August 2020 | Issue 2

Wow…

It’s August already, how did that happen! But fear not, we’ve got you sorted out with the latest Kingfisher news.

July brought us online Greengrocer’s boxes, Kingfisher Blues bouquets and British Flower Week. This month we will be shouting about the newest products in the Farm Shop, sharing some flower arranging tips and giving you a sneak peek at our new recipe area on our website.

To find out the winner of a large Greengrocer’s Box, from last month’s competition…scroll down to the bottom of the newsletter!

We’ve gone back to basics…

With this fabulous and yet very reasonable selection of your everyday fruit and veg. The Basics box at £20 will happily feed a couple or help a family of four over a week.

Currently, you will find the following inside:

• 1 Kg Potatoes (Maris Bards)

• 1 Kg Carrots

• 1 Kg Onions

• 1 Hispi Cabbage

• 1 Bunch Watercress

• Pack of Little Gem Lettuces

• 500g Tomatoes

• 6 Banannas

• 6 Apples

Order today before 12pm and have it delivered tomorrow!

Try a Few of our Favourites…

As a part of our online shop launch we thought we’d share some of our favourite seasonal and watercress recipes with you.

From wonderful watercress soup and fresh watercress pesto to some incredible summer salads and other fantastic dishes for summer barbeques and easy entertaining, find our recipes section on the ‘Food’ page or click the photo above.

We’d love to see your super food creations so please share your images with us on Instagram, especially those featuring watercress!

As You May Have Seen…

Surrey Life Magazine has recently written an article about the shop…promoting us to gather nominations for The Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards 2020. The whole team has worked so so hard during the last few months so we would absoloutely love it if you would consider nominating us for Best Farm Shop.

So far this year has been a challenging one for everyone, but thanks to our amazing team and all of your wonderful support we are still going strong. Read Surrey Life’s article here!

Top Tips from The Flower Girls…

Materials: Flowers of choice, secateurs, vase, water.

Select the flowers from your garden that you would like to use. Pick a mix of complementary colors alongside some greenery, with a variety of texture and color. Fill your vase half full with water, you’ll need to change the water every 3 days.

Ideas for Your Bank Holiday…

Here are some of our very favourite places for you to visit over the August bank holiday. All things food, sun and exploration:

• The Queens Head - Dorking

• Sorrel Restaurant - Dorking

• Heartwork Coffee - Holmbury St Mary

• Albury Vineyard - Albury

And of course your weekend wouldn’t be complete without a few Kingfisher goodies! Fill your picnic basket with seasonal fruit, local ice cream and English sparkling wine, among many other picnic treats!

The Farm and Flower Shop will be open 9am - 5pm on Saturday and Monday, we remain closed Sundays.

This is Helen…

Helen has been a member of the Kingfisher team for over 14 years now. As Helen worked previously as a dairy farmer, she knows how real milk tastes…and loves our local Aldhurst milk. Our Sticky Toffee & Date loaf from Crosbies cakes is one of her favourites…and her sweet tooth means she loves our mountain peaches. Helen acquired some great organisational skills and expertise for ordering products, which she picked up from her work at Waitrose many years ago. As somebody who has grown up, worked and lived in the local area, you can rely on Helen to know what’s going on!

Photography Credit: @chloe.hardwick