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Kings Plant Barn and its café are already popular with locals and now there’s another reason to visit with the addition of a hair salon, which opens this week.
Fuchsia Hair Design owners Sarah Deadman and Craig Davies say they were sold on the idea of placing their salon in a building within Kings Plant Barn in Silverdale as soon as they visited the garden centre.
“It seemed like an unusual idea, but once we saw it we realised what a beautiful, unique setting the garden centre provides,” Sarah says. “It’s also a busy location, with lots of people coming and going through here, all year round.”
Starting their first business made sense, combining Craig’s 21 years’ experience as a hair stylist with Sarah’s hospitality and business development skills.
The couple had been looking for a location for a salon for several months, since returning home after more than a decade in London.
Craig, originally from Silverdale, was keen to return to the Coast and the couple are excited about the lifestyle opportunities that having their own salon will provide.
Joining Craig will be two other stylists and an apprentice, while Sarah takes care of reception.
Craig trained as a hair stylist in Auckland as soon as he left school and never looked back. Years of styling the hair of footballers’ wives and TV presenters in Chelsea, further honed his cutting and colouring skills. He says New Zealand is right up with the latest trends but that creating a look that suits the individual, and their hair type, is the number one priority.
The building has been refurbished, inside and out, to Sarah and Craig’s requirements for a modern salon with a rustic edge. Exposed brick walls, corrugated iron detailing, recycled wood and large windows letting in natural light and views of the garden centre definitely fulfil that brief.
“We think the salon adds something special to the garden centre, and the garden centre environment adds to our clients’ experience,” Sarah says. “It’s an ideal fusion.”
