Vogue UK - March 2020

Organic produce for

Petersham

restaurants are

picked at Haye Farm

Specialising

in fine wine,

Petersham Cellar

is an Italian wine

merchant and club

Petersham

Nurseries Café,

Richmond. Below:

Harry Boglione

runs Haye Farm

in East Devon

with his family

VOGUE PARTNERSHIP

LONG ESTABLISHED AS one of London’s treasured

places to eat, Petersham Nurseries has slowly expanded its

ambitions and offerings to deliver a thoughtful and respectful

food philosophy to audiences hungry for produce as virtuous

as its origins. Owned by the Boglione family, the original

Petersham Nurseries Café in Richmond, and The Petersham

and La Goccia in Covent Garden, all source ingredients from

their own farm, elevating conscious cooking to a high art,

and gaining scores of fans in the process.

Driven by a Slow Food philosophy, which upholds the

importance of good quality ingredients produced with

minimal environmental impact and fair treatment for

workers, Petersham Nurseries puts equal passion and

thought into every step of the journey, demonstrating that

it is possible to operate ethically in a challenging environment,

with superb end results, from farm to plate.

At the heart of this philosophy and its exemplar is Haye

Farm, run since 2014 by Petersham Nurseries scion Harry

Boglione. Nestled in glorious East Devon, Haye Farm rears

Gloucester Old Spot pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, rabbits

and ducks, and grows a host of organic fruits and vegetables

for Petersham’s own kitchens and some of London’s finest

restaurants. A pioneering farmer, Harry has combined

modern enlightened thought with ancient farming methods

to grow in a way that respects and improves the environment,

minimising waste and negative impact, for which

contemporary farming has long

ignored in favour of profit and yield.

It is hard, of course, to pretend this

conscientiousness would have gained

Petersham Nurseries such high esteem

were the end results on plates and in

dining rooms not so damn delicious.

Eternally gorgeous Italian ingredient-

led cooking, and, the final triumph,

outstanding seasonal menus that keep

a loyal (and growing) clientele returning

for more, year after year. n

Visit Petershamnurseries.com

A growing

TRADITION

Petersham Nurseries, a family business

for over 20 years, has established itself

as one of London’s best purveyors of fine

food – and its most forward thinking

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