A brand new native honey is now available at Silver Hand Meadery in a collaboration with Hampton beekeepers Bill and Lydia Ludgate.
Not solely is Peninsula Gold supplied in a restricted inventory on the meadery’s honey store, however it’s going to even be present in a standard mead on faucet probably throughout the subsequent month. Sales of Peninsula Gold mead can be available “easily next year,” stated Glenn Lavender, Silver Hand’s proprietor.
What makes the Ludgates’ honey particular?
“It’s a mixture of local flowers,” Bill Ludgate stated, “and gives off a very aromatic odor and a rich taste.”
Lavender stated “good” native honey is difficult to return by, particularly from “the coastal area. There is local honey that comes from western areas of Virginia. This partnership will ensure local is really local and will be available more readily since the Ludgates are hopeful to expand the number of hives.”
The Ludgates are underneath an settlement to promote their honey wholesale to Lavender, however will even promote the honey underneath their very own model.
“We’ve taken on an apprentice this year,” Bill Ludgate stated, “but bees are having a hard time. We’re not just keeping bees and making honey, but we’re working on a better environmental attitude with bees.”
For instance, the Ludgates are working with Canon in Newport News to develop bee and butterfly gardens in industrial gardens “to try and promote better environmental practices,” Ludgate defined.
The native honey-based mead “is going to be fun to watch develop,” Lavender added. “This is going to be really exciting.”
Sam Straight, director of mead manufacturing, first encountered the Ludgates and their honey at a Colonial Beekeepers assembly, Lavender stated. “We learned about his plans for growing his apiary and thought it could turn into a great partnership. After getting a chance to taste (their) honey, we realized we had struck gold.”
Natives of Oxfordshire, England, the Ludgates discovered themselves “shipwrecked” in Hampton whereas on an around-the-world journey with their yacht. The boat was repaired and so they sailed again to England, however determined to return to Hampton and create a beekeeping business just like the one they’d in Devon, England.
Silver Hand Meadery has produced a take a look at batch with Peninsula Gold, “and we understand it made a very nice mead with the aroma going into the mead flavoring,” Ludgate stated.
He stated he was not stunned on the reception his honey has acquired. “It is more that we’re quite reassured. Working with bees and honey every day, you’re isolated. You don’t know how good or how bad your honey is. It’s really helpful to know people like it.”
Silver Hand Meadery, at 224 Monticello Ave. in Williamsburg, is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to eight p.m.; Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 11 a.m. to six p.m.; and Sundays from midday to five p.m.
Zoom Room equals canine coaching
Zoom Room, a brand new canine coaching facility, will maintain a grand opening on Oct. 14 at New Town in James City County at 5129 Main St.
Business house owners Tamara and Kevin Lembke stated in a information launch that the brand new business is a one-of-a-kind facility that may prepare house owners in addition to animals. Kevin Lembke is president of Busch Gardens Williamsburg whereas Tamara can be working the canine coaching facility.
All sorts of actions and promotions are scheduled for Oct. 14-15, the opening weekend, with discounted lessons available. The hours are 11 a.m. to eight:30 p.m. from Monday-Friday, and 9 a.m. to five p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
This would be the third Zoom Room franchise in Virginia; the others are in Richmond and Virginia Beach. The company was based in 2007 by Mark Van Wye, the chief govt officer, whose motto is: “We don’t train dogs. We train the people who love them.”
Other grand openings
The Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce has introduced upcoming grand openings for brand new space businesses:
• Riverside Primary Care Midtown on Oct. 12 at 4:30 p.m. at 301 College Row, Suite 9101.
• English Meadows, new reminiscence care cottage, on Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. at 1807 Jamestown Road in James City County.
• Waypoint Grill, grand re-opening on Oct .17 at 11 a.m. at 1480 Quarterpath Road, Suite 4A, in Williamsburg.
Dots and dashes
The following are recent actual property transactions within the Greater Williamsburg space:
• Keller Williams renewed its lease of two,000 sq. ft of workplace house at 4804 Courthouse St. in James City County. Andy Dallas of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer dealt with the lease negotiations on behalf of the owner.
• HC of Virginia renewed its lease of 1,604 sq. ft of workplace house at 4808 Courthouse St. in James City County. Dawn F. Griggs, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, SIOR dealt with the lease negotiations on behalf of the owner.
• Bicycle Co-op of Williamsburg has leased 2,700 sq. ft of retail house at James York Plaza Shopping Center in York County. Maggie Spillane of S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. of Norfolk represented the owner.
• DreamMaker Bath and Kitchen leased 1,791 sq. ft of retail house at New Town Shops on Main Street in James City County. Drew Haynie of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer dealt with the lease negotiations on behalf of the owner, and Clay Willis, additionally with Thalhimer, represented the tenant.
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