NEWS
G&F completes another successful year. We hosted our first ever open day for the NGS in July raising £853 for them and £910 for Cherry Trees.
Our active membership has increased from around 35 to 60 and we have grown lots of lovely vegetables, fruit and and flowers for our local community.
December 2023
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UPCOMING EVENTS 2024
Sat 11th May 1pm
OGM in the Potting Shed
Sat 6th July 6-8pm
Summer Evening Social
Sat 13th July 9am-1pm
Ripley Farmers’ Market
Sun 4th August 1-4pm
NGS Open Day (followed by BBQ for members)
Sept/Oct
Apple pressing
Sat 12th Oct 12.30pm
Harvest Festival Celebration followed by Squash Lunch
Thurs 7th November
AGM in WH Village Hall
Sat 7th December 1pm
Winter Warmer Baked Potato Lunch
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ALL ABOUT G+F
Grace and Flavour is Horsley Villages' very own community kitchen garden and allotments. We grow and sell vegetables, fruit and flowers. We rely on our team of volunteers who earn discounts based upon the number of hours they decide to work in the garden.
It was created in 2008 from the National Trust’s derelict three-acres’ site comprising a walled garden and orchard at Dene Place, Ripley Lane, in West Horsley, Surrey.
We have also established a collection of apples, pears and soft fruits, rebuilt a derelict greenhouse into a facility known as the Potting Shed, conserved the garden’s boundary walls, cultivated beautiful flower beds for cut flowers and established several wildlife friendly features. We distribute vegetables to local residents in need each summer through a tithe arrangement.
We also maintain 31 allotments which are allocated to local residents to maintain their own plots. The allocation is managed through the East and West Horsley Parish Councils.
Read the latest wildlife update here
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Joining Grace and Flavour and what membership means
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VEG OF THE MONTH
LEEKS
This year we sowed 4000 leeks. We sowed three different varieties that would cover early, mid- season and late leeks. These started to be cropped in late September and hopefully will crop well into April, possibly into May.
A vegetable that only a few years ago had very few problems now has to be covered with fine enviromesh to prevent allium minor destroying the plants. It is one of the most popular vegetables we grow especially in the winter. Also, it is one of the few vegetables we sow outside in a bed then transplant them into their final positions by dropping them into deep holes (without cutting their roots or tops).
Popular uses are in soups particularly leek and potato, quiches, risottos (Leek risotto with chestnuts | River Cottage, simple buttered leeks or leek vinaigrette (Leeks vinaigrette recipe / Riverford).
The great British leeks site https://www.britishleeks.co.uk/recipes has many more recipes.
MARCH 2024
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