1 of 2 | Graham Barratt earned the Guinness World Record for the heaviest elephant garlic when he harvested a bulb weighing 3 pounds and 13.7 ounces. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
July 6 (UPI) — A British competitive gardener’s summer crop earned him two world records, including one for a head of garlic weighing more than 3 pounds.
Gloucestershire grower Graham Barratt took his vegetables to Wargrave Nursery Plant Center in Berkshire, England, to be assessed on June 25.
His bulb of elephant garlic, a larger variety than a typical bulb purchased from a grocery store, tipped the scales at 3 pounds and 13.7 ounces. It was measured with a diameter of 7.5 inches.
The pungent plant earned him the Guinness World Record for the heaviest elephant garlic.
Barratt earned a second record on the same day, when his .98-ounce Swedish heirloom snow pea was declared the world’s heaviest.
The gardener previously set four world records with his 2025 harvest, including the heaviest luffa — 6 pounds, 3.5 ounces — and the longest pea pod — 7 inches.