Tea Room Open for Takeaways
The Birdhouse Tearoom is now back open again for takeaway drinks, cakes and scones. We will also be selling delicious free-range organic eggs and fresh fruit and vegetable boxes so that you can
avoid the dreaded supermarket visit!
The tearoom is open 11am – 3pm daily for the time being, and we hope to extend this once we are allowed to use our outdoor seating area. So if you’ve been missing our legendary cheese scones, gooey lemon meringue roulade and extra carroty carrot cake – the wait is now over! Please let us know if you want to order whole cakes and we will try and organise this for you.
Garden Centre re-opened successfully
Our re-opening last week was very successful – thank you to all of those who sent good luck messages, and to those of you who have been in over the weekend.
If you are anxious about being out and about, I can assure you that Woodside feels very safe and the atmosphere is as relaxed and enjoyable as ever. Of course, we have various safety measures in place to protect both customers and staff, but it’s still the same pleasant shopping experience. Overcrowding and queuing hasn’t been a problem; there is plenty of space for people to practice social distancing and to feel comfortable while doing so. At the moment afternoons are our quieter time, so if you feel at all worried, you might want to visit then. As you know we extended our opening times for the first few days, just to be sure we could cope with demand. Everything has gone well, so from Wednesday we will be closing at our usual 5pm, although we’ll still open at 9am for now as this seems to be a popular time to visit.
Don’t Forget the Birds
Don’t forget you can wander around the garden, and enjoy looking at the fish, birds and insects at the wildlife pond, just please make sure that all household members stay together. And we have more good news in that the nuthatch has decided to nest in the camera nest box for the first time in about 10 years – hopefully this is a good omen for Woodside!
We now have new stock available of wild bird feed and feeders – all year round feeding is recommended by the RSPB and that now is especially important to supplement the diet of adult birds trying to keep up with feeding demanding chicks. As we can’t go on holiday this year, setting up bird feeders is another good way to make your enforced stay at home that bit more enjoyable.
I look forwards to welcoming you all back to Woodside, and I hope you’re all looking forwards to indulging in our delicious home-made cakes and scones. If there is any other tearoom product you’d like to purchase from us, do let us know – we are just trying out various ideas for now to get a feel for customer demand.