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See and taste Buttervilla produce at The Port Eliot Festival - July 23rd - 25th.
We will be talking salads, followed by a demonstration in the Big Kitchen at 6pm on the Saturday using Buttervilla produce by the chefs and trainees from Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall.
Sean O'Neill our Buttervilla flower and leaf guru and Neil Haydock, Executive chef of the Hotel at Watergate Bay will also be talking and tasting edible flowers at The Flower Show in the Orangry gardens at 11am on the Sunday where we be launching our Funky Seed Collections..
Buttervilla micro leaves and herbs, funky leaves, vegetables and fruits are hand grown in Cornwall using organic methods, without chemicals and with much love and care. Started in 2006 by Robert Hocking who lives at Buttervilla Farm and B&B and Sean O'Neill who is based at nearby Keveral Farm we aim to produce the finest leaves, fruits and vegetables available.
 Everything is grown on a small scale, cropped young and tender, then harvested and delivered in hours for that special freshness that sets us apart.
Available 52 weeks a year, micro leaves, herbs and edible flowers form the heart of our produce range. We grow over 30 different varieties of micro leaf ranging from the usual cress, chard and radish ranges to the more unusual Italiko chicory, mountain spinache and ice plant. Herbs are available most of the year. We grow parsley, tarragon, several types of mint together with a range of other culinary herbs. Our growing methods ensure that they really do deliver a taste punch to your dishes.
Edible flowers really are beautiful and add that something special to the plate. We grow several varieties from large rock roses to the tiniest rocket and borage flowers and also supply a range of wild harvest flowers. Not only do they look stunning but add subtle flavours to the dish.
 Our heirloom tomatoes, not only red but yellow, pink, purple and black varieties along with old favourites such as Gardeners Delight have many admirers such as Skye Gyngell the influential food writer for the Independent and Rose Prince from the Telegraph. Available from Late June they bring back amazing flavours that have been lost to commercial growing methods and the use of modern hybrid varieties that consider shelf life to be more important than taste.
We also grow limited amounts of soft fruit such as strawberries, raspberries and blackcurrant's. Each season the plants are mulched with old farmyard compost, no chemical sprays are used and they drink from our wells of sweet spring water. No wonder they taste a bit special.
Vegetables are available from May until Dec. Courgette's, broad beans, artichokes, mange tout, spinach and beetroot, not only red but gold and stripy are just some of what's available in season.
We deliver direct from Buttervilla to the North Cornwall coast on Tuesdays and Fridays during the season, we also courier our produce overnight to anywhere in England |
Rose Prince
The Telegraph Lead Food writer
Good Food Producers Guide 2010
Buttervilla Farm is run by Robert Hocking an inspirational grower who has got together with two other farms, Keveral  and Skye Grove to grow a range of extraordinary and diverse plants including heritage tomatoes, edible flowers and microleaf (infant food plant leaves to scatter over salads and grills) The produce is organic and in the case of Skye Grove ultra-green since all the ploughing is actually done using draught horses. The quality of the vegetables and the variety is awesome – it makes you want to cook.
Neil Haydock
Executive Chef - Fifteen Cornwall
Buttervilla has been teasing us with their Gariguette strawberries (the best you will ever taste) raspberries, red gooseberries, blackcurrant's and the promise of the first heritage tomatoes
Mat & Amanda Follas
The Wild Garlic
Masterchef winner 2009
We're loving the micros, they make all the difference to the presentation
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