Things are growing fast at Mount Edgcumbe

A new monthly produce market is starting up at Mount Edgcumbe thanks to a partnership between the estate and Tamar Grow Local and Let them Eat Cake.

The market will focus on food and drink made in the Tamar Valley and take place every second Sunday of the month from 11 May to 16 November.

The new market is just one of many new events planned at the park this year and follows on the heels of numerous small food and craft businesses moving into the Barrow Centre at Mount Edgcumbe this Spring.

Plymouth Councillor Peter Smith one of the co-chairs of the Mount Edgcumbe Joint Committee said: "This forms part of phase one of the transformational change programme at Mount Edgcumbe and we are all looking forward to an exciting summer of activity this year."

Fellow co-chair Councillor Edwina Hannaford from Cornwall Council said: “Mount Edgcumbe is drawing in local producers from across the Tamar Valley to create a genuinely exciting new collaborative focus in and around the heart of the park."

Producers confirmed so far for the May market include:Column House Bakery from Devonport Guildhall, Nice and Seedy, InBeer….

Lisa Hackett, owner of Let them Eat Cake, which specialises in gluten and dairy free cakes made wherever possible with vegetables grown in the valley, said: “It's such an exciting time at Mount Edgcumbe and we wanted to be a part of it. 

"We are all local producers in the Tamar Valley and are thrilled to have a regular opportunity to present our fantastic produce to the public.”

The first Tamar Valley produce market takes place on Sunday 11 May between 11am and 4pm and in the Earl's Garden Marquee adjacent to Mount Edgcumbe House.

For more information contact Mount Edgcumbe Manager Ian Berry on 01752 822236 or email mt.edgcumbe@plymouth.gov.uk