A double wedding celebration sparked a new business idea for
husband and wife team Steve and Kay Croot.
The couple, who run Croots Farm Shop in Derbyshire,
celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on 1st September. This
came two weeks after Kay’s parents Jim and Sue Yates marked their golden
wedding anniversary.
When planning a joint celebration at the farm near Duffield,
the couple decided that it was such an ideal place to hold a wedding reception
that they should open it up to others.
“Steve and I had our own reception in a marquee at the farm
in September 1990, and over the past few years we’ve had a couple of other
wedding receptions in the fields in front of the farm shop,” said Kay. “It’s a
beautiful location overlooking the Ecclesbourne Valley. We’ve now got our
hearts set on creating a unique country setting for other happy couples who’d
like to celebrate their big day on a farm.”
Croots Farm Shop is staging an open day on Tuesday 8th
September from 10am to 7pm to give couples planning their wedding the chance to
find out more about what the Croots team can offer.
“We can do buffets or table service, picnics or banquets,”
said Kay. “We offer drinks packages, locally sourced beers, homemade foods and
can organise wedding cakes, marquees, DJs, toilets and everything else that’s
needed.”
Croots Farm Shop, which is based at Farnah House Farm,
Wirksworth Road, opened in June 2008 and is well known for its butchers
counter, deli and Shires Eatery, which has doubled in size due to demand since
it was first launched. A play area has also been added, and the farm shop
regularly holds activities for children, as well as tastings, promotions and
events for customers.
Situated overlooking fields of Shire horses, the farm shop
was built at the farm owned by Jim and Sue Yates, the latest in a long line of
generations to have bred the gentle giants of the horse world at Farnah House
Farm.
For more information visit www.croots.co.uk
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