Happy New Year to everyone!

December 29th, 2008 admin

Best wishes from everyone at The Hollies Farm Shops

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Festive wonderland opens at farm shop

November 5th, 2008 admin

 

 

CHRISTMAS is coming early for shoppers at a Warrington farm shop as it opens a new extension to create a festive shopping extravaganza.

 

The Hollies Farm Shop, at Lower Stretton, is celebrating the start of the Christmas shopping season with the opening of its new extension, which gives space for more of the shop’s existing and Christmas products.

 

After months of hard work, the award-winning farm shop, at Northwich Road, is turning its shop into a winter wonderland brimming with festive delicacies and gift ideas.

 

Stunning gift lines include faux fur hot water bottles and hand muffs, sheepskin pushchair liners, children’s cutlery sets and soft toys, beautiful hand-crafted soaps, luxurious interior furnishings and Christmas decorations, as well as hundreds of festive delicacies and gift hampers.

 

Director of The Hollies Ed Cowap explained: “The Lower Stretton store is proving to be a great success and we wanted to be able to offer customers more choice of existing products.

 

“The extension gives us room for more fantastic Christmas products and allows customers to have an extended shopping experience. We are continually looking for ways to develop our shops and give our customers even more unique products.”

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Blooming bumper crop of Pumpkins for 2008

October 29th, 2008 admin

 

A CHESHIRE farm has escaped the national pumpkin shortage as it celebrates one of its largest crops in almost 50 years.

 

Families fearing a pumpkin shortage ahead of Friday’s spooky celebrations have nothing to worry about as a Cheshire farm is celebrating one of its biggest pumpkin harvests.

 

The Hollies Farm Shop, at Little Budworth, has grown more than 4,000 pumpkins on its 100 acre farm this year despite national reports that pumpkin harvests are down by 30 per cent the anticipated crop numbers.

 

The family-run farm shop specialises in growing root vegetables and has been growing pumpkins in its fields since 1959.

 

“Our family has been growing pumpkins and ornamental gourds on the farm for almost 50 years and our team of horticultural experts are growing probably the biggest crop in Cheshire,” said Ed Cowap director of The Hollies.

 

He added: “We had a poor year last year which might have been due to the weather but this year has been one of the best yet. The team that looks after the pumpkin harvest has done an amazing job nurturing them.”

 

With the largest Halloween display in Cheshire the farm shop on the A49 near Tarporley is brewing with eerie excitement ahead of Halloween.

 

For more information visit www.theholliesfarmshop.co.uk

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