As an Artisan Producer, good food is my life and my passion. I love playing with recipes both old and new, discovering new tastes and techniques. I find the best and freshest ingredients come from your own garden so I grow as much as is practical. There is always something new to learn, so lets share.

About

The Green Apron is a small Artisan Preserve company run by Theresa Storey (with the assistance of her family.) We are situated in Derryclough ,Ballingarry, County Limerick overlooking Knockfierna, the famous fairy hill. We make a fabulous range of jams, marmalades, chutneys, ketchups, sauces, herb mixes, butters, mustards and pickles using secret family recipes. We have been producing and selling our products for over 30  at the Milk Market  in Limerick City. Find us there every Saturday morning.

Our preserves are made in our farmhouse kitchen. The preserves are made in small batches from home grown and locally sourced produce wherever possible.

The preserves are made using traditional methods and no artificial preservatives , colours or setting agents are used.

Much of our fruit and vegetables are organically grown by us at our award winning gardens at Derryclough and in the walled vegetable garden of Theresa’s parents 18th century castle at Glenwilliam, Ballingarry. We also source fruit and vegetables from small local producers.

Theresa’s mother, Barbara, started making preserves in the late 1970s from the produce from the family vegetable garden and orchard and sold them in the Milk Market in Limerick and in local shops. Whilst we complained about the constant gardening and the markets every Saturday, they instilled in us a love of fine food. Theresa, who is an environmental scientist, took over the family business in the 1990’s and expanded it. There is along standing tradition in the family of preserving the harvest for later as Barbara grew up in Michigan where there is still a tradition of preserving the harvest through canning and bottling.

We also take advantage of the wild fruit available in the local hedgerows to create a variety of wild jellys. These include wild crabapple jelly, damson jelly, bramble jelly, hawthorn jelly, elderberry jelly and rosehip jelly.

Our preserves have won awards in many a local show and we are listed in the Bridgestone Best in Ireland Guide. The Green Apron has also won an award in the Limerick County Council Environment achievment awards 2008. We also won Best Wildlfie Garden in the county in 2007 and came second in Most Environmentally Friendly Household in 2008.The rest of The Green Apron team consists of  Theresa’s husband Dr Mike Cosgrave (UCC) and their three children who all assist in the gardening, producing and selling.

Our preserves are available in Limerick Milk Market aturday mornings and in local shops in Limerick, and at the Ballingarry market on the 1st Tuesday of the month (10-12)

Contact us at theresa at thegreenapron.ie

069 68524

Derryclough

Ballingarry

Limerick

The Green Apron also runs courses and workshops on all aspects of kitchen gardening from producing to preserving and beekeping, chicken rearing etc (see course list).

Theresa has a degree in botany and post-graduate qualifications in enviormental science and applied science.