Area residents who enjoy eating locally grown and produced food should mark May 5th on their calendars for the season opening of the Keller Farmers Market at 8:00 am.
Opening day will feature jazz music by The Matt Larsen Quartet, and a seed and plant exchange for gardeners looking to trade extra seeds and plants with other gardeners. The exchange is a fun and practical way to meet other gardeners, discuss gardening issues and to exchange a plant for another plant to diversify their own harvest. Tables will be set-up at the entrance to the market, staffed with volunteers who can assist.
“We are expecting local favorites as well as surprise plants at the swap. We hope this is the first of many seed and plant exchanges at the market,” says Keller Farmers Market Executive Director Bridget Rodewald.
Metroport Meals on Wheels and Primrose School at Heritage Trace will co-host a family seed planting activity, in support of the Metroport Meals on Wheels program, “Sharing the Harvest.” The program encourages gardeners to plant an extra vegetable plant, with the resulting produce being donated to Metroport Meals on Wheels’ home bound clients. Donated vegetables may be dropped off throughout the season at the information booth at Keller Farmers Market. The market will then deliver the vegetables to Metroport Meals on Wheels as an outreach effort to connect the communities.
About Keller Farmers Market
Keller Farmers Market is an open-air Texas market operating Saturdays from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm at the Keller Town Hall Fountain, 1100 Bear Creek Parkway. The market operates rain or shine, unless there is threatening weather, through October 27, 2012.
Keller Farmers Market is an independently run 501(c)(4) nonprofit whose mission is to enhance the lives of the community by creating reliable access to healthy and fresh locally grown food, delivering consistent wellness education, and generating much-needed income and support for local farmers, food producers and artisans by providing programs that foster social gatherings. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information, visit www.kellerfarmersmarket.com.
