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Reminder that centre is open, but tearoom is closed for 2 weeks for maintenance
Just a reminder that we are closing the tearoom at Woodside Garden Centre, Jedbrgh, for 2 weeks from 27th January while we carry out essential repair works to the kitchen and redecorate.
Teas and Coffees Still available in the Plant Shop
The plant shop will be open as usual during this time and we’ll be offering teas and coffees in there, to keep you warm while you browse. If everything all goes to plan (fingers crossed) the tearoom will be open again on the 10th February with a new kitchen and freshly painted ready for another busy year!
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
If this cold weather isn’t enough to get you in the Christmas spirit, we are sure a visit to our best ever Christmas shop will get you well on the way. Take a look at our video below! With gorgeous decorations and gifts there is plenty of choice.
Christmas Trees for sale
The beautiful Nordman cut Christmas trees have arrived at Woodside. Nordmans are the best Christmas tree for keeping their needles and will last well into the New Year as an indoor cut tree. If you prefer something different – and an extra Christmassy fragrance, we also have some Blue Spruces in stock.
The best results for looking after your Christmas trees is to site them away from radiators and put them in a stand that will hold water. We have used the same supplier of British grown trees now for a number of years, and the trees are as good as ever – with no price increases!
Cut Christmas tree sizes range from about 4ft up to about 10ft, and for the best choice I would recommend that you buy early – even if you’re not ready to put your tree up just yet. (We can hold them here until you are ready).
Living Christmas Trees
We also have a good selection of pot Norway Spruce Christmas trees, sometimes known as “Living Trees”. These have been pot grown on a specialist nursery, rather than being grown in fields, dug up, and stuffed in a pot, so beware of sellers using the term “potted” rather than “pot grown”.
There is a big difference in quality and future survival rates between the two methods of growing, with pot grown trees reliably growing on well to make good plants in the future. Norway Spruces have a poor reputation as cut trees because they drop their needles, but this isn’t a problem when they are a pot grown tree, and I find that they make the best pot grown trees.
Wreaths
Wreath making season has also started, and we are now taking orders as well as having some stock available to buy.
Christmas Coming Early for Loyalty Card Holders
Christmas is coming and we are now taking orders for fresh wreaths and real potted and cut Nordman (non-needle-drop) Christmas trees. This Friday and Saturday we are offering all loyalty card holders a special Christmas offer. You can get 10% OFF all our Christmas items when you hand over a full loyalty card. This offer is only available on Friday 15th November and Saturday 16th November, and we are open 10am - 4pm daily. To get you in the mood for Christmas we now have available Amaryllis bulbs, decorations, lights, indoor wreaths and garlands, a new range of stocking filler toys, tealight holders and ornaments. There's lots here to appeal to all the family so do come along and have a look.
A Few Winter Warmers
Remember from 1st November we start our winter opening times of 10am – 4pm daily. We stay open right through the winter, closing only for Christmas and New Year.
Although the weather is chilly, Woodside is full of winter warmers: with a wood burning stove in the tearoom you can keep warm and watch the feeding birds up close with a slice of Pat’s delicious Spiced Toffee Apple cake(subject to availability) and freshly roasted coffee from Fairtrade supplier Three Hills Coffee of Selkirk.
New to the tea room menu are Club Sandwiches and a range of cold drinks, including alcohol-free lager.
Christmas just around the corner
As Christmas is approaching, we are beginning to take orders for our handmade fresh wreaths suitable for doors or for the cemetery. Christmas decorations and gifts are beginning to sneak into the plant centre shop now, with our main display being ready in early November.
As a small independent shop we can buy the things that we like – we’re not restricted to central buying contracts like many of the bigger shops. This means that you’ll nearly always find something unusual that you won’t see elsewhere, so if you haven’t shopped with us before at Christmas, please do have a look this year – you will be surprised how much we can fit into our little space. Our range includes light up reindeer, climbing squirrels (yes, really) children’s toys and games, novelty signs, battery powered lights, garlands and load more. And of course we stock real Nordmann Christmas Trees from the last week in November.
Loyalty Card Offer
There is just a week to go on our loyalty card holder offer
I know that there are lots of full loyalty cards now in circulation after a busy spring buying plants! Up until 17th June, we are offering 10% OFF all bedding and vegetable plants when you hand in a full loyalty card ( 1 card per transaction).
Let us know at the beginning of the transaction that you will be redeeming a full card, so that we can process your discount.
Wildlife and Wellbeing Garden needs your help
Our registered charity – the Woodside Garden for Wildlife and Wellbeing (WGWW) – would appreciate some help.
Moving stones
Our major project for the year is the building of a drystane seating area in the wildlife garden, suitable for wheelchair users to access. On Thursday 6th June we are having some stone delivered, and we would like some help to shift it! It’s expected to arrive at about 11am, and will probably take around an hour to move. If you’d like to help, please turn up with sturdy shoes and gloves.
Publicity/social media assistant
We are also looking for someone to assist the Board members with publicity. You don’t need to become a member of the Board (although we would be delighted to have new members) and you don’t need to commit to regular times. All you need is an enthusiasm for using social media, such as Facebook, and the willingness to learn how to update the charity’s website. If this interests you, either come in and see me (Emma) or, better still, drop in at one of the Wednesday Weeding Workout sessions to meet other volunteers.
You can see more of charity’s work on the facebook page
More Vegetable Plants in Stock
If you are planning to grow your own vegetables this summer, now is the time to get planting. We have some varieties home-grown from seed and ready to plan on. Varieties currently available include lettuce, garlic kale, scarlet kale, courgette and calabrese. Also a good range of greenhouse vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.
Local Vegetable Plants
We are pleased that we can work with other local suppliers too, enabling us to bring you a wider selection. Further choices includes: runner beans, leeks, french beans, sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, parsley, peas, sweetcorn and swede.
Have a peek through the greenhouse door and you’ll see I’ve got plenty more coming on, including broad beans, climbing courgettes and coriander.
Christmas Opening Times
Hello from a busy Woodside
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Hello from a busy Woodside, with lots of new deliveries of plants, furniture, roses, compost and much more arriving daily keeping us all on our toes!
After glorious weather this bank holiday we are now getting restocked and this week we are getting deliveries of: herbs, strawberries, herbaceous plants, bedding plants, roses (which are late in this year due to banking issues with TSB – apologies to all who have been waiting for them), shrubs, 13cm Rockery and Herbaceous plants at 3 for £10, cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes.
Naomi and the tearoom team have also had a busy time, and the oven has been full of delicious cakes ready to serve and enjoy. Look out for our new Pimms Cake for ultimate indulgence!
I’ve also got some dates for your diary:
Friday 11th May – Evening Dining in the Kailyaird Restaurant. – see menu below. Please book a table on 01835 830315.
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Saturday 12th May – Basket Making Workshop with Roger Ingledew. We still have some spaces left for this popular workshop, which requires no previous experience. Roger will provide all the materials and tuition you need to create a basket to take home and show off! £60 per person including lunch. 10am – 3pm. A great way to spend a day. Please book by phoning 01835 830315
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Tuesday 22nd May – Volunteer day in the Woodside Garden for Wildlife and Wellbeing. Come along to an informal session in our newly re-launched charity garden, find out how you can help as a volunteer, and enjoy some light gardening work under the direction of our gardener Joanne. FREE. Please call us on 01835 830315 to let us know some idea of numbers. 10am start – flexible finish time!
Saturday 16th June – Willow weaving workshop with Roger Ingledew. Make a willlow wig-wam for all your climbing plants. Again, you don’t need to have any experience and all materials, tuition, and lunch are all provided for £60 per person. 10am – 3pm. Book by phoning 01835 830315
Saturday 14th July – Equestrian Theatre at Woodside “The Age of Nottingham”. Unique entertainment featuring beautiful Fresian and Andalusian horses, suitable for adults and children. Ticket price includes a two-course buffet supper. Gates open at 6.30pm. Adults £18, under 16’s £12. Family ticket £50. Tickets available soon.
Kailyaird Restaurant Menu – 11th May
Starters: Warm pear, walnut and parmesan salad, Roasted garlic and chickpea pate with garlicky oatcakes, or Pea and pesto soup with rye bread
Main courses: Slow cooked Moroccan lamb stew with spiced cous-cous, Mushroom risotto, Spiced halloumi on a bed of warm puy lentils, with a spinach and beetroot salad, or Thai style root vegetable casserole.
Puddings: Chocolate mousse, Rhubarb and ginger brulee, Pimms jelly or cheese and biscuits.
Please phone to book a table. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking. If you can’t make it this week to our evening restaurant our next date is May 25th.
See you soon,
Emma
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Vintage Garden Festival 21st May 2016
We have a packed programme of events this weekend with music, food, stalls, advice and of course lots and lots of plants! The programme for Saturday is:
11am – Vintage Gramophones and records – a presentation by Albert Pattison
12 noon – A traditional hanging basket demonstration and advice session with Karen Lowrie
1pm – Hog roast served in the marquee
2pm – Performance by Lauderdale Community Choir
3pm – Cooks Question Time with Sukie Barber
4pm – Vintage gramophones and records
We are raising funds for our local branch of the RDA, who will be having a home-baking stall – please support this worthy cause. Parking available at Woodside, Harestanes, and at Borders Forest Trust.
Admission to Festival £1.50 adults, children free. Weekend pass for 2 £5. Admission to plant centre and tearoom FREE