Spring weather has officially hit southern Alberta, and with warm weather comes gardening season. With COVID-19 impacting businesses of all avenues, Lethbridge County garden centres and vegetable markets have had to adjust.
Paul De Jonge has owned and operated Broxburn Vegetables and Café since 1994. He said there is no other place like it in the area. “Broxburn Vegetables has always been kind of a destination,” he said. “The food in the café, of course, reflects what we grow here.
We have a ‘you-pick’ strawberry farm so a lot of families in the summertime want to come out and pick strawberries.” However, due to COVID-19 health concerns, De Jonge said he has closed the café and limited customers who shop in the store for peppers, eggplants,