
Thoughts from Thyme
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Bertioli’s Valentine’s Edit
A Valentine’s Day edit from our sibling brand, Bertioli by Thyme.
Rhubarb not Roses
Putting seasonal produce front and centre for Valentine’s, we are championing pretty in pink rhubarb.
Bedroom Spotlight: Love in a Mist
This pretty botanical is the inspiration for one of our most romantic bedrooms.
In Partnership: Bertioli X Lorfords Contemporary
We are delighted to unveil our most recent collaboration with the esteemed bespoke furnishing studio, Lorfords Contemporary.
Our debut collection of handcrafted upholstery has been designed to sit within a number of rooms here at Thyme. The collection includes soft seating that has been covered in our signature linen fabrics, showcasing hand-painted botanical artworks from our founder, Caryn Hibbert.
The Benefits of a Bath
Does anyone need an excuse for a good, hot soak at the end of a long day? It’s not just a lovely, luxurious thing to do, but it also has a myriad of wellbeing effects. So if you need a reason to carve out much needed me time in the tub, read on…
Magical Martinis: Distilled Hydrosols
Using hydro-distillation of leaves, fruits, flowers and other freshly harvested plant materials from the farm and gardens we create wonderfully fragrant pure botanical extracts that make the most beautiful cocktails.
Medlar: The Ingredient Edit
Part of the rose family, its large hips are best picked after the first frosts which help to soften the fruits, a process called bletting.
Ingredient Edit: Quince
Quince is a fragrant autumnal treat, and features centre stage on our December menus
Wild garlic, spinach & fennel soup
On these spring days, when there is a scent of summer in the air, but the wind carries a slight chill, there is little better than a warming bowl of seasonal soup.
Wild Garlic Butter
There are many different dishes wild garlic can be used for, but I think that making something simple like this butter gives you a useful tool for your fridge.
So Glos: The Swan at Southrop reopens after major refurbishment
Cotswold pub, The Swan at Southrop, has a brand-new look having reopened after a significant refurbishment.
Charlie and Milly Hibbert, the brother and sister team behind sister venue Thyme, have given the popular Cotswold pub a new lease of life, with a glamorous interior and a new menu.
Travel begins at 40 - Take Your Time at Thyme Hotel Cotswolds
‘There’s a sense of timelessness as you journey to Gloucestershire’s Thyme country house hotel and its accompanying 150-acre estate’.
Conde Nast Traveller - All Well and Good
Conde Nast Traveller: Review on our Botanical Bothy at Thyme.
‘Proof that one treatment, one pair of hands and the chance to breath deeply can rewrite the script’
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.

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