Christmas time is here…
Getting ready for the festive season with treats, hampers, wines and so much more
DetailsGetting ready for the festive season with treats, hampers, wines and so much more
DetailsPoppySeed cafes… new year, new flavour! Happy new year one and all, we hope it’s filled with lots of joy, friendships and food. We are always busy plotting and planning at PoppySeed and chasing time is the norm! Our new menu has landed to PoppySeed Clarinbridge and Oranmore, a refresh of our firm favourites and…
DetailsWe just love Christmas, any excuse is allowed when it comes to this time of year. Every treat justified, every catch up necessary and every little gift, for ourselves or for others, a precious reminder of all that is important. PoppySeed at Christmas has an energy and vitality all of its own, the planning and…
DetailsWe delightedly launched our new art installation at our space at Galway Irish Crystal last week – it is stunning, dramatic and engaging and we are loving it. Some photos below give you a sense of the pieces but they have truly to be seen in person. Artist, Jane Reeves has been living in Galway…
DetailsRolling into and through December…. It’s hamper time at PoppySeed and that means lots of straw about the floor and colourful treats on the shelves! We’ve been busy ordering and packing, sorting and wrapping. We are a little biased but we think a hamper is a wonderful festive gift. PoppySeed offers a selection of sweet…
DetailsNovember… PoppySeed in a flurry for Cookery! It’s been a while in the oven but our first ever PoppySeed Café Cookbook is gone to print and should be landing at our sales counters by the end of November. This Cookbook is named “Season by season” and is a celebration of the four seasons by the…
DetailsOctober … here comes the Oyster festival! Clarinbridge comes alive with the Oyster season and the celebration of our world-famous native Oysters. PoppySeed Clarinbridge has a bird’s eye view of the set up and welcomes the annual placement of the marquee. Chat turns to tickets and music to times and meeting plans. It’s a lovely…
DetailsPoppySeed Clarinbridge… brightening up for Winter! Summer days are disappearing fast and the end of this year is in sight. What a year it has been at PoppySeed HQ. We kicked it off on the 2 nd of January with flooding when the Clarin river burst its banks and swept through the Bridge centre and…
DetailsSummer is here and the sun too! The time challenge continues however with everything PoppySeed. We’re not sure where the last 12 months have gone but they have at pace! Here at PoppySeed so much has happened in the last months – Ophelia, Flooding at PoppySeed Clarinbridge, snow days (the beast from the east) with a…
DetailsBreakfast Galway – It’s the most important meal of the day and yet it is the one we are all likely to skip or abandon with carelessness. Balance is the key and fueling up at the start of the day is the best way to ensure your system is operating at maximum and you get the…
DetailsAfternoon Tea Galway – It is said the best things take time and hopefully this is the case with our Afternoon Tea service, “Taste @ PoppySeed”, Eyre Street Galway. The first floor has been redecorated to a tranquil and welcome escape in the heart of the bustling city of the Tribes. Only minutes from Eyre Square…
DetailsWe’re so excited that Easter is around the corner… some of us have been very well behaved for Lent, barring a little treat on St.Patrick’s Day! We are so going to enjoy the choccy treats this Easter.. Believe it when we say it is so difficult be well behaved in an environment when quality control…
DetailsSpring is at last in the air, fresh mornings, frost and a little ray of sunshine here and there, now we can feel the edges of Winter are slipping away. With this burst of freshness there is the welcome appearance of fresh healthy fruits and vegetables and above all our interest in lightening our kitchen…
DetailsJanuary is speeding by and it seems there is no way to slow it down. We hope you’ve escaped the worst of the flooding in recent weeks and pray that the worst of the weather is past. PoppySeed is bustling along with ideas and plans for the year ahead and it seems like there is…
DetailsHow time flies, once again I find myself surprised at the disappearing days and months. I cannot believe we have seen the Summer disappear albeit with little weather to make it memorable! So here we are once again in September, Schools are back in swing and forgotten routines well settled. This is a time of…
DetailsNovember is here and the chill has landed. I suppose we cannot lament too much after such a mild run into the Winter season and whilst the coolness wont be enjoyed we can focus on winter foods, warm fires and cosy knits! November tends to be a productive if lazy month and we are focusing…
DetailsIt is alarming how fast time is spinning by and that our last news blog never made it to print! Our sincerest apologies, it was attempted but somehow seems to have disappeared into space that is the wonderful world wide web… There is now even more news to pass along, it has been a hectic…
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