Veg Out, St Kilda


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Market Info
When: 
1st Saturday of every month
Where: 
Peanut Farm Reserve, Chaucer Street , St Kilda
Time: 
8:30am - 1pm
Cost: 
Free Entry
Contact Person: 
Don Linke - T: 0407 411198
Contact Person: 
Miranda Sharp - T: 0429 146 627
www.vegout.asn.au
Getting There
Melways Reference: 
2P B9
Tram: 
Route 16 - Stop 138-Luna Park/The Esplanade
Bus: 
600 bus towards Southland SC - Stop Barkly St/Mitford St
Bus: 
922 bus towards Southland SC - Stop Barkly St/Mitford St
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Veg Out Community Gardens began in 1998 on the site of the abandoned St Kilda bowling club that was about to be developed into a carpark. It is a non-profit, voluntary group comprised of local residents and community organizations who share the site made up of 150 garden plots. The initiative to create the Veg Out Farmers’ Market has resulted from demand from the local St Kilda community and support from City of Port Phillip.

Nearby Acland Street is a busy inner suburban shopping strip and designated tourist precinct, but no longer has a greengrocer or butcher leaving residents no choice but to rely on the two multi-national supermarkets for their household shopping. The similarities with the needs of other inner urban communities and the success of other farmers’ markets in similar demographics in Melbourne have made VOFM a local identity.