EASTER TREAT FOR KIDS AT VILLAGE MARKET

At the next Storms River Village Market, on Saturday 4 April, children can enjoy an EASTER-EGG HUNT, FACE PAINTING and the new JUNGLE GYM at the Bistro at Bitou.

The market is held from 9 am to noon on the first Saturday of every month in the area at the entrance to Storms River Village, next to STORMS RIVER INFORMATION OFFICE, the BISTRO AT BITOU and BITOU ART GALLERY.

The Jungle Gym was designed and built by LOLLIES MULLER, of Storms River Village.

Local artist SUSAN KEMP will be doing the face painting.

The the easter-egg hunt starts at 10am.

Remember, grown-ups are welcome to have their faces painted, too! It is so easy to be turned into a Shark or a Blue Bull...

In order to provide opportunities for as many locals as possible, the market is a combination of a car-boot sale and market stalls. This is where you can sell, or shop for, handmade gifts, toys and clothes; produce (plants, fruit, veggies); homemade food and drink (pancakes and ginger beer); second-hand goods and clothes; and re-used and recycled goods.

It is indeed a venue where kids of all ages can find entertainment.

The Bistro is well-known for its excellent coffee and equally excellent - and varied - menu. The market has become a meeting place for friends and family, who love to enjoy refreshments or meals on the Bistro stoep.

You can also feed your soul next door at the Bitou Art Gallery. The Bistro’s neighbour on the other side is the Storms River Information Office, where you can get all the info you need, watch videos of local tourist attractions and plan your next adventure in the region.

FUTURE VILLAGE MARKET DATES: 2 May, 6 June, 4 July.

MAKE NEW FRIENDS, GREET OLD NEIGHBOURS

The Storms River Village Market turned out to be the place to make new friends and greet old neighbours. We were blessed with perfect weather and great support and everybody stayed long.

Star of the Day. Elzette Bester

had no moment of rest. Everybody

cued up for her perfect pancakes.
(Photo: Johan Brink)

The pancake stall was a huge hit and is sure to stay. The ginger beer table quenched everybody's thirst, and The Bistro at Bitou served lots of guests who visited the market.

The second-hand clothing stall of  Marion Brink, right, was a hit.
(Photo: Johan Brink)

Jan Miggels (Gans) sold indigenous plants and popular
exotic houseplants. (Photo: Johan Brink)

A variety of products were on sale at the market, which was held on Saturday, October 4, at the entrance to Storms River village, next to Storms River Information Office, the Bistro at Bitou and Bitou Art Gallery. Beadwork, art, second-hand clothing, bric-a-brac and second-hand furniture, art and crafts made of recycled materials, and lots more made buyers very happy and added to the beauty and joy of the day.

Get in touch with local handmade goods
and your friends and neighbours
at the market. Anna Cola, right, sold
beautiful handwork and cold homemade
ginger beer. (Photo: Johan Brink)

Hanna Cola's ginger beer was a huge hit. She had to fetch some more halfway during the morning, but everything sold out.

Jan Miggels (Gans) also did very well with his huge variety of indigenous plants and popular exotic houseplants. Gans is well known for his love of plants and has green fingers for sure.

Estelle Hester's variety table. Every article had a story.
(Photo: Johan Brink)

Marlene Liebenberg has added Christmas decorations to her range of arts and crafts made from recycled materials. As always, her products were a source of wonder and inspiration. The dreamy, yet lifelike, fishes and bluebottles made from plastic bottles are my personal favourites. (See more pictures further down.)


More pictures of products that were available at the market can be seen on this blog on the page "Goods available at the Village Market".

REMEMBER, CHRISTMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER!

NEXT MARKET: Saturday, November 8.

Keep Marlene Liebenberg's stall in mind when shopping for
Christmas decorations this year. (Photo: Susan Kemp)

MORE INFO:
The market is held on the first Saturday of every month from 9am to noon at the entrance to Storms River village, next to Storms River Information Office, the Bistro at Bitou and Bitou Art Gallery.

In the event of bad weather, it will take place on the following Saturday. Sites are free of charge to residents of Tsitsikamma and will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants are welcome to share stands.

Contact Elzette Bester at (084) 78 00 009 to book a stall.

Plastic bottles are given new life by Marlene Liebenberg.
(Photo: Susan Kemp)

In order to provide this opportunity to as many locals as possible, the market will be a combination of a car-boot sale and market stalls. It is the place to sell, or shop for, handmade gifts, toys and clothes; produce (plants, fruit, veggies); homemade food and drink; second-hand goods and clothes; and re-used and recycled goods. No cheap, imported goods will be allowed. If new goods are sold, they must be South African.

STORMS RIVER VILLAGE MARKET

A monthly market will be held at Storms River village from Saturday, October 4. The aim of the market is to provide an opportunity for local people to sell their wares. It is hoped to gain the participation of the various cottage industries in the area and to stimulate new business opportunities.

Preparations are under way for the village market.
I helped to make a banner for the market at Brink
Bester Studio, where local artists Johan Brink
and Elzette Bester create their art.
(Photo: Elzette Bester)

Ashley Wentworth has made available the area at the entrance to Storms River village, next to Storms River Information Office, the Bistro at Bitou and Bitou Art Gallery. Sites will be available free of charge to residents of Tsitsikamma and will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants are welcome to share stands.

The market will be held on the first Saturday of every month from 9am to noon. In the event of bad weather, it will take place on the following Saturday.

In order to provide this opportunity to as many locals as possible, the market will be a combination of a car-boot sale and market stalls.

This will be the place to sell, or shop for, handmade gifts, toys and clothes; produce (plants, fruit, veggies); homemade food and drink; second-hand goods and clothes; and re-used and recycled goods.

Progress with the banner...
(Photo: Susan Kemp)

Exchange those white elephants for some cash in hand - or buy Tant Hanna Cola's famed ginger beer, support young entrepreneur Anna Reed who will be flipping pancakes, and make use of the Bistro at Bitou's offer of discounted rates on breakfast, light meals, coffee, tea and cakes.

No cheap, imported goods will be allowed. If new goods are sold, they must be South African.

Contact Elzette Bester at (084) 78 00 009 to book a stall. Traders need to bring a table to display wares, their own chairs and umbrellas or gazebos, and a black bag for rubbish.