Ida Lindqvist

Ida started Sprig in 2019 with a borrowed carbonator and a hedgerow from her own garden. She still does most of the foraging herself, and writes about what the season is doing whenever the season leaves her time to.

Posts

Written words

Cut rhubarb lined up in an enamel tray on a steel worktop

Post

2 min read

Open workshop: Autumn dates

The first Saturday of every month we unlock the side door. Here are the dates until Christmas, and what you will see.

Aug 27, 2026

Meadowsweet leaning over a field ditch, its flowers reflected in the dark water

Story

3 min read

Meadowsweet, and other things by the ditch

The best botanicals rarely grow anywhere glamorous. Notes from a wet August walk along the field edge.

Aug 14, 2026

Two hands picking elderflower from a hedgerow

Story

4 min read

Elderflower season is two weeks long

Every June we drop everything for fourteen days. Here is why we still pick by hand, and what happens if we are late.

Jun 18, 2026

Chamomile flower heads scattered on paper in low sun

Story

3 min read

Inside the drying room

It used to be a pantry. Now it holds a year of summer on strings. A short tour of the best-smelling room we have.

May 21, 2026

Recipes

For the occasion

Recipes written and tested by Ida Lindqvist, newest first.

A glass of crushed ice and mint seen from above in a bed of mint leaves

Made with

Sprig Nettle & Lime

Mocktail

The garden mint cooler

A tall, sharp drink for the hottest week of the year. Ready in the time it takes to find a clean glass.

5 min

Easy

Vegetable tempura and lime halves on white paper, lit by flash

Made with

Sprig Nettle & Lime

From the kitchen

Nettle & lime tempura

Cold bubbles make the lightest batter there is. We use what is left in the can, then open another to drink.

25 min

Medium