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Sabato - Best Country House Hotels in the UK
Dutch magazine Sabato - Features Thyme in it’s round up of the Best Country House Hotels in the UK.
‘All as postcard pretty as the environment’
Red Online - The UK’s Best Luxury Spa Hotels for 2023
‘A countryside oasis, the spa specialises in treatments that use its own botanical-inspired Bertioli products combined with meditation and breathing to achieve a true sense of calm influenced by nature and Thyme's heavenly surroundings’.
The London Magazine - Live Well London
Our Bertioli Breathing Balm, included in The London Magazine’s live well round up.
The Sunday Times - 100 Best Hotels
The Sunday Times Best Hotel Spa: ‘Meadow Spa is a boutique spa, it doesn’t have all the facilities that tick the boxes of traditional spa hotels, but the experience is truly unique and wonderful’.
The launch of our Botanical Breathing Bothy this year has set the offering in Meadow Spa apart.
Country Life: Cotswold Water Meadows
Country Life: Cotswold Water Meadows
‘You realise how important areas such as this are to conservation and begin to understand how connected every- thing is. We’re not an isolated little spot here, of orchids (marsh, common spotted, pyrami- dal, twayblade and bee orchids), and then meadowsweet, vetch, vetchling, plantain...we’re part of something much bigger.’
-Caryn Hibbert Country Life September Issue 2022
Season Finale - The English Garden
“In the last of our series on the kitchen garden at Thyme in Southrop, head gardener Victoria Bowsher harvests and stores winter squash and considers hardy brassicas and green manures”
Words by Vivienne Hambly, photographs by Sussie Bell
September’s Last Hurrah - The English Garden
“Summer is fading into autumn, but a golden, late-season sun is still bringing crops to fruition at Thyme in Southrop, with apples and root vegetables at their finest, and the final waves of courgettes, tomatoes, sweetcorn and beans ready to harvest”
Words by Vivienne Hambly, photographs by Sussie Bell
Water World - Bloom
“Historic water meadows are sites of ecological diversity and essential parts of rural green corridors. Zena Alkayat meets Caryn Hibbert, the founder of Cotswolds hotel Thyme, who sees the value in conserving a third of her land purely for nature”
Words by Zena Alkayat, photographs by Kim Lightbody
Languid Summer Days - The English Garden
“July brings with it a sense of lazy abundance, with wave after effortless wave of crops and blooms. At Thyme in Southrop, flowers are cut for guest rooms, potatoes are ready to harvest and head gardener Victoria Bowsher makes some last-minute sowings”
Words by Vivienne Hambly, photographs by Sussie Bell
A Taste of Things to Come - The English Garden
“After the intense energy of June and July, the kitchen garden at Thyme at Southrop, Gloucestershire, is settling into a more relaxed pace.”
Words by Vivienne Hambly, photographs by Sussie Bell
Inspired by Nature’s Bounty - Ox Country
Ox Country - Inspired by Natured Bounty
“Whilst they certainly celebrate summers abundance, they are guaranteed to add a little wit and beauty to your dining area throughout the year.”
Lorfords L-Shaped - Lemon Cream Puffs
From Lorfords, L-shaped: “We are bringing a little of Thyme's magic to you. At their restaurant, The Ox Barn, Head Chef Charlie Hibbert leads the team in delivering excellent British food with their own twist. This week, Thyme has provided this tempting recipe for lemon cream puffs - because we all deserve a little decadence!.”
Lorfords L-Shaped - Cod with Fennel, Turnip Tops & Persillade
From Lorfords, L-shaped: “Over at Thyme in Southrop, Head Chef Charlie Hibbert leads the team at The Ox Barn restaurant. This week, Thyme has kindly provided this cod recipe which uses fennel and chilli flakes for a beautiful flavour. As we embrace longer days and milder weather, try this recipe for yourself at home..”
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