Saturday, March 11, 2012
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Williamsburg Farmers Market Opens for Winter Markets in Merchants Square
The Williamsburg Farmers Market opens for 2012 this Saturday, Feb. 11, with an array of Valentine’s Day-related items for sale.
You can pick up French pastries from Normandie Cuisine, chocolate creamed honey from Bees ‘N Blossoms, chocolate Kahlua chess pie from Simply Southern Pies, heart-shaped twig wreaths from Lonesome Gourd, and a variety of baked goods from Betsy’s Baked Goods and the Virginia Chef Association’s apprentices.
Markets will continue on the following Saturdays in 2012
March 10
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
and March 31- October 27
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Other vendors this week will include :
Afton Mountain Farm Orchard • with Mushrooms, Fruit, Mums, Herbs, Vegetables
Aromas Coffeehouse, Bakeshop & Restaurant • Beverages and Baked Goods
Bacon’s Castle Supply • Virginia’s Finest Peanuts and Peanut Candies
Barry’s Berries & Jan’s Jams • Berries in Season, Jams Year-round Virginia’s Finest
Bees ‘n Blossoms • Virginia’s Finest Pure Virginia Raw Honey Products
Belmont Peanuts • Virginia’s Finest Promoting the Virginia Peanut
Betsy’s Baked Goods • Cookies and Breads
Buster’s Seafood • From the Rappahannock River
Cavanna Pasta • Virginia’s Finest Authentic Italian Specialties
Chocolate Cravings • Virginia’s Finest Fine Quality Handmade Chocolates
Dessert Classics•Virginia’s Finest • Homemade Cakes and Cupcakes
Pete’s Knife Sharpening / Edge of Knife• Knife Sharpener
Evergreen Springs Farm • Turkey, Eggs
Everona Dairy • Virginia’s Finest • Artisan Sheep’s Milk Cheese
Georgiatown Farm • Poultry, Lamb, Pork & Eggs
Gifts of Nature • Specialty Plants, Bulbs and Decorations
Goats R Us • Virginia’s Finest • Fresh Cheeses
Lonesome Gourd •Decorative Gourds, Wreaths, Seasonal Fruits & Cut Branches
Lucille’s Bakery • Breads
Normandie Catering • French Baked Goods
Pampatike Hill Farm • Virginia’s Finest• Grass-fed & Grass-finished Beef
Plantation Nursery • Azaleas
Rockahock Farm • Fruit marmalades, butters and desserts
Shiloh Acres Farm • Poultry
Simply Southern Pies • Award Winning, Made from Scratch Pies
Sugar Hill Botanicals •Virginia’s Finest• Dried Flowers, Soaps
VA Chefs Association Apprentices• Chef Apprentices from Kingsmill Resort and
Williamsburg Inn
Breads – Cinnamon raisin walnut, Pane Siciliano (semolina bread), English muffins, Pretzel rolls,
Muffins – Orange cranberry , Sweet potato .
Cookies – Almond tea, 5 spice ginger, Heart shaped Linzer cookies w/ raspberry filling
Other – Red velvet cake pops
VA Natural Fish Co • Farm Raised Fish and Prawns Lynn Blackwood,Lunenburg (catfish, trout); John Hofmeyer;Charles City (trout); Danny Shoosmith, Chesterfield (prawns, trout),
VA Specialty Cut Flowers • Cut Flowers
Evelyn & Steven Scott, Middlesex County, Email, (804) 832-4130
Wild Heaven Farm • Handmade Goat Milk Soaps
This winter market also sells fish, pork, beef, poultry, eggs, breads, mushrooms, soaps and cheeses from the 30 farmers, watermen and bakers that will be on hand.
Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Williamsburg Farmers Market. Merchants Square, 402 W. Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg. 259-3768. www.williamsburgfarmersmarket.com .
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