Roadside stalls are booming, with 45,000 members in one group alone
Nestled away in the Adelaide Hills are dozens of roadside stalls dedicated to local produce including baked goods and bouquets — and business is both booming and blooming.
Elise McCallum is among those selling goods on the roadside in the Adelaide Hills. (ABC News: Ashlin Blieschke)
Roadside stalls have become hugely popular in South Australia's Adelaide Hills.
Owners say having a roadside stall has helped to grow their small businesses, or get them started.
A social media group has attracted 45,000 members and is continuing to grow.
Like many people in the pandemic, Elise McCallum started baking sourdough.
But she never thought she would have a booming business selling it on the side of the road.
Nestled away in the winding streets of Cudlee Creek in South Australia's Adelaide Hills sits a stall stocked with freshly baked loaves.
"But I sold one loaf, and then one loaf turned into 10 loaves.
Ms McCallum sells a variety of baked sourdough goods. (ABC News: Ashlin Blieschke)
The stall is one among more than 100 tucked away in the Adelaide Hills and the broader outer Adelaide region, and the movement is gaining attention.
A Facebook group dedicated to roadside stalls in the area has more than 45,000 members, with stallholders posting details of the products they sell, and people seeking out places to visit.
A map has been created to help people navigate roadside stalls in the Adelaide Hills and beyond. (Facebook: Adelaide Hills Roadside Stalls)
Diligent users have also created an interactive online map, detailing where stalls are, what they sell and other helpful information.
Ms McCallum said it was great to see so many roadside stalls popping up, and said the group was helpful for her business.
About 30 kilometres away, as the crow flies, is Natasha Trimper's stall, which is stocked with locally grown fresh flowers in a homely street in Mount Barker.
Ms Trimper agreed that she loved seeing more roadside stalls popping up around the region.
Natasha Trimper's business has grown since she started selling flowers on the roadside. (ABC News: Ashlin Blieschke)
She started selling flowers out of her garage, and decided to put out some bunches in a stall near her home.
"Since the stand has been out, and putting ourselves on Google Maps … we get a lot more traffic with people just driving past," she said.
"I want everyone to be happy with the flowers, I want everyone to have flowers and not have to spend a fortune just so they can celebrate a birthday or an event or just so they can have flowers in the kitchen."
Ms Trimper grows a lot of her own flowers. (ABC News: Ashlin Blieschke)
She said she had managed to keep the costs down by growing most of her own flowers, and by tidying neighbours' gardens and using tr
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