cooked
I love Lavender, but don’t ever seem to get the pruning quite right.
I grow vegetables and love them all, but love peas straight from the garden x
I love growing chillies!
lavender especially in my bath 🙂
flowers
I love anemones and ginger.
Lavender – smells great, pretty and can cook with it too. I love cauliflower, particularly with cheese
I like growing tomatoes
I love flowers, especially sweet peas
Lemon verbena
My favourite at the minute is mint – homemade mint sauce is delicious
Love basil, courgettes and lupins
I shared your Quick and Easy Random Recipe: Cheese and Onion Scone Bread (Loaf) 🙂
https://twitter.com/Paddington_Ozzi/status/334265871960772608
I love coriander … and all other herbs!
love tulips
Hard choice! Lavender or herbs!
Basil – no question
Tomatoes with basil.
Lavender
I love Lilies in all colours, planted in the garden they look beautiful when open and then you can cut them and pop them in a vase and they look beautiful indoors and the smell is wonderful.
Herbs, easy and can be used for so much.
Lavender love the smell
I love growing veggies, peas are delicious fresh from the pod!
herbs 🙂
My fave flowers are definitely purple tulips! 🙂
my favourite veggies are carrots and beetroot!
i like growing sunglowers and pansies
I grew peas and beans last year, love picking the peas and eating from the pods
Herbs – specifically mint!!! so lovely smelling!
Love fresh herbs, so aromatic
A nice fox glove on a wild bit of country road
My favourite would have to be courgettes from the garden (basil a close 2nd 🙂 ) xx
I love daffidols
favourite flowers – tulips
Sunflowers.
Simon.
Lavender.
I enjoy growing a wide range of flowers,fruit and vegtables.I think the really pretty flowers such as hollyhocks are my favourite as they so pretty.
snowdrops lilies and roses
My favourite flowers are any flowers that still have a scent; so few do these days 🙁
I love flowers but there is satisfaction of watching vegetables grow
Love Freesias as they smell so nice
my favourite flowers are lilly’s
I love to grow veg at my allotment
I grow my own veg and love all of them but you cant beat your own potatos
I love cilantro. I am currently growing it! 🙂
I love fragrant climbers like honeysuckle & jasmine.
I love having a pot of basil growing on my kitchen window sill
Herbs are my favourite by far
Garlic is one of my favourite things to grow
forget-me-nots
i love sunflowers
I love basil and mint and also grow apples, blackberries, raspberries and rhubarb.
Fuchsia
My favourite flowers are red roses.
A love of spring, with Bluebells, and primroses
I love cabbage and carrots and my fav herbs are oregano and garlic
Vegetables, I love growing them, I try and mix them into my flower beds so they are not so visible but lovely to be able to eat home grown produce
Love carnations
herbs
I love any flowers that are great for bees – they need all the help we can give. The bonus is that these tend to be really bright and beautiful and often smell nice as well!
Love growing flowers, but have ventured into raspberries and blackberries as well. Good luck to everyone x
My favourite herbs to grow are basil, mint, thyme and parsley.
Pansies…beautiful and edible!
I like rhubarb as it is simple to grow and tasty too.
Spring flowers such as bluebells crocuses and Lilly of the valley
I’m loving the alliums and aquiligeas flowering in my garden at the moment.
Lavender….I love it 🙂
Its got to be strawberries and whipped cream
Lovely to grow and lovely to eat
Both together is a dream
Herbs , lovely to have fresh herbs for your cooking.
Herbs , lovely to have fresh herbs for your cooking.
I love all spring flowers
I love rosemary and basil, vegetables such as leeks and onions, celery too.
I love growing running beans in the summer. I could eat them every day, they taste amazing fresh from your garden.
I love courgettes they are great growers and the flowers are lovely
spuds!
Romaescu Broccolli
I love growing herbs for the wonderful fragrance in the garden and the fantastic flavours incook ing. I also plant some of my herbs in the garden of my local dog rescue centre so that the dogs experience the lovely smells when they go for a walk which helps relax them.
Peas love growing them and the kids find them fun
I love growing and eating squash – so many varieties, colours and flavours 🙂
Favourite Flowers: Roses
Favourite Herbs: Oregano
Favourite Vegetables: Corn!
Crysanthemums!
Great surname! Are we related LOL! I love lillies 🙂
Pepper in any way everyday. I’m even tempted to crack it on pudding.
Favourite flower is a Black Tulip
But I love growing herbs
I love sweet peas, but the old fashioned ones, that smell beautiful
Mint,Tomatoes and All Peppers
I love growing lilies, especially tree lilies
My favourite things to grow are probably tomato plants and squashes.
I love to grow runner beans, so easy and basically they look after themselves
Daddodils, sunflowers and rocket salad ( I love Rocket!)
I love growing herbs, they look and smell…and taste lovely
I love african marigolds.
Love flowers, daffodils and bluebells especially 😉
Love to grow all sorts of fruit and veg. Favourites are probably strawberries and tomatoes
Can’t beat peas straight out of the pod and chard and broad beans are very easy to grow too
the smell and taste fresh mimt
Chives and their bright purple flowers are my favourite!
I love herbs and always have some around the house in pots
Mint and carrots
Has to be the choclate mint I grow at the bottom of my garden. Great in summer drinks.
Lavender is gorgeous 🙂
You cant beat a home grown tomato!
I love growing radishes and herbs. And, of course, strawberries!
I love growing herbs as it’s so nice to pop outside and snip off something delicious to add to a dish, I especially like edible plants with pretty flowers as you get the best of both worlds, chives for example.
Poached egg plant – good for insects and so jolly…
Snowdrop flowers for me :).
I love growing anything really but strawberries are my favourite, probably because most of them I eat whilst working in the garden!
I love double begonias
My son is really exited about this competition so i hope i win!!!
just started growing veg 🙂
Roses, You beat a lovely English rose 🙂
Got to be pansies, for herbs rosemary
My favourite flowers are – sunflowers, nicotiana, hiacynths (that gorgeous perfume), calceolaria, coleous, but my absolute favourite flowers are gerbra daisies!
My fave fruit and veg for growing are: tomatoes, peas, potatoes, and pumpkins.
I love to grow just about everything. I find that using a good compost is the key for my garden to flourish!
http://theprepperproject.com/how-to-compost-like-a-boss/
peonies, lemon balm and leeks!
My all time favourite flowers are daisies- big andlittle ones 🙂
Sweet peas are my favourite flower to grow as they smell so lovely.
Love gardening, love herbs.
My favourite herb is tarragon.
I love growing herbs! They’re so easy to grow and make my meals taste delicious! Parsley is my favourite, I use it in everything! 🙂 x
Alliums are wonderful and the bees love them.
I love wild flowers…nothing more beautiful than a riot of colour and species all growing together 🙂 x
I shared another of your delicious and decadent 5:2 recipes 🙂
https://twitter.com/lastkiss5/status/350983958453956608 x
dil.. i love the taste and smell of it 🙂
I love lilies 🙂
I love Snowdrops,they’re so dainty and very pretty 🙂
FLOWERS 🙂
we love growing tomato plants
I love lavender