Three thriving schools have won a national contest for the 3,000 members of an organic growing project, supported by HRH The Prince of Wales. Haworth Primary School, Yorkshire, Oakham CE Primary School, Rutland, and St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School, Surrey, have won the annual harvest competit...

Spring in the High Weald is a particularly beautiful time of the year as woodlands take on a soft green haze, blossom unfurls and bulbs add splashes of colour to the scenery. As days become warmer and longer, it’s a good time to get out into the countryside and explore some of the lovely attractions...

Visitors to the Cotswolds are being given a unique opportunity throughout 2007 to open up a secret world and discover some of the UK’s finest gardens, from the internationally loved ‘superstar gardens’ such as Painswick Rococo Garden to local village flower shows, as “2007 - Year of the Cotswold Gar...

Kitchen Garden, Britain’s number one magazine for the serious fruit and vegetable grower has a new stable mate in the form of Organic Gardening. Mortons Media Group Ltd are delighted to announce they have purchased Organic Gardening, the only true organic gardening title on the market. Founded in 19...

http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/current/news/carrots.jpg New research proves what most parents knew all along, that of all veg, carrots are tops with the UK’s children. And that’s a good thing for as top TV chef Jamie Oliver says: "Carrots are brilliant – full of vitamins and extremely good for...

http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/current/news/doddington.jpg Traditional varieties of fruit and vegetables will be grown, picked and eaten once more from the historic walled garden of Doddington Hall, Lincoln, thanks to a £49,900 award from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Unusual old-fashioned varieties s...

http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/current/news/bbc_programme.jpg To coincide with the new BBC series to be aired on 5 January (see our special report on page 10), the Royal Horticultural Society will be opening their Wisley, Rosemoor, Hyde Hall and Harlow Carr gardens to the public, free of charge (fo...

http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/current/recipes/colcannon_steps.jpg A classic Irish dish, which combines the best of winter’s produce for a simple supper. Use floury potatoes for a fluffy melt-in-the-mouth finish. 500g (1lb) potatoes 200g (7oz) savoy cabbage or kale Splash of milk 1 onion 40g (1oz) ...