Top 5 Kitchen Garden Cafes to visit in Britain

The forested warren in the Ynys Llanddwyn NNR is one of the best coastal sand-dune systems in Britain and a haven for wildflowers from spring to autumn. Vast colonies of marsh helleborines thrive in Summer when the rain-filled hollows dry out, while dune pansy, early marsh, northern marsh and spotted orchids add to the beautiful display. The whole reserve of dune and forest is criss-crossed by a network of paths leading down to the Menai Strait and to the island of Llanddwyn (cut off at high tide).

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For a special lunch, choose something from the Barnsley Vegetable Garden Menu at the informally decadent Barnsley House hotel. Served every weekday and Saturday, in the garden or in the airy Potager Restaurant, dishes feature locally sourced, first-class produce with all vegetables home-grown in the hotel's garden.

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The café and plant nursery at Dorney Court Kitchen Garden is a great choice if you want to eat delicious seasonal food made using home-grown produce. Myth has it that here in the brick walled garden, 17th-century gardener John Rose grew the first pineapple in the country and presented it to King Charles II. Although no exotics are grown today, what is grown is a productive array of vegetables that head straight to the kitchens and shop.

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In Attingham’s acres of parkland, where deer roam, are ancient woods that are carpeted with snowdrops and bluebells in spring. Make sure you pay a visit to the fantastical 650-year-old Repton oak. From the historic Bee House with its traditional strawskeps, to the incredible walled kitchen garden, the estate is a haven for fungi, woodpeckers and barn owls. 

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On the edge of Coniston, with superb lake views, are the home and ‘wild gardens’ of writer, artist, social reformer, and lover of nature, John Ruskin. The Brantwood estate covers over 250 acres and offers miles of magical trails through its ancient woodland, moor and meadow. In high summer, the fern garden, with over 250 different types of native fern, offered a verdant hideaway from the midday sun.

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