Wallington Farmers' Market – Saturday 8 August, 9.00am–1.00pm
Some temptations simply can't be resisted...
Perhaps it's the crisp bite of the first Kent apples of the season, the kind you've waited all summer to taste. Or maybe it's the irresistible aroma of freshly baked bread drifting across the square, drawing you ever closer until resistance is quite impossible.
This Saturday, outside the Old Town Hall and in the library gardens, over 30 passionate growers, producers and artisan makers await. Their stalls overflow with summer fruit, freshly picked vegetables, tomatoes, aubergines, sweet peppers, mushrooms, microgreens, sprouts and edible plants. There will be grass-fed beef, free-range pork and poultry, traditional sausages, free-range eggs, artisan and goat's milk cheeses, fruit juices, preserves, peanut butter, chilli products, Kent cobnuts and walnuts, healthy snacks, spirits and brandy.
And then... there's Connie. Returning with the carrot cake that has won more hearts than Cupid himself.
If that's still not enough to steal your heart, you'll discover beautiful garden plants, handmade jewellery, luxurious aromatherapy skincare, essential oils, candles and diffusers waiting to seduce your senses.
As you stroll through the market, pause to meet the wonderful Carshalton Fruit Pickers, find out more about fostering, and let The Macaroons Jazz Band provide the soundtrack to a perfect Saturday morning.
Come for the apples... stay because you simply won't want to leave.
