January means door in Latin i.e. door to the year
Our Flower of the Month is the Snowdrop. Visit Hever Castle, Kent, in February to view the Snowdrop Walk (70,000 snowdrops).
29th Chinese New Year (2025) Spring Festival, widely known as Chinese New Year in the West, is the most important traditional festival, and most important celebration for families in China. It is an official public holiday, during which most Chinese have 8 days off work, The date Is based on the Lunar Calendar.
25thBurns Night
Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25, 1759. Buy your haggis (a type of sausage prepared in a sheep's stomach) from these butchers
In season: Yorkshire forced rhubarb Yorkshire forced rhubarb is known for its delicate flavour and striking crimson stalks, but it is a fragile crop with few growers left. Unlike outdoor varieties, forced roots are grown in fields for two years, where they store energy and are moved into forcing sheds after November frosts. They are then grown in complete darkness and harvested by candlelight, to avoid photosynthesis turning them green and tough. Buy Yorkshire Rhubarb from your local greengrocer or online
