Illawarra Green Directory
Food Glorious Food
- Flame Tree Community Food Co-op)
The Flame Tree Community Co-op is estbalishing a shop front in Thirroul to provide bulk, local, organic wholefoods to the wider community. The Co-op will provide a space for the community to volunteer in return for discounted food based on their level of input.
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Organic 4 Life, Lake Heights
'Organic 4 Life' Organic Grocery Store stocking fresh fruit and veggies, dried foods, personal care products and more. There’s also a Health and Wellbeing Centre running a range of activities including meditation classes, massage and reflexology.
Shop 5, Lake Heights Plaza, 20-22 Weringa Avenue, Lake Heights
Open – 11am – 6pm Monday – Friday, 10am – 2pm Saturday, closed Sunday and Public Holiday
Phone: (02) 4276 3880
- Manic Organic Whole Foods, Woonona
Manic Organic’s grocery range includes fresh fruit and veggies, dried and refrigerated whole foods and personal care products. And you can take your own container along for the dried foods!
409 Princess Hwy Woonona NSW 2517
Phone: (02) 4285 9875
- Santos Natural Food Store (delivers Australia wide)
Based in Byron Bay on the NSW North Coast, Santos is a local community owned enterprise. They can deliver organic and natural non-perishable foods and personal care products Australia wide. Put in an order with family and friends to share postage costs!
Phone: 1300-855534
- Berry Wood-fired Sourdough Bakery, Berry
Specialising in hand crafted organic sourdough breads, here you can also enjoy eating in the cafe, and purchase seasonal organic dips, dry goods, and veggies supplied by local food producers. Breads are also sold at the Friday markets in Wollongong Crown Street Mall.
23 Prince Alfred Street, Berry
Open: 8am – 6pm Wednesday – Saturday, 8am – 4:30pm Sunday.
Phone (02) 4464 1617
www.sourdough.com.au/bakery/berry
- The Red Kitchen Catering
The Red Kitchen aims to use wherever possible natural organic products,and their food is lovingly hand made. Focusing on minimal harm to the environment they also compost, recycle, bulk purchase, buy Green Power, and have water saving devices and energy efficient lightbulbs. In addition The Red Kitchen provides 100% certified organic bio-plates, and other products such as cutlery and cups are made from either bamboo,cornstarch or sugarcane.
Phone: Caroline Pontello 0418 263 237 or 02 4294 9421
Email: theredkitchen@iprimus.com.au
- Food Fairness Illawarra, meets in Wollongong
This voluntary, not-for-profit group is working to ensure that everyone in our community has fair access to healthy food. An advocate for food issues, Food Fairness Illawarra meets bi-monthly on Tuesdays at 1:30pm in Wollongong. Contact Healthy Cities Illawarra at:
36 Auburn Street, Wollongong
Phone: (02) 4226 5000
- Local Farmers Markets
See http://www.sustainableillawarra.com.au/Sustainable-Food.html
Healthy, Eco Friendly Homes and Gardens
- Wormifert, Corrimal
Max Norden sells high quality worm castings, as well as worms to set up your worm farm system.
Phone: 0414 733 823
Email: mnorden@iprimus.com.au
- Mandala Gardens - Backyard Farming
Creation of sustainable human environments using permaculture principles, specialising in vegie gardens, food forest/orchards, integrated animal forage systems, water harvesting & re-use and micro-climate control. Offering design, construction and maintenance services. Based in Corrimal and opperating between Southern Sydney and Ulladulla.
Phone Matt: 0450 484 118
Email: matt@mandalagardens.com.au
- Green Habits - Eco store
The only eco store in the Illawarra with a shop front, Green Habits sell a large range of eco products through their store in Helensburgh, and also at local markets.
Address: 2/111 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Park
Phone: 4294 9448
Email: maree@greenhabit.com.au
- Eco Manifesto - Online eco store based in Gerringong
Eco Manifesto sells a range ofsustainable living products online and at local markets.
- Eco Depot – Online eco store based in Woonona
You’ll find funky recycled homewares, stationary, eco gift ideas etc. at Eco Depot.
Phone: (02) 4283 8232
Recycled Building Materials and Timbers
Coasties Big Shed sells timbers, doors, windows, flooring, roofing, metals, plumbing, carpets…all sorts of building materials. If you’re renovating or building and have materials you no longer need, but someone else might, Coasties will pick them up free of charge from Kiama to Helensburgh.
1 Collins Street, Corrimal (North Wollongong). Along the railway line, 500m North of Corrimal Station between the Expressway and the Railway.
Open: 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm Saturday
Phone: 42 83 8366
- Sustainable native forest timber and furniture
Julian Voorwinden is a local producer of sustainable native forest timber and furniture, located in Foxground. Timber is harvested mostly from trees which have blown down in the wind on his property, or neighbouring properties.
Phone: 0418 272 315
- Black Diamond Timber
Specialises in 100% recycled timber products such as slabs and craft timber, pegs, stakes and fencing. Also offers onsite milling services and timber brokerage.
Stuart M Bennet, Lot 1 Yok Rd (next to style taps), Woonona NSW, Phone: 0407 251 448
- David Vitney Tree & Yard Service
Sells locally harvested and milled timber slabs from trees in the Illawarra that have been cut down for purposes other than pure timber harvesting e.g. saftey, new buildings.
Phone: 42 675 103,Mobile: 0408 620 784
