Lavender and Chocolate Chip Cookies  250g butter at room temperature 125g sifted icing sugar 1 tsp lavender flowers 100g plain chocolate in small chunks 225g sifted plain...

Lovage and Apricot Stuffing  4 rashers streaky smoked bacon chopped into small pieces 1 onion chopped 1 tsp olive oil 2 sticks celery chopped 2tbsps dried apricots chopped 150g...

Black Peppermint Chocolate Truffles 175mls double cream 4 bruised stalks (with leaves attached) of black peppermint 1 bruised vanilla pod 100g plain chocolate Break the chocolate into small...

Poached Chicken with Curry Plant 2 chicken breasts milk 2 bay leaves 2 heaped tbsps curry plant leaves chopped 1 tsp turmeric seasoning Place the two chicken breasts in an oven proof dish and...

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2013. Hasn’t this spring been so unbelievably cold – it has been snowing again here in April but the weatherman is promising that after the weekend of...

What a lovely autumn we have had in Essex. For the most part it has been dry and sunny and although wet now the temperatures are still holding up. It meant the last shows of the season were fairly...

Yesterday was the longest day of the year and here in North Essex it was a glorious day. Back to the usual today – lots of heavy rain in the morning and showers this afternoon. The herbs in...

We are all busy on the nursery now with Easter behind us. The weather took a definite turn for the worse over the bank holiday weekend – gone were the warm sunny days to be replaced by wind and...

New herbs for the 2011 season. We always try to grow a couple of new varieties each year and this year it is summer savory, (which we often get asked for) and calamint.     Summer savory...

Notes From Beyond the Veil   Every month Herbal Haven asks the shade of a well-known herbalist to, briefly, drift back from those Elysian fields, to discuss herbs of particular interest at this...

Notes From Beyond the Veil   Every month Herbal Haven asks the shade of a well-known herbalist to briefly drift back from those Elysian fields to discuss herbs of particular interest at this...

Notes From Beyond the Veil     Every month Herbal Haven asks the shade of a well-known herbalist to briefly drift back from those Elysian fields to discuss herbs of particular interest at...