Discover guides on growing, foraging, and cooking with berries across the UK.
Part blackberry, part raspberry, part loganberry — the boysenberry is a deeply flavoured hybrid that was once one of the most popular berries in the world, and...
Growing guide →Imagine a small evergreen shrub that produces berries tasting of wild strawberries, was reportedly a favourite of Queen Victoria, and settles happily into a...
Read article →If you've ever had Swedish meatballs with that sharp, jewel-red sauce on the side, then you've already tasted lingonberries, even if you didn't know it. These...
Growing guide →Walk along the sand dunes of the Norfolk, Lincolnshire or East Lothian coast in late summer and you'll spot dense thickets of silvery-leaved bushes studded...
Foraging guide →What Are Jostaberries? The jostaberry is one of those plants I find genuinely fascinating — a complex hybrid that takes the best of the blackcurrant and the...
Growing guide →If you only ever grow one hybrid berry, make it the tayberry. I mean that. It is a proudly Scottish creation and, to my mind, one of the finest hybrid berries...
Growing guide →What Are Japanese Wineberries? Japanese wineberries (Rubus phoenicolasius) are a species of cane fruit native to Japan, China and Korea that grows...
Growing guide →What Are Loganberries? The loganberry is one of the great happy accidents of horticulture, and I never tire of telling the story. Back in 1881, Judge James...
Growing guide →If I had to name the most charming fruit I grow, the cape gooseberry would be right at the top of the list. Each golden-orange berry sits tucked inside its own...
Growing guide →If you've never heard of honeyberries, you're in good company, but I reckon that won't be true for much longer. These elongated blue berries, also known as...
Growing guide →Blueberries grow well across most of the UK. They originate from North America, where the climate closely resembles ours — cool winters, mild summers, reliable...
Read article →Cloudberries are among the most sought-after and expensive berries in the world — the Scandinavians call them the gold of the Arctic, and they aren't...
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