Growing @ Field 28 is a family run organic farm and food store located near the village of Daresbury in Cheshire in the North West of England.
Using a combination of pesticide free vegetables grown on the surrounding fields and high quality baby leaf and micro greens grown indoors, Growing @ Field 28 is a most welcome addition to the local field scene. It is a part of the distinct move by farmers away from mass produced food.
As well as supplying restaurents with high quality produce there is also a food store at their site selling fruit and vegetables, eggs, bread and cakes and more!
Squashes of all types
Growing @ Field 28 is well worth a visit. Their website is at https://www.field28.com.
A short distance away is the village of Daresbury itself. The village, as well as being a delightful place to visit in its own right, also has an historical association with Lewis Carroll of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ fame. That association is clearly noted throughout the village.
Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the third son of the Reverend Charles Dodgson, the vicar of All Saints, Daresbury from 1827 – 1843.
All Saints church
The church is the site of the Lewis Carroll centre. The centre, which attacts visitors from all around the world, is free to visit. It has lots of information on the author and the characters he created.
Stained glass windows in the chapel reference the novel.
The White Rabbit
For more details on the centre see http://www.lewiscarrollcentre.org.uk .
Lewis Carroll was born at the parsonage about 1.5 miles from the village.
The site is clearly marked and to reach it, simply follow the various white rabbit signs.
At the site of the parsonage
Sadly, the parsonage burnt down a number of years ago although its main entrance and outline are clearly marked in wrought iron. The foundations are visible and a sculpture of a dormouse sits where the Well once stood.
Lewis Carroll lived at the parsonage until he was 11 and then moved with his family to North Yorkshire.
An island farm mid seas of corn, Swayed by the wandering breath of morn, The happy spot where I was born - Lewis Carroll
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