Steve's Looking fresh

Grown outdoors in harmony with nature for a naturally fresh, delicious flavour

Butterhead
Beautifully Balanced
Grown Outdoors
Ready to Eat
Watercress
1 of your 5 a Day
Grown Outdoors
Ready to Eat
Pea Shoots
1 of your 5 a Day
Grown Outdoors
Ready to Eat
Plate with three types of cheese, a jar of red jam, and mixed greens arranged around the cheese, with crackers and miniature decorative trees in the background.
A person holding fresh watercress and baby leaves above a wooden table with a bag of Steve's Leaves mixed salad.
Slices of cooked steak served on fresh spinach and greens on a wooden cutting board next to a glass of red wine and a salt container.
White bowl with fried calamari rings on a bed of fresh spinach leaves and small pieces of red pepper.
Steve says...

"When you give plants sunshine, well-managed soils, plus time and care, you get some seriously delicious and nutritious leaves.

Now in fresh new 80g bags, our tasty leaves are carefully washed in spring water and ready to eat, or dress! Making leafy salady goodness the easiest part of your day."

Find us at

Ocado
Waitrose

Pea Shoots
& baby leaves

The summery sweetness of tender pea shoots and the subtle earthy flavours of baby spinach and baby chard. A deliciously soft salad mix that’s a joy to pile high on your plate.

1 of your 5 a Day
Grown Outdoors
Ready to Eat
Spring Water Washed
Steve's Leaves Pea Shoots & Baby Leaves salad bag, a tender mix of pea shoots, baby spinach and baby chard grown outdoors in the UK
Illustration of a pea shoot leaf, Steve's Leaves

Watercress
& baby leaves

A gorgeous blend of baby leaves rich in flavour and full of character. Watercress brings a gentle peppery tone, while red lettuce and red chard add gorgeous flavour contrast and vibrant colour to every plate.

1 of your 5 a Day
Grown Outdoors
Ready to Eat
Spring Water Washed
Steve's Leaves Watercress & Red Leaves salad bag, a peppery mix of watercress, red lettuce and red chard grown outdoors in the UK
Illustration of a watercress leaf, Steve's Leaves

Butterhead
& baby leaves

Enjoy the rich vivid red, mild earthy taste and satisfying crunch of beetroot. Mixed with tangy lamb’s lettuce, and the naturally sweet charm of chard & baby beet leaves, this is a beautifully balanced and spectacularly nutritious salad blend.

Beautifully Balanced
Grown Outdoors
Ready to Eat
Spring Water Washed
Steve's Leaves Sweet Beets & Little Leaves salad bag, a mix of baby beetroot, lamb's lettuce and red chard grown outdoors in the UK
Illustration of a butterhead lettuce leaf, Steve's Leaves
Small leaves,
Big history
Three men standing in a flooded field harvesting water plants, with trees in the background, in a black and white photo.
Four men in early 20th-century clothing working and standing in a large cultivated lettuce field with rolling hills in the background.
The salad
bag pioneers
Black and white photo of a worker with glasses and a hairnet inspecting packaged products on a conveyor belt in a factory.

Deep roots

Around 12,000 years ago, the agricultural revolution set the scene for modern civilization. By the late 1800s, new technology transformed farming methods. And at the end of the last century, Steve launched the UK’s first mixed baby leaf salad bag.

OK, so maybe the salad bag thing isn’t quite in the same league as those other historic food-related milestones. But it was a game changer. Growing the tastiest, most tender leaves. Washing them with spring water, and presenting them in perfect condition, ready to eat from the bag.

It was what Steve pioneered. And it’s the way Steve’s Leaves do things to this day. Bringing delicious, healthy, high-quality salad mixes to plates across the country.

Earth-friendly
farming

DOING IT RIGHT, NATURALLY

Growing top-notch salad leaves is a pretty big deal for us. But we’re not just green-fingered, we’re green-minded too.

We use nature-friendly farming methods that encourage biodiversity and are gentle to the land and to wildlife. Plus, minimising waste, carbon emissions and water use are embedded in what we do.

Because you shouldn’t have to choose between healthy salad leaves and a healthy planet. No-one needs a moral dilemma like that.

Man standing in shallow river water surrounded by green plants, holding a white insect net with water flowing out.
Field notes from
our farmers

Growing for Steve's Leaves means growing with a conscience. Eco-friendly practices, biodiversity on the farm, minimal carbon footprint – and still producing the most delicious baby leaves you'll find anywhere. That's what gets me out of bed every morning.

Hannah Moore

The soil here is looked after like it's family. Good soil means good roots, good roots mean tender, tasty leaves. It's all connected. When customers bite into our spinach or mizuna, they're tasting years of careful land management.

Ben Ashworth

What I love about working at Steve's is that we're pioneers, really. First mixed baby leaf salad bag in the UK – that's proper history! And we're still doing things the right way, no compromises on quality or sustainability.

Lucy Palmer

The spring water wash makes all the difference. After thirty years in farming, I've never seen leaves come out looking so fresh and clean. No chemicals, just pure water and proper care. That's how we've always done it here.

David Williams

You can taste the difference when leaves are grown outdoors in real gardens. That freshness, that crunch – you just can't fake it with indoor growing. Every bag we send out, I know it's going to make someone's salad brilliant.

Rachel Thornton

Started here as a picker, now I manage three fields. Steve's way of doing things just makes sense – let the sunshine do its job, keep the soil healthy, treat the plants right. Simple really, but the difference in quality is massive.

Marcus Chen

I love that we're not just growing salad – we're looking after the land for the next generation. Minimal waste, careful water use, working with nature rather than against it. Plus the leaves are absolutely gorgeous. Win-win.

Emily Saunders

When you give plants the care they deserve – proper outdoor conditions, well-managed soils, no shortcuts – you get leaves that actually taste like something. Our rocket has got real peppery bite to it. That's what growing things properly gets you.

James Hartley

I've been growing leaves for Steve's for twelve years now. The wildlife on our farm has absolutely flourished since we switched to these nature-friendly methods. Bees everywhere, birds nesting in the hedgerows. Growing salad and supporting biodiversity – that's the dream job, isn't it?

Sarah Meadows

There's something special about watching leaves grow under proper sunshine. None of that artificial lighting nonsense here – just good soil, real weather, and time. The flavour speaks for itself.

Tom Greenfield

Hungry for answers?

Check out our FAQs

As much as possible, we grow them right here in the UK. But our salads need the sun, which can be in short supply here (as you’ve probably noticed), so we grow overseas in brighter climes too.

All year round! A salad isn’t just for summer. We keep the nation supplied with sweet, fresh leaves every day, for whenever that salad desire takes hold.

Steve’s leaves are all thoroughly cleaned with spring water (not a nasty chemical in sight) so they’re ready to eat right from the package (or from your plate if they get that far). No washing, drying and spinning required. It’s complete leafy convenience.

It’s not like it used to be, you know. These days, many salads are produced through vertical farming in warehouses. This results in perfectly passable leaves but they’re not a patch on our plants, grown out in real nutrient-rich soil under the actual sun.

The youngest leaves are the best! They’re sweeter, tastier, more tender and more nutrient-dense. If you want a sensational salad experience, baby leaves are the way to go.