Courgette flowers are edible and delicious. Make them the centre piece of your summer lunch menu with this recipe from cookery writer Max Clark.
Recipes
Scented pelargonium ice cream
Infuse your ice cream mix with the heady scents of scented pelargoniums for a heavenly flavour.
Herb cordials
Summer cordials are all the rage for pepping up your G&T or assuaging a summer thirst. Experiment with this basic herb cordial recipe and make it yours.
Rose petal jam
Preserve the fragrance of summer with this delicious recipe for rose petal jam. It captures the very essence of roses and lifts the spirits in winter.
Sticky pear cake
Use up a few juicy, homegrown pears and make a scrumptious, sticky pear cake with this easy recipe from Jean Vernon.
Apple tarte tatin
Apples are starting to ripen in the orchards and gardens, so make the most of your apple harvest with this easy to make tarte tatin recipe from Lubera.
Preserving fruit in alcohol
Get ideas for preserving fruit in alcohol and make your own fruit brandy and liqueurs.
Popular summer cakes
Geoff Stonebanks shares his favourite recipes that his visitors just love, including spinach and pine nut muffins and lime and polenta cake.
How to make summer cordials
The hedgerows are bursting with elderflower and the garden is rich in fruit ripening in abundance. You can preserve the taste of summer right now, using fresh ingredients from your garden.
Christmas cabbage
Create a truly scrumptious side dish to your festive feast, using red cabbage. Even the most reluctant cabbage fans will love this recipe.
Easy Savoury Summer Treats
Every summer Geoff Stonebanks bakes lots of different cakes, sweet and savoury for his open garden, to raise money for charity. Here are two of his most popular savoury recipes.
Spiced, bittersweet apple, pear and damson chutney
Leiths Cookery writer Max Clark shares her love of apples with a tasty recipe for spiced, bittersweet apple, pear and damson chutney.
Pickled cucumbers
Have you got a glut of greenhouse cucumbers or even courgettes? Try this recipe and transform your harvest into a sweet, tangy and delicious pickle
Sweet chilli tomato tarte tatin
This easy recipe for sweet chilli tomato tarte tatin is a great way to use up a glut of tomatoes.
Rhubarb crumble and custard cake
Try this recipe for rhubarb crumble and custard cake from Holly Farrell’s book Grow Your Own Cake.
Pear caramel
Make the most of your garden pears with this delicious recipe for pear caramel from Holly Farrell’s new book, The Jam Maker’s Garden.
How can you use home grown onions?
If you’ve got lots of home grown onions hanging in the shed, here’s a great recipe to make the most of them from Amanda Davies
Pea cheesecake
This recipe for pea cheesecake is a delicious light lunch or summer starter, and uses everything but the pod itself from the pea plant.
Rose and rhubarb knickerbocker glory
Here’s a recipe for a delicious dessert: rose and rhubarb knickerbocker glory; a.k.a rose and rhubarb ice cream sundae. It’s an easy-to-make pudding!
Spiced Blackberry Muffins
Gather some wild blackberries and create these delicious homemade muffins with this recipe from Amanda Davies
Spicy Aubergine and Roast Butternut Squash Penne
Try this tasty vegetarian or vegan pasta dish using summer raised aubergines and butternut squash with chickpea pasta from RootOneFood
Elderflower cordial
Make this delicious elderflower cordial from flowers in the hedgerow. Jean Vernon offers a simple way to make a fabulous summer refresher.
Growing pumpkins
If you fancy growing pumpkins for autumn then now is the time to get growing! Vicki Cooke, former Kitchen Garden Keeper at Hampton Court Palace, has some tips to get started.
Dairy-free carrot cake
Savour the flavour of homegrown carrots with this tasty seasonal recipe that’s also dairy free.
Floral egg pasta
Make floral egg pasta by incorporating edible flowers and herbs in between layers of pasta.
Hot lemon and horseradish runner beans
This recipe from Max Clark for hot lemon and horseradish runner beans makes a lovely accompaniment to roast beef.
Chargrilled courgettes
How to use up a glut of courgettes? Cookery writer Max Clark has a delicious recipe to make the most of this prolific crop.
Nasturtium pesto
Make this tasty recipe for nasturtium pesto using the leaves of nasturtiums.
