The Shed Collective Farmers' Market and Venue — Local services in Waitākere Ranges

The Shed Collective offers great vibes 💃 and gorgeous 😲 local produce at their farmers’ market!

They have thirty stallholders, including three organic and spray-free fruit 🥝🍎🍋 and vegetable 🥔🍆🍅🥕 vendors, microgreens, hot food, different breads 🍞 amazing baked treats, organic tea, alternative meat and cheese 🧀 freshly squeezed organic juice🍹and tonics, flowers 💐 plants, hummus and dips, deli goods, smoothies, barista coffee ☕️from Mt Atkinson, and so much more!

Bring a blanket to sit on, or use one of (the very few) benches, and enjoy 😊 the beautiful garden that surrounds the market and live music. Dogs 🐕 are always welcome!

The market is heavily geared towards sustainability, eco-friendliness 🌏 vegans, vegetarians, organic, and alternative produce. They had some amazing cheese 🧀 made from nuts 🥜 and some very true to original "meat" made from pea flour. They have dairy free ice cream🍦and fudge made from coconut milk. It was great to see so many alternatives 👍

I had a delicious 😋 Chelsea (cinnamon) bun 😉 and insanely good coffee ☕️

The only issue is that you are not allowed 🚫 to park at the market, because the available parking is for a restaurant 🍽 and a curio shop that are also there. You have to park on the roadside 🚗🚗🚕🚕🚕🚗 which has very limited parking. People started parking from 7:30am, even though the market only opens at 8:30am 😲 It created a bit of chaos 🚕🚗🚗🚕 with people having to walk quite far🚶‍♀️Then you have to go down this very long, steep, potholed, gravel road 😳

Apart from that, it's a lovely market to explore...

This is a fantastic venue for hosting small parties of around 40-50 people. We organised a gender reveal party here, and our guests absolutely loved the place! The owners were friendly, easy to communicate with, and provided detailed information about the booking process.

The interior of the building seems to have been recently renovated and has a tropical garden vibe, which was exactly what we were looking for. It looked amazing once we added our food and decorations to the provided tables. A great bonus is that the venue provides a freezer and fridge, which was very convenient for storing our cake and drinks. The booking also included access to an outdoor area with a large shaded tree, making it a great spot for guests to relax and perfect for hosting a ceremony.

One thing to note is that the building can get quite hot during summer, so it might be better suited for winter or evening events. Adding air conditioning would be a great improvement. I would also like to mention that if the owner could provide customers with a floor plan during the booking process, it would be very helpful for planning how to arrange decorations and other items.

The booking process was smooth and worry-free. All we had to do was arrive and leave on time, and take our own garbage with us – the cleaning was included in the booking fee.

Highly recommend this venue for...

Some nice stalls etc. However I would say about two thirds of people there not wearing masks. Fine outside I suppose but most people inside the building weren't wearing masks either! This despite having a security guard outside the door who said he didn't need to see a vax pass. If not enforcing masks inside or vax pass then why have someone there? It was also really crowded inside which made it a really unsafe environment. Guess they don't care about covid protocols. Go to Grey Lynn market instead, they are super onto it with their...