Saturday, Sept. 30, the Fall Market will wrap up the 2023 season for the Athens Farmers Market. The Fall Market will be open 8 a.m-noon. At the conclusion of this year’s market season, renovation to the park will soon get underway.

“This season we have once again grown in our number of vendors and customers, and I can’t wait to continue that growth next year with the improvements the Doug Gates Park renovation will bring,” Athens Farmers Market Director Kat Greene said.

The special Fall Market will be an especially fun day for the youngsters as they can participate in the free trick or treating event with the market’s vendors.

“Fall Market is a perfect ending to a great market season. The weather feels great, the kids have a blast trick or treating with the vendors, and it gives the community one more chance to support our vendors and purchase their wonderful products,” Greene said.

Houston Ridge Bluegrass Band will perform at the market from 9-11 a.m. The kids activity will be a fun Pumpkin Patch craft to take home.

The following vendors are scheduled to participate in the Fall Market.

Producers

• King Family Farm — cucumbers, okra, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, onions, squash, shelled peas, canned goods.

• Sweetgrass Farm — Premium cuts of pasture-raised Red Wattle pork, seven flavors of ground and link sausages beef from pasture-raised Black Angus and Hereford cross cows. All animals born and raised on our farm and supplemented with non-GMO feeds. All meat packaged in a USDA facility. Cage free, non-GMO eggs.

• Fresh cut, chemical free, locally grown flowers.

• Hays Mill Farms — Whole Chicken, Eggs, and Pork

• Hanna Holler Farm — lamb, pork, beef, jams, sweet relish, spicy relish, honey nut squash, and cutting boards.

• Moon & Stars Honey — local honey in a variety of sizes

• Rose & Graham Farm — fresh local produce, canned goods

• Hardin Branch Farm — fall dahlia bouquets

• John Clemons — greens, okra

• Daly Farms — pumpkins

• Vibrant Vines — various house plants

• Bodacious Plant Nursery

Prepared foods

• Recentered Roasters — coffee, muffins, wafle-bitte waffles.

• Driftwood Dragonfly — hot and cold organic herbal teas and frozen fru-tea-licious pops. Selling loose leaf teas and herbs, and herbal body care.

• Connie’s Candy Co — peanut brittle

• Taylor’s Cool Treats — fresh squeezed lemonade

• Tutt & Tutts — relish, dressing, chess pies, cornbread muffins, cheese chips

• Sweet Pea Bakery — sourdough bread, sourdough sandwich bread, sourdough rolls, sourdough cinnamon rolls, sourdough scones and sourdough donuts.

• Carrie’s Kitchen — apple cider donuts, apple oatmeal streusel muffins, spiced orange muffins, pumpkin spice bread loaves, cinnamon sweet rolls, apple spice cake, carrot cake, oatmeal spice iced cookies, Speculoos meringues (GF), peanut butter cup cookies (GF), Baklava, raisin bread, jalapeño cheddar bread, multigrain bread, baguettes, pumpernickel, rosemary garlic bread, yeast rolls, buttermilk biscuits

• G&K Gourmet Kreations LLC — candied garlic, jalapeño mustard slaw, pickled Vidalia onions, rice blends, wild game seasoning, rubs, seasoned beans and a few surprises

• No Mo Cakes Mama — cookies, cake jars, mini cakes, brownies, peach cobbler, cinnamon rolls

• Aquanette’s Fried Pies — variety of fried pies, desserts, jams.

• Tastemaker Spices

• Samantha’s Kitchen — baked goods

Artisans

• Flirty Flame Candles — candles, melts, room sprays, reed diffusers, room sprays, massage oils, and body wash.

• Red Wolf Soaps — handmade soaps and beard products

• Backyard Krafts — sewn and wood crafts.

• Greenehouse Candles — hand poured soy candles and melts

• The Potters Hand — handmade pottery

• Sashy Lady — wreaths, sashes, dog bandanas, gnomes

• Your Suncatcher Girl — handmade suncatchers, crystal hair accessories, crocheted keychains.

• SJ Creations — custom sublimation items