Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Goodbye, strawberries; hello peas, squash, cherries, cabbages, beans, cucumbers and lettuces? (Next week, blueberries?)

Weather Forecast

Looks like a beauty. Weather will be humid overnight Friday, but very little chance of rain Saturday, with temperatures climbing through the mid 70s to the upper 80s. SUMMER is HERE! Gets windy as the day progresses. Bring your tent weights.  

Site Plan for SAT JUN 13

Guest Vendors

Three Guests, Green Aisle Grocery, Market Day Canele, and Constellation Collective will take spots inside the Market. SOOM Tahini and John & Kira’s Chocolates will set up shop in the customary Guest Vendor area. We’ll also be visited by a Peace Corps Recruiter and representatives from AQUA Corps. BERRIES COMING The Jersey Fresh organic raspberries and blackberries from Brookeberry Farm are not ripe yet. Neither are the blueberries from Green-Ford Farm. Green Ford expects blueberries for SAT JUN 20.

Guest Artist

Michelle Bross (Michelle Mosaics) is our Featured Artist for SAT JUN 13. She makes wall hangings, mirrors, garden art, mailboxes, and house numbers. We’ve set her up beneath the Speedline because she doesn’t have a tent. Look for her in Guest Vendor Space G. Check out her facebook page.

Lourdes Wellness / Oaklyn Pantry

This is the week for the monthly Buy 2 / Give 1 campaign that has fed so many of our food-vulnerable neighbors. Encourage your customers to pick up an extra bit of produce for the effort. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rare and extremely desirable items at a food pantry.

Live Music

Dave Kelly plays the West Stage, in the shelter of the Speedline, and Trio Nova Duo will command the new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.

Small Bills

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day.

Dog Tent

The Almost Home Shelter will staff the new Dog Tent for us this week, continuing to register dogs that haven’t yet bought their official Market Leash Permits.

Vendors Please Enforce: “No Permit, No Purchase”

This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David Hodges will distribute a small batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog.

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will all attend. No others have reserved BID spaces. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week. Thank you. David Hodges Market Director Home Office (856) 854-8385 Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653 collsmkt@davidhodges.com

Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Goodbye, strawberries; hello, early tomatoes?

Weather Forecast

Looks like a beauty. Weather will be humid overnight Friday, but very little chance of rain Saturday, with temperatures in the comfortable 70s, and cloud cover. Winds will be light.

Site Plan for SAT JUN 06

Inquirer Story

Today’s (THU JUN 04) Philadelphia Inquirer ran a long story about Farmers’ Market prices in its Food and Dining section. By and large, the author went to pains to justify what some shoppers perceive as high produce prices at Markets. You may or may not be able to read the story at this link: Press Reader. I paid 99 cents for access to the article; I have no idea whether it will open for you. Part of it looks like this (including a dandy photo of our own Barry Savoie).

Guest Vendors

Three Guests, Green Aisle Grocery, Wood Spoon Rice Pudding, and Weckerly’s Ice Cream will take spots inside the Market. MECHA Chocolates and Dee Dee’s Garden will set up shop beneath the Speedline. We’ll also be visited by Mascots representing the Camden County “Shop Local” program.

Guest Artist

Aimee Eckert curates our Artist of the Week program and selects participants for the Handmade Holidays observance. She’s also an exemplary jeweler in her own right, and we’re delighted to host her as our Guest Artist this week in space 27. Aimee’s jewelry collection, sold under the name “Relics Revisited,” is constructed from original photographs, vintage bits, metal, clothing and various found and reclaimed odds and ends.  She takes the original found item and alters it to give it a new life.  Her collection is a careful mix of collage art and metalwork using a variety of ideas that make each piece one of a kind.

Live Music

John Rossi plays the West Stage, and Dave Kelly will command the new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.

Dog Tent

The Animal Adoption Center will staff the new Dog Tent for us this week, continuing to register dogs that haven’t yet bought their official Market Leash Permits.

Vendor Enforcement “No Permit, No Purchase”

This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning this first Saturday in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David Hodges will distribute a small batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog.

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will all attend. We’ll also host representatives from Collingswood Music and the new Aster’s Flowers. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week. Thank you. David Hodges Market Director Home Office (856) 854-8385 Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653 collsmkt@davidhodges.com

Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! We’re back in our usual (and preferred) places this week.

Weather Forecast

Looks like a beauty. The forecast is excellent.

Site Plan for SAT MAY 30

Guest Vendors

Two Guests, Market Day Canele, and Weckerly’s Ice Cream will take spots inside the Market. John & Kira’s Chocolates, Dee Dee’s Garden, Neil’s Sharpening Service, and the brand new O Made Granola will take spaces in the Guest Vendor area.

Guest Artist

Market favorite Tammy Riley (Ginkgo Girls) is our Artist of the Week for SAT MAY 30.

She’ll bring her trademark felted wool goodies, including the new Farmer’s Market Friends—fruits and veggies inspired by the Collingswood Farmer’s Market offerings!  There will also be plenty of wine bags, Hedgies, and new toys including Bigfoot, Yeti, Nessie and Cthulhu. Visit her Etsy page for a sneak peek:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/iFeltFanciful?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Live Music

Sam Caruso plays the West Stage, and She Hates Me will command the new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.

Dog Tent

New Jersey Aid for Animals will staff the new Dog Tent for us this week, continuing our rollout of the Dog Behavior Policy.

Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes.

OUR PART
David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered.

YOUR PART
If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will all attend. We’ll also host representatives from Collingswood Music. Meredith Greimel (Beaucycled) will bring her cactus and succulent displays.

Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week. Thank you.

David Hodges Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653
collsmkt@davidhodges.com

Hello, Vendors and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market!

Week 4 of our 2015 Season is the very different Mayfair Saturday.

As we do just once every year, we’re relocating to Irvin Avenue this week to accommodate Mayfair. For experienced vendors, this is no surprise; for newcomers, the dislocation will be startling.

VEHICLES ARE PROHIBITED

Vehicles cannot be driven into or parked on Irvin Avenue, which is narrower than our usual spaces. Instead, you’ll be parking in the lot behind the Kitchen Associates building and unloading by foot onto Irvin Avenue.

DO NOT DRIVE ONTO IRVIN AVENUE
A few vendors have made appointments with David to arrive at particular times for very brief vehicle access. Unless you have a scheduled time to use your vehicle, park in the Kitchen Associates lot and walk your setup.

Site Plan and Pavement Chalk

• The Irvin Avenue Site Plan is attached.
• In addition, David will be chalking the pavement squares with your initials to confirm which spaces you’ve been assigned.

GUEST VENDORS

We had no room for Guest Vendors this week. We have however made space for one Market Sponsor: Healing Space. Stop by for a relaxing chair massage when the stress of the day gets to be too much. 🙂

BID VENDORS

Mike DiBartolo will attend with his groaning tables of baked goods. Villa Barone will set up a table too. Sara’s Produce will join them both near the intersection of Haddon Avenue. They will be the only representatives of our BID contingent this week. As always, Mike DiBartolo, not David Hodges, is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424. mikied721@gmail.com.

VEGGIE VALET / NONPROFIT FUNDRAISER

There will be no Veggie Valet or dedicated Nonprofits spaces (and no Dog Tent) this week. All will return SAT MAY 30.

FLEXIBLE SITE PLAN

This week especially I will need vendors to be flexible and understanding as you set up your spaces. I will be on the site from 6am until 8am to facilitate the load-in, after which I will depart to visit the Burlington County Farmers’ Market in Moorestown. (It’s the only Saturday I am free to see this Market, and I’ve never been there.) Remain calm and sell a lot of stuff.

David Hodges
Market Director
Collingswood Farmers’ Market
856 854-8385 Home Office
856 979-6653 Cell Phone on Market Day

SAT MAY 16

Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Our season is off to a wonderful start. This week we may have our first weather challenge.

Weather Forecast

Starts out scary. The forecast is for rain overnight Friday into Saturday. It could be a wet setup, but is expected to clear as the Market day continues. Will be humid though, even when it’s dry. (OR . . . the whole thing could miss us completely. :))

Site Plan for SAT MAY 16

Guest Vendors

Two Guests, Green Aisle Grocery, Market Day Canele, and Constellation Collective will take spots inside the Market. SOOM Foods and Weckerly’s Ice Cream will take familiar spaces in the Guest Vendor area. And Windy Farm will be bringing their live alpacas.

Guest Artist

Jill Hawes is our Artist of the Week for SAT MAY 16. Jill creates custom wearable art that will change the way you think about tie dye! Each piece is creatively unique and made with love. Check out her facebook page, and then come see her stuff in person, in Space 27.

Link to Jill Hawes’s facebook page

Live Music

John Rossi plays the West Stage, and Dave Kelly will be the second music act to grace our new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.

Buy 2, Give 1

Lourdes Health Center and the Oaklyn Food Pantry will team up again this week to collect food donations for our food-insecure neighbors in nearby towns. Please consider buying a little extra to donate to the cause.

Dog Behavior Policy

Starting Opening Day, we will roll out a Dog Behavior and Permitting program designed to encourage good pet and owner behavior and eliminate troublesome animals. Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes.

SAT MAY 16, Camden County Animal Shelter will staff our Dog Tent.

OUR PART
David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered.

YOUR PART
If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, and Sara’s Produce will all attend. We’ll also host representatives from Collingswood Music and Red Dog Glass Designs. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week. Thank you.

David Hodges Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653
collsmkt@davidhodges.com

SAT MAY 09

Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Last week was our best-attended Grand Opening ever. Looks as if we have another beautiful day ahead of us for Week 2.

Weather Forecast

Cloudy but seasonably warm, temperature rising to the mid 70s by noon. Very light winds.

Site Plan for SAT MAY 09

 Guest Vendors

Two Guests, MECHA Chocolates and Wood Spoon Rice Pudding will take spots inside the Market. John and Kira’s Chocolate will shelter in the space below the PATCO Speedline.

Guest Artist

Anita DiPietro is our Featured Artist of the Week. Anita creates mixed metal, gemstone, and fossil artisan jewelry. Here’s her latest work.

Link to Anita’s facebook page

Live Music

Trio Nova Duo plays the West Stage, and Sam Caruso will be the first music act in our new official Market Music Tent, sponsored by Collingswood Music.

Pottery Seconds at Perkins

Sometimes you have to wait all summer for this! SAT MAY 09, Perkins will set up on the brick apron in front of their building to sell pottery its artists consider not quite perfect. Prices are wonderful.

Dog Behavior Policy

Starting Opening Day, we will roll out a Dog Behavior and Permitting program designed to encourage good pet and owner behavior and eliminate troublesome animals. Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes.

SAT MAY 09, Almost Home Shelter will staff our Dog Tent.

OUR PART
David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered.

YOUR PART
If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, and Sara’s Produce will all attend. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text.

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week. Thank you.

David Hodges Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Cell Phone for Market Saturdays (856) 979-6653
collsmkt@davidhodges.com

Collingswood 2015 Grand Opening

SAT MAY 02

Hello, Vendors, Artists, and Friends of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market! Welcome to another wonderful season of the Market! Our 16th, and better than ever.

Weather Forecast

Cool and mostly sunny, temperature rising to the upper 60s by noon. Very light winds.

Site Plan for SAT MAY 02

Dog Behavior Policy

Starting Opening Day, we will roll out a Dog Behavior and Permitting program designed to encourage good pet and owner behavior and eliminate troublesome animals. Every dog in the Market will be required to register and agree to comply with the Behavior Guidelines. Registered dogs will use the hot yellow 4-foot Market Permit Leash, making them easily identifiable. Dogs that misbehave will surrender their leashes. OUR PART David Hodges and the Collingswood Special Police will enforce the Guidelines, lightly at first, but increasingly strenuously throughout the month of May. By the first Saturday in June, we hope all dogs in the Market will be registered. YOUR PART If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply beginning in June with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines.

Guest Vendors

Two Guests, Green Aisle Grocery and Market Day Canele will take spots inside the Market. Weckerly’s Ice Cream, SOOM Foods Tahini, and Dee Dee’s Garden Pesto will take familiar spaces in the Guest Vendor area.

Guest Artist

Maria Aschim (Sultana Maria) is our Featured Artist of the Week.

Maria makes  flower crowns, handmade jewelry with stones and found objects, collaged windows. Here’s a picture of her market setup at the Clover Market in Bryn Mawr.

Live Music

Dave Kelly plays the West Stage, and Trio Nova Duo the East.

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites, DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone Restaurant, Cheese Etc., Sweet Freedom Bakery, and Sara’s Produce will all attend. Mike DiBartolo of DiBartolo Bakery is your contact for all questions regarding BID participation at the Market. (609) 949-3424 cell for voice or text. VENDOR PARKING PERMITS It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week. Thank you. David Hodges Market Director Collingswood Farmers’ Market [856 854-8385 Home Office] [856 979-6653 Cell Phone on Market Day for voice or text]