She greets every market shopper with a warm smile and a friendly hello. She patiently explains the ingredients in each of her loving crafted cakes. Ask her where she gets the inspiration for her cakes and she’ll tell you. Once you’ve completed your purchase, Judith thanks you and places your items into a brown bag with a card. Professional, courteous, and the cakes are delicious. You must come by the market this weekend.
This Saturday, June 6, as it has for the past twelve years, Montgomery’s downtown will jump with activity. Montgomery’s Farmers’ Market, an outreach of the Montgomery Friends of Open Space (Friends), features locally grown, conventional and certified organic produce, meats, eggs and other farm products. It will be held Saturdays from 9am until 1pm at the Village Shopper shopping center through October 24th.
Founded in 2003 to support agriculture in Montgomery and surrounding areas, the Farmers’ Market has grown from 5 vendors to 18 this year. Back this year are old favorites Treelicious Orchards and Orchard Farm Organics, who have been with us from the very beginning, but we also welcome PickleLicious from Teaneck, NJ, purveyor of house-made kosher pickles, olives, and other products.
Each year the Friends like to support an emerging farmer who is venturing into the farm market business. New for this year will be dried, organic herbs and herb teas from Fields Without Fences of Frenchtown. Next week, come ready for coffee as Benfatto Coffee of Hillsborough joins us as well. Some farmers are experiencing a delayed harvest and will join us in the coming weeks, but while we’re waiting for the sunflowers to bloom and cherries to ripen, there are plenty of delicious, fresh offerings.
Our esteemed Market Sponsors will be on hand regularly. Our Blue Ribbon Sponsor is again Union Line Garage of Hopewell; Market Benefactor, Princeton Design Guild; Market Patron, Terra Momo Restaurant Group; Band Sponsors, Radiation Data, Princeton Orthopaedic Group, Lili B’s and 1st Constitution Bank of Rocky Hill, and individual contributors. If you would like to sponsor the Market, visit the Friends’ website (MontgomeryFriends.org) for a sponsor form or go to the “Eat Local” table at the Market. Funds from sponsors help cover the cost of supplies, labor, special events, and shed maintenance.
Keeping the market running are our tireless volunteers. Working at the market is a rewarding, satisfying and delicious activity. Reach out through our website or stop by the Friends tent on Market Day and find out how you can be a part of it! Once again, the Friends will be sending out a weekly e-newsletter to over 1700 shoppers with specials, vendor information, and coupons. Sign up at www.montgomeryfriends.org.
Sunday, April 12, was a magnificent spring day – blue sky, warm sun, new green growth emerging from trees and earth. It was a perfect day for a mindfulness walk. Between 20 and 30 outdoor enthusiasts and meditators turned out to sharpen their senses and see, hear, smell and feel the peaceful woods along Bedens brook wake up from the long cold winter. We started in the parking lot of the Rock Brook School and walked down Orchard Road, across the bridge on Opossum Road and into the Swan Preserve. We walked slowly and quietly and stopped here and there to notice the sound of wind and birds in the trees, the sound of leaves crunching under our feet and the gently burbling stream, the earthy smell of the path and fresh scent of the brook, the sight of new green buds on trees and the sun glinting on the water. We spent time exploring by the water’s edge, and just sitting in the stillness. Thanks so much to Maia Reim for her beautiful pictures.
The new spring green was just beginning to emerge along Bedens Brook
DMC-LX7 f/2 1/125sec ISO-80 7.3mm
We walked slowly and quietly along the trail.
DMC-LX7 f/1.8 1/250sec ISO-160 4.7mm
Jean explores along the water\’s edge.
DMC-LX7 f/2.2 1/400sec ISO-320 13.7mm
Ursula sits quietly in the peaceful woods.
DMC-LX7 f/2.8 1/200sec ISO-80 9.2mm
Donate Today
Thank you for considering a gift to Montgomery Friends of Open Space. Your contribution helps us to preserve the rural character of our community that we value so highly. Please let us know if you would like to sponsor a special event, become a Farmers’ Market Sponsor, or direct your gift to a specific area or project. Print the confirmation screen for your records.
Your privacy is important to us. Donations are processed through a secure banking portal.
Last Updated: October 1, 2015 by Khürt Williams
Judith’s Desert Boutique
She greets every market shopper with a warm smile and a friendly hello. She patiently explains the ingredients in each of her loving crafted cakes. Ask her where she gets the inspiration for her cakes and she’ll tell you. Once you’ve completed your purchase, Judith thanks you and places your items into a brown bag with a card. Professional, courteous, and the cakes are delicious. You must come by the market this weekend.
Last Updated: June 7, 2015 by Montgomery Friends
The Montgomery Farmers’ Market Returns
This Saturday, June 6, as it has for the past twelve years, Montgomery’s downtown will jump with activity. Montgomery’s Farmers’ Market, an outreach of the Montgomery Friends of Open Space (Friends), features locally grown, conventional and certified organic produce, meats, eggs and other farm products. It will be held Saturdays from 9am until 1pm at the Village Shopper shopping center through October 24th.
Founded in 2003 to support agriculture in Montgomery and surrounding areas, the Farmers’ Market has grown from 5 vendors to 18 this year. Back this year are old favorites Treelicious Orchards and Orchard Farm Organics, who have been with us from the very beginning, but we also welcome PickleLicious from Teaneck, NJ, purveyor of house-made kosher pickles, olives, and other products.
Each year the Friends like to support an emerging farmer who is venturing into the farm market business. New for this year will be dried, organic herbs and herb teas from Fields Without Fences of Frenchtown. Next week, come ready for coffee as Benfatto Coffee of Hillsborough joins us as well. Some farmers are experiencing a delayed harvest and will join us in the coming weeks, but while we’re waiting for the sunflowers to bloom and cherries to ripen, there are plenty of delicious, fresh offerings.
Our esteemed Market Sponsors will be on hand regularly. Our Blue Ribbon Sponsor is again Union Line Garage of Hopewell; Market Benefactor, Princeton Design Guild; Market Patron, Terra Momo Restaurant Group; Band Sponsors, Radiation Data, Princeton Orthopaedic Group, Lili B’s and 1st Constitution Bank of Rocky Hill, and individual contributors. If you would like to sponsor the Market, visit the Friends’ website (MontgomeryFriends.org) for a sponsor form or go to the “Eat Local” table at the Market. Funds from sponsors help cover the cost of supplies, labor, special events, and shed maintenance.
Keeping the market running are our tireless volunteers. Working at the market is a rewarding, satisfying and delicious activity. Reach out through our website or stop by the Friends tent on Market Day and find out how you can be a part of it! Once again, the Friends will be sending out a weekly e-newsletter to over 1700 shoppers with specials, vendor information, and coupons. Sign up at www.montgomeryfriends.org.
Welcome to summer!
Lorette Pruden
Market Manager
Last Updated: August 13, 2015 by Marha Elliott 1 Comment
Mindfulness Walk in Swan Preserve
Sunday, April 12, was a magnificent spring day – blue sky, warm sun, new green growth emerging from trees and earth. It was a perfect day for a mindfulness walk. Between 20 and 30 outdoor enthusiasts and meditators turned out to sharpen their senses and see, hear, smell and feel the peaceful woods along Bedens brook wake up from the long cold winter. We started in the parking lot of the Rock Brook School and walked down Orchard Road, across the bridge on Opossum Road and into the Swan Preserve. We walked slowly and quietly and stopped here and there to notice the sound of wind and birds in the trees, the sound of leaves crunching under our feet and the gently burbling stream, the earthy smell of the path and fresh scent of the brook, the sight of new green buds on trees and the sun glinting on the water. We spent time exploring by the water’s edge, and just sitting in the stillness. Thanks so much to Maia Reim for her beautiful pictures.
DMC-LX7 f/2 1/125sec ISO-80 7.3mm
DMC-LX7 f/1.8 1/250sec ISO-160 4.7mm
DMC-LX7 f/2.2 1/400sec ISO-320 13.7mm
DMC-LX7 f/2.8 1/200sec ISO-80 9.2mm
Donate Today
Thank you for considering a gift to Montgomery Friends of Open Space. Your contribution helps us to preserve the rural character of our community that we value so highly. Please let us know if you would like to sponsor a special event, become a Farmers’ Market Sponsor, or direct your gift to a specific area or project. Print the confirmation screen for your records.
Your privacy is important to us. Donations are processed through a secure banking portal.