Welcome to Countryside Connection - Rural Business Network
"I hope things are going just as well for everyone in this rapidly expanding village. I am so glad to be a part of it!"
Wendy Blair, Rose Hill Bed & Breakfast in
Roanoke, Virginia USA
Who Are We?
Founder Heléne Leichter-Saxby has spent more than thirty years living in England and America. She is a former Country Innkeeper, Artists’ Representative and Author of Cooking Inn Style: A Collection of Country Inn Recipes from England, Ireland, Wales and New England.
In addition to Countryside Connection, Heléne also works with her husband Alan Saxby in their other rural business, Once Upon a Pine www.onceuponapine.co.uk. Together they create handcrafted furniture and home accessories including unusual clocks all created from reclaimed wood. They also offer one-of-a-kind art which combines unique selections from Vintage Women’s Magazines dating from 1912-1949; antique and vintage postcards; photographs and artists' drawings with select pieces of reclaimed wood. A range of cushions from their extensive collection of Vintage Fabrics will soon be available. Other vintage and collectible items from their many years of collecting have also proven to be very popular items.
All of the reclaimed wood used for their furniture is local, reclaimed from collapsing barns, a Georgian Stable Block, a Victorian Milking Parlour and other structures near their home in North Yorkshire. Their approach is an environmentally responsible one that offers the chance to create new objects which carry the marks of their former lives, crafted pieces that bring their history with them.
Where Are We?
We are based in England and New England. Countryside Connection was born out of the desire to offer a new kind of networking and brings rural countryside offerings to you from England, America, France, Wales and Italy.
What do we offer?
Our valued members form a network that provides you with direct links and information to their Bed & Breakfasts and Self-Catering, Country Inns, Farms, Country & Artisan Products, Restaurants & Pubs, Arts & Crafts, Activities & Adventures, Education Courses, Wedding, Conference, Spa & Retreat Venues, Bookshops, Rural Business Support, Relocation & Restoration Services, B&B Inns & Homes for Sale, Recipes & Archive
Featured Member: We are pleased to introduce you to our latest featured member, The Kate Stanton Inn. The Inn is a tribute to the memory of innkeeper, Liz Clarke’s grandmother ‘a woman before her time’. Read the dedication and you are immediately prepared for the warmth of the welcome you will receive and the joys and comforts that await you during your stay. The Inn, located in North San Diego County, sits atop a hill in the beautiful town of Encinitas, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. Within walking distance to Carlsbad State Beach it is a perfect location for beach lovers seeking relaxed casual elegance. A country beach house in true old California style, this spacious home uniquely combines the owner’s former life as a New Englander by creating three rooms that honor her heritage. Their names bear witness to her New England past ~ Nantucket; Martha’s Vineyard and Chatham and exude the charm and colors truly suited to a home with a view of the ocean and lagoon below. Please visit the Kate Stanton website: www.katestantoninn.com and contact Liz or Carol directly for full details and information.
Why Add Your Countryside Business?
Our rural business members in all categories network together to benefit owners and consumers who support countryside businesses. They create diverse partnerships and networks providing unique opportunities for growth.
How Do I Join?
Simply send an email request to enquiries@countrysideconnection.co.uk You will receive a Special Introductory Membership Offer because we would love to help you and your rural business grow and prosper.
“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all this belongs to me!” Henri Rousseau
