udith Hann’s herb garden, containing over one hundred different types of edible herbs, transformed her cooking so dramatically that she decided to start a Herb Cookery School, HANN’S HERBS.

Judith made the beautiful walled herb garden from a derelict pig yard on her small farm of 40 acres in the Cotswolds. The stone walls not only house figs, grapes, Japanese wineberries, Morello cherries and roses, they also trap the sensuous scents of the herbs and protect the plants so that they can thrive throughout the year..

At HANN’S HERBS Cookery School visitors learn how to grow herbs, how to design a herb garden and how to prepare original herb recipes. They will taste many herbs and then enjoy a lavish herb lunch with wine and fresh herb teas in an elegant, listed stone barn. Judith uses recipes she has developed over four decades of cooking.

In that time she has written newspaper columns and two books about seasonal and healthy food, as well as presenting the 8-part BBC TV series, The Taste of Health. Filming those programmes with Britain’s top chefs like Raymond Blanc and Antonio Carluccio taught her even more about cooking with herbs. She is now President of the Herb Society and has a column on culinary herbs in  the magazine "Herbs". She was one of Rick Stein’s 'Food Heroes' when he filmed in her herb garden and ate food she cooked for him in her kitchen.

During the one day cookery course everyone discovers which herbs work best with different types of fish, meat, vegetables, fruits and cheese. Judith likes to use a lot of herbs which are simple to grow but hard to find in greengrocers, like lovage, chervil, sorrel and oregano. Visitors taste these in the dishes prepared, as well as trying other herbs growing in the garden. They round off the day by exploring the magical gardens around the farm, which include six acres of formal areas and wilder woodland and water gardens. Everyone will be given seeds, fresh herbs and recipes to take home. And they can buy Judith’s herb plants, vinegars, jellies and other home-made herb products to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund.