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  • Spring is my favourite time of year.

  • I just love all the blossom.

  • I love all the spring bulbs that come through.

  • People have been growing produce here

  • at Walmer Castle for about 300 years.

  • The visitors here really love the connection between the kitchen

  • garden and the tea rooms.

  • We grow produce all year round, from winter

  • vegetables through to salads in the summer.

  • All are harvested and taken to the tea rooms

  • where they are made into delicious dishes

  • for our visitors.

  • The kitchen garden itself is divided into four sections.

  • The design is very formal, very geometric.

  • We need the paths to be able to harvest and look after the produce on a daily basis.

  • We have a team of seven gardeners here,

  • one apprentice and a

  • very dedicated group of volunteers

  • who help us keep the gardens at a very high standard.

  • Down in the kitchen garden,

  • when you pick anything

  • it's got such an earthy smell to it.

  • Every week I see something new in the ground.

  • I have an allotment myself so

  • every time I come here and I see that

  • they're well ahead of my planting

  • it gets me going and enthuses me.

  • At the moment we're sowing lots of

  • types of vegetables.

  • Lots of different types of beans.

  • Once the seedlings appear

  • and the plants are strong enough

  • we'll move them to the cold frames.

  • They'll be ready for planting

  • after about two or three weeks.

  • We grow all sorts of winter veg.

  • Celeriac,

  • potatoes, calabrese.

  • And, in the summer we're growing

  • tomatoes, cucumbers,

  • lots of different types of lettuces.

  • We've got a variety of textures

  • and colours, so you can have

  • a red iceberg and bright green jabeque.

  • And for that to be presented

  • on a plate in the kitchen for our visitors

  • is really lovely.

  • One of my favourite vegetables this time of year is asparagus.

  • The kitchen absolutely love it

  • and they make the most delicious quiches.

  • I think it's very important that our produce

  • does go to the kitchen.

  • I come here on a Sunday and have a

  • Sunday lunch. I can spot

  • all the vegetable that we picked

  • during the week.

  • Rhubarb scones are very nice

  • and it's one way of

  • using our copious, amazing rhubarb.

  • The kitchen garden is a really inspiring place.

  • We have the most amazing castle as a

  • backdrop, and the sea over the road.

  • It makes you feel very proud to be able to work in a place like this.

Spring is my favourite time of year.

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Walmer Castle Kitchen Garden: From Plot to Plate

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absolutely

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UK /ˈæbsəlu:tli/

  • adverb
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dedicated

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UK /'dedɪkeɪtɪd/

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UK /'preznt/

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UK /dɪ'vaɪd/

  • verb
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  • other
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inspire

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UK /ɪn'spaɪə(r)/

  • verb
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  • other
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standard

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connection

US /kəˈnɛkʃən/

UK /kəˈnekʃn/

  • noun
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ground

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UK /graʊnd/

  • verb
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  • other
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  • Coffee beans that have been ground.
  • other
  • To punish (a child or young person) by not allowing them to go out.
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  • other
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