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By Jodie Fitz
Locally grown flowers are always a fabulous find at the market and are a popular purchase. The market will feature a ‘la petite flower festival’ this weekend.
● Far Eye Sounds and Dan Bernstein will provide live music
● 9 a.m. ‘Floral Arranging’ demo at the main porch under the middle pavilion by Lovin’ Mama Farm
● 10:30 a.m. Cooking with Nasturtium – Carolyn Shapiro, Nutrition Education Coordinator from Comfort Food Community
● Features from local floral artist Sarah Straight on sale to benefit the market
● Floral raffle with items from Lovin’ Mama, Halfmoon Harvest, and Old Tavern Farm
● Family flower table activity with the Saratoga Springs Public Library
When you purchase flowers and floral arrangements at the market, you support local growers and producers. Here’s a little insight on getting to know the market’s floral friends, who provide the community with beautiful blooms throughout the season.
Balet Flowers and Design specializes in wedding design and locally grown flowers. Their flower farm and greenhouse business provides high-quality plant and flower products to customers at the market and throughout the Saratoga region.
Burger’s Market Garden produces a variety of seasonal vegetables, small fruits, and cut flowers. They also grow many bedding plants, potted plants, and container gardens and are known for their beautiful hanging plants.
Halfmoon Harvest is a husband, wife, and two-baby team that grows cut and heirloom flowers using only regenerative, no-till practices. They produce unique varieties and colors throughout the growing season, making their design work one-of-a-kind. They specialize in distinctive fresh and dried hand-tied bouquets, wedding florals, special event arrangements, wreaths, pressed flower art, and hydroponic flowers in the winter.
Lovin’ Mama Farm grows 250 varieties of cut flowers on their Certified Organic farm in Upstate NY. They harvest hundreds of thousands of stems every season and sell them directly to customers at farmers’ markets in the Capital District. They also have a flower CSA and do a la carte design work for special events like weddings, anniversaries, etc. Flowers play an essential role on their farm for ecological and economic benefits. They intentionally interplant flowers between rows of vegetables to create a habitat for beneficial insects and pollinators.
Old Tavern Farm is a boutique thoroughbred-breeding farm overlooking Saratoga Lake. The owners are passionate about growing and restoring the land back to its agrarian roots. Their 60-acre farm includes livestock, a vineyard, and cut flowers, which have grown into an expanding business with floral arranging.
Scotch Ridge Berry Farm is a family farm specializing in quality fruit and berries, cut flowers, and u-cut Christmas trees. Their tables are often filled with cut flowers to enjoy throughout the season.
This week’s recipe: Nasturtium Salad
The Saratoga Farmer’s Market is open on Wednesdays from 3- 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at High Rock Park in downtown Saratoga Springs. The
Monday market at Clifton Park is open from 2-5 p.m. at the Shenendehowa Methodist Church on Route 146. The Thursday Market at Milton begins Thursday, July 11th, through August 29th at the Burgess Kimball Memorial Park from 3-6 pm. Find us online at www.saratogafarmersmarket.org, where you can sign up for our weekly newsletter, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @SaratogaFarmersMarket.
