One of Ontario's prettiest outdoor markets, the Elora Farmers' Market, can be found during the summer months in beautiful Bissell Park on the banks of the Grand River in Elora.
Food and Farm Gate
In a region surrounded by nature and rich agricultural land, buying local is a way of life. Our neighbours are the farmers who grow and raise our food, chefs prepare it for us and family run stores sell it to us to cook up in our own kitchens.
For a full list of food and farm experiences, check out the award-winning culinary tourism program, Taste Real!
Here is a list of places that will get you started on local food:
The award winning culinary tourism program, Taste Real promotes local food in Wellington County.
Sip a taste of an award winning selection of fine wines at Cox Creek Cellars. A retail store, in the heart of the vineyard just south of Fergus, offers visitors a chance to sample wines and purchase their favourites.
A visit to Harmony Meadows Alpaca Farmin Belwood will give you the opportunity to meet and find out more about these curious animals. Stop by their shop for warm socks and sweaters made from the Alpaca yarn.
Visit Best Baa Dairy in Fergus for quality, gourmet sheep milk products. Nutritious, delicious and local!!
Located in Bissell Park, KIPPElora has built and runs a genuine wood oven – cooking up delicious pizza and other baked treats!
Wicked Welly Farm and Apiary is a family-run farm in Belwood with a goal to farm using sustainable, environmentally friendly practices and provide healthy, local products to our community.
The Fieldstone Barn is Elora’s newest venue offering an exclusive 17-acre farm where elegance meets nature. Spend your day surrounded by breathtaking flower fields, lush gardens, and our historic 170-year-old stone barn. It makes the perfect backdrop for any occasion.
Gerries Garden Centre and Farm Market
Gerries Garden Centre and Farm Market is a family business operating a farm store. It is your one stop shop in Elora for great food and products year-round! We have a Garden Centre in the spring carrying garden seeds, soils, fertilizers, bedding plants, hanging baskets, and much more! We also produce and retail fresh local fruit and produce while it’s in season. We carry quality cuts of grass-fed Angus beef that’s raised locally, drug free chicken, turkey and pork. We also carry local summer sausage, farm fresh eggs, local maple syrup, natural honey, jams and preserves.
We sell fresh veggies, spring plants, frozen meats, eggs, and some prepared foods such as lasagna.
Fall decor with mums, pumpkins and more. Sweet corn picked fresh daily when in season. Strawberries when in season.
Elora & Fergus Tourism Information Centre
10 East Mill St, Elora
Ontario, Canada, N0B 1S0
Phone: 519.846.9691 x382
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