Simon Mills, Saturday September 23 2023, 12.01am, The Times Worton Kitchen Garden, near Cassington Just off the A40, behind a farm complex, this secret oasis of exotic kitchen gardening and forage-friendly rewilding was set up by the City boy turned artisanal bread baker Simon Spence. With a menu that uses local ingredients but looks far …
Thick with flowers and bees, butterflies darting around, tables dappled in sunlight, the smell of fresh bread in the air, Worton Kitchen Garden seems like heaven when you first arrive. It’s hard to find though, perhaps that’s its charm; this secret oasis of food, bucolic vegetation and rewilding tucked away on a farm behind Yarnton and Bladon, …
When I set off to find Worton Kitchen Garden, near Cassington and only five miles north-west from the centre of Oxford, I was uncertain what to expect. Located just behind a large farm complex at Worton Rectory, I discovered what I would consider to be one of Oxfordshire’s best kept secrets if you are a …
Immersed in seven acres of gardens, overspilling with vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers, it’s hard to believe you’re just five miles north-west from Oxford at this hidden kitchen garden. Chef, baker and co-owner Simon Spence is behind the ‘hyper-local’ menu, where whatever can be foraged from the orchard, poly-tunnels and greenhouses takes centre stage (perhaps wild …
When you eat at Worton Kitchen Garden, just north-west of Oxford, the rustic location is accompanied by a small but not so basic menu. Options such as Griddled Octopus with Potato Salad or Pink Grapefruit and Pistachio Cake featured on the most recent menu, which is mostly stocked from the beautiful market garden. If you …
We love a hidden gem here at Independent Oxford – that’s part of the reason we set it up – but it’s rare to find a “you sure it’s down here?!” place that, when you arrive, gives you a I’m-truly-in-the-middle-of-nowhere sense of calm. But that was what Rosie and I experienced when we visited Worton …
Here’s a selection of the gardens with the best cafes and restaurants for any time of year This seven-acre market garden has a farm shop and a cafe each of which are open all year round on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The cafe is a low-key, snug, affair, but is a lovely place to spend …
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