THIS is The Horticulture Industry Scheme

Produce lists

All our produce is grown at our gardens – one at the Thetford Garden Centre and the other at the Charles Burrell Centre – in Thetford, Norfolk and supplied locally.  It is all absolutely fresh – harvested by hand immediately prior to delivery.

We supply the following produce according to seasonal availability.  For more information, please email tim.melvin@this.org.uk.

Edible flowers

• Borage – delicate blue and white flowers;
• Calendula – bright orange, yellow or a subtle peach – the leaves can be sprinkled over a salad or a cocktail;
• Nasturtiums – bright yellow, orange and red, all with a delicious, peppery flavour;
• Cornflowers – different shades of blue, white and dark red;
• Violas – a deep, rich purple and yellow.
• Sweet Williams – red and beautiful.

Leaves and vegetables

• Rainbow chard – large green leaves with brightly coloured veining in colours such as bright pink and bright orange;
• Spinach – regular and red veined;
• Dwarf beans, purple when raw, green when cooked;
• Rocket, peppery and delicious;
• Rainbow carrots – orange, red purple and yellow;
• Purple kohlrabi;
• Jerusalem artichokes, available in the winter;
• Baby beetroot leaves;
• Spring onions, just like ordinary spring onions but pink (because we like to be different!);
• THIS bright and spicy miniature salad mix, which may include mizuna, tatsoi, pak choi, Greek cress, mustard red frills, mustard red leaves.

Herbs

• Garden mint;
• Apple mint;
• Chocolate mint;
• Rosemary;
• Oregano;
• Mandarin sage;
• Pineapple sage;
• Lemon thyme.

Honey

We have recently acquired a beehive and our first bees.  We are not ready to supply honey yet – but do watch THIS space!