MARKETS - So fresh with Sophie

Have you experienced the sweetness and crunch of your own home-grown salad and the enjoyment of eating the freshest of food?

Montville Market can help you get started with some biodynamic seedlings grown by Sophie.Under the name Sophie’s Seedlings, these are grown with love, care and attention to every detail.  

You can choose your favourite salad or vegetables individually. If you don’t have a vegetable garden, why not set up a group of patio pots, ensuring a fresh supply of leaves to pop in a hearty winter soup?  

Supplying fresh produce is not easy. Sophie lost her entire crop earlier in the year with severe storms. Yet she is undeterred, working in all sorts of weather – lots of rain of late - with a smile on her face.  

Sophie joined Montville Market back at the end of 2023, taking over the business previously known as Earthsong Enterprises. She has continued to offer a wide range of herbs, vegetables and flowers and keeps her business low-waste by wrapping seedlings in newspaper rather than plastic pots. This fits in nicely with the Montville Market focus on minimising waste.

“My favourite aspect about running Sophie’s Seedlings is helping people with their gardening questions and encouraging people to grow their own food,” shares Sophie.

“I also love doing the kitchen garden with the kids from Montville State School. So much excitement!”

Sophie has a band of devoted regular customers and publishes a popular newsletter.  As well as selling seedlings at markets, she runs pruning workshops, does permaculture designs and guest speaking. 

“I have loved gardening for years but started to grow my own food about ten years ago. I would say I have developed my knowledge through a mix of trial and error, Youtube videos, books and study.”

Sophie is a regular at the monthly Montville Market, where she is joined by a range of local plant and produce stalls. She loves being a stallholder at the market, “The pancakes are delicious and the market vollies are so helpful.”

Come and visit them all at one of our upcoming markets – Saturday June 14, Saturday July 12, and Saturday August 9