Seasons at Highclere: Gardening, Growing, and Cooking Through the Year at the Real Downton Abbey
Written by the lady of the manor, this book gives complete access to the world-renowned historic country house and showcases the rhythm of the seasons at Highclere, focusing on gardening, harvesting, cooking, and entertaining.


A new Downton Abbey movie is slated for Christmas 2021. Highclere Castle, having achieved fame as the setting for Downton Abbey, is the epitome of the perfect English country house. The seasons govern life at the estate, and Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the current chatelaine, invites readers inside Highclere, past and present, as she describes the annual rhythms of English country life.

The Countess is a consummate hostess and a compelling authority on the castle, its history, and day-to-day life. With gorgeous full-color photography specially commissioned for this book, here she discusses entertaining for different seasonal feasts and holidays through the year and explores changing tastes and menus, plants and produce grown in the Highclere gardens, the charming menagerie of resident animals, and the traditions of living in the English countryside. Each season brings its own special activities and chores, many ancient, their names often a reference to the traditions and superstitions of country lore. Full of charming ideas and seasonal advice, this book will inspire readers seeking to brighten their approach to living with traditional English country style.
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Seasons at Highclere: Gardening, Growing, and Cooking Through the Year at the Real Downton Abbey
Written by the lady of the manor, this book gives complete access to the world-renowned historic country house and showcases the rhythm of the seasons at Highclere, focusing on gardening, harvesting, cooking, and entertaining.


A new Downton Abbey movie is slated for Christmas 2021. Highclere Castle, having achieved fame as the setting for Downton Abbey, is the epitome of the perfect English country house. The seasons govern life at the estate, and Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the current chatelaine, invites readers inside Highclere, past and present, as she describes the annual rhythms of English country life.

The Countess is a consummate hostess and a compelling authority on the castle, its history, and day-to-day life. With gorgeous full-color photography specially commissioned for this book, here she discusses entertaining for different seasonal feasts and holidays through the year and explores changing tastes and menus, plants and produce grown in the Highclere gardens, the charming menagerie of resident animals, and the traditions of living in the English countryside. Each season brings its own special activities and chores, many ancient, their names often a reference to the traditions and superstitions of country lore. Full of charming ideas and seasonal advice, this book will inspire readers seeking to brighten their approach to living with traditional English country style.
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Seasons at Highclere: Gardening, Growing, and Cooking Through the Year at the Real Downton Abbey

Seasons at Highclere: Gardening, Growing, and Cooking Through the Year at the Real Downton Abbey

by The Countess of Carnarvon
Seasons at Highclere: Gardening, Growing, and Cooking Through the Year at the Real Downton Abbey

Seasons at Highclere: Gardening, Growing, and Cooking Through the Year at the Real Downton Abbey

by The Countess of Carnarvon

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Written by the lady of the manor, this book gives complete access to the world-renowned historic country house and showcases the rhythm of the seasons at Highclere, focusing on gardening, harvesting, cooking, and entertaining.


A new Downton Abbey movie is slated for Christmas 2021. Highclere Castle, having achieved fame as the setting for Downton Abbey, is the epitome of the perfect English country house. The seasons govern life at the estate, and Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the current chatelaine, invites readers inside Highclere, past and present, as she describes the annual rhythms of English country life.

The Countess is a consummate hostess and a compelling authority on the castle, its history, and day-to-day life. With gorgeous full-color photography specially commissioned for this book, here she discusses entertaining for different seasonal feasts and holidays through the year and explores changing tastes and menus, plants and produce grown in the Highclere gardens, the charming menagerie of resident animals, and the traditions of living in the English countryside. Each season brings its own special activities and chores, many ancient, their names often a reference to the traditions and superstitions of country lore. Full of charming ideas and seasonal advice, this book will inspire readers seeking to brighten their approach to living with traditional English country style.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780847871056
Publisher: Rizzoli
Publication date: 10/26/2021
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 1,021,948
Product dimensions: 7.70(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

The Countess of Carnarvon attended St. Andrews University and was an auditor for Coopers & Lybrand before authoring Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey (which spent 60 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list), Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey, and At Home at Highclere: Entertaining at the Real Downton Abbey.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Spring 8

In the Beginning 10

The Garden of Eden 13

The Sheep Dell 15

And Other Animals 17

Time-Lapse Planting 19

Irises and Rainbows 21

Spring Cocktails 22

Azalea Alta-Clera 28

The Darling Buds of May 30

Woods of Enchantment 33

Trees of God 35

The Ancient Ash 37

A Healing Herb Garden 40

Spring Harvest 43

Pots of Flowers 45

Specialities 46

British Weather 47

Spring Cooking 48

Summer 80

Georgian Highclere 84

Follies 89

Picnics 92

A Summer Picnic 94

The Wildflower Meadow 108

Bees 110

The Lime Avenue 112

The White Border 112

The Secret Garden 116

Roses 121

Summer Fruit and Vegetables 124

Summer Cooking 126

Summer Suppers 154

Autumn 160

A Second Spring 163

Harvest 165

The Medieval Barn 166

Autumn Tasks 169

Orchards 173

The Monks' Garden 175

A New Walled Garden 181

Planting a Future 185

A Autumn Picnic 186

Woods and Gardens 191

Foraging 195

Autumn Projects in the Garden 196

Nostalgia 198

Autumn Cooking 200

Winter 236

Old Man Winter 238

The British Lop-Eared Pig 240

Room with a View 242

Imagination and Winter 245

Winter Trees 248

Working for the Woods 251

'Capability' Brown 254

The Medieval Deer Park 256

Winter in the Garden 259

A Winter Picnic 262

The Six Sisters 272

Winter Walking 273

Grocuses, Snowdrops 275

Heavens Above 276

Winter Cooking 278

Epilogue 312

Acknowledgements 314

Index 316

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