Tomato Tasting Day – Saturday 1st August 2026
Price range: £20.00 through £45.00
Tomatoes are one of the most universally popular and appreciated vegetables, delicious raw, in salads, and used in cuisines from most parts of the world.
The Tomato Tasting Event at Fruit and Veg (by Brighter Blooms) offers you the opportunity to explore the taste of at least 10 different varieties of tomatoes which are commercially available, evaluate them using an experts’ scale, rank them, and select your favourite. In addition, visitors will get a tour of our glasshouses and outside tomato growing spaces.
For those interested, we are offering the possibility to upgrade your tomato tasting experience so as to include a talk from a tomato expert and a chef demonstration with our premium ticket.
Standard Ticket – £20.00
Taste and evaluate 10 different tomato varieties grown onsite
Tour of the tomato growing spaces with Matthew
Cost £20.00
Approximately 1.5hrs
Sessions
Saturday 1st August 9:00am – 10:30am
Saturday 1st August 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Sunday 2nd August 9:00am – 10:30am
Sunday 2nd August 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Premium Ticket – £45.00
Taste and evaluate 10 different tomato varieties grown onsite
Tour of the tomato growing spaces with Matthew
Talk by a Tomato expert
Saturday – Simon Crawford (Tomato Breeder)
Sunday – TBC
Chef Demonstration
Howard will demo 2 different dishes using tomatoes as the primary ingredients
A recipe card will be available for both dishes for you take away and try at home
Refreshments included
Tea/Coffee and biscuits will be available during the session
Cost £45.00
Approximately 3hrs
Sessions
Saturday 1st August 11:30am – 3:00pm
Sunday 2nd August 11:30am – 3:00pm
More Information| Ticket Type | Standard Morning Ticket, Premium Ticket, Standard Afternoon Ticket |
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Important Ordering information:
Seasonal Ordering: Many of our products are only available seasonally. Their availability will be shown in the product information or at the top of the webpage.| Product | Pre-order from | Dispatch months |
| Seed Potatoes | November | Mid Jan - April |
| Onion Sets/Shallots/Garlic | November | Mid Jan - April |
| Fruit Bushes/Fruit Trees - Bareroot | October | November - March |
| Christmas Potatoes | June | July/August |
| Autumn Onion Sets/Garlic | August | September/October |
| Vegetable Plants | March | April-June |
Fruit Trees:
Fruit trees can be ordered on this website but are a collection only item, if you order them for delivery your order will be cancelled and refundedDelivery and Collection:
Collection and Delivery options will be available on checkout. We try to get in stock orders boxed and shipped within 48hrs and often orders placed before 10am are shipped the same day. In busy periods however lead times could be extended. Orders containing plants will only be shipped Monday to Thursday (10am cut off) so they are not sat in boxes over the weekend. If you order after 10am on a Thursday you will not receive your order until Tuesday Seed only orders - £2.50: For orders that contain only packets of seed P&P is £2.50 to anywhere in the UK Standard Delivery - £4.95: Our standard P&P charge is £4.95 to Mainland UK Plants and Seed Potato - £9.50: These products will be subjected to a higher P&P fee of £9.50 due to the extra handling of plants and the extra weight with seed potatoes. Plants and seed potatoes delivered to the Scottish Highlands, Islands and Northern Ireland will incur a surcharge of £8.00 (postcodes listed below) Free Delivery – Over £150: Order over £150 will be delivered free of P&P charges Collection – Nursery: Click and collect is available from the nursery all year around by arrangement. This option can be selected at Checkout. We will then contact you to arrange a collection day and time. Collection – Potato Day: During check out you will have the option to select collection from one of our potato days. Please remember these are one day events so you must be able to collect on that specific day. There will be no charge for this service. Payments for collections must be processed on the website Payment: We use Woocommerce Payments to service our debit/credit card sales online. Card details online are processed via Woopayments and no details are stored on our website. We also have the option to use Paypal if you prefer. This does not require you to have a PayPal account, and permits you to use the credit card of your choice. With PayPal, your online purchases are protected as PayPal encrypts your sensitive financial information so the only person who can see it is you. Delivery Postcodes subject to surcharge Scottish Highlands - AB36-38, AB55-56, FK17-21, IV1-39, IV52-54, IV63, KW1-14, PA21-40, PH19-26, PH30-41, PH49-50 Scottish Islands - HS1-9, IV40-51, IV55-56, KA27-28, KW15-17, PA20, PA41-49, PA60-78, PH42-44, ZE1-3 Northern Island -Related products
Tomato Tasting Event