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Walled kitchen gardens are an
important part of our history, yet are now largely neglected
and little understood. In the last century, most large
country houses had a walled kitchen garden. They were
highly productive places: food, herbs and flowers for
the family, staff and guests of the big house.
They were like an early version of supermarkets. Nowadays,
our food system is global. Food is flown in from far
away, which is widely regarded as unsustainable. Walled
kitchen gardens succeeded in growing this food at home,
all-year-round. By developing techniques and technology
that we rely upon today, walled kitchen gardens were
intensive food factories that spearheaded our industrial
food system.
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Renaissance
And they were beautiful places:
the diversity of plants, the detailing of the architecture,
the formal layout – an elegant blend of the aesthetic
and the practical.
An informal group of national organisations and individual
experts have come together to create the Walled Kitchen
Gardens Network.
Our vision is for a renaissance in walled kitchen gardens,
bringing together the best of the old and the best of
the new.
At a time of crisis in farming, walled kitchen gardens
can become a part of a more local and sustainable agriculture.
And they can be educational, in terms of our history
– the story of food, and the lives of the people
who produced it – and exploring organic techniques,
crops and varieties. Find out more about this forgotten
part of our heritage and how you can be part of their
renaissance:
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