A red Swedish cottage with white corners in a blossoming apple orchard on a spring morning, wood anemones in the grass

I · March – May · Opens 1 March

VERA

Spring · The Art of Renewal

A season of awakening. As the light returns, fresh beginnings and vibrant flavours bring the quiet elegance of nature back to the table—served with the anticipation of everything still to come.

Vera — from the Latin ver, spring.

Renewal · Hope · Discovery

The Chapter

Vera opens the year, the table moves outside and every guest is invited to begin again: lighter food, fresh herbs and the first harvest, served with the anticipation of everything still to come.

A carpet of wood anemones in a birch forest at sunrise, dew on the flowers

Mood

First light, fresh green and the quiet joy of beginning again.

A long table set for a spring lunch under a blossoming apple tree, wild flowers, bread and radishes on a linen cloth

Gatherings

Morning tables outdoors, garden walks and the first long lunch of the year.

A cold bottle of young white wine, two glasses and a cup of mint infusion on a garden table under apple blossom in the morning sun

Drinks

Bright, floral and crisp: young wines, herbal infusions and first-harvest flavours.

An evening in Vera

The arrival
Late afternoon light through the glasshouse, the first doors opened after winter.
The first pour
Something bright and floral, poured while the garden is still waking.
The table
Wild herbs, early greens and the first catch of the season, served simply.
The last hour
Doors left open to the garden, and the quiet promise of longer days.

On the table

Ramsons · Nettle · Asparagus · Rhubarb · Morels

In the glass

Sparkling wines · Young whites · Birch sap · Herbal infusions · Floral gin

Where the chapter is lived

Places

Historic glasshouses, coastal estates, emerging botanical gardens.

Craft

Foragers, botanical distillers, herbalists & early-crop growers.

Experiences

First-light lunches, botanical masterclasses & spring awakening dinners.

Become part of the Spring chapter.

Friends around a small fire on a granite rock by a lake on a midsummer evening, lanterns on the jetty

Next chapter

SOLARA

Summer · The Art of Togetherness

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