Meet Our Makers: Our Local Honey Producers

Honey is one of the simplest ways to taste where you live. Its flavour changes with whatever the bees have been feeding on, so a jar from down the road tastes nothing like one from across the country. That's why we stock three local honeys at Woodville.

Beekeeping has deep roots around here. Back in 1893, the Hunter River Apiary at Largs, near where the Hunter and Paterson rivers meet, kept around 100 hives. Its bees fed on the willows along the riverbanks, on fruit blossom, and on crops grown on the river flats.

Largs Honey

More than a century later, Largs is still making honey. Mark Giffen got started after moving to Largs and finding his neighbour kept bees. He now tends his own hives on his property there, producing raw, unprocessed honey, from straight-from-the-hive honey to creamed honey and flavoured varieties like creamed ginger, macadamia and lavender.

Heather's Honey and Blake Family Honey

Heather's Honey and Blake Family Honey have both supplied our store for many years, and both keep their hives locally. They're a big part of why honey has long been one of our most local products on the shelf.

Every batch is a little different, depending on the season and what's flowering, so it's worth trying all three. You'll find them on our shelves at Woodville.