It’s not just chocolate fans who love our peppermint. We’re delighted that the stone curlews are back on our farm, nesting amongst it too – testament to the hard work our farm team puts into maintaining a thriving ecosystem at Summerdown. Too many farmland species are under threat from intensive farming – and …
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A peppermint playground for stone curlews
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Mint on the move at Christmas fairs
It’s that time of year again when Catherine is travelling around London and the South, taking Summerdown on the road to some brilliant Christmas fairs. Below is a list of where she’s going to be, so please come and say hi – we love to meet our customers, new and old and hear all about …
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Meet Hannah
For September’s ‘meet the team’ profile, we sat down with Hannah, who joined Summerdown 8 years ago after an earlier career in marketing agencies working with food and drinks clients. Hannah is passionate about all the amazing artisan food and drink brands in this country and loves the stories behind these makers so jumped at …
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Summerdown scoops three Great Taste Awards
We’re over the moon that two of our chocolate bars have won Great Taste Awards in the 2023 awards from the Guild of Fine Food. We’ve always thought they’re a little bit special, but receiving these awards is testament to the thinking and passion that has gone into creating these delicious bars, made with only …
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A glowing review of our tea in the Sherborne Times
“It is clean and bright and invigorating, the most essentially pepperminty flavour you could dream of, the kind of peppermint that Willy Wonka would choose” Joanna Weinberg on our peppermint tea. A lovely article, well worth a read with a cup of our peppermint tea, which gets a glowing write up on pages 108 …
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Herbal tea and cake pairings for Afternoon tea week
We all know that you can't beat a classic Victoria sponge to accompany a good old cup of traditional black tea. But what about if your tea of choice is a herbal cuppa? In celebration of Afternoon tea week, 7th-13th August, here we bring you some delicious tea and cake pairings to try so you [...] More → -
Summerdown at the Good Festival
Catherine will once again be bringing Summerdown’s chocolates, teas and treats to the Good Festival on 25th June, an annual festival in support of The Hampshire Medical Fund – a charity raising vital money for the NHS hospitals of Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover to purchase cutting-edge medical equipment.` She’d love to see you there. Good …
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Meet Laura
For May’s ‘meet the team’ profile, we sat down with Laura, who joined the team in September 2021 to head up our ‘Stay at Summerdown’ offering. Laura’s earlier career in interior design and managing small building projects made her the perfect choice to take on responsibility for launching and overseeing our stunning shepherd’s huts on …
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Stay at Summerdown
Ever since our founder, Sir Michael Colman and farm manager Ian started farming peppermint over 25 years ago, we've been asked by so many of you if you can visit to see what Summerdown is all about. We've recently thrown open the stable doors of three expertly crafted shepherd's huts, the perfect hideaways for two [...] More → -
Refresh your home for Spring
The bulbs are out, the days are longer and we're starting to get a spring in our step. It's time to shed winter from our homes, have a good old spring clean and refresh our homes for the new season. One way to do this is to bring the outside in with a home fragrance [...] More → -
Meet Jules
Continuing our ‘meet the team’ profiles, please meet Jules who some of you may have have spoken to on the phone about Summerdown or met at the Country Living fair. Jules is responsible for developing our network of brilliant stockists and sharing the Summerdown story far and wide – when you see Summerdown in your …
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World Wildlife Day
March 3 is World Wildlife Day. It is a United Nations International day to celebrate all the world’s wild animals and plants and the contribution that they make to our lives and the health of the planet. At Summerdown, we’re always thinking about our impact on the environment and how we can maintain a …
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