The Tomato and Garlic Festival was held one day before all public gatherings above 500 people must stop, but coronavirus fears weren't keeping people away.
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Tasmanian Natural Garlic and Tomatoes farmer Rebecca Reed said numbers seemed down on previous years, but the event was taking precautions like not running tastings and a 'you touch it you buy it' policy.
There were plenty of customers for their over 100 tomato varieties and 15 garlic varieties.
Her top pick was the Spanish Rojo garlic cultivar: "it's got a strong spicy flavour which I love," she said.
It wasn't all tomatoes and garlic: Christopher Walkden was at the festival selling carnivorous plants, an interest of his since childhood.
The pitcher plants, venus fly traps and sundews feed on insects they ensnare through various natural trickery, and they grow well in the Tasmanian climate, he said.
"This is the only market that I do these days because it's so good compared to all the others - the clientele are all here to look at plants."
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Frances Vinall
Frances Vinall is a journalist at The Examiner, Launceston. Contact her at frances.vinall@examiner.com.au
Frances Vinall is a journalist at The Examiner, Launceston. Contact her at frances.vinall@examiner.com.au
