Jekka's June Herb Days (Friday 6th & Saturday 7th June 2025). Limited tickets available to buy from the 4th May!
Jekka’s is home to the largest collection of culinary herbs in the UK. A family run herb farm on the outskirts of Bristol with over 40 years’ experience in sustainably growing and using medicinal & culinary herbs, both plants and seeds. You can visit Jekka's Herb Farm for one of our herb experiences or during an open day. Please see our events calendar for dates.
Jekka's is continually growing with the development of master classes, herb seed collections, a range of illustrated gifts, gardener gift boxes, grow at home herb kits and Jekka's herbal infusions. All available in Jekka's online herb shop. All our products follow our root of being ‘green, environmentally friendly and sustainable'.
Jekka’s aim to educate and inspire gardeners and cooks of all ages. Jekka’s offer a variety of herb experiences from open days to master classes based around Jekka’s Herbetum. Spend the day at Jekka's and discover our passion for growing sustainable culinary and medicinal herbs. All herbs are grown following organic principals (read about our approach).
Competition time!
Jekka's Bee & Pollinator Competition
To celebrate Jekka’s June Herb Days, @jekkamcvicar’s writing on @scribehound_gardening, and the joy of the @the_rhs Chelsea Flower Show — we’re giving away the ultimate garden-lover’s bundle!
One lucky winner will receive:
🎟️ 2 tickets to Jekka’s Bee & Pollinator Herb Day, on Friday 6th & Saturday 7th June.
📖 2 annual subscriptions to @scribehound_gardening — giving you access to original garden writing from 30 best-loved gardening voices, including @jekkamcvicar
For how to enter, please visit our insta page @jekkasherbfarm.
🗓️ Competition closes 30th May. UK only, 18+
Available to buy from the 4th May
Jekka's Bee & Pollinator Herb Day
New for 2025, we are delighted to launch Jekka’s Herb Days. We have combined our popular open days with Jekka’s HerbFest to make special herb themed events thoughout the year.
Jekka's June Herb Day theme is Bee & Pollinating Herbs and it is being held on Friday 6th June & Saturday 7th June 2025. Each day will run from 9 am - 4 pm with talks, Jekka’s Herbetum tours, stalls and food available. Read more through the link below.
Available to buy from the 17th November
Jekka's Spring Herb Master Classes 2025
We are delighted to be able to offer our popular Master Classes next Spring.
“Brilliant learning atmosphere. Relaxed and just generally fabulous!”, Jane 2024
We will be running a series of our popular favourites as well as two Friends of Jekka's Master Classes that includes one new medicinal master class on stress and anxiety.
- Friday 28th March: Introduction to Botanical Screenprinting, with Hannah McVicar
- Friday 11th April: Beekeeping for Beginners Master Class, with Richard Rickitt
- Friday 25th April: How to Grow Herbs Master Class, with Jekka McVicar
- Friday 16th May: Medicinal Herbs for Stress & Anxiety Master Class, with Herbalist Bee McGovern
- Friday 30th May: How to Use Herbs Master Class, with Jekka McVicar & Alistair McVicar
The perfect gift for you or a loved one this festive season. Book you place through the link below.
Feed your passion for herbs!
Jekka's joined Scribehound
Jekka is passionate about sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm for growing herbs. She has recently joined Scribehound, a community of leading gardening writers and passionate gardeners.
Join Scribehound and get her monthly column and those of other Scribehound writers on subscription.
For daily inspiration, expertise and joy, sign up through the link below.
Become part of Jekka's Seed Club
Jekka's Seed and Grow at Home Subscriptions
Although it maybe cold, dark and damp, it is the perfect time of year to start planning for the warmer months ahead.
Jekka's Seed Club is a subscription where participants receive every one, two or three months five packets of our herb seeds that have been carefully curated with the season in mind.
Participants of Jekka's Grow at Home subscription receive one of our seasonal and sustainable Grow at Home Herb kits or, in the winter months, a gift for the home and garden.
Each selection contains untreated herb seeds that can be used to grow organic herb plants. They will bring more variety to your herb garden and kitchen!
Book now for 2025
Jekka's Group Visits and Private Tours
We have welcome many visitors to Jekka's to visit the Herbetum and Herb Garden, not only from the UK, but also from all over the world including Singapore, Australia, America and Japan.
We are currently taking bookings for 2025. For more information or to make an enquiry, please click the the link below.
Perfect for herb societies, allotment groups, garden clubs and herb enthusiast!
Join our team - Careers at Jekka's
Seeking Horticulturists!
Due to the increased demand for herbs and herb experiences as well as the development of Jekka's Herb Garden. We are looking to grow our team.
Are you passionate about herbs and looking for a gardening role or are a trained horticulturist? Would you like to work on an award winning herb farm? Then we would like to hear from you!
Herbs grow in the UK
Farm Gate Herb Collections
Browse our collection of over 400 culinary and medicinal herbs and check out our looking good herb list. Then come and collect your order from our farm gate in the South Gloucestershire countryside.
Jekka's is not open for general browsing apart from on one of our Herb Experiences.
Herb & Vegetable Seeds Available
Jekka's Mail Order Herb Seeds, Seed Collections & Herb Kits.
Browse our online collection of over 140 culinary & medicinal herb seeds, our 12 seed collections in illustrated gift boxes and our new Jekka's "Grow at Home" Kits for the herb & veg enthusiast.
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Jekka's aims to inspire and educate gardeners and cooks of all ages and our newsletters contain blog posts on Jekka, Jekka's Herbetum, Jekka's Herb Garden, the Herb Farm as well as tips on growing and using medicinal & culinary herb plants and seeds. Also check out Jekka's press pages for recent press article and media appearances!
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Blog posts on herbs, Jekka's Herbetum, the Herb Farm and tips on growing and using culinary & medicinal herb plants and seeds.
