Mayblossom Café at Garden Sage
Garden Sage Nurseries, London Road, Henfield, West Sussex BN5 9AB
Opening Hours
Tues - Sat 8.30am to 4pm
Sunday 10am to 3.30pm
Closed on Mondays
Contact Us
Tel: 07407546219
Email: mayblossom33@outlook.com
Facebook: /MayblossomCakes
Mayblossom - more than just a cafe
As well as our regular menu that includes Delicious Handmade Cakes, Light Lunches (Toasted Panini's Sandwiches and Baguettes and our daily specials) and Afternoon Tea
We also make handmade bespoke 3 layer cakes - Victoria Sponge, Coffee Cake, Carrot Cake Loaf, Lemon Drizzle, Lemon & Blueberry/Lemmon Raspberry Drizzle Starting from £65 for a 6" cake and Scrumptious Brownies in trays for 9 people starting at £22.50.
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by Cafe owner Alice
Since I was a small child I loved baking and when I had the opportunity to set up a café here at Garden Sage there was never any doubt that I would call the café the Mayblossom Café. It’s a name that I have grown up with as my Nan’s great Aunt Eveleana and Great Uncle George set up the original Mayblossom Café in Coulsdon, Surrey in the late 1920’s. It was a family run business that served breakfast, lunch and dinners as well as afternoon teas, open daily from 8am to 10pm.
The café also sold boxes of high quality chocolates from Cadbury’s Rowntree, Fry, Terry & Nestle.
In 1939 was once war was declared an Anderson shelter was built in the garden of the Mayblossom, and the family endured many unpleasant, anxious nights there hearing bombs drop all around them. It was business as usual in the day however, until one unfortunate night in August the Mayblossom took a hit.
The family, luckily, were not at home at the time but on holiday in Northampton. They saw a headline ‘Bomb damage in yesterdays raids in the London area’ and realised that their beloved shop had been destroyed. Fortunately nobody was hurt, however it was to be the end of the chapter for the Mayblossom. The family moved to a safer area and the shop was turned into a bank.