0513 Farmers market
A plant vendor sells his wares on a Saturday morning in Mt Laurel.
Urban Cookhouse Farmer’s Market at The Summit
214 Summit Blvd., Suite 102
Thursdays
May 16-August 8 (except July 4)
3-7 p.m.
urbancookhouse.com/farmers-markets
Urban Cookhouse practices its “buy local, eat urban” motto not just in its restaurant but also in its farmers market held at The Summit.
“We want to show support for local farmers,” market manager Victoria Underwood said. “Urban Cookhouse even buys from them for the restaurant.”
Underwood said that while the market does get some competition from Saturday farmers markets, it is good for guests and farmers because it is in the evening. The market usually averages 20-25 vendors a week.
Mt Laurel Farmers’ Market and Craft Fair
38 Manning Place
Saturdays
June 1-October 26
8 a.m.-noon
mtlaurel.com/virtualvisit/eventspage
Sponsored by EBSCO Industries, the Mt Laurel Farmers Market and Craft Fair invites vendors and farmers from around the community to gather on Manning Place every Saturday morning from June-October.
“The market proves people with good quality fresh food that they know where it came from,” said market manager Kelley Burley.
The market not only offers locally grown, fresh produce, but also craftsmen of every trade to present their works to the community. The market brings more than 20 farmers and 35 crafts workers each weekend. Visitors will find pottery, woodcarving, knife and blade sharpening, frames, tin art, reclaimed furniture, honey, eggs, goat cheese, bread, succulents and fresh flowers.
Valleydale Farmers Market
4601 Valleydale Road
Saturdays
May 18-October 26
8 a.m.-noon
Five years ago, members of the Faith Presbyterian Church decided the community needed a good farmers market closer than the Pepper Place Market in downtown Birmingham. Today farmers from Chilton, Blount and other counties from Alabama travel to sell their produce to the community from the church parking lot.
There are also vendors selling everything from homemade soaps to jewelry.
Assistant manager Laura Buder said there will not be an art festival this year, but there will be a peaches and ice cream day and a tomato sandwich day.
