Grow your own

Thinking about growing your own food? We’ve got some top tips to help your produce flourish and great advice on how to get the best from your freshly grown ingredients

Gardener picking fresh ruhbarb from the Kitchen Garden at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.
Chef collecting salad leaves from the Kitchen Garden to use in the Orangery Cafe at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Green gardening 

Have you decided that going green is the right thing to do, but you're not really sure how to go about it? Feel guilty you're not doing more to help the environment? Well help is at hand with our series of 'how to' greener gardening videos.

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What's in season in spring

Greens and parsley growing in the Kitchen Garden at Upton House, Warwickshire

What's in season: March 

Vegetable plots start to stir into life in March, showing signs of the delicious produce to come later. In the meantime, why not try our recipe for chicken and mustard one pot seasoned with our flavour of the month?

Rhubarb grown in the recreated C19th garden at The Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire

What's in season: April 

Rhubarb is coming into season in April and that means one thing: crumble time. It's also time to check the vegetable beds and sow a range of seeds.

Visitors looking at asparagus growing in the Kitchen Garden in June at Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire

What's in season: May 

Britain has the best asparagus in the world, and May is the month when it really comes into season. It's also time to start moving young plants outside to harden up.

Wheat and grains of flour on a hessian sack

Why we champion sustainable food 

We’re playing our part to shift towards more sustainable, local sourced food. This will help support the environment, local economies and wildlife.

Sustainable food
National Trust beetroot, kale and brie quiche

Recipes round-up  

We love home-grown produce and we've got some great recipes to show off your veg-patch successes. Take a look through our recipes for some culinary inspiration.

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Staff and volunteers gardening

Gardener's tips 

Looking after more than 200 gardens has taught us a thing or two, so here our gardeners share some of their tips for growing a fruitful feasts and blooming beautiful gardens.

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If you're keen to put those green fingers to work and grow your own at home, you'll find all the gardening essentials you need here.

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