#EdibleFlowers

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 31 January 2023

Edible flowers here add extra colour and flavour to a topping of pea shoots, including a yellow flowered Viola tricolor (heart's ease) and a deep red Antirrhinum majus (snapdragon). All of these will have been grown in a protected environment to be available in the winter.

Jill Raggett

[lilbakerr]

Pink & deep magenta hues for an anniversary~

[bagiyaa]

10 Edible Flowers to Grow in Your Garden for a Gourmet Touch

Are you looking to add a splash of color and a dash of flavor to your garden and meals? Edible flowers are a fantastic way to enhance your outdoor space and elevate your culinary creations. Here are ten edible flowers you can easily grow in your garden:

Nasturtium Nasturtiums are vibrant and versatile. Their peppery flavor adds a kick to salads and sandwiches. Plus, they come in a variety of bright colors, making them a beautiful addition to any garden.

Calendula Also known as marigold, calendulas have a slightly spicy flavor. They’re great for adding a pop of color to dishes or for making vibrant herbal teas. Their petals are edible and can also be used to garnish dishes.

Viola Violas, including pansies and violets, are sweet and mildly floral. Their petals are perfect for decorating cakes, salads, and desserts. They come in many colors and patterns, adding visual appeal to any dish.

Chamomile Chamomile flowers are renowned for their calming properties. They’re perfect for brewing soothing herbal tea. These small, daisy-like blooms are not only beneficial but also add a charming touch to your garden.

Lavender Lavender has a distinctive, aromatic flavor. It’s ideal for baking, making lavender-infused syrups, or adding a fragrant touch to salads. Its beautiful purple spikes also make a lovely garden feature.

Borage Borage flowers have a cucumber-like flavor and are excellent for adding to salads or as a garnish. Their bright blue, star-shaped blooms are not only edible but also attract pollinators to your garden.

Bee Balm Bee balm, with its minty, slightly spicy taste, is perfect for teas and salads. Its bright red, pink, or purple blooms are eye-catching and attract bees and butterflies to your garden.

Heliotrope Heliotrope flowers have a sweet, vanilla-like flavor. They can be used in desserts or as a colorful garnish. Their pleasant fragrance also adds an extra dimension to your garden space.

Squash Blossoms Squash blossoms are delicate and slightly sweet. They’re often used in Italian cuisine, stuffed with cheese, and fried. Growing them can also help you get a jumpstart on a healthy squash crop.

Roses Roses are not just beautiful but also edible. Their petals have a subtle, sweet flavor and can be used in salads, desserts, or homemade rose water. Choose unsprayed varieties to ensure they’re safe to eat.

Growing edible flowers not only enhances your garden’s beauty but also provides you with fresh, flavorful ingredients to enjoy in your kitchen. Start with these ten blooms to create a garden that’s both aesthetically pleasing and delicious. Happy gardening and cooking!

[horsfields]

Calendula - Pot Marigold

Edible flowers

Great in salads

We grow lots of edible flowers such as

Salvia

Mints

Nasturtium

Borage

Chives

Fab for cake and dessert decorations

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[celeryfarms]

Edible Flowers - Celeryfarms.com

Discover the delightful world of Edible Flowers at Celery Farms! 🌸🌿 Elevate your culinary experience with a burst of colors and flavors. From vibrant pansies to delicate nasturtiums, our selection is curated for both aesthetics and taste. Explore creative ways to incorporate these blooms into salads, desserts, and more. Visit celeryfarms.com to order your edible flowers and transform your dishes into works of art. Embrace the beauty and flavor fusion today! 🍽️🌺

[downtoearthmarkets]

April showers bring May flowers and they’ve certainly delivered in spades this month! Thanks to the extended cool weather, our farmstalls and flower vendors have graced us all month long with colorful bouquets of saffron yellow daffodils, pastel pink tulips, purple iris and sprays of sweet wildflowers like native coral honeysuckle, bee balm and cherry blossom. 

In addition to the enchanting arrangements and pretty potted plants, there are other unexpected floral delights nestled amongst the displays of fresh spring produce. I’m talking about the kind of flowers you can eat, sometimes without realizing what you’re consuming is actually a flower! Here are a few of the edible floral surprises you can unearth in the farmers market this weekend.

Zucchini Blossoms Zucchini blossoms are a niche springtime offering difficult to find anywhere besides your local farmers market. Although they can be eaten raw, this coveted delicacy is most often served stuffed, battered and fried. In Italy, eating the plant’s fruit, as well as its flowers, originates from the “Cucina Povera” or “poor kitchen” tradition where nothing goes to waste and all parts of the food are put to good use. Because they’re high in vitamins A and C, fiber, calcium and iron, squash blossoms are valued nutritionally as well as for making a tasty appetizer.

Although frying up a delicate flower may sound challenging, squash blossoms are sturdier than they look and are very easy to prepare. This simple recipe will serve up a touch of Mediterranean flair and splash of color to your mealtime table this season:

Zucchini blossoms from Great Joy Family Farm, Newgate Farms or Lanis Farm

Maplebrook Farm ricotta cheese

Grated romano cheese

Shredded Maplebrook Farm mozzarella

Great Joy Family Farm, SOVA Farms or Stone & Thistle Farm eggs

SOVA Farms milk

Great Joy Family Farm flour

Arlotta Food Studio olive oil

Fresh chopped parsley or basil from Orchards of Concklin

Granulated garlic (make your own using garlic from the farmstalls)

Black pepper

Sea salt

Chive Blossoms Chives are a petite and mild-tasting member of the Allium genus which includes onions, shallots, garlic, ramps and leeks. In late spring, puffy violet-purple flowers sprout at the top of a chive’s thin green stem. These edible blossoms impart a delicate bite and sulphury flavor and can be used as an attractive garnish or aromatic enhancer to a variety of recipes.

The blossoms are sold attached to the chives, so you’ll need to separate them from the stems with kitchen shears or scissors. Before using, plunge the flowers in cold water to remove any dirt or bugs, then pat gently with a paper towel or allow them to air-dry.  

Add a dash of farmers market charm to your luncheon spread this weekend with this darling beet & chive blossom salad:

Two pounds trimmed and washed Sun Sprout Farm beets (about six beets or two bunches)

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon Arlotta Food Studio extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon fresh mint from Newgate Farms, cut into a chiffonade

2 tablespoons bias-cut fresh Great Joy Family Farm chives, divided in half

5 to 10 Great Joy Family Farm chive blossoms

Salt and pepper to taste

Flowering Rapini Rapini, also known as broccoli rabe, broccoletti, or spring raab, is a pungently flavored cruciferous green from the mustard family. Widely used in Italian cooking, it can be hard to locate rapini in many supermarkets, but you can find frondy, flowering bunches of it at our farmstalls in May. Because it bolts and turns bitter in summer heat, the cooler and damper late spring is the best time to buy and enjoy flowering rapini.

The stalks, leaves, buds, and flowers of the rapini plant are all edible. While its mustard yellow florets will add a sprinkle of prettiness to this dish, look for bunches without too many flowers, as that can indicate the rapini has toughened.

Roasted Flowering Rapini with Bagna Cauda and Burrata

1 bunch flowering rapini from the farmstalls

Bagna cauda (hot garlic mixed with anchovies, olive oil and butter)

Thick country bread from Wave Hill Breads

Maplebrook Farm burrata or fresh mozzarella

Zest of lemon

Lemon wedges

Red pepper flakes

Heading out from the farmstalls, be sure to pick up a packet of Blissful Table’s new Rose Water Baklava Granola. Flecked with edible purple rose petals, their latest release may be the prettiest granola flavor they've ever made. We hope your weekend is coming up like roses and look forward to seeing you in the market where plenty of flowering delights await!

[bigfatveganzine]

Edible Flower Ice Cubes Add a touch of natural beauty to your beverages with these stunning edible flower ice cubes.

[leanwithlinder]

Piped petals give these cookies the look of your favorite wool mittens. Channel your inner artist and transform cookies into mini works of wearable art. Learn the technique of piping petals for the cutest wool mitten-inspired treats.

[jenniferkatie20]

Nasturtium Salad

Nasturtium Salad

A beautiful summer salad recipe made with freshly picked edible Nasturtium leaves and flowers. Read the full article

[mysticbloom]

Nasturtiums 🖤✨️

[afutanuuntii]

Pane marmorizzato al tè maccha con guarnizione di shiroan ai fiori di sakura. • Matcha marble cake with sakura-flavoured shiroan topping. • 抹茶マーブルパンと桜の白餡トッピング。 ••• #pane #maccha #teverde #tegiapponese #sakura #anko #shiroan #dolce #pasticceria #fiorieduli #marblecake #matcha #greentea #japanesetea #sweet #patisserie #edibleflowers #evangelion #マーブルパン #抹茶 #桜 #あんこ #白餡 #スイーツ #パティシエ #食用花 #エヴァンゲリオン #tè #tea #茶 (国立病院機構岡山医療センター) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqF8kQ3h57G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[inthevintagekitchen]

End of January greenhouse bouquet! Parsley, nasturtiums, geraniums 🌺 #flowersyoucaneat . . . . #greenhousegrown #winterbouquet #edibleflowers #growyourfood https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDZeJTOhpk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lilbakerr]

Scottish shortbread x lemon glaze & edible marigold petals~ Want to see more of our work? Click *here*

[bagiyaa]

Grow Edible Flowers: Top 10 Varieties for Every Garden

Discover the top 10 varieties of edible flowers to grow in any garden. Learn about their growing conditions, uses, and culinary benefits for an aesthetically pleasing and tasty garden.

[horsfields]

Calendula - Pot Marigold

Edible flowers

Great in salads

We are open seven days a week 10am - 4pm

We are here to help with any gardening questions or advice, pop in & ask!

Need some July inspiration?

Click on the link below to listen to gardening jobs for July

https://youtu.be/hHEX_MGOq1k?feature=shared

Horsfields Nursery Tel:- 01226 790441

Info@horsfieldsnursery.co.uk

Horsfields Nursery

Pot House Hamlet

Silkstone

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 4JU

Beautiful plants in a beautiful place

#pothousehamlet

#gadeningtips

#gardeingingideas

#horsfieldsnursery

#horsfields

#gardeingingideas

#gardenexperts

#keepbritainblooming

#shoplocal

#smallbusiness

#floralfriday

#gardencentre

#gardencentrenearme

#plantpots

#scissett

#shelley

#cawthorne

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[urbanherbal]

An herbalist late dinner, grilled Ahi Tuna seasoned with lemon verbena, lemon, chili, paprika, garlic, EVOO, Fresh crakes pepper and a pinch of kosher sea salt and a side of artichoke, and served atop of Spanish Rice. A Herb Garden Salad with edible flowers and an URBANherbal Edible Flowers Vinaigrette. Served with a glass of Cotes de Provence from France.# herbs#ahituna #lemonverbena#basil#edibleflowers #spanishrice#artichokes #handmade (at Urbanherbal Art Gallery, Handmade Gifts, Nursery) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClIqR9pOb6n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=