If there's one thing you've likely heard gardeners say over and over again, it's just how valuable heirloom fruit and vegetable varieties are. These are varieties that have proven the test of time, often passed down through generations of gardeners and farmers, and reliably crop every year with resistance to pests and diseases.
One of the best places to find inspiration for heirloom varieties to grow is kitchen gardens, and I recently had the privilege of visiting the iconic walled kitchen garden at the luxury hotel Gravetye Manor in Sussex, England. It was formerly the home of renowned Victorian horticulturalist and garden author William Robinson, and today the kitchen garden serves the hotel's Michelin Star restaurant.
