
JOURNAL
Seasonal news, updates and goings-on around Daylesford.

Early Spring in your Garden
by Jez Taylor, Head of the Organic Market Garden at Daylesford In the world of plants, very little growing happens below 8 *C. Before the beginning of April, most of our horticultural concerns are about getting a head start and preparing for the growing season ahead. Get out in your garden on days when the […]


Biodiversity: ten things you should know
For our virtual Daylesford Discusses this month, we welcomed a panel of inspiring, knowledgeable experts to talk about “Saving British Biodiversity”. The panel included: Dr Richard Benwell, Chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link Paul de Zylva, Senior Nature Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Shaun Spiers, Executive Director of the Green Alliance Alison Debney, […]


Weave a secret message into your bouquet
With Mothering Sunday and Easter just around the corner, the changing seasons mean our Garden Room at the farm is filled shades of white, creamy pinks and lilacs, pale blues and soft greens. Our floristry team is using this gentle palette of early spring to make beautiful floral hand-tied bouquets and trugs of planted spring […]


Food waste: it’s out of date
We are committed to not wasting a scrap of food at Daylesford for many reasons. For starters, we know how much hard work goes into farming, growing and producing every mouthful. When we waste food, we waste the resources, energy and water that have been used to produce, package and distribute it. More importantly, food […]
