If you’re ready for some homegrown goodness but don’t have a garden, you’re in luck. Saturday marks the opening weekend of this year’s Clarkesville’s Farmers Market.
The market will again be located next to Old Clarkesville Mill at 683 Grant Street. It will be open on Saturdays – May 7 through September 30 – from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The market will be closed on Saturday, May 21 for the Mountain Laurel Festival.
Now in its fifth year, the Clarkesville Farmers Market is unique in that it’s a certified chemical-free outdoor market. According to board member Linda Davis, CFM’s mission is to connect farmers and artisans with community members in a way that promotes the health of citizens, the local economy, and the environment. “What we grow is what we sell on Saturdays,” she says.
There are up to 15 vendors participating in this year’s market. Each week they’ll be offering a variety of fresh local produce and handcrafted items. In addition, you’ll find plants, fresh cut flowers, baked goods, raw honey, jams and jellies and farm fresh eggs. Emphasizing the market’s local nature, Davis says, “All the vendors live less than a quarter tank of gas from the market.”
She says the market does not receive any city, state or federal funding. It operates solely off of vendor fees and sponsorships.
Now Habersham is a proud sponsor of the Clarkesville Farmer’s Market. To learn more, visit the CFM website at clarkesvillefarmersmarket.com and stay up to date with what’s happening on the market’s Facebook page.
Meet Me at the Market
Saturday, May 7, 2016
A Frayed Knot: handmade zipper pouches, boutique baby bibs, leather key fobs
Angel Mountain Sweets: Bringing some of your favorites from last season: Heavenly Coconut, Triple Chocolate, Lime, Lemon, Blueberry loaves. Per some requests, they will be offering muffins with a healthy twist, Don’s fresh baked biscuits, and a few new offerings you have requested over the winter. Mother’s Day Special will be Friendship Bread!
Christi’s Creations: Fresh baked rosemary bread, zucchini bread, cookies, blueberry muffins, scones, and trail mix granola bars.
Jarhead Farm: Jellies and jams; chard and maybe some lettuce and herbs.
Melon Head Farm: Fresh Arugula, Spring lettuce Mix, Spicy Salad mix, Strawberries, Artichoke, Fresh and dried Chamomile, Kale Mix, Kale (Russian or Vates), Swiss Chard, rainbow mix. Fresh Herbs, Potted Plants: heirloom tomatoes, herbs, flowering perennials, Tea plants, Camellia Sinensis, and more!
Pure & Simple: Lots of natural chemical free handmade soap bars, foamers, cleaner, deodorant, pain cream, hair products, bath salts, sugar scrub, body butter, sunscreen, bug spray, lip balm, loose tea, and more.
Silver Lining Herbal & Gardens: Tons of lettuce, radishes, sweet peas, pak choi, swiss chard, kale, collards; farm fresh eggs; heirloom tomato seedlings. Plus, they’ll have naturally made lip balm, herbal salve, lotion bars, and herbal mosquito repellant.
Taylor Creek Farm: several varieties of lettuce, spinach, snow peas, kale, radishes and maybe some shiitake mushrooms. Plus, farm fresh eggs.
Trillium Farms: Microgreen mix, baby carrots, sunflower shoots, spinach, baby kales, baby beet greens, sorell, very baby arugula, Chinese cabbage heads, scarlet thrill mustard greens, and fresh Sourdough herb breads.
