“Elderflowers and honey are wonderful bedfellows. Slathered on toast or drizzled on pancakes and desserts, this is a tasty way to see in summer. I can’t stop sipping it from the spoon, and have to ration myself or it would all be gone in one sitting. The addition of roses (if you have them) elevates […]

Anna Greenland is a vegetable gardener and cook who is at the heart of the organic growing movement. One of her favourite ways of using elderflower is in an oxymel, an ancient herbal tonic which combines honey, vinegar and herbs. Hippocrates references their use in 400 BC. Anna says, “Oxymel recipes are flexible. I like […]

A recipe from our founder Carole Bamford. ‘There is little more refreshing in the summer months than the cool clinking of ice cubes in a jugful of homemade elderflower cordial. The hedgerows and verges are brimming with their cloud-like heads at the moment and when picked on a sunny afternoon their sweet, floral fragrance is […]