Newsletter: 14th July
We are delighted to be able to offer our popular Master Classes this autumn. Each day is limited to 12 people and is a fun, informative and herb-filled day.
“Brilliant learning atmosphere. Relaxed and just generally fabulous!”, Jane 2024
Jekka's Master Classes will be on the topics of garden design and botanical screenprinting as well as new course developed by Jekka on seed cleaning and growing herbs in autumn.
We are also pleased to be able to offer our Friends of Jekka's Master Class series, which is when experts come and teach their passion and craft at the herb farm. We have three Friends of Jekka's Master Classes this autumn being provided by Richard Rickett, Mark Diacono and Kumud Gandhi on the topics of beekeeping, cooking with herbs and understanding spice.
Save the dates:
- 13th September - Jekka's garden design master class
- 20th September - Beekeeping for gardeners with Richard Rickett
- 4th October - Seed cleaning & growing herbs in autumn with Jekka
- 18th October - Cooking with herbs with Mark Diacono
- 25th October - Understanding spice with Kumud Gandhi
- 1st November - Botanical screenprinting with Hannah McVicar
Tickets for garden design, beekeeping and seed cleaning will be released next week on the 21st July!
Jekka's teaching in her Herb Garden
We have long been supporters of the National Garden Scheme (NGS) and in part, developed Jekka's Herb Garden to encourage everyone to create their own garden.
This August, we will be opening as part of the National Garden Scheme series of garden visits. Jekka's will be open on the 2nd and 3rd August - tickets are available online!
During our August Open Days Jekka will be giving her popular herb talks that are full of seasonal tips for growing herbs and how to cope with our changing climate and we will be providing our fascinating and informative Jekka's Herbetum tours where you will learn about the culinary and medicinal usage of herbs.
If that wasn't enough, we will also have a stand from the South Gloucestershire Bee Keeping Association where you will be able to try (and buy) honey harvested from local hives.
All our staff will be on hand to help you select and buy herbs to develop your herb garden.
Friday 2nd August & Saturday 3rd August open day tickets are on sale now!
Jekka's Open Days