Farmers Market completes 2011 season

<< Back to archives | Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Fairhaven Village Green always looks great in the late afternoon sun and today was especially so.  The rich colors of farm produce and the warm tones of the wooden pergola make a beautiful scene to the eye.  The camera struggles to convey the beauty. And today was the last Wednesday of the Farmer’s Market on the Green for this year.  It will hopefully return next spring. 

Little known is that Bellingham’s Farmer’s Market started in Fairhaven.  Back in the 1990s, Ken Imus allowed his parking lot at 11th and McKenzie to be used each week by a local farmers group.  Their market became quite a success and city hall offered them $35,000 to move to downtown Bellingham.  They did and continued to grow - and about seven years ago they brought back a smaller market to Fairhaven. 

The Village Green seems made for a farmer’s market with its beautiful wooden pergola and central lawn.  But it is a difficult fit because of the extra work setting up on the Green away from the farmer’s trucks, because of the very limited parking for customers, and because of the mid week times.  Each year it is a barely worthwhile event for the vendors and fewer farmers attend while more crafts, clothes and art vendors take their places.  And not all the pergola stalls are filled.  So each year brings new questions about the market.  We shall see about 2012. 

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