Chin Chin Farm is the only commercial lavender farm located in the Macedon Ranges. A family-owned business, Chin Chin Farm is dedicated to sustainable farming practices and cultivates exquisite culinary grade lavender varieties and bushfoods. With a commitment to regenerative agriculture and the highest quality products, Chin Chin Farm offers a range of Australian native and lavender-infused foods and experiences for nature lovers, and those seeking unique flavours.

Wildwood Organics is a 2 acre garden situated in the foothills of the Macedon Ranges. Wildwood Organics is a certified organic market garden growing over 50 different vegetables, many being heirloom varieties. Ben grows his vegetable in the black volcanic clay soil. This soil has many challenges, but produces nutrient rich, colourful vegetables which are full of flavour, with an amazing shelf life. Each vegetable is planted by hand, weeded and harvested by hand. It’s a super labour intensive job, but the people of Melbourne come to queue up at Farmers Market to grab some of Ben’s veggies every Saturday and Sunday.

Like her flock, Madelaine was born and raised in the Macedon Ranges. She began producing organic eggs as part of her home education curriculum at the age of eight in 2001. Years of hard work gave her the knowledge and experience to grow Madelaine’s Eggs to a thriving business supplying high-quality eggs to the Melbourne food bowl. Madelaine’s eggs are NASAA certified organic, which means the chicken must be free-range, be fed certified organic feed – feed which has no added hormones, or antibiotics – and not exposed to any artificial fertilisers or pesticides on the pasture or in the grains the chickens eat. Due to the strict certification regulations and unlike most free-range chooks or ‘barn laid’ chickens, Madelaine’s certified organic chicks must also be fed organic feed from the moment they hatch. Madelaine raises her chicks from 24 hours old, in the farms orchards. As they grow, they are moved out into the grassy paddocks and put into a rotational grazing system where each Chicken can forage from sun up to sundown with her chicken friends guarded by a Maremma Dog. Madeleine‘s eggs are bigger than normal eggs and you can definitely taste the difference!