Lexington Farmers Market opens for its 11th year at The Depot
Visitors to the opening day of the Lexington Farmers Market had an array of goodies to select.
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The brisk Saturday air was welcomed by the vendors bringing in their chairs, tables and goods to set up for the season’s first Farmers Market at the Depot. Produce, meat, baked goods, flowers, crafts are awaiting shoppers every Saturday until October at this producer-only local market.
Upon arrival, a sense of gratitude fills the air. Countless vendors were seeing each other for the first time since the pandemic and were happy to reconnect. Ask vendor Jeffrey Boyst of BN Acres, a farm where you can purchase grass-fed meat and honey, who admitted he may leave with more than he came with as he patronizes fellow vendors.
President of the Lexington Farmers Market Association and organizer of the Grow and Go Girls Bakery, Kivi Leroux Miller, said, “It’s an exciting time to be part of the revitalization of the Depot District,” located in the heart of Lexington.
Lard soaps from Crossings are available for purchase at the market.
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Miriam Johnson, a new vendor, from Blue Butterfly Flower Farm in Salisbury sells fresh cut flowers. She has only been in business about a year though her affinity for flowers was planted in her by her grandmother decades ago. Her specialty cut flowers are both vibrant and fragrant and would make a great addition to dining room tables across the county, because in her own words, “beautiful flowers feed our soul.”
One of the seasoned vendors, Mark Parsons, has a farm in Linwood and has enjoyed bringing his sought-after produce to the market for over a decade.
The smell of sausage cooking wafted from Jennifer Rosecrans’, of Crossings, tent, a pasture-based poultry, beef and pork farm in Lexington. She has been vending at the market since 2014. Jennifer also makes lard soaps in charcoal mint, lavender patchouli and cedarwood lavender fragrances that soothe the soul and invigorate the senses!
Lockett, a retired Marine, crafts one of his custom made with leather items.
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Detect faint banging at the market? It’s Dennis Lockett, customizing one of his handcrafted leather belts, key tags, phone cases or holsters. He has been a vendor for three years, but this retired Marine has been working with leather since the age of ten.
Teresa Kohler of the Apron and Cookie Shop can sew and bake! She has been a vendor at farmers markets in other states, so when she moved to North Carolina to be closer to her grandchildren, she joined the Lexington Farmers Market. She bakes cookies, pies and other delightful goodies. Her beautiful aprons are for sale, too, if you decide to go home and do some baking yourself.
Vendors from Davidson and surrounding counties are ready for you at this locally-powered outing. This is the perfect way to stimulate your local economy by buying local. The Lexington Farmers Market at the Depot is a family of vendors who would love to see you and your family on Saturday mornings.
Hours of Operation
Saturdays from 8 a.m.-12 p.m., May 1 until October 9
Master Gardeners Plant Sale Saturday, October 9
Two special holiday markets
Saturday before Thanksgiving 9-2
1st Saturday in December 9 -2
