Charity plant sale this weekend at Stourbridge cafe bar

Helen Attwood

5 July 2024 at 0:00 am·1-min read

Soffio Lounge in Stourbridge High Street is holding a fundraising plant sale <i>(Image: Handout)</i> — Soffio Lounge in Stourbridge High Street is holding a fundraising plant sale *(Image: Handout)*

A STOURBRIDGE cafe bar is holding a plant sale this weekend to raise money for worthy causes.

Soffio Lounge on the High Street will be selling items including hanging baskets, bedding plants and herbs on Saturday (July 6) from 10am till 4pm.

The sale is being run in conjunction with Kingswinford's Prestwood Cave nursery, which is providing all the plants.

The nursery's owner Paul Carter also works as a chef at Soffio Lounge.

Soffio Lounge assistant manager Pia Bryan said the profits would go to Mary Stevens Hospice and the Olly Wilkes fundraiser.

She said: "Come and brighten up your garden and support an amazing charity!

"We held a plant sale back in May and raised £200 which is great."

Loungers plc is a British cafe-bar and restaurant chain founded in 2002 by Alex Reilley, David Reid, and Jake Bishop, with over 200 locations in the United Kingdom.

The chain operates three brands: Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside.

There are many Lounge sites in the West Midlands including Faro, Lichfield; Floro, Shrewsbury; Lupo, Wolverhampton; Novello, Telford; Soffio, Stourbridge; Tuppeto, Kidderminster and Verso, Stafford.

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