Green Pastures Plant Centre, Farm Shop & Restaurant

10 years ago today...

You know Christmas is coming when our shelves start filling with hampers! Our Hamper Fairy is in full production mode now, putting together hampers of varying themes, including our much loved "Norfolk" hampers. New this year are our Green Pastures "Goody Bags", adding further options when you're trying to spread the budget further. More details of these coming up later this week.
If you'd like to find out more information about our hampers (and some can even be purchased online), check out our website.....you'll find the link in the comments

🎄❄️ 🆕 🚨NEW IN 🚨 🆕 ❄️🎄
With colder weather forecasted, we've just received a perfectly timed delivery of cosy winter hats and socks. WATERPROOF sherpa fleece lined hats will keep you dry as well as warm...and some of them even light up! 💡

Thank You ❤️ to everyone for all your support and encouragement since the news broke last week about our "Afternoon Tea of the Year" award. We have been truly bowled over by everyone's kind reactions and not to mention by the phone ringing with bookings too!
Could we also please take this opportunity to remind you that if you would like to join us for an Afternoon Tea, we politefully request that you book by telephone (our number is 01508 480734) with as much notice as possible as certain days between now and Christmas are getting quite booked up ☺️

Feeling very proud to have the news about our Afternoon Tea award in the EDP today. The telephone's been rather busy!!! 😀📞😀🍰😀

Yay! We're in the news!

Norfolk garden centre's afternoon tea named best in country The afternoon tea served by the Green Pastures Plant Centre restaurant in Bergh Apton has been named the best in the country.

Oops, it looks like it was our fault. Sorry!

🎃 📷 ⭐️ WINNER ⭐️ 📷 🎃
Congratulations to Sarah Oldham, your picture has been chosen as our winning entry in our Pumpkin Week Photo Competition!
Please message us Sarah so that we can fix you up with your prize!

"Best Afternoon Tea 2024" Winners!
We're proud as punch to announce we've been awarded "Best Afternoon Tea" in this years "Garden Centre Catering Awards!" Not only are we stoked because it's a nationwide competition, but we're absolutely delighted for Brandon (our Head Chef) who has really been putting his heart and soul into developing our Afternoon Teas into something truly fantastic.

That exhausted "Coming Down" feeling after another frenetic Pumpkin Week 🎃😔🎃

"Mr P. Umpkin hadn’t realised what he had signed up for when he saw the advert for ‘local acupuncture"....was the winning entry from our caption competition last week.
Many congratulations to Debbie Bradley who has been presented with a bottle of Chet Valley Wine and many thanks go to everyone else who entered....all of your suggestions kept us very well entertained!

There's one last chance today come and see our Pumpkin Week Displays! Our displays must be gone tomorrow, including our "Halloween Haybarn" which is perfect for photos and today's the last day to post your pics for our photography competition.
Doors open at 10am and close at 4.30

As most of this week's visitors will know, this year's theme for our Pumpkin Hunt was "Food". Now the hunt is over, we can now start to show you some of our favourites! 🎃🍿🔎

"Let's Hear it For Our Makers!"
As Pumpkin Week 2024 heads into the home straight, it's time for a shout out to our two main creators who are behind many of the impressive exhibits we've all been admiring. Thank you Rob (pictured left, with Pumpkin Man) and Mark (with his Alien)...we can't wait to see what you come up with next year!!!

Today's our final day of our "Pumpkin Week" and your last chance to join our pumpkin hunt and meet one or two of our very unsavoury characters, including "Scarecrow".
If you can't make it today, we will be leaving most of our pumpkin week display pieces on show for the weekend. We look forward to seeing you. In the mean time, here's some pics of our team from yesterday 🎃👨‍🌾🍁

Who thinks our new staff uniform policy's a keeper?

"Pumpkin Man", created by our very talented Rob, for our Pumpkin Week event this week. Come and find him and his many friends hanging out in the garden centre this week!🎃

Let's have a CAPTION COMPETITION!
Our favourite caption wins a bottle of wine or a gift box of local beer! (Must be collected)
Over to you...