Forest Research scientists have collected berries from juniper bushes across Great Britain as part of the UK National Tree Seed Project overseen by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The berries are ...

Juniper berries are one of the top winter foods for many birds and mammals. Rabbits, foxes and most birds – turkeys, bluebirds, robins, chickadees and waxwings to name a few – covet the deep ...

Juniper Berries? After teaching cooking classes for 20 years, ... They're a distinct form of conifer cones produced by the juniper bush, often used as a spice in European cuisine.

Its berries have given gin its distinctive flavour for more than 350 years. But soon the juniper bush could vanish for good from huge swathes of England's countryside, according to plant experts.

A fungal disease is laying waste to the juniper bushes of Scotland, which is considered the UK’s ‘last remaining stronghold’ of the prized ingredient of juniper berries, which give gin its ...

Juniper can tolerate a wide range of conditions. Sue Pike [email protected]. I am always amazed that animals make it through winter around here. However difficult it seems, ...

Within the 60 or more species of junipers are hundreds of varieties that differ in height, overall form and size — they may be upright trees or low growing, prostrate shrubs.

Without the juniper, there is no gin. It's the ingredient that gives it a unique taste. “We had been producing a gin using juniper berries from the Pacific Northwest,” Van Strien said.

After teaching cooking classes for 20 years, Victoria Dougherty says she has ended up with some pretty random ingredients in her classroom cupboard — like juniper berries and fish sauce. Chef ...

After teaching cooking classes for 20 years, Victoria Dougherty says she has ended up with some pretty random ingredients in her classroom cupboard — like juniper berries and fish sauce. Chef ...