Honey from a garden, Tooting Common, London

Just 50 jars. Genuinely — that's all there is.

Sue's bees live in a garden right on the edge of Tooting Common in SW London, and in August they produced just enough honey to fill 50 jars. The Common gives them horse chestnut and lime tree avenues, blackberry bushes, and the endless variety of surrounding gardens to forage across — and the result is a rich, smooth honey with a wonderful jammy depth that's become one of our most talked-about honeys. Ever since Marcus Brigstocke made Tooting Bananas with it on Celebrity Chef, it's been the first to go. The kind of extraordinary honey that people who thought they knew what honey tasted like just love discovering.

Sue came to beekeeping through her father keeping bees and one of her earliest childhood recollections is the smell of his beekeeping store full of cedarwood hives and frames. She's been a gardener and caretaker for most of her working life, and now that retirement has given her more time, she spends it exactly where she wants to be — with her bees. I really enjoy our chats. She's a thoughtful, unhurried beekeeper who genuinely loves what she does, and it shows in every jar.

The details

• Limited edition: 1 of only 50 jars
• 224g / 8oz
• Sue's story on the label — name, location, harvest date and number of jars produced
• The perfect "saw this and thought of you" gift — and a talking point the moment they open it
• British-sourced jars and labels

Delivery Sent 48-hour tracked with Royal Mail. Postage is charged by weight — two or three jars costs the same to send as one, and with only 50 jars available it's worth not waiting.

Our beekeepers Every beekeeper we work with is someone we've visited — to see where the bees forage, understand the landscape, and discover what makes each honey its own thing. All of them are good stewards of the land their bees depend on, working to protect and enhance the natural habitats around their hives.