Lynwood Preserves

The Lynwood Story

Lynwood embraces a NSW Southern Tablelands family tradition. Brought up in the district, jam maker Robbie Howard, along with son Robert Broadbent began their journey into discovering a regional food essence with Broadbent’s Restaurant in Goulburn in the early 1990's. Calling it their ‘apprenticeship’ the ever-restless Robbie turned her hand to jam making after Broadbent’s closed in Goulburn, and Robert spent the next few years creating and running a string of successful eateries including the Robin Hood Bistro, the Jersey Cow, Sea Cow and Restaurant Buzo in Sydney.

Starting with a gift of a beautiful copper pot given by Robbie's friend Anders Ousback, she began producing seven jars in a batch. Seven jars at a time however, is a slow way to make preserves for sale. She now has a sophisticated temperature controlled urn that allows her to maintain the same quality in larger batches. Fruit is sourced from established orchards and the preserves are hand-made in individual batches following their seasonal availability.

Underscoring everything Lynwood does is a profound sense of respect for authenticity, community, the land and quality - and its based around a strong and enduring family tradition.

“Robbie Howard grew up with a fig tree outside her back door. Every morning, it was her little brother’s job to climb the tree and beat the starlings to the ripe figs. Robbie suspects that the preserving ethic is in her blood. ‘The day your mother and I got married’ her father once told her ‘your grandmother was bottling apricots in the morning because she couldn’t bear to waste them.’

‘I do love the land,’ Robbie confesses, ‘and for me one of the most beautiful days I could have is to go out with a bucket and pick some fruit. You find an old tree and often they’re much harder to work with because they’re knobbly and the fruit’s hard to peel, but the flavour is really good.’

Lynwood produce a wide variety of beautiful jams, marmalades and chutneys. Please contact us for seasonal availability of each product.

Chutney and Relish

Marmalade

Jams