Garden-to-Glass Living
Rooted in the garden.Raised around the table.
A seasonal homegrown approach to cocktails, mocktails, syrups, preserves, and garden guides.
Rooted in Something Simple
From Bed to Bar began with a desire to slow down, grow more of what we use, and create meaningful moments around the table. What started with herbs and raised beds has grown into a journey of learning, preserving, gathering, and sharing the beauty found in everyday life.
Whether it's harvesting lavender, making homemade syrup, or simply enjoying time with family, we believe some of life's best moments begin in the garden and end around the table.
Read Our Story →Latest Recipes
What's in season, behind the bar.
Every recipe starts in the garden. We keep things approachable — no fancy equipment, no ingredients you can't grow or find at the farmers market.
From the Seasonal Harvest
Fresh from the orchard, straight to the glass.
Fresh from the garden, orchard, and kitchen — explore seasonal recipes, preserves, syrups, cocktails, and mocktails built around what is ripe right now.
Growing Guide
Complete Plum Guide
Variety selection, planting, pruning, and harvest timing — everything the plum tree produces, from jam to syrup to cocktail.
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Preserves
Homemade Plum Jam
From the tree to the jar. A full water-bath canning guide with flavor variations, the plate test, and batch notes. Makes 5–6 pints.
Full canning guide →
Bar Pantry · 25 min
Plum Simple Syrup
Pull a pound of plums before the jam sugar goes in. Twenty-five minutes and you have a jewel-toned syrup that bridges the orchard and the bar cart.
Syrup recipe →
Cocktail · Late Summer
Plum Bourbon Sour
Stone fruit, oak, lemon, and a hint of smoke. Built around plum syrup from the same trees — the drink that closes the garden-to-glass loop.
Full recipe →Garden Tips
Grow a better bar cart.
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Start with herbsMint, basil, rosemary, and thyme are easy to grow, hard to kill, and they'll show up in more recipes than anything else you plant.
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Contain your mintMint spreads aggressively. Plant it in its own pot or it will take over everything nearby — ask any gardener who learned the hard way.
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Harvest before it flowersHerbs get bitter once they bolt. Pick regularly to keep the plant productive and the flavor where you want it.
Start Here
Explore the best places to begin
your garden-to-glass journey.
Recipes
Favorite Recipes
Garden-inspired cocktails, mocktails, syrups, and seasonal creations.
Explore Recipes →Herb Hub
Herb Hub
Learn how to grow, harvest, and use herbs throughout the seasons.
Visit Herb Hub →Planting Guide
Planting Guide
Seasonal growing advice and inspiration for the home garden.
View Planting Guide →Our Story
Our Story
Learn the heart behind From Bed to Bar and the journey that inspired it.
Read More →Drink responsibly. Every mocktail on this site is just as good as the cocktail version. Enjoy the garden. Enjoy the bar. Be safe, be kind, and look after each other.