What’s Fresh Downtown – August 11
ATTENTION SHOPPERS:
The Downtown Farmers Market will be relocating to the Easy Park Parking Lot across the street from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at 688 Cambie St. this week only! Same time and same great vendors – just across the street!
THE PRODUCE:
Apples, artichokes, apricots, beets, basil, beans, bell peppers, blackberries, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, cherries, corn, cucumber, eggplant, fennel, garlic, green onions, head lettuce, herbs, kale, kohlrabi, mushrooms, mustards, nectarines, potatoes, peaches, peas, plums, radishes, raspberries, salad mix, spinach, summer squash, strawberries, tomatoes, turnips, zucchini
CONTEST ALERT!
We’re excited to celebrate Tomato Fest at Trout Lake and Kitsilano on August 20th and 21st. Show us your ugliest tomatoes and enter to win $20 Market Money by tagging your ugly tomato photo #inglorioustomato @vanmarkets on Instagram. Winner will be picked on Friday, August 19th. Find your ugly or beautiful tomatoes this week at the Downtown Farmers Market.
DON’T MISS:
Inside Green, a Vancouver-based project that connects people through the stewardship and gifting of houseplants, will have 50 plants to give away to the first 50 shoppers that visit them on Thursday! Find out how you can be a little greener from inside spaces out.
HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
Help the market grow by spreading the word to your colleagues, neighbours and friends! Stop by the information tent and pick up a poster and some leaflets to hang up in lunchrooms, elevators, lobbies and community boards.
Visit us at 688 Cambie St this Thursday only, 2pm-6pm
Like us on our new Facebook page: Downtown Vancouver Farmers Market
Get a complete list of this week’s Downtown Market vendors here.
Discover our five other summer market locations on our Markets Page.
