Update - July 2019: The Wallis brothers have sold the farm and the orchard is no longer producing fruit for sale. When he was 14 Anthony Wallis spent a month helping his aunt and uncle plant an orange orchard on their property at the confluence of the Colo and Hawkesbury Rivers, an hour from … [Read more...]
Our farmers: Dennis Bagnall at Dapto Community Farm
Dennis Bagnall has farming in his blood. Having grown up on a dairy he returned to farming after 'retiring' more than ten years ago: for Dennis, tending the soil is a labour of love. Dennis is a stalwart at the NASAA certified organic Dapto Community Farm where he grows greens and salad goodies. … [Read more...]
A farm table lunch at Elgaar Organic Dairy
On a recent trip to Tasmania we were lucky enough to visit the one and only Elgaar Farm. It was such an wonderful and inspiring experience that we just had to share! Elgaar's founders Joe and Antonia Gretschmann hail from a long line of organic dairy farmers. They initially inherited the … [Read more...]
Elke’s (very local) Honey
Just 350 metres from our Woollahra store, in the bustling and busy heart of the eastern suburbs, landscape architect and arborist Elke Haege runs a thriving apiary from the terrace of her first floor apartment. We were lucky enough to visit Elke one sunny Friday to see … [Read more...]
