Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Garden Centre Magazine for Oakchurch Farm Shop & Garden Centre,
Inside this edition you can find a plentiful amount of information on what you can find instore, including a section on monthly garden tips. With knowledgeable and friendly staff on hand in store to help with advice or inspiration, complemented by the huge variety of stock available, you will be sure to find what you need for your upcoming garden and/or home projects. This edition also includes many different informative editorials and alongside you will find local businesses whose services may just be what you are looking for.
We have also launched a digital copy of the magazine, available to view on your smart phone instantly. Please scan the QR code, featured at the bottom of this page, and this will bring up the publication for you to view. One of the most exciting features of our digital publication is that you can interact with the garden centre's social media or connect with local business websites with just a quick tap on your device.
As always, we welcome feedback on our magazine, if you have any comments you'd like to add, we would love to hear them. Please email: info@yhgmedia.co.uk
Kind regards and happy reading!
Johnathan Beveridge Magazine Editor
PLANT CENTRE
Our Plant Centre starts indoors with a well-stocked house plant area. You can find a wide range of cover pots, compost, feeds and accessories for your pot plants. Plants benefit our lives greatly. Gardening is the best form of de-stressing and gentle exercise. We offer a huge selection of garden plants. Our aim is to source stock predominantly from local growers. 100% of our bedding plants are British grown.
Plant Centre offers a comprehensive range of perennials, trees and shrubs. Our trained Plant Centre team is regularly visiting nurseries and growers to personally select the best plants for your gardens. They are always on hand to advise on planting and maintaining your garden.
GARDEN CARE & COMPOST
We stock a great range of gardening products at Oakchurch, seeds, flower bulbs, feeds, tools, watering equipment, containers, planters and compost to name a few. We are now stocking RocketGro Peat Free Organic Compost and plant feed for gardens, allotments, containers and baskets, high in organic matter, family, pet and worm friendly.
Our trained horticulturists will be on hand to offer help and advice with substitute products and try to answer all related questions and queries.
Our huge range of pots and planters should suit all budgets. We have gone all out on rustic Old Stone style planters from Errington Reay and they have proved incredibly popular.
SEASONAL AREA
Wide selection of barbecues, chimeneas and fire pits in stock together with covers and accessories. We sell locally produced Herefordshire Charcoal and logs, kindling and natural firelighters by Certainly Wood.
HOMEWARE & TEXTILES
Our great selection of homewares is inspirational and the displays are ever changing with the seasons. Cushions, throws, lighting and a select few pieces of indoor furniture, give this department a real homely and inviting feel.
PET & WILDLIFE CARE
We stock a wide range of pet care products and food for local pampered pooches, working dogs, felines and small furries. Wildlife care covers wild bird food, housing, accessories and everyone’s favourite garden visitor’s - the hedgehog - food and housing needs. Even the local chickens are able to rely on us for their feed, accessories and supplements.
CHRISTMAS
MAKE IT AN EXTRA SPECIAL CHRISTMAS WITH OAKCHURCH THIS YEAR!
Our Farm Shop is bursting with local meats and cheese, homemade cakes, puddings, tarts and pies.
Our Garden Centre Christmas Shop has the best displays in the county. Plant Centre is full of potted Christmas trees and Santa is back! We are working with Hereford Lion’s Club again so you can come and visit Santa in his Grotto. Visits are by appointment only, visit our website to book online www.oakchurch.net
THE FARM SHOP
HISTORY
Herefordian born and bred Edward and Ros Price started Oakchurch Farm Shop from a little wooden shed on the side of the road in 1970. It was the outlet for their pick-your-own strawberry fields and the fresh produce that they were growing on the Oakchurch farm.
Beef fattened on the farm was soon being sold at the shop, as well as other top quality local produce, leading to the need for bigger premises and the addition of a garden centre. Oakchurch now provides a culinary showcase for local farmers, growers and food & drink producers and stocks over 10,000 locally grown plants.
AWARD WINNING
We’ve a phenomenal history of prestigious awards for our food, achieving seven Great Taste awards this year to add to our existing twenty-nine.
Made using fruit grown on our own farm and fresh local ingredients, our homemade raspberry sorbet and strawberry ice cream were just two award winners. More awards for Oakchurch included our homemade pies from our kitchens, made using traditional family recipes – apple pie, steak & ale and chicken & ham.
We count ourselves to be so lucky to be located in rural Herefordshire where great tasting food and drink is readily available and in great abundance, right here on our doorstep.
FOOD HALL
Often known locally as ‘The Harrods of Herefordshire’ the food hall here at Oakchurch Farm Shop specialises in local food and we’re proud to support local producers.
We’re a culinary showcase for more than 90 local food and drink makers, many of them multi award winners like us. Locally made ciders, ales, spirits and juices, honey, preserves and pickles, potato crisps and confectionery. In our deli you’ll find an extensive selection of interesting local cheeses, mouth-watering smoked salmon, patés, freshly baked bread, homemade coleslaw and more.
FRESH HOMEMADE SAVOURIES
BUTCHERY
Pork pies, sausage rolls, Scotch eggs and more are all freshly made on-site by our own butchers.
MELT-IN-THE-MOUTH BEEF
The grass-fed beef in our butchery comes from the Oakchurch family farm right next to the store. The Hereford Charolais crossbreed creates just enough fat (marbling) for the meat to remain succulent during cooking. It’s Himalayan salt dryaged for over 21 days to give it a rich flavour and meltin-the-mouth texture.
FREE-RANGE PORK
Packington pigs are reared outdoors to the highest welfare standards, with access to plenty of food and clean water, deep straw in comfortable shelters plus lots of room to stretch and socialise. Longer rearing time allows pigs to mature and produces delicious free-range pork.
TRADITIONAL SAUSAGES
Lovingly handmade by our butchers using Packington free-range pork and available in a range of flavours including our fiery Welsh dragon.
FREE-RANGE CHICKEN
Packington chickens roam free on established English pasture, with strategically placed perches and shelters offering shade and protection, and access to food and water.
Packington free-range chickens take twice as long to rear as standard chickens, giving them a fabulous flavour.
FREE-RANGE TURKEY
Our Usk Vale bronze free-range turkeys roam and forage on rolling Monmouthshire pastures from the age of six weeks. This freedom and enriched way of life helps to develop and improve the quality of the meat, giving it a superb flavour and texture.
LAMB
Our lamb comes from another family farm just up the road in nearby Bredwardine.
The Charolais breed was chosen as it provides a high quality, lean meat, perfect for today’s healthconscious cook.
GAME
Our game selection varies according to season. Look out for venison, partridge, pigeon, rabbit, and pheasant which comes from around the Leominster area, and wild boar from the Forest of Dean. Game is rich in protein, iron and minerals and lower in fat than red meat.
FOOD HALL
FRESH FRUIT & VEG
We receive great feedback from our customers about our fresh fruit and veg department in the Food Hall here at Oakchurch.
Its fresh every day from our very own farm and other farmers, growers and suppliers that we know and trust. But don’t just take our word for it. Come and have a look for yourself.
KITCHEN
Behind the scenes the cooks in the Oakchurch kitchens cook up delicious homemade food using traditional top secret family recipes that we’ve been using for generations.
Award winning pies, quiches, fruit tarts, yummy cakes, mouth-watering roulades and different treats for all times of the year.
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
Our award-winning ice creams and sorbets are all made at Oakchurch using fresh local ingredients, including soft fruit from Oakchurch Farm
Available in cones and cups from our ice cream shack in the car park or in take-home tubs from our freezers. We’ve even got a dog friendly version for our furry friends and dogs are going barking mad for it! Our outdoor ice cream shack is open seasonally so please do check before travelling to avoid disappointment01981 500 125 (option 7).
THE PANTRY RESTAURANT
With views over the stunning Herefordshire countryside. Eat indoors or alfresco on the covered terrace. Independently run by another local family, The Pantry Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, hot and cold drinks, snacks and lighter bites and a delicious Sunday carvery. There is a Children’s menu available too.
Table reservations are not necessary, but you are more than welcome to pre-book if you prefer - call The Pantry Restaurant directly on: 01981 500 000
You’ll find an enviable choice of traditional toys, games and puzzles at Oakchurch, including a huge range of Lego and Jellycats. Lots of local guidebooks and maps and books by local authors.
GIFTS & CARDS
Cards and gifts for any occasion, gift wrap and tags.
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
The clothing department at Oakchurch is where you’ll find quality clothing brands including Adini, Amazing, Joules, I.nco, Lily & Me, Marble, Nomads, Pachamama, Powder, Robell and White Stuff.
Accessories include handbags, purses, wallets and jewellery. Clogau Welsh Gold Jewellery is always a popular choice.
COOKSHOP
With such an amazing range of local produce on offer you may need some help from our cookshop. From saucepans to serving spoons, you’ll find absolutely everything you need here.
