Links

Bed and Breakfasts near Common Farm - useful if you'd like to make a jaunt to a workshop from further away...

In our village www.rectoryfarmhouse.com lovely house and gardens barely a mile from Common Farm

In nearby Bruton www.oakhousesomerset.co.uk modern take on b&b in a converted pub

Ashort drive away www.clanvillemanor.co.uk lovely house and gardens

and if you fancy turning your trip to Somerset into a real holiday then why not book a week with Bex and Danj at their holiday cottages at www.barrowlanefarm.com.

Weddings

Caterer www.blashford-snell.co.uk is the best I'veEVER tasted, not just in Somerset.

Stylist www.elsieflorence.co.uk is the queen of vintage china

Venues www.gantsmill.co.uk, www.longhouseweddings.co.uk,

Wine Divine Wines Wincanton - no website but proper, old fashioned, bespoke service with the brightest smile in the west

Other local businesses we like:

www.kimbersfarmshop.co.uk - for meat, cheese, delicious local delicacies as well as their famous rose veal, top quality mutton and a long list of other goodies

www.charlesdowding.co.uk - best salad and MUST READ gardening books

www.godminster.com - wonderful cheeses, vodka, cake...

Workshop teachers:

www.thephysicgarden.co.uk - Sara Venn's wonderful young herb nursery - best quality plants - best quality gardening advice too

www.louisedowding.co.uk Highly rated by the Sunday Times Louise's Shape and Colour Your Garden workshops here at Common Farm are always a sell-out

www.bathgardendesign.com Emma Bond has a gardening school, a garden design business, and a great depth of horticultural knowledge which we occasionally persuade her to demonstrate here at Common Farm.