Herb Gardens

Two huge herb beds enjoy the warmth of a gentle south facing slope at the top of the garden. Divided up by cloud-pruned rosemary hedges these beds contain all the herbs and aromatics we need for our botanical gin, oatcakes, chutney, herbal teas and herb garden range of hand-cream, shampoo and soaps. We often see the chefs foraging through the herb gardens just before a busy lunch service.

Surrounding our dipping pond in the middle of the garden our lavender ribbons contain 3000 blue and white lavender plants bringing colour, fragrance and the buzzing of bees from July to September. The flowers are cut in late summer and loaded into our industrial still where their essential oils are distilled out and used in our bath and beauty range of products.