Kitchentop Composter Giveaway Strikes Back!
Through the generosity of Wake Co, we are back with yet another kitchentop composter giveaway! Bianca will be around from 9:30-11:30am to give out composters and answer questions about Wake Co’s Waste Management program. Limit 1 per household.
Winter Wonderland Craft Fair
That’s right folks, we’re back with another crafts fair! We’re excited to host a wide variety of talented creators and crafters in addition to our regular vendors, plus some extra-special holiday fun!
Meet Santa - 10am-12pm
Starting at 10am, lucky kids will get to experience the magic of Christmas early! Santa will have candy canes and lots of promises for the kids that I’m sure the parents will appreciate.
Trader Joe’s Goodie Bag Raffle
Come by the Info Tent during market hours to sign up!
Holiday Food Drive
When you make your usual rounds at the market this Saturday, please drop by the Education Garden with any nonperishable items you’re able to donate. At market close, Supreme Garden Overlord Donna will take your donations to our partner, Dorcas Ministries, to give out before the holidays. Not sure what people want? Check out Dorcas’ website or Amazon Wishlist for their recommendations.
Thanksgiving TUESDAY Mini-Market
It’s like Thanksgiving, except everything is smaller! Just kidding, the turkeys will be the same size and the pies just as yummy. Where possible, please reach out to the vendors below for preorder options.
Our lineup this year includes:
Fickle Creek Farm - follow this link for 🦃 turkey preorders 🦃
Coleman Girls Farm - eggs and meat - contact link
Oak City Spice Labs - gluten-free baked goods - contact link
Shellymac Baked Goods - 🥧 pie reservations 🥧 (options below) - 919-215-6569
West Orange Farms - raw honey - contact link
WildMoose Bakers - loaded baked potato rolls and other breads - contact link
Anthropocene on Fire - upcycled local jewelry - liz@anthropoceneonfire.com
Triangle Shala Yoga Class
Join Triangle Shala Yoga Studio for a free, all-levels outdoor yoga class at the Western Wake Farmer's Market! This 1-hour class will be held in the fresh autumn air, providing the perfect opportunity to connect with nature while practicing yoga. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned practitioner, this class will guide you through mindful movements and include a calming Pranayama (breathwork) session to center your mind and body. Don’t forget to bring your own yoga mat and enjoy this rejuvenating practice at the market!
Triangle Shala is a small yoga studio right around the corner from the market. Our mission at Triangle Shala is to provide yoga that is accessible & authentic. We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment where individuals can come together to deepen their understanding of yoga through the study of its traditional roots, including Sanskrit, music and philosophy. Shala, in Sanskrit means home. The triangle stands for a variety of things, the location of our studio in Triangle area in NC, the space where yoga, Sanskrit & music meet and much more!
Year-Round Gardening: Plant Garlic, Onions and Shallots – Oh My!
It’s the time of year that we plant alliums at the Morrisville Education Garden. We’ll show you how to plant, plus talk about care and feeding, and how long they’ll take to be ready! 30 minutes of instruction followed by supervised hands-on practice. Open to all ages, but participants under 13 years old must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Thanksgiving Food Drive
When you make your usual rounds at the market this Saturday, please drop by the Education Garden with any nonperishable items you’re able to donate. At market close, Supreme Garden Overlord Donna will take your donations to our partner, Dorcas Ministries, to give out before the holiday. Not sure what people want? Check out Dorcas’ website or Amazon Wishlist for their recommendations.
Cat Tales Rescue Adoption Event
Rounding out the fall of 2024 after falling for just about every animal brought to the market by the many amazing organizations we’ve hosted the past few months, Cat Tales Rescue NC takes WWFM 9:30-11am!
Cat Tales Rescue NC is a new nonprofit organization formed by a group of passionate and highly experienced cat rescuers brought together by their common goals and aligned rescue values. While this organization is new, it is built upon over FOUR decades of combined cat rescue experience, which includes medical fostering, foster and adoption counseling, TNVR, neonatal care, behavioral advice and much, much more. We provide the fantastic felines for Cat Tales Cat Cafe which has been open for more than 5 years!
Our unwavering mission is to proactively and strategically use our experience and resources to lower the euthanasia rate of healthy cats in North Carolina. Our programs include: preventing litters, facilitating adoptions, TNVR and supporting community cat caretakers, diverting cats from the shelter system, and matching and supporting senior pets with senior citizens.
Turtle Pants Farm and Rainbow Rescue & Retreat Adoption Event
It’s double trouble this weekend at WWFM 🐶 thanks to the superpowers of pet shelter whisperer Lisa, we were able to schedule TWO amazing sanctuaries for adoption events 9:30-12pm - Turtle Pants Farm and Rainbow Rescue & Retreat!
Turtle Pants Farm is a small family farm and non profit in rural Chatham County, North Carolina. The farm operates as an all species rescue and sanctuary taking in, vetting, rehabilitating, and re-homing animals of various species and backgrounds ranging from cats and chickens to donkeys and cows. Our belief is that all animals deserve a caring, loving forever home. Our long term goal is to educate the public on proper care, feeding, and vetting of all species animals.
Rainbow Rescue & Retreat is a woman and queer-owned, volunteer-run non-profit organization that has created a unique space as an all species animal sanctuary & LGBTQ+ retreat in North Carolina. Our primary focus right now is providing sanctuary and rehabilitation for the voiceless. As of July 2024, we were forced to close the rescue portion of our organization indefinitely due to lack of community support. Upon the completion of our sanctuary, RRR hopes to be able to expand our rescue mission to a full facility with domestic, some exotic, and farm animals as well as be able to host retreats for the LGBTQ+ community and their allies with a combination of animal, nature, music, yogic and spiritual experiences.
Pumpkin Drop-Off for the Animals of WWFM
Hope everyone had a happy Halloween! Now comes the part you’ve all been waiting for – cleaning up. But before you go to throw out all those pretty pumpkins, the farm animals association of Coleman Girls Farm and Fickle Creek Farm would like a word. They are willing to take ALL your non-painted, wax-free pumpkins for their Saturday night dessert free of charge. Bring whatever you’ve got to the upcoming November/December markets! We’ll have a drop-off zone on the lawn near the Education Garden.
Triangle Shala Yoga Class
Join Triangle Shala Yoga Studio for a free, all-levels outdoor yoga class at the Western Wake Farmer's Market! This 1-hour class will be held in the fresh autumn air, providing the perfect opportunity to connect with nature while practicing yoga. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned practitioner, this class will guide you through mindful movements and include a calming Pranayama (breathwork) session to center your mind and body. Don’t forget to bring your own yoga mat and enjoy this rejuvenating practice at the market!
Triangle Shala is a small yoga studio right around the corner from the market. Our mission at Triangle Shala is to provide yoga that is accessible & authentic. We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment where individuals can come together to deepen their understanding of yoga through the study of its traditional roots, including Sanskrit, music and philosophy. Shala, in Sanskrit means home. The triangle stands for a variety of things, the location of our studio in Triangle area in NC, the space where yoga, Sanskrit & music meet and much more!
Harvest Craft Fair
Our annual Harvest Craft Fair returns during the heart of spooky szn 🎃 We are anticipating a huge lineup of regular favorites and specialty crafters from around the community, I for one cannot wait! Shop for the holidays, enjoy live music and hot food, and pick up your weekly fresh meat/veg.
Year-Round Gardening: Care for plants over the Winter
Get ready to care for plants over winter at the Morrisville Education Garden.
What materials might you need? Each class begins with 30 minutes of instruction, followed by supervised hands-on learning time. Some classes may include give aways or take-home projects. Open to all ages, but participants under 13 years old must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Doggies in Bloom at the Farmers Market
Can I interest you in another opportunity to play with dogs on the lawn at WWFM? We will be hosting Freedom Ride Rescue during regular market hours, who will be bringing plenty of pupperinos ready for adoption 🐕
Freedom Ride Rescue brings together individuals who share a love for dogs and a dream to see a no-kill state. Our foster-based network brings in dogs of all ages, sizes and breed mixes. We help to rehabilitate these animals – providing security, love, medical, and behavioral training as needed – until they can be adopted to their “fur-ever” homes.
Co-founded by Mollie Doll and Larry Hughes, the first freedom ride for our rescue was Rider, from Granville County Animal Shelter. Mollie and Larry envisioned a tiny, boutique rescue saving around 50 dogs a year on that first shelter “pull” back in August 2019. The support and incredible passion in the rescue community quickly illustrated there would be WAY more freedom ride than originally anticipated. On our third anniversary, we have saved nearly 1900 dogs (and eight cats).
Triangle Shala Yoga Class
Join Triangle Shala Yoga Studio for a free, all-levels outdoor yoga class at the Western Wake Farmer's Market! This 1-hour class will be held in the fresh autumn air, providing the perfect opportunity to connect with nature while practicing yoga. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned practitioner, this class will guide you through mindful movements and include a calming Pranayama (breathwork) session to center your mind and body. Don’t forget to bring your own yoga mat and enjoy this rejuvenating practice at the market!
Triangle Shala is a small yoga studio right around the corner from the market. Our mission at Triangle Shala is to provide yoga that is accessible & authentic. We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment where individuals can come together to deepen their understanding of yoga through the study of its traditional roots, including Sanskrit, music and philosophy. Shala, in Sanskrit means home. The triangle stands for a variety of things, the location of our studio in Triangle area in NC, the space where yoga, Sanskrit & music meet and much more!
Perfectly Imperfect Pups Adoption Event
WWFM is excited to welcome PIPs for the first time to its storied lawn from 9am to 12pm!!
Perfectly Imperfect Pups (PIPs) is creating a better world for at-risk dogs, with a focus on those with special needs, by building a community of like-minded people through advocacy, education, fostering and adoption. We envision a world where imperfection is perfection; where all dogs get the love they deserve.
At PIPs we believe…
In welcoming the challenges of rescue work with responsible compassion
We are strongest when our community partners with us
All dogs deserves a champion
Every dog and every person deserves a place to belong
GarlicFest!
The market after this, 10/12, will be our fabulous GarlicFest!! All the fine deets are being worked out, but we will be featuring a garlic-infused food demo with FREE samples, plus a raffle for a prize bag filled with Trader Joe's garlic-themed products. Don’t miss this one!!
WNC Donation Drive
In response to the ongoing crisis in western North Carolina due to Hurricane Helene, WWFM will be collecting community donations during the 10/5 market. Drop off anything you are comfortable giving away during regular hours, 8am-12pm, to be donated to our fellow NCers in need.
Items in demand:
Non-perishable food items
Water and sports drinks
Flashlights and batteries
Paper towels and paper products (plates, bowls, cups, flatware)
Baby diapers, wipes, and other essentials
Personal hygiene items
Feminine hygiene items
Cleaning supplies and trash bags
Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue Awareness Event
Who doesn’t love a golden?? I personally cannot wait to have Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue at WWFM! They will be on the lawn during regular market hours, so please come by to say hi to all the good boys 🐕
Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and adoption of golden retrievers in need. The organization advocates responsible pet ownership, community education and protection of all dogs.
Neshama Adoption Event
After all the sweetie pies Neshama brought here in the spring, we knew we had to get them back in the fall. Now penciled in for 9am Sept 28, Neshama will be bringing more of their cutest animals to meet the WWFM community.
Neshama is an all volunteer, independent, 501(c)(3) animal welfare and education organization. Their mission is to promote the rescue and adoption of companion animals, with a focus on senior and special needs pets. They believe every soul has intrinsic value and seek to help communities see that value to create a kinder world. Neshama’s goals are to rescue animals from shelters, place them in loving foster homes, and adopt them out to forever homes, as well as strengthen our communities’ education, laws and regulations regarding animal overpopulation and care.
Kitchentop Composter Giveaway
Through the generosity of Wake Co, we are back with yet another kitchentop composter giveaway! Bianca will be around from 8-11am to give out composters and answer questions about Wake Co’s Waste Management program. Limit 1 per household.
Year-Round Gardening: Planting Cool Season Crops
Learn what you can plant now for fall at the Morrisville Education Garden. Each class begins with 30 minutes of instruction, followed by supervised hands-on learning time. Some classes may include give aways or take-home projects. Open to all ages, but participants under 13 years old must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Rescue Ur Forever Friend (RUFF) Adoption Event
We are so back… After a long summer of sweat and veggies, fall means the pet adoption events return!!
To start a jam-packed few months of events, we’re excited to welcome Rescue Ur Forever Friend (RUFF) to the WWFM green. Rescue Ur Forever Friend (RUFF) is an all volunteer, nonprofit rescue organization dedicated to reducing the homeless population of pets, through foster care, medical treatment and adoption into forever homes. RUFF encourages responsible pet ownership through community outreach and education.
To see an updated list of their animals up for foster/adoption/love, see here.
Triangle Shala Yoga Class
Please join Aparna for a 30 minute morning yoga session that is FREE for all and for all levels of yoga practitioners! Bring a mat, roll it out, take a deep breath, and follow along as we practice some gentle movement paired with a brief guided meditation at the very end. Let’s enjoy our zen time amongst the fresh produce at the Western Wake Farmers Market!
Triangle Shala is a small yoga studio right around the corner from the market. Our mission at Triangle Shala is to provide yoga that is accessible & authentic. We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment where individuals can come together to deepen their understanding of yoga through the study of its traditional roots, including Sanskrit, music and philosophy. Shala, in Sanskrit means home. The triangle stands for a variety of things, the location of our studio in Triangle area in NC, the space where yoga, Sanskrit & music meet and much more!
Music in the Park, WWFM Edition
Get ready for the Town of Morrisville x WWFM crossover you’ve all been waiting for!! On Friday, Sept 6th at 6:30, we will be bringing a handful of our elite craft vendors to ToM’s Music in the Park event. Enjoy live music from 2Digh4, grab a bite from Mike’s Empanadas or Oats Unbaked, and do some early (no judgment OK) holiday shopping. Bring a chair for maximum comfort 🙏
Year-Round Gardening: Clean Up After Harvesting and Planting for Fall
Clean up your beds and prepare for Fall Planting at the Morrisville Education Garden. Each class begins with 30 minutes of instruction, followed by supervised hands-on learning time. Some classes may include give aways or take-home projects. Open to all ages, but participants under 13 years old must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Tomato-palooza!
It’s code red at the Healthy Food Hub! Tootie of Blueberry Salsa fame (if you missed her sample station at the 7/13 Blueberry Bash, even more reason to come out!) will be putting on another clinic, this time cheffing up a Sweet Onion and Tomato Salad composed of amazing ingredients found around the market. We’ll have other tasties to taste, plus many more tomato-themed activities 🍅
If I see anyone in red with green accents, you automatically win. I will not elaborate further.
Year-Round Gardening: Building Teepees or Trellises for Peas and Beans
Learn how to build trellises or teepees for climbing vegetables at the Morrisville Education Garden. Materials list provided to put your newfound knowledge into practice. Some classes may include give aways or take-home projects. Open to all ages, but participants under 13 years old must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Blueberry Bash
We are back with another produce-themed day - this time we're calling it our Blueberry Bash! Through the ever-generous coffers of Wake Co, we are bringing in a nutrition expert, who will be preparing and serving FREE samples incorporating ingredients found around the market. We will also have kids' activities, trivia, maybe even costumes? You'll have to make it here to find out!
Kitchentop Composter Giveaway
Through the generosity of Wake Co, we are back with yet another kitchentop composter giveaway! We will have up to 50 pails to give away this time of Wake Co’s new and improved model (see pics below, fluffman not included). Stop by the Info Tent to pick one up while supplies last!
“WWFM gives me access to fresh, organic foods and pasture-raised meats. I seek ingredients more than prepared foods, but I do try and support the visiting vendors or the specialty bakeries. ”
Become A Volunteer
We love connecting with our community! Volunteers can lead demonstrations, help out at special events, engage with our younger customers in the kids’ tent, and contribute in a multitude of other ways. If you’d like to help, we’d like to talk.
