Blue River Microgreens

27/09/2022

See you bright and early at the Mackay Farmers Market every Wednesday from 6.30am ☀️🌊 Bring your school holiday tribe + 🐕 and shop from Mackay's favourite local producers while you sip on a ☕ YES!!

From fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and pantry staples to bread and milk, toothpaste, toilet paper and face painting, the Wednesday morning Mackay Farmers' Market are a one stop shop!

Wait. What? FACE PAINTING! 🎨🎨🎨

Yep, that's right, it's the last week of the school holidays so Let's Just Face It Entertainment will be joining us tomorrow to turn you (or your little one) into a butterfly or dinosaur or Spiderman or a lion....

Don't forget to bring along your reusables! Think:
Coffee cups & drink tumblers for your chai latte or iced chocolate
Produce, bread and grocery bags so you can shop package free
Reusable bowl or plate for your breakfast dumplings, quiche or pie
Reusable bottle for your Kefir.

Proserpine Herbs & Vegetable Seedlings Retrospect Life Pasta Cucina New Reefs Hydroponics Blue River Microgreens MAD Cow Coffee Mackay Artisan Bakehouse Zelenka Farms Dave the Banana Man No 9 Peanut Butter Co
Water Kefir Mackay Whitsunday Mushrooms Slade Point Meat Specialist Mount Jukes Family Farm Fresh As Sweet As Deepgully Farm BeeGood Wax Wraps Gracie B Pet Treats Ventons Tropical Blooms Pure n Natural Honey

13/09/2022

See you at the Mackay Farmers' Market today 🌿☘🌱 Lots of goodies for your weekly microgreen fix + your favourite broccoli is back YAY!!!

Our stallholders have been making, baking, growing, milking, cutting, picking, packing & juicing for you to shop local, shop fresh TODAY.

Mackay's BEST midweek produce market offers fresh local seasonal produce, great coffee & a variety of sustainable living items.
The early birds can start shopping before work from 6.30am & for those that want to come along later the stallholders will be there until 10.30am.

06/09/2022

Morning ☀️ Its a beautiful day to head down to Mackays favourite fresh produce market !! Here till 10.30 at the Blue Water Quay.
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Today's beautiful market blend is tatsoi + mizuna + lettuce leaf basil 🌿🌿🌿

23/08/2022

This makes my heart sing 🥰 Thankyou 9th Lane Grind for the love and continued support!! It makes it so worth while to get to see my lovely chefs on delivery day and their big happy smiles (seriously chefs are the best people) !! P.s If you havent been to 9th Lane for a Saturday special, you are missing out!! Next level creativity, colour and flavour 👌🤩

23/08/2022

Eeek we are now suppliers to garnish the beautiful menu at RARE BAR & GRILL Thankyou Luke and Shayna for the love and support🥰

Coming in hot with a big shout-out to Naomi from Blue River Microgreens. This local Mackay gal grows artisan microgreens and edible flowers which we use as garnish for our meals and cocktails here at RARE Bar & Grill. Fresh, nutritious, delicious and unique. Just the way it should be!

Thanks Naomi, we love being able to support your business. 🌱🌺

16/08/2022

🌻☀️🌊 See you at the Blue Water Quay till 10.30

13/08/2022

A big bowl of happiness 💐😍

12/08/2022

Beautiful basil 🤩 Grown till around 4 weeks when the plant displays its true leaf { when we see the second set of leaves 🌿 }
We grow a number of different basil each unique in shape + taste + aroma perfect to use in both sweet + savoury dishes !!

1. Purple Basil
2. Lettuce leaf Basil
3. Lemon Basil
4. Mixed Basil

12/08/2022

Beautiful creations coming from the Flackyard kitchen!!

Thankyou Nik for being such a great supporter of local producers and showcasing whats in season around our region 😊👌

It's sunny winter days like these when the ripe juices in this fresh dish really sing...

Hello seasonal tomato!
You are happiness in a bowl 😀🥰🍅

Cheery smiles brought to you by:
Fresh As Sweet As
Blue River Microgreens
Deepgully Farm
Tucker Bush
Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery
Dale Tilbrook Experiences

Mackay Farmers' Market

Beautiful plating always Chef Jordan Kozman

02/08/2022

See you all in the morning at the Blue Water Quay🌿🌻🌊 Mackay Farmers' Market ♡

This Wednesday at the Mackay Farmers' Market you will find the freshest produce in the Mackay region.
Here are just a few of the many stallholders that will be at the markets in the morning.
6.30am to 10.30am | Bluewater Quay | Mackay City

Pure n Natural Honey
Award winning boutique Australian honey 100% natural & raw.
Did you know that they offer refills?
A great way to reduce waste so bring your own clean container for some sweet sweet honey.

New Reefs Hydroponics
Locally grown seasonal hydroponic lettuce, herbs, Pak choy, rocket, baby spinach and salad mix.
Get your greens at the Wednesday morning market.

Ventons Tropical Blooms
Go bananas on Wednesdays!
Not only do they grow bananas, but you can pick up fresh seasonal tropical fruits & the most beautiful tropical blooms.

Healthy Clean and Green
This week Wendy will have everything you need for your kitchen, bathroom, laundry & personal needs. Offering guidance and sales on making small, affordable better choice, changes in your everyday life that will have a big impact on your home, your health and the environment.

Proserpine Herbs & Vegetable Seedlings
Kevin is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to herbs & vegetable seedlings.
Grown in our climate to give them a great start for your veggie patch.

Proserpine Herbs & Vegetable Seedlings
Amanda Liu - Dumplings
Retrospect Life
Pasta Cucina
New Reefs Hydroponics
Blue River Microgreens
MAD Cow Coffee Mackay

Artisan Bakehouse

Zelenka Farms
No 9 Peanut Butter Co
Water Kefir Mackay
Whitsunday Mushrooms
Slade Point Meat Specialist
Fresh As Sweet As
Debbie's Seafood & Deb's Fish Cafe
Deepgully Farm
Healthy Clean and Green
BeeGood Wax Wraps
Ventons Tropical Blooms
Gracie B Pet Treats
Pure n Natural Honey

26/07/2022

Serving up the goods 🌞💚🌿 See you at Mackay Farmers' Market till 10.30 today!!

05/07/2022

Happy Wednesday 🌞 The sunshine is back YAY!!! Down at the Mackay Farmers Market today till 10.30 with lots of goodies 🌿☘🌻

27/06/2022

Beautiful platters designed by Michelle using fresh + local produce at the recent St Lawrence Wetlands Weekend🥰🌿🌸

14/06/2022

Snow Pea Shoots are a favourite with young and old { that fresh pea crunch 😋🌿 } + an absolute staple with chefs and foodies
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🌿Enjoy raw as a snack
🌿Garnish your meals + platters
🌿Saute with mushrooms + garlic + dash of tamari sauce
🌿Snip + toss through your weekday salad
🌿Add to your favourite stirfry
🌿 Use in place of basil for a mild and sweet pesto
🌿Finely chop shoots and add to crepe mixture - serve with goats cheese + mushrooms

13/06/2022

Did you know you can find our microgreens at 🌿☘🌾 Mark and family are huge supporters of local produce and I love having the opportunity to stock their shelves ~ drop in to find a huge selection to curb your microgreen addiction every week 💚🤩

01/06/2022

That first day of winter vibe 🐶🌬🤩
Stay classy like Max here and up your salad game this winter with healthy + fresh + beautiful microgreens and shoots available every Wednesday at the 🌻🌿

17/05/2022

Happy Wednesday ☀️🌿 Pop down to the Blue Water Quay for all your mid week goodies !! Fresh local produce grown with 💚

16/05/2022

Monday foraging 💐🌼💐🌼💐🌼
These beauties have been picked + packed + delivered out to adorn pretty plates and platters 💜

13/05/2022

Who's excited for the weekend 👋

Its a foodies paradise in Mackay with the happening this Saturday with some of our favourite restaurants + cafes + food vendors turning the Italian level way up high 🤩🇮🇹🍕 So make sure to get down and support the fabulous chefs of our Region with specialty mouthwatering menus splashed across the weekend !!

10/05/2022

Thankyou for my little community of support the past week while I've been under the weather 🌨🤒 You all rock!!

You will find my goodies with the crew today. Because of the rain Mackay Farmers Market is high and dry at the Paxton Building 10 River Street 🍄🍅🍍🍌🥗🍲🥩🧀

02/05/2022

BIG love on this Monday and a special thankyou to our local supporters over the years! Yes you chefs and foodies 😍💚 THANKYOU!! It means so much to see this labour of love evolve into something beyond seasonality and artistically as a producer in our Region

21/04/2022

Just two BFF's on a rainy day 😋💚💜

19/04/2022

What's better than Sunflower Shoots... adding a bunch of Sunflowers available thismorning with our friends at 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

19/04/2022

Hooray its Wednesday ☀️🌻Today's market blend is as beautiful as it is unique ~ Chia + Kale + Mizuna + Chicory + Amaranth

At the today till 10:30am 🌿☘🌻🤩

See you soon x

18/04/2022

We LOVE supplying our fresh local produce to local foodies every Wednesday at the Mackay Farmers' Market 🌿🌻🥗

Your fresh food & sustainable living mid week market!

14/04/2022

Enjoy a beautiful Easter long weekend 🌸🌼 See you back on Tuesday 19th April

11/04/2022

My gosh!! Beautiful produce never dissapoints 🌿🤩 Enjoying locally grown has never been easier, with Wednesdays farmer markets and twice weekly deliveries!!

09/04/2022

When was the last time you had a 'love' meal. A handmade meal made by you
for your one and only, your family or for your eyes only after a busy week, like this lamb cutlets + salad for 1 😋🥗

07/04/2022

A handful of happpiness 🌸🌸🌸
One of my favourites is the petite carambola flower { I am besotted by these tiny florals 😍 } which quickly transform into another favourite tropical fruit 'carambola' or 'star fruit'

05/04/2022

Grab your weekly salad goodies every Wednesday morning at the 🌿🌻☘
The perfect combo with All this for under $30 😋🥗

30/03/2022

Helloooo beautiful 🤩 You cannot get more classy than with micro basil { that aroma 🌈 } pair with sweet or savoury for a classic heartwarming flavour bomb 🌿💚💜

24/03/2022

Happy FriYay Blue River lovers ☀️🌊🎉 The weekend forecast is good food, friends, and great memories!! Let me know what your up to { and most important what yummy food your making }

15/03/2022

Goodmorning Macktown ☀️🌿 See you at the till 10.30 at our beautiful Blue Water Quay !! Lots of goodies today + all your favourites 💛

12/03/2022

Save the Date!!! For a one-of-a-kind Foodie experience in June🌿🦀

Mark those calendars 📅 because you don’t want to double book yourself for 24-26 June 2022.

The St Lawrence Wetlands Weekend is back! 🤩🥳

Our favourites are returning, so you won’t want to miss Matt Golinski and Costa Georgiadis, plus the live entertainment, workshops, market stalls, cultural experiences and so much more.

With a new (and more convenient location!), join us in June to experience the St Lawrence township as it flourishes into one of the biggest calendar events in Central Queensland.

Kick off your long weekend with a game of barefoot bowls, enjoy the live entertainment and delicious food before getting stuck into creative workshops, wetlands tours, cultural and environmental learnings and so much more.

🎟 Tickets go on sale early April with general admission, workshops and camping tickets available!

Head over to https://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/community/wetlands-weekend for more information or find the event on Facebook by clicking the link below to stay up to date.

👉👉 https://fb.me/e/1C8kUXkVE

12/03/2022

The many colours of our Radish Blend ~ fresh + local + fabulous { always } Pimp your weekend salads, burgers and platters with beautiful produce grown with love 💜💚 { find yours at now 😍🌿 }

01/02/2022

Beautiful fresh food is always a great idea 😋🌻💚 You can find these goodies every Wednesday at !! 6.30-10.30 every week { Yay }

31/01/2022

Eeeek our very first market for 2022 on tomorrow 6.30-10.30 🥳😍 We will have plenty of your favourite salad blends + broccoli + sunflower shoots to pimp your new year salads!! PLUS bring your grocery basket + pick up a bundle of weekday items from Mackay's only local produce market!! That means the stall you shop with is your local farmer/artisan/maker!! NOTHING transported up in a truck here 🐣🐝🐟🐄🍄🌻🌱🍍🍌🍉🥦🌽🍞🍩🥤🐂

Mackay's ONLY mid week fresh produce & sustainable living markets are back!

Start writing your shopping list & catch us this & every Wednesday.

Don't forget to bring your reusable coffee cups, produce bags, bread bags and grocery bags!
See you all on Wednesday.

Proserpine Herbs & Vegetable Seedlings
Amanda Liu
Mount Jukes Family Farm
Blue River Microgreens
MAD Cow Coffee Mackay

Bakehouse
Zelenka Farms
Dave the Banana Man
Mackay Sugar Rush
Water Kefir Mackay
Eungella Finger Limes
Deepgully Farm
Shore Fresh Seafood
Healthy Clean and Green
BeeGood Wax Wraps
Ventons Tropical Blooms
Pure n Natural Honey
Gracie B Pet Treats

18/01/2022

Going all starry eyed for these purples + greens 🤩💜💚
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They are not wrong when they say we eat with our eyes...microgreens are not only a powerhouse full of fresh nutrients but a beautiful addition to your weekday salads { yum yum 😋🥗 }

13/01/2022

Happy Friday 💙🌊 May your weeks end be full of happiness + good health ♡ Naomi

11/01/2022

Who's the fairest of them all 👸🌿 Our curly cress is by far the prettiest of them all { look at those little frills ☆☆☆☆☆ }
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If your a chef looking to use more local produce this year ~ get in touch!!
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Our microgreens and shoots come harvested + packaged the day of delivery + ready to plate { saving you time, space in your fridge and waste }