Cairnie Fruit Farm

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Cairnie’s busy set-up includes a tearoom serving hot drinks, homebaking, breakfasts and lunchtime options including soup, sandwiches and kids’ packed lunches. The farm’s produce appears in fruit muffins, smoothies and ice-cream made for them by Janettas. See also entry under Where to Buy, p.29.

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Primarily a strawberry farm, Cairnie Fruit Farm’s shop also sells home-grown raspberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries and tayberries, all of which are available on pick-your-own deals. They also produce their own range of jams, and sell gifts, homeware and other grocery items, such as local oatcakes, sauces and marmalades. In addition to a tearoom, their big attraction is a Maize Maze – a maze cut from a field of maize, which is harvested every October and regrown to a different theme the year after.