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HERBS UNLIMTED

“In 2002 Herbs Unlimited moved to a new 92-acre site near Thirsk where a new herb farm was established”

Nowadays growing and cooking with fresh herbs is very popular and the range of herbs used in food and drinks is ever increasing. Growing herbs is now big business and an award-winning North Yorkshire herb grower is leading the way when it comes to fresh herbs and edible flowers.

Herbs Unlimited has just celebrated 25 years in business and over that time the business has developed beyond recognition. It was all started by Alison Dodd, a trained cordon bleu chef who worked in the family restaurant. Herbs played an important part in her cooking, but she found it difficult to source fresh herbs to use in her dishes. To fill this obvious gap in the market Alison started to grow her own herbs on a small plot of land but

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