Garden Room Shop
Welcome to the Garden Room Shop – full of inspiration for your home and garden.
OPENING TIMES
- Garden Room Shop 10:00 – 16:00
Address
Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
SatNav: IP30 9HZ
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ABOUT THE Garden Room
If you enjoy coming to the Christmas shop in autumn, then you’ll love the Garden Room for the remaining seasons! This smaller shop, adjacent to Roots Café, offers an eclectic selection where each item is chosen to enhance your living space without compromising your commitment to the environment.
The shop carries an assortment of dried flowers and seeds, vases made from glass, stone and ceramics, along with supplies for flower arranging. Additionally, you’ll discover exquisite candles, candlesticks and chandeliers that can help you create a delightful atmosphere at home as well as gardening accessories, treats for your dog and toys for children.
Blackthorpe Barn is a step-free location with dedicated accessible parking near the entrance and two accessible toilets, one in the cafe, and one in the courtyard.
Find out more and buy Rougham Estate gift vouchers by clicking here. (Opens in new tab)
Muddy Stilettos Regional Award Winner
What an honour to have been voted the 2024 Regional Muddy Stilettos Winner for the Best Lifestyle Store in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire!
Thank you to each one who voted for us – it made our year, especially considering we had only just opened the Garden Room a few months before.
If you haven’t been to visit yet, here’s a good reason to come by!!
Bringing the outside in
A curated selection of lifestyle items and other delights, with a focus on sustainability and beauty.
Enjoy themed areas such as the conservatory, potting shed, rustic room, kitchen garden and more; you’ll find plenty to encourage your creativity and lovely pieces to give as gifts. Beyond décor items, the Garden Room also features household and garden essentials like small tools, aprons, tea towels, well-being products such as handmade soaps and bath oils as well as cards and gift wrap.
Cards, gift wrap, ribbons and bags
Dried flowers, vases, candles and much more
Delightful decorations and fragrances
Gift Vouchers for the Shop and Café
Gift vouchers for the Rougham Estate Shop make a thoughtful present for anyone who loves beautiful things. Perfect for spending in both the Garden Room Shop and the Christmas Shop (mid-October to December), they can be used to choose from our carefully curated selections of homeware, gifts, and seasonal treasures.
Vouchers are available in a range of values and can also be used at Roots Café, the Pantry Shop and towards buying Christmas trees. Valid for 1 year from the date of purchase, they can be spent over multiple visits. Give the gift that lets your special person enjoy choosing something they’ll truly love.
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Where to find us
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
SatNav: IP30 9HZ
Plenty of free parking on site
Please keep to the 5mph speed limit
Disabled access available
This is a rural location and paths can be muddy
The car parks close when Roots Café closes and the entrance gates are locked after this time
Blackthorpe Barn is situated just south of Junction 45 of the A14, three miles east of Bury St Edmunds, in the village of Rougham.
Look out for the entrance gates to a long tree-lined avenue at the White House junction, with the Barn on the right of the avenue.
Blackthorpe Barn’s black and white signs direct visitors from local roads.
Questions?
The dried flowers are grown and dried locally in Suffolk, some in our own garden on Rougham Estate.
Yes, wheelchairs are able to be used everywhere around Blackthorpe Barn, without any steps. There are accessible parking spaces near the entrance and two accessible toilets, one in the café and one in the courtyard.
You can find out more about the location from the Ground Plan.
You are welcome to pay by card in the Garden Room shop, but we are not taking cash here.
We are doing our best to source our offerings from reputable sources and known origins, knowing many of our suppliers personally.
Most of our stock is made from glass, stone, ceramic and metal, avoiding plastic as much as possible.
We are aiming to offer a curated selection of beautiful lifestyle items with a focus on sustainability and beauty.
Yes we do! Gift vouchers are available to buy from £25 upwards and can be used in Roots Café, the Garden Room Shop, the Christmas Shop, in Roots Pantry Shop and towards buying Rougham Estate Christmas trees.
The gift vouchers last for 1 year from the date of purchase and can be used over multiple visits. They make great gifts, with a wide range of items to spend them on.
You can find out more and buy Rougham Estate gift vouchers by clicking here (opens in new tab).
Yes, dogs are welcome in the shop with paws on the floor.
We sell doggie treats which are locally made and other doggie items too.
We are doing our best to source our offerings from reputable suppliers and known origins.
The dried flowers are grown locally in Suffolk, some in our own garden.
The beauty care products are mostly made by a small artisan husband and wife business in Yorkshire whom we have met personally.
There will be cards, giftwrap and bags from a British designer whom we recently met and hand soap from another artisan maker from Somerset.
We will soon be stocking handmade hearts created from twigs and dried flowers created here in our own shop.
We are building up the shop month by month with new suppliers coming on board all the time.
The Garden Room shop is set out in part of the Christmas shop. We are busy working behind the scenes to set up the well-loved Christmas shop for the coming year and come October, it will be opening again.
Grab a bite of lunch
Just next door to the Garden Room Shop is Roots Café, serving breakfasts, lunches and coffee and cake, using tasty locally-sourced ingredients wherever possible.
Enjoy a wander
This year we are expanding the number of walks starting from Blackthorpe Barn, with Rougham Estate offering 18 miles of public footpaths and popular cycling routes, alongside additional permissive paths. Coupled with the café and the shop, this creates a superb destination for a relaxing day out in the Suffolk countryside and to enjoy the changing seasons.
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Have you had a look at our outdoor living furniture and accessories? This bistro set makes a lovely addition to your garden. With the splash of colour and a suitable size for most spaces. Grab it before it’s gone.
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Have you had a look at our outdoor living furniture and accessories? This bistro set makes a lovely addition to your garden. With the splash of colour and a suitable size for most spaces. Grab it before it’s gone.
#BistroSet #OutdoorLiving #RoughamEstate #GardenRoomShop #GardenRoom #AlfrescoDining #DontMissOut #summervibes☀️
An afternoon well spent…
Ady, George and Suzy were delighted to be invited to the beautiful Somerleyton Hall to raise a glass to 25 years of @suffolkmag. It was a lovely celebration filled with Prosecco, canapés, and kind words shared.
They wandered through Lord Somerleyton’s breathtaking gardens, where the roses were bursting into bloom and the magnificent Tulip Tree stood proud in flower. A magical setting and a memorable day — Suffolk, you do it so well. 🌸🍾🌳
#SuffolkMagazine #SomerleytonHall #GardenWanderings #RosesInBloom #TulipTreeMagic #CountryLife #CharmingDays #SuffolkStyle
An afternoon well spent…
Ady, George and Suzy were delighted to be invited to the beautiful Somerleyton Hall to raise a glass to 25 years of @suffolkmag. It was a lovely celebration filled with Prosecco, canapés, and kind words shared.
They wandered through Lord Somerleyton’s breathtaking gardens, where the roses were bursting into bloom and the magnificent Tulip Tree stood proud in flower. A magical setting and a memorable day — Suffolk, you do it so well. 🌸🍾🌳
#SuffolkMagazine #SomerleytonHall #GardenWanderings #RosesInBloom #TulipTreeMagic #CountryLife #CharmingDays #SuffolkStyle
Happy Father’s Day!
To celebrate why don’t you pop to Roots Cafe where we have a special offer on 2 for £7 on @humberdoucybrew beer and a steak and egg special.
Tie it in with a lovely walk as the sun is shining.
#fathersday #rootscafe #specialoffer #special #Roughamestate
Happy Father’s Day!
To celebrate why don’t you pop to Roots Cafe where we have a special offer on 2 for £7 on @humberdoucybrew beer and a steak and egg special.
Tie it in with a lovely walk as the sun is shining.
#fathersday #rootscafe #specialoffer #special #Roughamestate
Meet Our Planting Heroines: Nicola and Lucy
Nicola and Lucy are the green-fingered force behind the planting of the Sunken Garden at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham Estate — a hidden pocket of peace, beauty, and resilience.
The garden’s design and layout were created by the Rougham Estate team, transforming what was once a dried-up pond and unofficial dumping ground into a thoughtfully structured space. Lucy and Nicola then stepped in with their planting expertise to bring it to life.
Lucy, with over 20 years in horticulture, brings a deep-rooted passion for plants and the natural world. Nicola, equally devoted to the outdoors, has spent the last decade working with landscapes and learning from nature’s rhythms.
Together, they created the planting plan in early spring 2024 — a labour of love, crafted through one of the wettest winters and springs on record. They were met with compacted ground, poor soil, relentless sun in summer, and waterlogged patches in winter — a real test of gardener’s grit.
With a “right plant, right place” approach, Lucy and Nicola chose hardy perennials, grasses, and bulbs to suit the challenging conditions, support wildlife, and ensure seasonal interest. Over a thousand plants and just as many bulbs later, the garden is now in its second year — thriving, buzzing with life, and truly coming into its own.
A wild triumph. A gentle wonder. A garden with heart, history — and deep roots in teamwork.
#GardenHeroes #Teamwork #Horticulture #NatureLovers #GardeningJourney #SustainableGardening #WildlifeGarden #PlantingPassion
Meet Our Planting Heroines: Nicola and Lucy
Nicola and Lucy are the green-fingered force behind the planting of the Sunken Garden at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham Estate — a hidden pocket of peace, beauty, and resilience.
The garden’s design and layout were created by the Rougham Estate team, transforming what was once a dried-up pond and unofficial dumping ground into a thoughtfully structured space. Lucy and Nicola then stepped in with their planting expertise to bring it to life.
Lucy, with over 20 years in horticulture, brings a deep-rooted passion for plants and the natural world. Nicola, equally devoted to the outdoors, has spent the last decade working with landscapes and learning from nature’s rhythms.
Together, they created the planting plan in early spring 2024 — a labour of love, crafted through one of the wettest winters and springs on record. They were met with compacted ground, poor soil, relentless sun in summer, and waterlogged patches in winter — a real test of gardener’s grit.
With a “right plant, right place” approach, Lucy and Nicola chose hardy perennials, grasses, and bulbs to suit the challenging conditions, support wildlife, and ensure seasonal interest. Over a thousand plants and just as many bulbs later, the garden is now in its second year — thriving, buzzing with life, and truly coming into its own.
A wild triumph. A gentle wonder. A garden with heart, history — and deep roots in teamwork.
#GardenHeroes #Teamwork #Horticulture #NatureLovers #GardeningJourney #SustainableGardening #WildlifeGarden #PlantingPassion
It’s national gin day today…
So what does that mean?
It means we need to celebrate with a special gin drink.
Rosie and Peach Gin Cocktail is a lovely refreshing drink on a hot summers day so don’t miss out while it lasts.
With Rosemary, Peach with Melfords Dry Gin and Breckland Ginger Beer, it’s a winner!
#NationalGinDay #RootsCafé #RoughamEstate #GinSpecial #Cocktail #WhileStocksLast #SummerDrink
It’s national gin day today…
So what does that mean?
It means we need to celebrate with a special gin drink.
Rosie and Peach Gin Cocktail is a lovely refreshing drink on a hot summers day so don’t miss out while it lasts.
With Rosemary, Peach with Melfords Dry Gin and Breckland Ginger Beer, it’s a winner!
#NationalGinDay #RootsCafé #RoughamEstate #GinSpecial #Cocktail #WhileStocksLast #SummerDrink
Father’s Day is this Sunday so we have a special Fathers Day dish available…
Steak, egg and hash. Don’t miss out!
If you haven’t sorted a gift yet, don’t forget we have lots of goodies in our shop and pantry, or vouchers are available.
#fathersday #gift #roughamestate #gardenroomshop #vouchers #rootscafe #treat
Father’s Day is this Sunday so we have a special Fathers Day dish available…
Steak, egg and hash. Don’t miss out!
If you haven’t sorted a gift yet, don’t forget we have lots of goodies in our shop and pantry, or vouchers are available.
#fathersday #gift #roughamestate #gardenroomshop #vouchers #rootscafe #treat
On the farm side of the estate we are always looking at investing in the future of farming – not just to grow crops more efficiently, but to do so in a way that benefits the environment.
We work closely with organisations like Syngenta, Bayer, Omex, Ryvita and the British Beet Research Organisation to trial new technologies and systems that move farming forward.
One of the latest innovations we’ve had on the estate is a camera-controlled spot sprayer, tested in partnership with Syngenta.
As you can see in action, this highly advanced machine uses 156 individual nozzles to precisely target tiny 6cm x 6cm areas, identifying weeds among sugar beet plants and spraying only where needed – all while moving at 7kph across a 6-metre working width.
The level of precision means we can significantly reduce pesticide use, which is a huge win for the environment. Less chemical use, better results, and a lighter touch on the land.
We take real pride in improving the health of our soils, crops and wider landscape – and continuing to invest in technology like this is a key part of that mission.
#RoughamEstate #SustainableFarming #FarmInnovation #EnvironmentalStewardship #PrecisionFarming #RegenerativeAgriculture #AgTech #FarmingForTheFuture #BritishFarming
On the farm side of the estate we are always looking at investing in the future of farming – not just to grow crops more efficiently, but to do so in a way that benefits the environment.
We work closely with organisations like Syngenta, Bayer, Omex, Ryvita and the British Beet Research Organisation to trial new technologies and systems that move farming forward.
One of the latest innovations we’ve had on the estate is a camera-controlled spot sprayer, tested in partnership with Syngenta.
As you can see in action, this highly advanced machine uses 156 individual nozzles to precisely target tiny 6cm x 6cm areas, identifying weeds among sugar beet plants and spraying only where needed – all while moving at 7kph across a 6-metre working width.
The level of precision means we can significantly reduce pesticide use, which is a huge win for the environment. Less chemical use, better results, and a lighter touch on the land.
We take real pride in improving the health of our soils, crops and wider landscape – and continuing to invest in technology like this is a key part of that mission.
#RoughamEstate #SustainableFarming #FarmInnovation #EnvironmentalStewardship #PrecisionFarming #RegenerativeAgriculture #AgTech #FarmingForTheFuture #BritishFarming
Struggling to find something for Father`s Day?
Why not treat him to a voucher that can be used in Roots Café, our Garden Room shop or the Pantry?
If you`d prefer to get him something to open, we also have a fantastic range of gifts in store from edible treats to outdoor items.
We are open daily and 2 minutes from the A14😊
#FathersDay #GiftIdeas #ShopLocal #FathersDayGifts #RootsCafe #GardenRoomShop #ThePantry #SupportLocal #GiftVouchers #TreatDad
Struggling to find something for Father`s Day?
Why not treat him to a voucher that can be used in Roots Café, our Garden Room shop or the Pantry?
If you`d prefer to get him something to open, we also have a fantastic range of gifts in store from edible treats to outdoor items.
We are open daily and 2 minutes from the A14😊
#FathersDay #GiftIdeas #ShopLocal #FathersDayGifts #RootsCafe #GardenRoomShop #ThePantry #SupportLocal #GiftVouchers #TreatDad
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