Award Winning Wildflower Honey

Our Wildflower Honey is sustainably produced by bees that forage freely across the ancient woodland, heathland and hedgerows of Ashdown Forest, creating a honey that changes subtly with the flowers of each season.

Made in small batches from just 12 colonies, every harvest is unique. We never blend different batches, allowing each jar to express the character, colour and flavour of the landscape at that moment in time.

Raw, unpasteurised and only minimally filtered using gravity, our honey retains its natural character while remaining beautifully clear and runny.

Every jar is harvested, extracted and bottled by us within sight of the hives.

Our Wildflower Honey has been awarded 2 Stars at the Great Taste Awards, where judges praised its floral aroma, complex flavour and “distinctive sense of place.”

Jar Sizes.

We offer two jar sizes, 227g (8oz) and 454g (1lb).

Where to buy our honey

Ashdown Forest Wildflower honey is available to buy direct from the beekeeper or from local stockists.

Every harvest tells a story.

Our honey is never blended to create a standardised flavour. As the forage on Ashdown Forest changes through the season, so does the honey our bees produce.

Late Summer Harvest

Colour
Deep golden amber.

Aroma
Complex and rich, with delicate citrus and warm, earthy notes.

Flavour
Silky and velvety, with gentle citrus, warm peppery notes and a subtle bitterness, balanced by a rich, slightly molasses-like finish.

Look for a July Best Before Date on your jar to identify our Late Summer harvest.

Forage available during the season

Oak Honeydew

Hemp Agrimony

Bell Heather

Lime

Rosebay Willowherb

Early Summer Harvest

Colour
Golden amber, bright and clear.

Aroma
Fresh and floral, with distinctive lime blossom and a light minty freshness.

Flavour
Sweet and creamy, with layers of citrus, lime blossom and delicate floral notes, followed by a lingering floral perfume.

Look for a June Best Before Date on your jar to identify our Early Summer harvest.

Forage available during the season

Bramble

Sweet Chestnut

Lime

Spring Harvest

Colour
Warm amber with an unusual hint of green.

Aroma
Hedgerows in a jar!

Flavour
Beautifully layered, with warm aromatic spice, almond, orange zest and creamy caramel, leading to a delicately astringent, slightly nutty finish.

Look for a May Best Before Date on your jar to identify our Spring harvest.

Forage available during the season

Blackthorn

Hawthorn

Wild cherry

Goat willow

Lesser Celandine

Native bluebells

Rare wild daffodils