Aratula Harvest Market

16/05/2026

What an awesome day!! It was so good seeing so many of you here. Thank you all for your support and kindness, I’m so grateful to be a part of such an amazing community.

Congratulations to Seek with Neeks for winning the fruit & veg box! We had a tie, so popped the guesses back in the box and chose one. Pumpkin weighed in at 3.704kg, with Neek (and a few others) guessing at 3.7kg.

Thanks again to Helen from for coming in and setting up so everyone could have a taste of her goodies.

So full of gratitude after today.

To everyone who took photos with myself (Lou) and of the store today, please tag us so we can see them!

14/05/2026

13/05/2026

Only 2 more sleeps!

We’re very excited for our Grand Opening this Saturday and can’t wait to welcome you all.

Our main event will run from 9am-2pm, but we’ll still be open as usual from 7am-5pm.

On the day you can expect:
- Fresh, local produce
- Local milk & bread
- Locally made old school sweets
- Fruit & Veg tasting stations
- Rosella tasting station (jam, paste, syrup)
- Fresh Protea flowers
- Guess the pumpkin weight (to win a fruit and veg box valued at $50)
- Ready to cook veg packs

Come check us out, have a little bite to eat and make sure to pop over to our neighbouring Cafe and Bakery for a coffee or sweet treat and support local 🫶🏼

We’re still growing and adding more products each week, but can’t wait for you all to see how we’re looking so far.

11/05/2026

GRAND OPENING — THIS SATURDAY!

We’re so excited to officially announce the grand opening of Aratula Harvest Market this Saturday the 16th!

The support from the community over the last 2 weeks has been amazing. Thank you to everyone who has stopped in, shared a kind word, recommended us to friends, or simply been patient while we continue settling in and growing the store. We truly appreciate it more than you know.

We’ll be sharing more about the day over the coming week, so keep an eye out!

06/05/2026

For those who haven’t met me yet, hi! I’m Lou, the owner here at Aratula Harvest Market.

I just wanted to jump on and say a huge thank you to everyone for the support so far. The response from the community has honestly been amazing, and I’m incredibly grateful for how welcoming and encouraging everyone has been over the past week.

We are still settling in, learning what everyone loves, and filling the shelves more and more each day. We’ll be fully stocked again after lunch tomorrow with more fresh produce and pantry items arriving, plus a few new items coming in due to popular demand 👀

We’re working hard behind the scenes to build relationships with local farmers and suppliers so we can continue growing and improving every week.

Thank you again for your support and kind words, and thank you for shopping local while we continue setting everything up. It truly means the world to us, and we’re so excited to keep growing with the community 🫶🏼

29/04/2026

Here are our trading hours!
We are closed Wednesdays for the time being, but plan to be 7 days in the near future. We will let you know when this changes ☺️

25/04/2026

We don’t want to keep you waiting any longer!

Our doors will be open this Monday from 7am 🥦

We’re still finishing off a few parts of the store and locking in local suppliers, so please bear with us while we get everything just right. In the meantime, we would love for you to pop in and say hi, have a look around and let us know what you think!

Our main focus to start with has been the fresh fruit and veg, but we’re open to suggestions on what else you’d like to see here.

See you all soon!

18/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who’s applied to be part of our team!

We’re still looking for a casual all-rounder to join us.
Must have a forklift ticket.

Starting around 15 hours a week, with the opportunity to grow.

Bit of everything role: receiving stock, produce handling, helping out at registers when needed etc.

If that sounds like you, send us a message or email at [email protected]

28/03/2026

A little update for you all!

For those who don’t know me yet, I’m Lou, the owner of Aratula Harvest Market.

Opening the shop has been a big project, and I’ve been working hard behind the scenes to bring it all together. The shop has been closed for some time now, and I know a lot of people are excited to see it open again. So am I!

At the moment, it’s mostly just me getting everything up and running, with help where I can get it. So there’s been plenty of early mornings, late nights, and work both in and outside the shop to bring it back to life.

There’s been a lot of sanding, staining and painting, removing old fridges, getting cold rooms back up and running etc. and it’s finally starting to come together!

It’s getting very close now… opening day is coming very soon 👀

I can’t wait to open the doors and share it with you all!

Thank you for your patience, I promise it’ll be worth the wait 🌱

14/03/2026

We heard you 👀

After reading all your comments and suggestions on our last post, we’re working behind the scenes to bring as many of them to life as we can!

We can’t wait to welcome you all!

Opening very soon! follow our page for more updates 🥕

07/03/2026

As we get ready to open the doors to Aratula Harvest Market, we’d love to hear from our community!

Our main focus will always be fresh, local fruit & vegetables, but we’d also like to stock a few convenient everyday staples.

If you were stopping in to grab your fruit and veg, what other items would you love to be able to pick up while you’re here?

Let us know in the comments!