
Thoughts from Thyme
Conversations, Cultivations, Inspirations
Welcome to Thoughts, a place where we share recipes, articles and guides, from our family, team and friends.
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“The Healing Power of Thyme”
Read Maria Shollenbarger’s account of Thyme’s Meadow Spa in The Financial Times: “The ticks-many-boxes proposition that is Thyme, in the Cotswolds, is a hard one to beat.”
“The UK’s best new spas for 2022”
Read Susan D’Arcy’s review of Thyme’s Meadow Spa in The Times: “Kicking of with Thyme in the Cotswolds, Susan d’Arcy selects the spas that will leave you feeling relaxed”
New Year, New Ritual
Three simple rituals to start the new year . Reduce plastic, restore your senses, and reconnect with nature.
The Science of Breathing ~ Caryn Hibbert
The power of conscious diaphragmatic breathing is remarkable. Taken well, a deep breath has immense effects on our wellbeing.
“The calming bath range helping me relax into the new year”
Edwina Ing Chambers reviews our Bertioli Beauty range: “the Breathing Balm (from £20) is a small pot of comfort you can rub on any time, anywhere, to harness that stillness of the mind and cosseting of the spirit”
“At home with the mother-daughter duo behind cult Cotswolds style brand Thyme”
After a day spent with Claire Bingham photographing Caryn and Milly at home in Southrop, Jessica Doyle shares the ever-evolving story behind Thyme and Bertioli.
“Why Grandma knew best — an ode to the joy of bathtime treats”
Hannah Betts gives her view on the golden age of toiletries and our Bertioli Beauty collection.
Feasting with Deborah Brett
Top Tips on Table Dressing
Ceramicist Deborah Brett has created an exclusive line for Thyme’s Shop, to marry Bertioli’s patterns of nature table linens. She shares her top tips on feasting well and table dressing.
The Beauty of Simplicity
Bertioli Beauty
We have been on a journey in creating this collection, driven by the mission to help solve the issue of bathroom plastics.
Orange, Olive Oil and Almond Upside Down Cake
In celebration of Bertioli’s new Greek Collection, Charlie has devised a recipe that marries olives and almonds in a mediterranean-inspired, simple to make orange cake. One that tastes even better while wearing a Bertioli x Flora Sardalos dress and atop an olive printed table linen!
Bertioli x Flora Sardalos, Greek Prints
Bertioli x Flora Sardalos Exclusive Collection
Encapsulating Bertioli’s Patterns of Nature in Greece’s olives, almonds and wild iris, on the fabulous, voluminous dresses of Flora Sardalos
The Art of Tablescaping
From hand painted tablecloths to freshly picked flowers, we share our top tips on creating a tablescape as pretty as a meadow this season.
A Hedgerow Setting
The humble hedgerow is a defining feature of the British countryside, a tangle of shrubs, brambles and trees meandering across the landscape. This web of linear woodland plays an important and often unsuspected role in the goings on of the countryside.

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