Baskets on hay bales at the entrance belie the sophisticated offerings in this venue, which stocks designer vegetables and quail eggs. It also showcases robustly mature cheddar and Stilton from Chrissie Briscoe's For Real Cheese and divine goat innovations and blues from the specialist Indezi River Cheese Company

This veteran market has moved from the Bird Sanctuary to the banks of the Duzi River in a picturesque old-Maritzburg setting with easier access and more parking. Regulars wait in the dark in winter to raid the 85 stalls (18 of which feature farm fruit and vegetables), which are often decimated by the end of the dawn sortie.

Come and join us at the Zigzag Farm Family Country Fair in the Shongweni Valley every last Sunday of the month! It’s the place to be for meeting and greeting, shopping and eating – we have it all! On offer: beautiful arts and crafts for those special occasion presents, a variety of gifts for yourself and your home, clothing, shoes, books, aromatherapy, lovely goodies for the garden and from the garden, preserves, nuts and dried fruits, confectionaries and baked delights, biltong, fresh herbs and the list goes on and on! We also have delicious takeaways galore, locally brewed beers and locally produced wines! Entertaiment: live music, and for the kids; clowns / facepainters / balloon twisters, jumping castle, zorba balls and ponies! Time: 9am to 3pm! See you there – it’s for the whole family!