PRESS RELEASE
30 January 2011
Happy 1st Birthday Hill St Farmers’ Market!
Hill St Farmers’ Market will be celebrating its first birthday this coming Saturday 5 February 2011 with music, cake,
clowns, face-painting and more. Formal birthday celebrations will kick off at 10am with speeches and cake for all. There
will be face painting from 10am-11am and then Harry the Clown will entertain kids and adults alike with his amusing
antics from 11am-midday.
The Hill St Farmers’ Market opened on 6 February 2010 and has been going from strength to strength ever since. With its
wonderful array of produce, both organic & conventionally grown, it has found a niche for itself in the Wellington market scene being the only Saturday market and
servicing customers in the north and western suburbs as well as many Thorndon locals. It has a particularly strong
following due to the wide variety of organic and spray free produce on offer. The market attracts customers from all
over Wellington who come for their morning coffee from Franca e Franca or to sample a Simply Paris pastry or
Harrington’s bacon butty before picking up their weekly groceries… everything from heritage potatoes, organic
blackberries & peas, delicious Michael’s Kitchen’s preserves & hummus, Tapioca’s gluten free bread, spray free apples from Te Horo, Hawkes Bay stone fruit, Wairarapa olive oil, fresh
seafood, yummy fudge, local wine, fresh flowers & more.
“It has a lovely community feel” says volunteer trustee Janet Lymburn, “both amongst the stallholders and the many
locals who come to shop and catch up with friends and neighbours under the Pohutukawa Tree. We’re looking forward to
celebrating all that encompasses Hill St Farmers Market this coming Saturday… fantastic local producers, wonderfully
fresh produce straight from the farm and a strong sense of community.”
Rain or shine, the market is on in the carpark of the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul on Hill St, Thorndon, every
Saturday morning. For more information or to sign up to the regular e-newsletter visit www.hillstfarmersmarket.org.nz
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