Experience - Homer Farmer's Market

Alaskan Grown Veggies

Dahlias and Bells of Ireland

Don’t miss the Homer Farmer’s Market!  You can find everything from fresh produce and fabulous flowers to

lunch and music.  In an era when farmer’s markets are failing, its wonderful to see a farmer’s market that is still going strong.  In addition, the Homer Farmer’s Market is a true farmer’s market.  A minimum of 70% of the stalls must sell food – produce, flowers, fresh catch, or homemade cooking.  The remaining stalls sell art and crafted goods.  Plus there are always musicians playing in a special tent.

Organic Eggs

The Market opens in the last week of May, 24 May for 2015, and closes the first week in October.  It is open on Saturdays from 10-3 and Wednesdays from 3-6.  Many vendors are there for every market, but some vendors come and go throughout the season; every day is different at the market.

Beets

The produce is all grown locally and what is available depends on the time of the season.  You can find lettuce, radishes, spinach, kale, potatoes, herbs, berries, and much, much more; sometimes the mushroom vendor is out there as.  The flowers are also grown locally.  Peonies are the most popular, but you can find a variety of other flowers including lilies, dahlias, and broom.  There is almost always someone selling fish and shellfish; salmon, rockfish, oysters, and clams can be found at different times throughout the summer.  The local cooks bring products from exotic jams and jellies (fireweed jelly and jalapeno jelly are just two of the selections), homemade pretzels, fresh cooked popcorn, and lunch foods.  Then there are the crafters; you can find handcrafted jewelry, pottery, cards, bags, and a wide variety of other products.

Oysters

Lettuce

The Homer Farmer’s Market is very popular and can get crowded.   While there is a decent sized parking lot, it fills fast, especially on Saturdays, so it helps to get there early.  There is limited parking outside the lot as the other parking lots belong to the stores and there is no room to park on the street.  The good news it that there is a trolley that runs all summer long.  For a reasonable price you can park at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and get a day pass to ride the trolley to the Farmer’s Market, then continue on to the Spit and the other areas of interest around Homer.

Peonies