*Note that not all vendors attend every market. Some are seasonal; others come once a month. Look out for our pre-market Facebook listing of coming stalls to make sure your favourites will be attending!
ALKIRA ORGANICS (Swanhill, VIC)
A wide range of organic fruits and vegetables, as well as home made preserves and jams. They are a seasonal stallholder, usually attending at the height of the Summer with stone fruit and figs.
ALTOMONTE FARMS (Donnybrook, VIC)
Free-range eggs.
ANGIE PAPPAS (Bacchus Marsh, VIC)
Diverse range of seasonal vegetables and stone fruit. Angie and his lovely mum Maria come to market every time, except during January when Angie is too busy picking stone fruit in his orchard at Bacchus Marsh. No website, no socials. Plenty of home-grown succulents, though!
BACKYARD BEEKEEPING BALLARAT (Ballarat, VIC)
Honey (seasonal), Australian beeswax, pollinator-friendly seed bombs, and tea light candles. Amanda and Scott come on the 2nd Saturday of the month.
BALLARAT HONEY (Ballarat, VIC)
Seasonal Western Victorian honey, beeswax, and wax products. Jurgen and Gail come on the 4th Saturday of the month.
BLUE BAY CHEESE (Mornington Peninsula, VIC)
Award-winning cheeses, including wide range of Cheddars, both cow & sheep Fetta, Quark, plus range of goat cheeses: Chevre, Haloumi, Mozarella and Caprino.
BULGANA BERRIES (Western VIC)
Fresh blackberries – seasonal (cultivated American variety), fresh rhubarb – seasonal.
BULLAROOK CREEK FARM (Smeaton, VIC)
Locally grown seasonal vegetables including: garlic, squash, zucchini, lettuce, chard, kale, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, beetroot, dill, and coriander.
BURROWES PARK (Mt Doran, VIC)
Duck eggs (Aug – March) & whole ducks (as available) Duck egg mayonnaise & seasonal pickles & chutneys. Steve attends on the 2nd Saturday of the month.
COOPER CAPERS (Bealiba, VIC)
Cooper Capers, based in Bealiba, are one of very few caper producers in Australia. Caper buds, caper berries, sun-dried capers, pickled caper leaves. Seasonal attendee.
ELMHURST BLUEBERRIES (Elmhurst, VIC)
Fresh and frozen Blueberries. Infrequent attendees at the market.
FOREST HILL FARM (Newlyn, VIC)
Blueberries, garlic (bagged, braided, and smoked), and seasonal veggies.
FRANK BARONE (Mildura, VIC)
Citrus, Stone fruit, Pumpkin, Grapes. Frank or Jack come down in the big blue truck to every market, except when there is no produce to bring. This means they are usually there at every market! 🙂
GOLDFIELDS FARMHOUSE CHEESE (Ballarat, VIC)
Gourmet cheeses made right here in Ballarat! Made with Friesian Holstein and Jersey cow milk sourced from single herds located in the Central Highlands and Western District volcanic plains. Nardia is at the market every 4th Saturday.
LANGDALE ORCHARDS (Harcourt, VIC)
Apples (Royal Gala, Bonza, Jonagold, Fuji, Pink Lady, Sundowner, and Lady Williams), Pears (Williams, Packham, Beurre Bosc, Josephine, Corella, and Winter Nelis), Fig Jam, Peach Jam, Plum Jam, Lemon Marmalade, and Tomato Sauce. Carol comes to the market every 4th Saturday.
LAURIE’S PRODUCE (Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh, VIC)
Strawberries and cherries from Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh.
LONG PADDOCK CHEESE (Castlemaine, VIC)
A range of artisan cheeses and fresh dairy products, made in Castlemaine.
MOSSMONT COBNUTS (Ballarat, VIC)
Fresh, locally-grown cobnuts (Kentish cobnut, Nottingham Prolific, Cosford, Webbs Prize, Halls Giant, Gunslebert, and Eugene Empress).
SLATY CREEK ORGANICS (Creswick, VIC)
Garlic, Garlic scapes (fresh green growth of the garlic), broad beans and a range of home-cooked pickled garlic products. (Attends Nov – May)
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SPRING CREEK ORGANICS (Navigators, VIC)
Seasonal Organic vegetables and herbs – Lisa brings a truckload of gorgeous certified organic produce to every market. Get in early for the full range as sought-after veggies do sell out!
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THE MUSHROOM CONNECTION (Ballarat, VIC)
Fresh & dried gourmet mushrooms grown at Scotchman’s Lead: Oyster, King Brown, Lion’s Mane, and Shitake, plus grow kits and mixed punnets of mushrooms in compostable punnets. The Mushroom Connection attend every market (subject to supply).
THE POMONAL ORCHARD (Pomonal, VIC)
Grampians-grown seasonal fruit. No re-selling; all from the orchard. Plums (Damson, Mariposa, Jewel, and Black), apricots, yellow peaches, apples (Jonathan, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Fuji), cherries, pears (Williams, Packham).
TWO GOOD ACRES (Newlyn, VIC)
Seasonal vegetables including garlic, radishes, turnips, broccoli, beetroot, lettuces, rhubarb, and more. All grown in Newlyn North.
WHITE SWAN FREE RANGE EGGS (Invermay, VIC)
Free range pasture-raised eggs from just outside Ballarat. White Swan attend every Ballarat Farmers Market so you’ve always got eggs – but come early as they sometimes sell out of particular sizes!
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YARRA VALLEY BERRIES (Yarra Valley, VIC)
Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, cherries & figs. Mark attends every market and you’ll find him at the far end of the big loop (unless you’re walking in from Gillies St, in which case he might be the first stall you visit!)
YENDON GOURMET TOMATOES (Yendon, VIC)
Yendon Gourmet Tomatoes run a hydroponic tomato farm, that also grows epplants, cucumbers, basil, watercress, capsicum, and outdoor strawberries.