The Almanac

An easy Flatbread recipe cooks perfectly well in a regular oven - great for spring feasting.

Now that Garden Centres have reopened Ollie, our Group Head Kitchen Gardener lets us know what seeds he is buying to get planting now.

A good assortment of herbs in pots in a sunny place near the house is a great asset for both garden and kitchen!

A classic non-alcoholic refresher that can be found on every PIG Bar menu!

Our herb-infused oil is perfect for dipping freshly baked bread in, and it goes really well with our home-smoked salt!

This is one of THE PIG classics that we have had on numerous menus since we started!

Nettles are best harvested from spring, a few weeks after they sprout, into early summer. Try Nettle Salsa Verde and Nettle Cordial with your foraged nettles.

Madehurst Lodge, soon to be THE PIG-in the South Downs in Sussex, is now the home of the very first PIG planted vineyard!

When we very sadly had to close our hotels in March, our Gardens were just about to flourish but we had no guests to feed. It quickly became clear that our Kitchen Gardens were going to become vital to our local communities over the days and months ahead...

May is one of the best months in the garden and is great time for sowing a huge range of vegetables. Here's what our Kitchen Garden teams have been up to this month.