Easter Sunday @ the Market!

Easter was a kick this year at the Hillcrest Farmers Market! We started at 9a with 35 vendors participating in a market wide egg hunt marked by pastel colored balloons at each of their booths. We distributed over 500 eggs, and had 40 recycled milk jugs from Joe's on the Nose, Babycakes, and the Starbucks on Robinson and 5th Ave in Hillcrest.

Kids and parents came by the Info Booth first; there were recycled milk jugs with the spouts cut off available to decorate as Easter baskets. We had flower, heart, and space shaped stickers, as well as foam sticker sheets for kids to create their own designs; markers, crayons, tape, glue, puff balls, and feathers. We even have the fake grass for the inside of the jugs!

After they were finished decorating, they ran off throughout the market on a semi-guided Easter Egg Hunt! Vendors hid eggs throughout their booths filled with stickers, tattoos, bouncy balls, and even veggies! Sage Mountain Farms made many children happy with fresh carrots in their eggs!

Be sure to check out all of our awesome upcoming events on hillcrestfarmersmarket.com like plant potting on May 8 for Mother's Day, a Pike's Place inspired Fish Throwing Competition on May 15, and our monthly Visiting Chef Series featuring Chef Mary Jo from Gossip Grill on May 29!

Celebrating Earth Day at the Market!

In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we celebrated at the market by using recycled and reusable products to create lucky lady bugs and creepy crawly hand puppets! Kids at the market came to the Info Booth and used paper plates, markers, crayons, sticky googly eyes, and construction paper to create their puppet friends.

Next week the market WILL be open. Bring your little ones to the Info Booth and create funky fun recycled Easter baskets, and then head throughout the market on an Easter Egg Hunt! Joe's on the Nose donated their used milk cartons and we'll be cutting off the tops and decorating them for Easter baskets, and then sending the little ones on an egg hunt throughout the market!

In the coming weeks we have some more fun planned for market days! May 8th we will be celebrating Moms at the market with an awesome planting project. May 15th the HBA is teaming up with Bristol Bay Salmon Co to host our first ever fish throwing competition as inspired by Pike's Place Fish Market in Seattle. On May 22nd will be our monthly Visiting Chef Series with Chef Mary Jo of Hillcrest's very own Gossip Grill.

For all other market info head to hillcrestfarmersmarket.com

Stay Fresh & Fabulous, we'll see you next week!

Visiting Chef Series - Chef Scotty Wagner

This Sunday we had the most beautiful weather, and a packed market, which was perfect for our April Visiting Chef Series! Chef Scotty Wagner of Chile Co. came to the market and shared some awesome food knowledge with market patrons, and then prepared a salad of fresh greens, heirloom tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, fresh squeezed lemon, and a balsamic reduction.


Make sure to check out hillcrestfarmersmarket.com for all of your market needs and upcoming events!

Happy April

In the spirit of spring, this week at the market we created water colored butterflies. We used coffee filters, watercolors, pipe cleaners and adhesive googly-eyes to create pastel colored creatures.

In an effort to be as green as possible, we've been using and reusing materials that can already be found in our craft box, as well as our homes.

Next week we will be featuring our Visiting Chef Series at 1pm at the heart of the market with Chef Scott Wagner from Chile Bistro Co, so be sure to stop by for an awesome food adventure!

For everything market related, be sure to check out hillcrestfarmersmarket.com!

See you next week!

Tie Dye @ the Market!

What an intense and awesome event! This week at the market we had our weekly market goers bring items to tie dye, and had t-shirts available on hand for those who passed by and wanted to join in.

We laid down a plastic drop cloth, and lined up 4 packs of dye supplies: plastic gloves, rubber bands, bottles of dye, and plastic bags with a "How To Once You're Home" sheet. As kids waited their turn to dye, they looked on to see what was going on and got some pretty funky ideas.

Everyone from tots to mom and dad got down and dyed at the market. We started off slowly, but from 10:30a-2p we were packed with people waiting for their chance to create a psychedelic tee.

Make sure you check back with www.hillcrestfarmersmarket.com for awesome upcoming events, and all of your market needs!

March Visiting Chef Series

We didn't let the rain get in the way of a good time at the market this Sunday! While cooler than all would have liked, the rain (mostly) stayed away, and the show carried on.

This weekend the market hosted Serge Chable from The Wine Lover for our monthly Visiting Chef Series. He prepared a fun and light pear and apple based salad! The fresh greens were picked up in the afternoon just before the series started, as well as the pink lady apples that were sliced up in the salad. Serge previously toasted up some pine nuts, telling the audience that a small skillet, low heat, and pine nuts were all that were needed for the toasty treat- the nuts have enough oils in them naturally that anything additional is unnecessary. The salad was then dressed with a lovely pear and apple cider vinaigrette that was prepped prior to arriving at the market.

Since Serge is the sommelier at The Wine Lover, he also suggested a chardonnay wine to pair with this fantastic spring salad.

Check us out next month for April's Visiting Chef Series!

Also, next week at the market: TYE-DYE! Everyone is welcome to bring any clean and dye-able item with them to the market, or for a small donation we will have t-shirts available! We'll be dying at the Info Booth every hour starting at 9am, so be sure to swing by!

For everything else market related, check us out at www.hillcrestfarmersmarket.com

Stay fresh and fabulous! We'll see you next week!

St. Patty's Day @ the Market

St. Patty's Day came early this year to Hillcrest Farmers Market. We celebrated by creating good luck "wreaths" made of paper plates, tissue paper, glue, markers, and some of the left over sticker jewels from Mardi Gras last week.

It was a beautiful day that kicked off slowly, as many people were probably sleeping through the time change, but all in all, we had a great day at the market.

Keep up to date with all market info by checking in at hillcrestfarmersmarket.com, and don't forget to mark March 27th on your calendar! We'll be doing an awesome group tye dye every half hour!

Stay fresh! We'll see you next Sunday at the market!