Horsley Villages’ Community Kitchen Garden & Allotments
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NEWS

The Grace & Flavour Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) will be held on Saturday 11 May at 12 noon. Please note the amended time! The meeting will be held either in the Potting Shed or on the Patio depending on the weather.

April 2024
UPCOMING EVENTS 2024

Sat 11th May 12 noon
OGM in the Potting Shed
NOTE Change in Time

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

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
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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