29 November 2008 Market

This week we moved to directly in front of the Hurunui Council Chambers as we had too many stallholders to fit in to the flat area beside the buildings. This move proved very popular with shoppers and stallholders. There's a lot more room and still plenty of room for more stalls. Many shoppers commented that it felt just like a european farmers market, with so many things to chose from the 25 stallholders there
Anne's stall is always popular, the yummy scones go well with the coffee!
Another satisfied customer (Jenny Uren) from Sarah Rodie's texel lamb stall.

Urs & Ursula Fricker's bread is VERY popular and we are also most impressed with the new stand that Urs has made himself
Sarah's produce from Waipara Gardens is spray free and I can thoroughly recommend her artichokes!
It was good to see Isobel from Wattle Grove back with her flowers and straw although when this photo was taken, she had gone off to do a bit of shopping herself!
Young mums enjoying the shopping. Don and Shari's coffee stand in the background is one of the most popular stalls in the market. As soon as all the stallholders are set up, the deal seems to be to get a coffee to go with a cinamon pinwheels from Urs Fricker!!!

29 November market

Elderflower cordial is very popular in the UK and now we have it here in Amberley. There's two stall holders selling it and my recommendation is that you should try it - soon! So refreshing and tasy.
Melissa multi tasking, selling fresh veges and fruit while looking after her two children!
Louise once again sold out of lemon honey and her other preserves were also very popular
Lavender can be used in so very many ways. Charlotte had a new strawberry and lavender tea on sale and it was delicious!

29 November 2008

Trevor and his honey next to Tom and his olive oil in their prime spots under the tree!
Harris Meats sold salamis, bier sticks, sausages and some yummy pies
Sigrid's vege plants are always popular
Sandy's first stall at our farmers market went very well with her vinaigrettes being a hit with the shoppers

Community Groups

If any community groups would like to have a sausage sizzle, or any other fundraising stalls, please contact the Market Manager (Jane on 03 3198688) as we would love to have you at our farmers market.


Our Amberley based farmers market has already held four very successful market days, with the Amberley Playcentre and the Omihi School each holding profitable sausage sizzles, using local produce.

We will be making a stall space available every week for a community group to use to raise money. The site will be free for local community groups. The only condition is that the groups stick to the farmers market philosophy, where local produce is used or local people are involved in the production of the food.

So, if you want to raise some money and are prepared to spend a morning doing a sausage sizzle, just give Jane a call or email. 03 319 8688 or jane.thompson@actrix.co.nz

We look forward to hearing from you