Growing your own party

DURING these recessionary times we’re racking our brains to come up with thrifty ways of having fun and improving our quality of life without breaking the bank.

Every year when we plan our course schedule for Ballymaloe Cookery School we come up with some new ideas.

One of my favourites this year is Grow Your Own Party or Wedding with Sarah Raven – whom many of you will know from BBC Gardeners World and her columns in The Daily Telegraph, Gardens Illustrated and Gardeners’ World Magazine.