Looking to shower your loved ones with local this Valentine’s Day? Whether for a partner, best Galentine or your kids, Nova Scotian Farmers’ Markets are full of sweet ideas! Find a farmers’ market near you here.
Chocolate
Hot Chocolate Bombs all are the rage, and make a fun gift for kids and kids at heart. Find hot chocolate bombs from:
Gourmandise Avenue – at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market.
Truffle Bar Chocolates – vendor at Mabou Farmers’ Market during their season, find them via their Facebook Page.
Melicious Chocolat – available online via Truro Farmers’ Market.
Ducky Mousse Catering – available online via New Glasgow Farmers’ Market.
Baked With Love NS – available at the Cape Breton Farmers’ Market
You’ll also find beautiful boxed chocolates and chocolate bars at Nova Scotian Farmers’ Markets in unique flavours, like Ramblewood Herbal Chocolates, available through the Novalea Farmers’ Market in-person store, Feral Chocolate & Herbals selection, Chaga, Cinnamon & Cardamom Chocolate Bar available through the Halifax Brewery Market’s Neighbourhood Goods General Store, and Lunenburg Rum Cakes own White Chocolate, Cranberries, Orange & Pistachio bark (aka Kaulbach Street), available through the Lunenburg Farmers’ Market’s online store.
Flowers
Local flowers are few and far between at this time of year, but skip the roses and give the gift of weeks of local flowers to look forward to! Truro Farmers’ Market vendor Bountiful Brookfield Blooms has opened their floral CSA for the season, and Hubbard’s Farmers’ Market vendor Meguma Meadows still has a few spots available in their 2021 Tulip Share, which includes four weekly instalments of their specialty cut tulips.
Two Birds One Stone Farm Floral CSA serves the Valley with twenty-eight glorious weeks of local, seasonal flowers delivered straight to your door. They also offer weekly, bi-weekly and by month subscriptions available for pickup in HRM, Dartmouth, Windsor, Bedford, Tantallon, Wolfville, Canning, Berwick and Kingston via WFM2Go, the Wolfville Farmers’ Market’s online ordering service.
Plants
If your loved one isn’t a fan of cut flowers, why not give the gift of a plant that will last the year round, like a string of hearts plant or pink succulent from Woodlands & Meadows, or a heart shaped sweetheart hoya plant from Ragged Robin Farm and Nursery. If they have a green thumb, a package of floral seeds from Cochrane Family Farm, vendors at the Musquodoboit Harbour Farmers’ Market and Truro Farmers’ Market, or some veggie seeds from Yonder Hill Farm paired with a bag of Fert N’ Fibre’s quality llama fertilizer Llama Beans (yes, poo) will win the way to their heart.
Body Care
There are so many fun heart themed soaps made by farmers’ market vendors, like goat’s milk soaps by Green Oaks Nubians vendor at Truro Farmers’ Market. Try cocoa butter bath cookies from Osha Mae Soap, vendor at Halifax Seaport Market and Halifax Brewery Market’s Neighbourhood Goods General Store. These little hearts fizz & and melt organic cocoa butter into your warm bath leaving your skin silky smooth & nourished!
Looking to relax? WFM2Go is offering a Relaxation Package, including chocolate, wine, face mask, body oil, and a Beard Box, which includes rummed cider, bakery treats, aftershave and more! Contents will be delivered wrapped in a heart-stamped paper bag, ready to gift!
Charcuterie
There’s nothing more delicious than sharing charcuterie with your loved one this Valentine’s Day. Skip doing dishes and order one of many charcuterie board options from a local farmers’ market. Halifax Brewery Market offers both traditional and vegan options for pre-order and pick up or for delivery.
The Wolfville Farmers’ Market is offering Charcuterie Boxes through their online ordering service, WFM2Go, which can be ordered for delivery to your nearest pick up point, from the Valley to HRM.
Decor
Say I love you with fun love themed decor, like this metal art from Upcycled at the New Glasgow Farmers’ Market, who reimagine old items into something new. Every piece is made by hand and no two are the same, for your one-of-a-kind love!
Want flowers that will last for years for come? We love these felted merino wool flowers from Felt Like Painting available online from the Antigonish Farmers’ Market.
Looking for some Valentine themed decor? This adorable Hanging Hearts Felt Garland from at the Prospect Farmers’ Market‘s online store is a fun way to get your home into the holiday spirit.
Wine
Go festive with a rose like this Planters Ridge Rose with hints of strawberry, or choose a bubbly, like this Haskap Bubbly from Domaine de Grand Pre or this Brut Rose from Benjamin Bridge.
