Tastebuds Rejoice

Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: April 2025

It seems like we were just picking pumpkins, gathering nuts, and collecting holly stems for holiday decorations. Look at us now … happily welcoming spring and digging, literally, what’s to come: Highlands Farmers’ Marketplace (Saturdays beginning in May from 8:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. in Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street in Highlands); and Locally Grown at The Village Green (opens every Wednesday, starting May 7 through October, 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.).

The markets make it easy to weekly gather baskets of beauty, flavor, and fragrance. Every purchase will awaken your senses and fill your home with all Spring has to offer. Local berries are just around the corner. Radishes, leafy greens, and asparagus, break the winter humdrum of meat and potatoes.

Citrus, while not grown in the mountains, is often available on the market tables. Fruit and veggies are growing, bursting into tasty, tangy, deliciousness with a complement of lemon zing.

Support our local farmers. When they thrive, we do too, with healthy food for our families. With our two producer-only markets you’ll have plenty of nourishing, fresh produce, meats, dairy, baked goods, honey, jams, and so much more.

Besides edibles, explore the markets’ handcrafted goods, bath and beauty products, candles, handwork, and gift items for celebrations, treats, and parties.

Please contact shelby@cashiersgreen.com if you are interested in joining the Village Green Market as a vendor. Don Deal, manager of Highlands Farmer’s Market, also invites vendors. Call him at (828) 342-8239.

Entrance to both Markets are free and so is parking. Come on over. Fill your basket with yum. While you’re at it, catch up with friends and neighbors now that weather and Nature invite getting together under Spring’s blue sky.

The air is filled with fresh beginnings. Your markets await! Delight in their delectables.