Farmborough Community Shop

Supporting our village and local community

Wine and Cheese Tasting – 20 November

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Willow Farm Gourmet is hosting an evening of wine and cheese tasting on Tuesday 20 November from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at Farmborough Community Shop.

Free entry! Come along, sample and buy some local award-winning produce including wines, liqueurs and gin made by the Tiny Welly Boot Vineyard and goats cheese from Sleight Farm. Plus late-night shopping at the shop too – great ideas for Christmas gifts.

The Big Family Apple Day 2018

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Put it in your diary! Our Big Family Apple Day at the Shop and Memorial Hall Garden on Saturday 29th September from 12pm-4pm.

We will have an apple press that will turn all your apples and pears into tasty juice. Remember to bring a bucket or suitable container(s) to take it home! A charge of £1 per 5 litres of pressed juice will be made to cover running costs.

No apples and pears? No worries! Come with friends and family to celebrate the abundance of local fruit, watch the apple pressing, play our fun family games, try your luck in our big prize raffle, and find out more about your community shop.

There will also be locally produced apple juice, cider/perry, and food too. Bacon bap/veggie sausage: £3 adults, £2 kids. Meal deals (incl drink): £5 adults, £3 kids, £15 family.

Download the Big Family Apple Day poster.

Farmborough Farmers’ Market

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We will be holding a one-off farmers’ market on Sunday 25 February in Farmborough Memorial Hall from 11am to 2pm with over 20 local producers showcasing local food, produce, and other goodies from around the area, with goods available to sample and buy.

In addition to the market, there will also be a café with tea and coffee (served from the machine that will be installed in the new shop) and homemade cake donated by Farmborough residents. Plus, there will be a big-prize raffle with at least two hampers up-for-grabs filled with tasty contributions from the attending traders.

The market is intended to give local people an idea of the range of locally available produce in our area. As a community shop, local products will feature highly alongside basic essentials in order to set it apart from other convenience stores and supermarkets in the area, so feedback on the products and produce featured will be sought from visitors.

Additional funds are still needed to complete the works required prior to the opening of the new shop. Donations are welcomed, and a share offer is being launched at the farmers’ market so that local residents and businesses can become a member of the shop from as little as £10 and help us to reach or surpass our community funding target of £50,000.

Free entry! Everyone welcome.

Attending traders:

  • Bath Harvest – rapeseed oil
  • Bohemian Blooms – flowers
  • Cavendish Cooks
  • Cherry Tree Preserves
  • Electric Bear – beer
  • Fresh-range – fruit, vegetables and more
  • Heavenly Hedgerows – jams and jellies, some foraged
  • Hobbs Wall Hens – eggs
  • Hullabaloos – still lemonade
  • Langford Preserves
  • Leafy Tea Company
  • Maisey’s Bakery – a good selection of breads, rolls, pastries etc.
  • Sleight Farm – cheese – goats, sheep – whatever is being produced at the time
  • Somerset Charcuterie
  • Somerset Cheese Company – a selection of hard and soft cheese
  • Sweet Cumin – curried ready meals and also spices
  • The Organic Cake Company – assorted cakes including gluten free, vegan etc.
  • Timmy’s Chillies – jams and marmalades with the chilli extra
  • Treats with a Twist – sweets
  • Tunley Farm Butchers
  • Tunley Farm Smokehouse
  • Willow Farm Gourmet – wine, cider and maybe more

Samples and other contributions from:

  • Beans and Machines
  • Butcombe Brewery
  • CakeCakeCake
  • Little Jack Horner’s – sausage rolls
  • Meg’s Cottage Fudge
  • Taste of Timsbury
  • The Real Olive Company

Please note that attending traders are subject to change.