It’s always nice to impress our big smoke pals with some lovely country fare, so one weekend, on our way to the city, we stopped in at Cobbs Farm Shop, just outside Hungerford on the A4. What a fantastic find! Before we’d even entered the shop I spied a quaint Farrow & Ball painted shepherds hut surrounded by the most beautiful display of flowers, and fell in love!

Wendy Lewis set up her floristry business here just a couple of years ago, having worked for Sir Terence Conran for many years. It’s experience that clearly shows in her simple, stylish take on traditional country flowers. Clutches of hyacinths are planted up in quirky old vintage cups and saucers, while posies of iris and daffodils and long-stemmed, lilac tinged roses are all wrapped in crisp brown paper and raffia. It took me a good fifteen minutes to choose just one gift for our friends! And since then I’ve become a regular, finding any excuse to visit and admire Wendy’s latest stock. For me, it’s like the grown-up equivalent of the kid in the candy store!

When we did finally make it in past the flowers that morning, we also discovered that Cobbs Farm Shop does a delicious range of produce from salamis to frozen croissants – great to have in the freezer for impromptu lazy weekend breakfasts! I also recommend grabbing a delicious lunch in their café while Wendy puts together a bouquet for you to collect as you leave.

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