Highway's End Farmers Market

 
 

 

Vegetables are now available at the Highway’s End Farmers’ Market. Lettuce, spinach, carrots, radishes, green onions, potatoes, cucumbers, hot peppers and dill are available as well as a very few tomatoes.

Local honey and bee pollen are also available as well as flowers and hanging baskets. Crafters, jewelry, hand spun yarn, hand thrown pottery, books, baked items, fabric by the yard, as well as gourmet hot dogs make the market an interesting place to visit.

Delta 50th Anniversary t-shirts, hoodies and hats are sold at the market every market day.

Customers often sit on the benches to enjoy the various musicians, singers and bands that play during the day. Electricity is available for them at no charge in the gazebo for the day long open mic. Everyone is welcome.

The market is open Wednesdays and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The market is located “at the triangle” at the corner of the Alaska and Richardson Highways, behind the Sullivan Roadhouse Museum and across the street from the Visitors Center.

 

Workshop Wednesday July Calendar

Delta’s Highway’s End Farmers’ Market presents their Workshop Wednesday calendar for July. These popular hour long seminars are held on the farmers market grounds each Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. There are no charges or fees to attend.

July 7th: Composting with Worms: Learn about raising red wiggler worms that will compost your family’s food waste and make rich garden soil. Each participant will make their own composting box and be supplied with worms. Speaker: Taylor Maida, Cooperative Extension Service.

July 14th: Raspberries-Growing Tips and Hints: Growing raspberries in Delta Junction. Speaker: Katie Behrens.

July 21st: Exhibiting your Crops at the Deltana Fair: Roxie Dinstel from the Cooperative Extension Service will show you how to get your crops (vegetables and grains) ready for the fair – hints for complying with the rules will enable you to better display them and probably win more prizes.

July 28th: Pruning Lilacs: Forester Bruce Swaim will demonstrate how to prune your lilac bushes for better growth and flower production. Participants will be offered the opportunity to prune the lilac bushes at the Visitor’s Center. Pruning shears will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own. Participants will meet at the market site and walk across the street to the Visitor’s Center as a group.

 

Second Saturday Arts & Crafts Festival

The Second Saturday Arts and Crafts Festival at Delta’s Highway’s End Farmers’ Market is returning again this year. They are held on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The dates this year are:

June 12th  ~  July 10th  ~  August 14th

These days give artisans and crafters an opportunity to display and sell their crafts and artworks.
Vendor space is available for $10/day, payable on the day of the festival. Please bring your own table and chair.

If you are considering becoming a regular vendor at the farmers’ market, there is always room for you! Rates are $120/the season, $60/for one day a week for the season or $10/day. Electricity is available for a seasonal fee of $25 or a $5 daily fee.

To reserve vendor space for either a Second Saturday Arts & Crafts Festival Day or a regular market day, contact the market manager at 322-3896.

 

Open Mic At The Market


Musicians, singers, dancers, church choirs and all other types of entertainers are welcome to perform at the Delta’s Highway’s End Farmers’ Market this year.

If you have a talent, a new composition you’d like to debut or something you want to try out in front of a live audience, the market welcomes you. 

For the past several years, many different musicians have entertained at the market, creating a festive mood and enjoyed by those shopping as well as many who come just to enjoy the entertainment while they eat or chat with friends.

This year, nothing will be scheduled.  An open mic will welcome all entertainers at any time during the market hours between 10:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.  Electricity is available without charge at the gazebo, center state at the market.

Market customers are looking forward to becoming your audience.

 

 

     

Baskets

Baskets

     
     

Baked goods

Aprons

     
     

Jane's cabin

Jewelry

     
     

Pottery

 

Weaving

     
     

Scarves

Workshop Wednesday

     
     

Tree planting

Tomato plants