All Events
Ottsville Winter Market at Parkside Orchid Nursery
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Visit your local vendors and fellow patrons during a cold winter's day in the warmth of Parkside Orchid Nursery's Greenhouse.
English Garden Trip
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
February 11th: Benington Lordship Gardens, Benington - Snowdrop Festival
February 12th: The Kingham Inn & Daylesford Organic Farm, Kingham - Cotswold Inspirations
February 13th: Chastleton House & Ridley's Cheer - Ultimate English Gardens
February 14th: River Cottage Event, Devon - Sustainability for Chefs
February 15th: River Cottage Veg Allotment Course, Devon - Ultimate Culinary Veg Patch
February 16th: RHS London Plant & Design Show, London - Garden Show English Style
We are planning to arrange a similar trip for 2011. Please email kp@thekitchenpotager.com with interest. Cheers
English Garden Trip
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Pick up car at London Heathrow
Drive directly to: Benington Lordship Gardens "The gardens are carpeted in a spectacular display of snowdrops around the remains of the Norman Castle and surrounding moat. Masses of Hellebores flower with Aconites and winter flowering shrubs, plus coloured stems of Acers, Cornus and Willow around the lakes. A collection of rare and unusual Snowdrops has been build up over the years, many of which can be found growing in the borders, a labelled collection is kept in the walled Kitchen Garden"
Drive to the Kingham Plough
The Cook's Book Club - A Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor
$12
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
7:00 pm
The Cook's Book Club
at The Kitchen Potager
Linden Hill Gardens
8230 Easton Road
Ottsville, PA 18942
$15 prepared meal or potluck
BYOB
10% off at the Doylestown Bookshop
RSVP by March 3rd to kp@thekitchenpotager.com
It's a Pea & Potato Party!
$10 children, $5 adults
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
10:00 am
March 17th, St Patrick's Day is the traditional day to plant your peas & potatoes. Come to The Kitchen Potager for your home potato plan. In addition to walking away with planting spuds, we will enjoy potato printing, a potato sack race & potato latkes for snacking along with luck green smoothies.
Registration required by March 13th.
Bucks Beautiful Garden Fair - Local Food Sources Display
entry fee
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Vegetable Gardens come alive at Bucks Beautiful!
For the first time, there will be an "edible" section to the Bucks Beautiful Garden & Home Show at Delaware Valley College. Learn more about Bucks County Farmers' Markets, CSAs, edible garden design and other local food sources by stopping by, what I am calling the "Bucks Bounty in the County" stall.
Bucks Beautiful - Jerry Fritz - Deer Resistant Plants
Entry Fee
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
10:30 am
Lecture at Bucks Beautiful at DelVal College with Jerry Fritz
Do you have problems with deer in your garden? Help is on the way; join Jerry Fritz for this fun action packed presentation and expand your plant selection while learning what you can plant and actually have it survive in your garden! He will explain how to deal with deer and show the new and exciting plants to use. Jerry will also demonstrate how to create a beautiful deer resistant container as he did on the Martha Steward Show which aired in April, 2009.
Bucks Beautiful Garden Fair - Local Food Sources Display
entry fee
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
10:00-4:00 pm
Vegetable Gardens come alive at Bucks Beautiful!
For the first time, there will be an "edible" section to the Bucks Beautiful Garden & Home Show at Delaware Valley College. Learn more about Bucks County Farmers' Markets, CSAs, edible garden design and other local food sources by stopping by, what I am calling the "Bucks Bounty in the County" stall.
Garden of Delights: The First Taste of Spring
$75.00
Friday, March 26th, 2010
6:30-9:30 pm
Cabin Fever Feast at Honey Hollow
Bucks County Audubon Society
at Honey Hollow
Cabin Fever Feast 2010
Tickets $75.00
ph: 215.297.5880
www.bcas.org
Start with a Seed - Design a Lifestyle
$55.00
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
10:00 - 3:30 pm
2010 will be the year where you will enjoy vegetables from your own backyard! Maximize your enjoyment and harvest in your own potager by creating your garden plan and learning how to become an efficient gardener. We are offering a full day course on "Planning, Designing & Creating Your Veg Patch". Garden designer, Organic CSA owner, landscape design instructor, and general all round lively earth mother, Eve Minson of Just One Seed will share her knowledge and experience so that you may enjoy this valuable lifestyle throughout the year.
Schedule:
10:00 am - Gather at The Kitchen Potager
Tea & Introductions
10:30 - 12:30 pm: Structure Options & Variety Selection
12:30 - 1:15 pm: Locavore Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm: Designs for Your Garden
$55.00 per person, including locavore lunch.
Start with a Seed - Design a Lifestyle
$55.00, 6 person minimum
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
10:30-3:30 pm
2010 will be the year where you will enjoy vegetables from your own backyard! Maximize your enjoyment and harvest in your own potager by creating your garden plan and learning how to become an efficient gardener. We are offering a full day course on "Breaking Ground". Garden designer, Organic CSA owner, landscape design instructor, and general all round lively earth mother, Eve Minson of Just One Seed will share her knowledge and experience so that you may enjoy this valuable lifestyle throughout the year.
Schedule: Breaking Ground
10:00 am - Gather at The Kitchen Potager
Tea & Introductions
10:30 - 12:30 pm: Planning & Preparation
12:30 - 1:15 pm: Locavore Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm: Layout, Nutrients & Tool Techniques
January - Seed Selection & Garden Design
February - Seed Propagation & "Seed-sitting" Maintenance
March - Structures, Trellis Systems, & Cold Frames
April - Breaking Ground; Tactics & Planning
$55.00 per class or $125 for three sessions 1/23, 2/28, 3/28.
Monticello - Historic Garden Week in Virginia
$75.00
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thomas Jefferson, Gardener
As part of Historic Garden Week, Peter Hatch will present an hour-long illustrated lecture discussing the themes that defined Thomas Jefferson's passion for horticulture. An hour-long tour of the Monticello gardens will follow. Meets at 10 a.m. at the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith History Center. No charge or registration required, but space is limited.
Transportation, guide and lunch included.
Depart from The Kitchen Potager at 9:00 am.
Tohickon Garden Club Outing
$45 Non-members
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Mt Cuba Gardens
"Mt. Cuba Center is a 650-acre non-profit horticultural institution in northern Delaware. We’re dedicated to the study, conservation, and appreciation of plants native to the Appalachian Piedmont Region through garden display, education, and research. Our woodland wildflower gardens are recognized as the region’s finest. Surrounding Mt. Cuba Center’s cultivated areas are nearly 600 acres of beautiful natural lands with native forests, wetlands, and open fields. The natural lands of Mt. Cuba Center contain some of Delaware’s finest examples of Appalachian Piedmont geology and biodiversity."
Located 1.5 hours from Upper Bucks County, the day will include transportation, tour and lunch cost is tbc. Non-members are welcome to join at just a small additional fee.
Delicious, Strong Tomato Plants from FFA, Lancaster
$5 per tomato plant
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Beautiful, healthy, tasty heirloom, tomato plants from the Future Farmers Club in Lancaster!
Druzba - Medium Beefsteak - Indeterminate
Bulgarian heirloom. Translates as "friendship".
Pink Accordion - stuffer/hollow Truly unique, large pink fruit is ruffled like an accordion. The cut slices are stunning. This tomato is semi-hollow, so it is excellent for stuffing; the flavor is sweet and mild.
Monomokhs Hat - ox heart shape
They are so delicious with a honey-like sweetness. Big, huge and heart-shaped. They are named for the diamond-encrusted, coronation crown that Peter the Great wore. Enjoy this wonder from Novosibirsk, Siberia.
Indeterminate
Snowberry - cherry
This very sweet, little cherry is popular in Europe. Light, creamy-yellow 1 inch "berries" have a nice mellow, fruity taste that makes them perfect to eat in fruit salads or right out of the hand. Productive plants set large trusses of fruit.
Indeterminate
Woodle Orange Beefsteak
Large, round, smooth fruit are nearly perfect in shape, being a brilliant tangerine color. A super fancy-looking variety that has an incredible rich and sweet complex flavor that is among the best. This fine heirloom comes from Iowa, and has proven to be a favorite for flavor and yield
Indeterminate
St Pierre - lg beefsteak
A beautiful French heirloom. The tender fruits have a full, rich tomato flavor and are large in size (8-16 oz), great for canning or fresh eating. They are deep red and excellent producers, even in poor growing conditions.
Indeterminate
Riestentraube - cherry
Originally from East Germany, grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch as early as 1855.
'Riesentraube' translates from the German as "giant bunch of grapes".
One of 'Riesentraube's' outstanding features is the large number of flowers produced per cluster (up to 350 flowers!). The cherry-sized tomatoes are approximately 3/4 oz. Distinctive red fruits have a rounded pear shape with sharp pointed end. Vine growth is compact, highly branched, with good foliage cover for developing fruits. An excellent salad tomato, great for snacks. Indeterminate
Isis Candy
Gorgeous fruits are marbled with red. Rich flavor is a complex blend of sweetness and fruitiness. Each fruit has a spectacular cat’s eye starburst on the blossom end. Plants are loaded with 1½" fruits on short trusses in double rows of 6-8. Indeterminate
Giant Valentine Plant produces good yields of 10 oz deep red heart shaped tomatoes. Tomatoes are very flavorful and very juicy. It is a cross between a paste tomato and an ox heart tomato. Excellent for salads and making tomato paste.
Cuor di Bue (waitlist)
This Oxheart type Italian heirloom from Italy. The name means “Beef Heart” in Italian. Deliciously sweet red heart-shaped 12 oz medium size tomato. Meaty, excellent slicer, high yields. Great for fresh eating or cooking. Large vigorous vines.
Ottsville Farmers Market Opening Day!
Free
Friday, May 28th, 2010
3:00-7:00 pm
The truck is back, the signs are in place, posters distributed, spaces are allocated and the community is buzzing with excitement! The 2010 Ottsville Farmers' Market at Linden Hill Gardens opens for patrons on Friday May 28th, 3:00 – 7:00 pm. We are thrilled to have returning vendors as well as new vendors, all with delicious and unique local products. This year we have some professional as well as local community chefs scheduled to provide the grill demos and samples of vendors’ products from the center grill.
Please join us every FRIDAY, RAIN or SHINE from 3-7 pm for our festive market including local farmers and independent local businesses offering, delicious produce, fresh seafood, local meats, baked goods, eggs, fruits, artisanal bread, organic horse feed, alpaca, wool and mohair knit products, jams, jellies, preserves, culinary sauces, prepared food, homemade soaps, raw chips, coffee, chocolate, plants, herbs, music and more!
Regular updates may be found throughout the season at lindenhillgardens.com
Contact: Kristin Perry (kristin@lindenhillgardens.com)
Ottsville Farmers Market
Linden Hill Gardens, 8230 Easton Road (route 611), Ottsville, PA 18942
Fridays, 3:00-7:00 pm
May 28 – October 29, 2010 (6:30 pm in October)
RAIN OR SHINE
Clarence Berger Farm
Blooming Glen Farm www.bloomingglenfarm.com
Brig O’Doon Coffee House www.brigodooncoffeehouse.com
Brad’s Raw Chips www.bradsrawchips.com
Bucks County Preserves ph: 215.249.8420
Chestnut Hill Gourmet Foods www.chfgourmetfoods.com
Comfort Food comfortfoodlive.blogspot.com
Crossroads Bake Shop www.crossroadsbakeshop.com
Just Grain www.justgrain.com
The Kitchen Potager www.thekitchenpotager.com
Linden Hill Gardens www.lindenhillgardens.com
Marie’s Soap www.mariessoap.com
MB Farview Farm www.mbfarviewfarm.com
Metropolitan Seafood Co. www.metroseafood.com
Swallow Hill Farm
The Painted Truffle www.thepaintedtruffle.com
Tinicum Arts & Sciences Volunteers www.tinicumanrtandscience.org
Woods Edge Wool www.alpacasllamaswoodsedge.com
Guest appearances on a selected dates:
Music: Quantum Leapfrog ph: 215.801.8726
Rocky Top Farm www.rockytopfarmpa.com
Civilian www.civilianart.com
Cloud Hands Massage www.cloudhands.net
Dinners Done Personal Chef Service http://mychefsite.com/DinnersDonePA
Bucks County Biscotti www.buckscountybiscotti.com
River Valley Waldorf School www.rivervalleyschool.org
Mountain Pride Farm www.mountainpridefarm.com
Peace Valley Lavender Farm www.peacevalleylavenderfarm.com
Ottsville Farmers Market
Free
Friday, June 4th, 2010
3:00-7:00 pm
We look forward to seeing everyone again tomorrow from 3-7 pm for more treats and offerings:
Pastured grass fed meats, oh so fresh seafood, vegetable produce including beets, Hakurei turnips, rainbow swiss chard, tuscan and red russian kale, collards, assorted head lettuce, spring onions, kohlrabi, escarole, snow peas, summer squash, basil, parsley, cucumbers. Weekly offerings of baked goods, chocolate truffles (in the seafood & sweets cottage), prepared meals eggs, fruits, artisanal bread, alpaca knit products, jams, jellies, preserves, culinary sauces, homemade soaps, raw chips, plants, herbs, music and more!
Tomorrow's late afternoon event: EGG RACES are back with a competitive edge - bring your own spoon!
In addition to our weekly RAIN or SHINE vendors, Peace Valley Lavender Farm and Quantum Leaf Frog Music will be joining us for the festivities.
Pre-Ordering
Both M&B Farview Farm and Metropolitan Seafood & Gourmet, our meat and seafood vendors would like to make sure they have desired items in stock and welcome pre-orders both large and small. So please feel free to contact them directly for reserved orders:
www.mbfarviewfarm.com or mary@mbfarviewfarm.com
www.metroseafood.com or metroseafood@embarqmail.com
(Please note that they leave early to set up for the market so pre orders by Thursday or early Friday are preferred)
Bedminster Land Conservancy Tour
$20.00
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
All Day
Bedminster Land Conservancy Garden Tour
www.bedminsterlandconservancy.org
Bedminster Land Conservancy is hosting their annual Garden Tour. A series of private gardens arranged for a self-guided tour, including Jerry Fritz's home property.
Tickets may be purchased at Linden Hill Gardens during our extended Farmers Market hours.
Garden Talk and Book Signing with Stephanie Cohen
$10 fee includes credit
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
1:30 pm
www.lindenhillgardens.com
Stephanie Cohen, "The Perennial Diva", will provide a garden talk and book signing at Linden Hill Gardens, Sunday at 1:30 pm. She will focus on her new book "The Non Stop Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide tp Smart Plant Choices and Four Season Designs, by Stephanie Cohen and Jennifer Benner. This is one of 3 stops on the east coast during her national book tour, please join us for a fun and informative event in the Linden Hill Cottage Garden.
Rsvp: info@lindenhillgardens.com, $10 fee applied toward plants on the day of the event.
Blooming Glen Earthen Oven Workshop
$125
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
10:00-5:00 pm
Earthen Oven Workshop at Blooming Glen Farm, Blooming Glen, PA
www.bloomingglenfarm.com
$125 for the two day workshop
Have you ever wanted to make a wood fired earthen oven in your back yard, so you can bake amazing artisan bread, or homemade pizzas in minutes with ingredients picked fresh from the garden?! If so, this is your chance to learn the amazing hands on process of earthen construction.
Blooming Glen Earthen Oven Workshop
$125
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
10:00-5:00 pm
Earthen Oven Workshop at Blooming Glen Farm
Blooming Glen, PA
www.bloomingglenfarm.com
$125 for the two day workshop
Have you ever wanted to make a wood fired earthen oven in your back yard, so you can bake amazing artisan bread, or homemade pizzas in minutes with ingredients picked fresh from the garden?! If so, this is your chance to learn the amazing hands on process of earthen construction.
Fresh Screening with Panel Discussion
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
7:00 pm
Fresh the film will be screened at the County Theater in Doylestown along with a panel discussion with our favorite local food activists:
Followed by a panel discussion on local food opportunities hosted by:
Rich Baringer--Dinner's Done Personal Chef Service
Lynne Goldman--Bucks County Taste
Ryman Maxwell--Down to Earth Cafe
Tom Murtha--Blooming Glen Farm CSA
Henry Rosenberger--Tussock Sedge Farm
Tickets may be purchased at: www.countytheater.org/store
The Chef's Farm to Table Series: Max Hansen
$75 per person
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
5:00-9:00 pm
The first of our Chef's Farm to Table Dinner Series at Linden Hill Gardens. Max Hansen will highlight his culinary expertise and create a memorable experience for all in attendance. Featuring produce and meats from our local Ottsville Farmers Market vendors, Max will prepare a delicious meal featuring a variety of pork belly preparations and the produce of the season. Max will explain preparation techniques and ingredient selection as well as dine with all of us, family style, in the barn at Linden Hill Gardens. Space is limited to 25 guests in order to enhance the dining experience and opportunity to enjoy the company of other guests.
Reserve a seat at the table by July 15th $75.00 pp:
Via check to The Kitchen Potager P.O. Box 292 Ottsville PA 18942
Online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/118649
Menu
Pork Belly Three Ways
Barbecued Pork Belly Quesadillas with Monterey Jack, Grilled Onions, Poblano
Peppers and Fresh Cilantro, served with a Charred Tomato and Toasted Cumin Crème Fraiche
Pork Buns “in the style of David Chang” with Du Breton Slow Cooked Pork Belly,
Pickled Cucumbers, Scallions, Hoisin Sauce and Sirachi!
Slow Braised and Pan Roasted Pork Belly with Succotash- None Such Farms Sweet Corn, Zucchini and Great Northern Beans with Andouille Sausage and Fresh Thyme
We are also serving:
Max & Me Atlantic Smoked Salmon “Tartare” on Challah Crisps with a Lemon Crème Fraiche and Wild Smoked Salmon Ro
A Local Rocket Salad with Fresh Goat Cheese, Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and
A Saba Vinaigrette- served with Rise Bakery Grilled Crostini
Yukon Gold Creamers crushed with Fresh Chives, Italian Parsley, Sweet Butter and Maldon Flake Salt
Our Sources
Blooming Glen Farm CSA, Berger Farm, M&B Farview Farm, Metropolitan Seafood Company, Swallow Hill Farm
The Chef's Farm to Table Dinner Series at Linden Hill Gardens
$75 per person
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
5:00 pm
Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton of Canal House Studios Cookbooks will be highlighting their culinary prowess with the 2nd of our Farm to Table Dinner series at Linden Hill Gardens. Straight from their Volume No 4 Farm Markets & Gardens we will enjoy a meal together at the site of our Ottsville Farmers Market at Linden Hill Gardens.
The evening will begin at The Center Grill and move into the barn for a rustic family style dinner with our chefs and growers.
The Chef's Farm to Table Dinner Series
$150 incl dinner guest
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
2:30 pm & 6:30 pm
Chef, architect and local restaurant icon, Jim Hamilton, is offering his expertise in the format of his famous "Cooking Class Dinners" that are so popular at his Lambertville, NJ renowned restaurant Hamilton's Grill Room. Each person who signs up for the class arrives at 2:30 pm for guides to taste and technique around the center grill and potager earthen oven. At 6:30 pm, their guests will arrive to join them to celebrate and indulge in their creations in The Barn at Linden Hill Gardens. This is a team building event and Jim has requested that only one person of a couple join for the cooking class portion, the other arrives as a guest!
Ottsville Fall Festival
$10 vendors, $20 business
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
10:00 - 3:00 pm
Artists, food vendors, writers, local schools, children's activities and highlights of the talents within the community connected through Kimberton Whole Foods and Ottsville. A fun day out for the whole family.
Location:
Ottsville's Backyard, behind the Firehouse
Il Potager di Cucina - the Italian Kitchen Garden
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Program Title: Il Potager di Cucina
Dates: November 5-12, 2010
Price: Single room $2500, Double room $2200 per person
Includes all cooking classes, transport upon arrival, field trips, entrance fees, guides, room and board
www.thekitchenpotager.com
We are pleased to offer a program to culinary gardeners at the bucolic tuscan agricultural estate of Spannocchia. Once a kitchen garden is created at our home, the lifestyle it provides becomes a part of us. We learn from nurturing the soil and the plants, mindfully managing the pests and enjoying the daily produce. Immersed in our busy lifestyles, we often forget that home grown produce has been the basis for daily home cooked meals in most cultures for centuries. We will immerse ourselves in the Spannocchia expertise and spend time learning about varieties in the garden, recipes and techniques in the kitchen, the process in the olive groves as well as explore the local cheese and meat facilities and dine in the lovely settings at Spannocchia and the surrounding town.
On this program we will enjoy the opportunity to participate in the ultimate “slow food lifestyle” at Tenuta di Spannocchia, an 1100 acre organic agricultural estate in central Tuscany.
Schedule:
Please note details are subject to revision & meals are included at standard times. If we are offsite for a meal it will be indicated in the schedule.
Thursday, November 5
Transportation from Florence
3:00 Historical Tour of Spannocchia
5:00 Italian Travel Lesson (optional)
7:00 pm Drinks & Dinner
Friday, November 6
9:00 am Garden Tour & Cooking Class
10:00 am Cooking Class
7:00 pm Drinks & Dinner
Saturday, November 7
9:00 am Visit to Antica Macelleria Cecchini
1:00 pm Picnic or Village Restaurant
2:00 pm Chianti Wine Tasting
7:00 pm Dinner at Local Restaurant (note: estimate 30 Euros)
Sunday, November 8
9:00 am Visit San Gimignano
10:00 am Visit to Farm
1:00 pm Lunch at Farm
4:00 pm Bees and honey with Andrea (optional)
7:00 pm Spannocchia Dinner
Monday, November 9
9:00 am Cinta Senese Care & Process
11:00 am Salume Tasting
1:00 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Olive Grove Tour & Olive Oil Tasting
7:00 pm Drinks & Dinner
Tuesday, November 10
9:00 am Hearth Cooking
1:00 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Olive Press or Pecorino Farm
7:00 pm Drinks & Dinner
Wednesday, November 11
9:00 am Truffle Hunt & Lunch (1.5 hrs away) San Minieto
1:00 pm White Truffle Lunch
7:00 pm Dinner at Spannochia
Thursday, November 12
9:00 am Breakfast and transportation to Florence
