I am passionate about healthy eating and making it a lifestyle NOT a diet. I also believe that to build a healthy lifestyle it has to be about so much more than food - here are my own healthy habits for all areas of life.

Our Honey Granola is one of the stars of the breakfast table at Thyme. Pair with fresh yoghurt and a seasonal fruit compote ... the perfect start to your day.

Searching in the attic last summer for a lost suitcase, we were struck by a distinct sweet perfume that filled the air of the very dusty 17th century roof space.

Although the mornings are still cold, the wind has shifted to blow from the south bringing with it a wave of migratory birds that have been spending the winter in southern Europe or across the Sahara in West Africa.

It has been a cold start to spring this year, with even snow falling at the beginning of April, but over the past few weeks as the days have grown longer and warmer and the sun rises higher each day in the sky, spring has sprung.

“I’m the very first guest whisked off to the bothy to experience its founding signature treatment. Inside, it’s reminiscent of a Roman bath or even a luxury hammam - all warm stone opening onto a tiled courtyard with a trickling fountain and an outdoor fireplace .” - By Rose Van Cutsem for Tatler Magazine

From Country Life magazine, a delicious dessert with a Mediterranean twist, Charlie's upside-down cake uses olive oil and orange in place of the pineapple you remember from childhood.

“Spring Blossom lights up the pathways, gardens and orchards at Thyme in Southrop, promising an abundant harvest of fruits as the season matures ”

Words by Vivienne Hambly, photographs by Sussie Bell

AS CHOSEN BY is a series of photographic portraits. The sitters are flowers, chosen by recognisable public figures. The result is a single flower and vessel, chosen by the sitter and shot in natural light at their home, studio, or garden.

Though many keen gardeners may think of dandelions as a nuisance, they are edible and have many medicinal properties.

A collection of Easter Sunday recipes by Cher Director Charlie Hibbert published in The Sunday Times.

Here at Thyme, there is a flurry of action. The number of red kites seem to have doubled and a blackbird has made a nest in one of our potted Christmas trees, robustly exclaiming if anyone walks too near.

“As the season gathers pace, Victoria bowser and her team are hard at work in the kitchen garden at Thyme, sowing and planting to meet the chef’s needs- including some of their more unusual requests.”

Words by Vivienne Hambly, photographs by Sussie Bell

At Thyme, a country-house hotel in Gloucestershire, guests can stroll in the gardens then learn to paint the plants that grow there.

Words by Rebecca Rose

A bright yellow fluttery flash in the gardens yesterday was such a happy sight, a solitary male brimstone butterfly boldly heralding the first day of astronomical springtime.