About Us

the host
Gareth and Jamie

We established The Olde Creamery in 2016, after purchasing our home and working together to create our dream. Now we welcome you to come and stay in our own patch of paradise. We have a passion for food, creativity and gardening, which together work to create the oasis that The Olde Creamery is. We look forward to meeting you when you visit us at The Olde Creamery!

Timeline
TIMELINE

A short story about The Olde Creamery

March 2012
March 2012 after meeting online, Gareth finally plucked up the courage to meet Jamie and they met on a park bench in Cohuna. A romantic meal of chips & gravy were shared!
June 2016
June 2016, following the passing of Jamie’s Nan in the UK who had bequeathed him enough money to pay for the deposit and initial renovations. The Boys purchased what was to become The Olde Creamery. The place felt like our home to moment we drove up the driveway and we left the viewing with our offer accepted.
July 2016
July 2016, the day of settlement arrived and with it a massive storm which felled a huge gum tree which had stood in the back garden. Guests can still see it remains, which the boys crafted into a pond and water feature.
July to Nov 2016
Many KM’s driven each weekend, many KFC’s consumed and many nights camping on the floor as we left our rental and jobs in Swan Hill and came to TOC to renovate the whole house. Surprising no arguments occurred from memory, despite Jamie’s impatience and constantly moving onto another project before Gareth had finished the first.
Nov 2017
As a joke Jamie listed the property on Airbnb, thinking “who the hell would want to come and stay in the middle of Waaia”…how wrong he was!!
March 2021
The Olde Creamery product range commenced.
Our vision

Our ethic and vision for our company is simple…. contentment!

To us both it was important that the goal we set at the beginning was to deliver contentment, firstly to ourselves and to our customer base. To ourselves this means we continually work towards creating a diverse product range which eventually will allow us both to work for ourselves, whilst fulfilling both our passions/interests and career aspirations.

To our customers it means producing the best products we can so that when you buy a jar of our relish, not only does it tase amazing – you know that you are supporting a small local business with a small supply chain beneath us! The same applies to our Dahlia plants, we grow each one as if we were planting it in our own garden! Doing everything we can to ensure each tuber/plant continues to WOW bloom by bloom, year by year!

Our farm is joining the growing network of local micro flower farms in Australia, who, as collective now bring to the market an abundance and diversity of Australian Grown seasonal flowers. This reduces the number of flowers being imported from overseas (cold stored for several months, fumigated/preserved with numerous chemicals and sometimes artificially scented/coloured), and the significant carbon footprint imported flowers create is immense.

Purchasing from small scale passionate farmers, you will soon experience the difference this delivers. Blooms that will last longer in your home and plants that will be stronger and better acclimatised to our climates. Additionally, your purchase helps to support the economy of your local communities.

We care about the footprint we leave as a business and where possible have implemented sustainable practices into our business model. This includes not only using offset carbon emissions through our preferred shipping partner, but also through a monthly donation to Greening Australia (equivalent to our grid drawn average electricity usage). All our packaging has been carefully selected to ensure that it can be either biodegraded, composted, or recycled. This even includes our sticky tape and packaging noodles.

If this wasn’t enough! We also provide education and support to the community through our workshop presentations, online forums and individually through our after sales discussions.

We hope that a purchase from us, leaves you as “contented” as we do producing it!

Thank you for your support.