Oh what fun and delight our Herbal Garden Workshop was with herbalist and naturopath Anthia Koullouros. I could listen to her all day, as remedies and concoctions, suggestions and insights roll of her tongue. It was a day jam-packed full of information of such a helpful nature, generously shared with our participants.

Here she is mixing and chatting, sending around little dishes of aromatic colour, texture and goodness.

The day was hot, but we were able to eat in the shade of the loggia at a table laden with rosemary and scented pelargonium leaves. Chilled Cucumber Soup was followed by Sicilian Caponata, Baba Ghanoush and Sorrel Pistou – all the early autumn garden on a plate.