Open garden cream teas, how much should I charge?

Definitely too cheap. Think in terms of what the market will bear. I wd start at £4.50.

Seabreeze’s price list seems about right to me.
Cakes need to be priced differently as a slice of a large cake like Victoria Sandwich needs to cost more than a small slice of a traybake. If you have fruit cake that costs more to make.
Most folks are happy to pay more for homemade scones and cakes.
Good luck and Well done Sago . May the sun shine on your garden on Sunday ☀️

Go for a fiver. Even that seems very reasonable. Nobody wants change rattling around in their pocket.

You have not mentioned what you charge for the entrance. We have donation boxes instead Of set prices and on average get £5 per head for the entrance and around £6 for refreshments, which is scone, tea cake, cake or flapjack and top up of drinks.It is. Surprising how many people are happy to pay more for Hospice which is a brilliant cause. Well done to you hope you have lots of helpers.

What does it cost to privide two scones, butter, jam and cream, and a cup of tea or coffee? Price it all acurately, and don't forget to allow for the power that heats the oven. If you subtract the answer from what you are planning to charge, you will find out how much you are actually getting for the charity from each "customer".

What you spend on providing the food and drink is what you yourself have donated. If your prices are too low, you will have been the main donor. If they don't even cover your costs, then you would have made more for your charity by just handing over the money direct.

Just wanted to say, if you do have a tips/donations jar, please make sure it's secured.
It seems cheap to me, but also like the idea of a "suggested donation".

Seems rather cheap to me,

I happily pay £5.50 for a fruit scone with jam and a pot of tea.

Other places sometimes charge more.

Up your prices .

Sago. We attended our local gardens open event last weekend.
Cakes were 1.75 - 2.50. Cream teas 4.50. Pot of tea 1.75.
If that’s any help. Have a good day.

We live in a conservation area comprising of 4 Avenues of Victorian and Edwardian houses, there are about 55 gardens open.
Many are doing plant sales, there are opera singers, mini railways,pottery sales and demonstrations and even African drummers!
We are a very creative community.
You buy a brochure for £3, this admits one person to each garden over 2 consecutive Sunday afternoons.
Last time we did it our garden raised £1400 over the 2 Sundays.
This year I have only committed to 1 Sunday.
There will be 7 of us operating the teas, we can seat around 28 people in the garden.
The last year we operated when we opened the gate at 1pm there was a queue.
It’s 4 hours of carnage but such fun…… apart from the nasty man that demanded a cheese sandwich and the weirdo that wandered into the house and started picking up photographs and ornaments.

Ainee To make 150 scones, 2 cakes and 60 Anzac biscuits is a bit more than I can manage on a Sunday morning!

Home made cake at garden centres etc is over £4 a slice currently. For an event such as yours I would willingly pay £5 for one scone and a cuppa, I would suggest you ask a couple of random neighbours what they would be prepared to pay too.

I wish you well in raising money for such a worthy cause and remember to have a tips jar handy, most people will make a generous donation.

Brilliant idea Nashville charging 5pds a ticket for a cream tea....You should feel so proud of yourself SAGO doing all this for charity...Hope the sun shines...

I would say £5.

Definitely up the price. It’s for a wonderful charity and they need all the help they can get. You are a truly wonderful to help them. Also put a box out for donations. Most people would happily put a few coins in.

That sounds like a good idea Nashville. Solves the problem of handling money while serving food too.

It’s possibly worth £3 but not all are able or willing to pay that. It’s not a commercial event so I’d stick to £2:50
I think £5 for a couple is good value and the intention is to give to charity.
Put a donation jar out as well.
Money is very very tight just now and if it’s too expensive folk will not buy and possibly not return next year OR buy and not return next year. Of course it’s in delph but that’s not costing you anything as you will already have that. Please don’t overcharge. I go to events like this often and at the greedy ones I spend less.
We have been invited to a church ‘do’ the dinner is £25 and to bring our own drinks. Raffle tickets £5. Very overpriced and I’m going but my husband is not. Had it been £19 then we’d both go and spent lots on raffle tickets. I don’t like overpriced charity events.
I do hope you raise a lot for the charity.
There is a new Hospice built in Bray it’s huge and on a great site overlooking a lake and blocking residents view, but cost a fortune to build. This is one of the most expensive areas in UK so I wonder where that money came from. I’ve had lunch there often as the view is great.

We went to open gardens in a village close to us the other week. Cream teas were advertised for £5 per person which sounded good value...it was for one scone, jam, cream & a cuppa! Of course we paid and said nothing, as did many others as the tea tent was full but I must admit I was expecting a slice of cake as well for the price! Admission to the gardens was £5 per person so no wonder they raised over £2000 on a wet weekend.

Too cheap!!

I think £3. Is very reasonable. Especially as it includes jam and cream. Is it clotted cream? If so id go to £3.50

The last open garden I attended was ticketed on the gate at £5 which included the scones and tea etc. you handed your ticket in at the food area and made your choice.

I thought this reasonable and meant the need for a float was minimal.

You are a good egg. I hope the ? shines and you raise loads of money for your chosen charity!

I think your prices are very reasonable. I too think you could charge a tad more for a slice of home made cake (yummy) but then again it’s better you sell them all by the end of the event.

I’d up the cake and scones by £1, and the drinks by 50p.

for you!

Your suggested prices sound very reasonable.
Last week I was at a garden centre and a slice of cake was approx. £4.25.
Home made cakes are so much nicer and worth a bit more.
Hope your Open Garden is a success.

Ainee- I suspect making 200 on the day, as well as making sure the garden is perfect and setting up tables, chairs and baking the cakes is simply too much for any human to achieve?

Frozen because the OP won’t have time to bake them this weekend I guess?