Aeoncademy

We are a small outside school hours organisation that runs creative programs for children and young people. Our specialised programs include Creative Catalyst (visual arts), Vala (dramatic adventures), Sparks (creative play ages 4-7) and our pilot Kitchen Garden. We have planted out garden beds and intend to teach children how to grow food and how to cook from scratch. Our in-house caterer provides us with healthy, balanced meals all sourced locally and organically where possible. We love to collaborate with families and communities to offer further opportunities for creativity.

Australian Mountain Pepper

We are a small, family owned farm with a unique microclimate in the richly soiled Budawang Ranges near Braidwood. We grow and sell native Australian pepper berries and leaves. We practice 'pick & shovel' farming, using minimal automation and use organic and permaculture principles. This is our business but we put quality over quantity and the environment above profit.

We sell our pepper via our website and it is available in Braidwood at Provisions Deli (56 Wallace Street), Vetro a Metallo (12 Park Lane) and Cafe 134 (134 Wallace Street). Our pepper can also be purchased at The Food Co-op Shop (3 Kingsley Street, Canberra).

Avonside Alpine Estate

Avonside Alpine Estate in is in the early stages of being established. When complete, it will consist of a small farm, offering quality produce and a farm stay experience, all within the heavenly play ground of the Snowy Mountains near Lake Jindabyne.

Bees R Us Beekeeping Supplies

Bees R Us sell local honey, beeswax and honey inspired products and beekeeping supplies. We make our own products. Ingredients that don’t come from bees is sourced from organic shops. Visit Bees R Us at our shop or local markets on weekends.

Our bees live a happy life foraging and collecting nectar from the flowers of the season around the forests and farm lands of Braidwood, NSW. The area, well known for its environmentally friendly and conscious farming practices, welcomes the bees in their pursuit of following the the flowering events and the honey flow and in the same time, helping them to bear fruit.

Bent Shed Produce

Bent Shed Produce specialises in the different, unusual, and really local. Have you tried the native Australian mountain pepperberry? It’s hotter than black pepper, with a fabulous herby zing. Or what about roasted and ground wattleseed, giving your daily coffee a rich coffee, chocolate and hazelnut flavour? Lemon myrtle is “more lemony than lemon”, without the additional liquid, while aniseed myrtle brings a lovely liquorice flavour to sweet and savoury dishes. Then there’s warrigal greens - the Australian native spinach. It kept Captain Cook’s crew from dying of scurvy while they were wandering around Botany Bay. Use like English spinach but without turning into a sort of green sludge. And then there’s our rainbow-shelled eggs from our flocks of heritage pure-breed and farmyard-cross poultry (chicken, ducks, and guinea fowl). We raise our own birds, and occasionally can provide live poultry for those looking to bring the rare and unusual into their own yards. The next step is into meat production, so you can taste chicken the way your ancestors did; as a rare treat, with crispy skin and amazing flavour. Come and try something new with us!

Black Foo Farm

BlackFoo Farm in Bungendore grows fresh seasonal fruit including stonefruit (peaches, cherries, plums), figs, apples, pears, persimmons, pomegranates, almonds and pecans. Also available from BlackFoo Farm are preserves, dried fruit and pressed apple juice using an antique apple press.

Brightside Produce

Emily and Michael are a young couple giving biological regenerative farming a go in Captains Flat, twenty minutes south east Canberra. They farm at around 950 metres above sea level in a cool-temperate climate and produce a diverse range of chemical-free heirloom vegetables on under and acre of land; and have free range laying hens on their pasture. Brightside Produce sell at the Southern Harvest Farmers Market, offer box subscriptions and sell produce to local restaurants.

Bungonia Creek Wines, Plants & Produce

At Bungonia Creek Wines, Plants and Produce we like to keep busy. David (an ex Strategy Consultant) and Melissa (a Naturopath) retired from Sydney 6 years ago for a quieter lifestyle and have never been busier. We produce high quality wine, vigorous plants and organic produce by following sustainable permaculture and holistic management practices. This includes the implementation of aquaponics systems as a means of producing nutritious food using about 1% of the water for equivalent production in soil. We have recently implemented a Hugel Kulture bed and a wicking bed, both of which aim to use less water than conventional methods. We welcome visitors who wish to learn more about these techniques.

This boutique winery produces several varieties of wine: Sav Blanc, Rose, Merlot, Cab Sav, and our new addition – Shiraz. Our vines are now 20 years old and producing excellent grapes. All are hand pruned, hand picked and biodynamically sprayed during the season. All wines are available to taste at the stall each market day, and at our cellar door on Sundays. We love our wines and we hope you do too. Come and taste them at our stall.

Bywong Garlic

Chris Fowler started Bywong Garlic as a boutique producer in the Canberra/Queanbeyan region in 2013. Chris grows mainly varieties in the Turban, Purple Stripe and Rocambole groups – Oriental Purple, Roy’s Purple, Deerfield Purple and Dunganski. The crops are grown chemical free. Stock is
usually available from late December to May but the newer cultivars will extend the stock availability through winter. All are sold at local markets or Bungendore Food Lovers.