Upmarket, down-to-earth market in Somerset West, a great place to be

Heathersage Market

Make a space in your diar­ies for the second and last Sunday of every month, because this is a mar­ket, if you live any­where near Somerset West, that deserves your pat­ron­age. Not just because it sup­ports excep­tional, local food, or because it is a pos­it­ively sump­tu­ous venue and a won­der­ful space in which to spend a Sunday morn­ing, but also because this is a food mar­ket that is happening.

Hathersage is easy to find for those of us who don't live in Somerset West. It's straight up Gordon Road (simply turn left off Main Road) on a wine farm snuggled up against the foot­hills of the Schapenberg in the Helderberg Valley, on the banks of the Lourens River. Forget using Google maps to find the farm, as it isn't there (yet), as our sorry Garmin-less selves dis­covered this week­end. Continued

The Blue Bird Garage Market in Muizenberg

Known for her pas­sion, drive and abil­ity to open a beau­ti­ful boutique overnight, Kim Speer, the owner of Mythology in Kalk Bay and Constantia, and her hus­band, Dylan, saw a gap in the mar­ket in Muizenberg and took the cour­ageous step in open­ing a night mar­ket. The Blue Bird Garage Market, loc­ated at 39 Albertyn Road, has been a suc­cess since first open­ing and is sup­por­ted by Muizenberg loc­als through to inner city dwell­ers, par­ents, young­sters and lov­ers of fine food ... Continued

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Stellenbosch Organic

I'm a sucker for mar­kets. So shoot me. If I can, I visit mar­kets as often as pos­sible, and sel­dom the same one more than twice in a row. And we are so spoilt for choice in the Western Cape, that I can do vir­tu­ally that – visit one a week­end for most of sum­mer, without get­ting bored, not that you can pos­sibly get 'bored' with any of these markets.

The Stellenbosch Organic Farmer's Market has been at its new loc­ale adja­cent to Spier, along Allandale Road — you swing right off Baden Powell Drive at Lyndoch sta­tion and the big straw­berry (make sure you crane your neck to look at the bus stop on your left along Allandale, shortly after the turn, as someone has spray painted a clas­sic pair of angel wings inside the shel­ter) — for just short of a year. Continued

Stellenbosch Natural and Organic Farmers' Market

Farmers Market

Pick up freshly picked pro­duce at the Stellenbosch Natural and Organic Farmers' Market on the grounds of the Stellenbosch Waldorf School. The proven­ance of organic ingredi­ents sold at this intim­ate little farm mar­ket (trad­ing since 2001) adds sim­ul­tan­eously to the qual­ity of taste and life. The pas­sion­ate prac­tice of pure pleas­ures and plant­a­tions are sold stall­side by earth lov­ing purveyors.

A German bakery warms dreams with hot pret­zels and breads. Elgin apple juice takes the tex­ture of organic clouds in a glass. Organic dried fruit and nuts play 'eat-me' with free-roaming chil­dren. Unpasteurised jer­sey joghurt leaves an organic cream mous­tache on smil­ing faces. Little herb pots flour­ish under big leaf can­op­ies of trees. Proud pump­kins impress shop­pers with their giant form. Organic-lemon syr­ups along­side organic brown sugar inspires organic dessert ideas. Continued

New Flea Market in Durban

Flea Market

Durban’s Newest Flea Market opens Sunday 3 August — Don’t miss the 1^st Umkhumbane Flea Market on Sunday 3 August! It’s on the corner of Booth and Bellair Roads just a short drive from the Pavilion or the University.

Shop for curios, cloth­ing, jew­ellery and home décor items, try a tra­di­tional herbal cure or have the bones thrown to solve your dilemma. Relax at the tea garden and enjoy busk­ers and dancers.

Open from Sunday 3 August and every Sunday there­after from 9-4pm. For addi­tional inform­a­tion, dir­ec­tions and pho­to­graphs please see: Umkhumbane Flea Market

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