Early Season Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 10-5pm | Saturdays: 9-5pm | Sundays: 1-5pm
Mother’s Day Weekend at the Eastern Randolph Farmers Market
Saturday, May 11th from 9am-2pm | Local vendors, educational events, & more
If you love supporting local then you don’t want to miss Mother’s Day weekend of Eastern Randolph Farmers Market to find that perfect gift for Mom. This weekend, we’re welcoming a variety of local vendors with everything from fresh honey, candles, jewelry, crocheted items, and more! Also join us for our interactive & educational Strawberry Day activities, Parade of Poppies adventures and lots of freshly prepared Orchard treats! Check out a few of the stellar activities we have planned and join us as we kickoff our 2024 market season:
🐠Catch & Release Fishing | 9-5pm ($2/per person to fish)
🏃🏻♀️Kiddie Korral Playground | 9-5pm
💐 Parade of Poppies Weekend Adventure featuring Dooley, the Highland Cow | 10-12pm (Register now)
🍓Strawbery Day | 10-1pm: Strawberry education, strawberry product sampling, strawberry coloring activities, & storytime @ 11am under the pines
🥙Lunch by Dog to Bun | 10-2pm (Set up by the Pond)
🍓Granny’s Goodies Open with Strawberry Donuts & Strawberry Patch Float | 10-3pm
🧺 Casual Waterfront Picnics | 11am and 1:30pm | Reserve your picnic spot (bit.ly/MCOCasualPicnics)
Weekly vendor line-up: We will update our vendor list each week on Thursdays.
Seasonal Donut Schedule
Our freshly cooked, hot and delicious donuts are a fan favorite around the Orchard and during the summer months, we theme them out to match the fruit harvest! While apple cider will always steal our hearts, check out the other flavors coming to Granny’s Goodies this summer. During May-August, we will only have donuts available on Saturdays from 10-3pm, but come September-December, we’ll have them available every Saturday (10-4pm) and Sunday (1-4:30pm).
May: Strawberry Donuts (However, on Memorial Day Weekend, we will be switching to Apple Cider for our 20th anniversary)
June: Blueberry Donuts
July: Peach Donuts
August - December: Apple Cider Donuts
Upcoming Events @ The Orchard
may 10th & 17th: Homeschool day: poppy patch excursion*
may 11th: eastern randolph farmers market & strawberry day@ the market
may 11th, 12th, 18th & 19th: Parade of poppies weekend adventure*
may 11th & 12th: mother’s day casual waterfront picnics*
may 13th: fruity pickin’ storytime - poppies*
may 25th: Party @ The Pond: musicfest & family fun day (Free event)
Thank you to our sponsors:
Orchard Champion: Liberty Leader Newspaper
Harvest Hero: Chick-Fil-A, Old Mountain Furniture & Gifts, Realty World Carolina Properties, Stallion Air Inc
Orchard Friend: James River Equipment