Pursuit of Preserves - The POP up village in Sherston

A few months back I mentioned I planned on setting up a pop up stall for the pop up village event in Sherston, Wiltshire. Well yesterday was the main event, having spent the last two weeks making lots jams, jellies and a chutney.




I used plenty of ingredients from my own garden, like this purple sage. Other herbs included rosemary and oregano.

I made quite a bit Hot Chilli Jelly, as it was a big hit when I made it last year for friends and family.

I got apples from my own garden and friends to make the majority of jellies.

For the Blackberry and Elderberry Jam I used elderberries from my own garden and foraged blackberries from hedgerows. These hedgerows included my parents hedge, they grow a delicious thorn less variety.

I also used home grown tomatoes and courgettes to make a sweet chutney.

My full list of available goodies was:

Hot Chilli Jelly
Apple, Cider and Purple Sage Jelly
Rosemary Jelly
Red Onion Marmalade (Variants: with Oregano and Sage, and with Chilli)
Blackberry and Elderberry Jam
Tomato and Courgette Chutney
Apple Butter

I set up shop in my best friends garden, with a table cloth and dollies I did my best to make it look shabby chic!

Each jar was decorated with a fancy fabric top, and a PoP label attached with ribbon.

Each different preserve had a sample pot too so people could have a taste of each one.



There was a free fruity muffin (banana, apple or pineapple) with every purchase too to sweeten the deal even more!

With a funky milkshake bar happening in my friend's kitchen, The Dizzy Cow, we had over 100 people 'pop' in.

Having opened at 3pm, at 5.45pm this was all that remained! I have now sold all bar one jar of of Hot Chilli Jelly... and raised £120 for Sherston Primary School, Busy Hands Pre-School and Sherston Toddler Group, not a bad afternoons work!