Elderflower

  • Open day for London’s oldest plots

    Open day for London’s oldest plots

    Northfields Allotments welcomed over 700 visitors from across Ealing to its annual summer open day in July.  Attractions included the onsite apiary where the bees produce Northfields Allotments honey, a heritage plot with a World War II Anderson shelter, a…

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  • Elderflower drizzle cake

    Elderflower drizzle cake

    Wild elderflower has a short season, but is ripe for the picking in June. Lucy Burton shares her recipe for a summery drizzle cake  For eleven months of the year, elder trees languish quietly and inconspicuously in our hedgerows, gardens,…

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