The Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market is holding its seventh annual Apple Festival this Friday, Sept. 18, 3-6 p.m. The main attraction will be crisp apples from local orchards, including organically grown fruit from Saratoga Apple, along with apple cider doughnuts and both sweet and hard ciders. Warren County Master Gardeners will be on hand with growing information and apple recipes.
More than a dozen local producers, artists and other businesses will be offering their products for sale. Children may create a take-home craft with Megan Reynolds of Bee-ing Artsy and Cornell Cooperative Extension, with Upper Hudson River Quality Deer Management Association, is offering Field to Fork recipes and samples of local venison. Folk musician Peter Burrall is providing live music in the gazebo.
Apple Festival organizers are hosting an Apple Dessert Recipe contest. Bring a batch of your favorite homemade apple dessert with at least one written copy of the recipe. The winner will be selected by Festival judges and awarded Farmers’ Market Bucks to spend at the market. Festival attendees will be able to bring home samples of each entry.
Participating vendors at the 2020 Apple Festival include:
- Adirondack Gold Maple Farm
- Bear Pond Woodworking (fine woodwork and paintings)
- Caldwell Country Farm (organically grown produce and preserves)
- Calico Corner (fabric crafts)
- Coffee with a Cause
- Crazy Creek LLC (handpainted wood signs and earrings)
- Dawn’s Delights (fruit pies, brownies, cookies, granola, artisan breads, local honey)
- For the Love of Rocks (sterling silver gemstone jewelry)
- Glens Falls Distillery (Cinnamon Moonshine & Other Spirits)
- Jason’s ADK Produce (organically grown produce and plants)
- Nettle Meadow Cheese Farm
- North River Hobby Farm (fresh flower arrangements and plants)
- Birdy’s Designs (copper wired gemstone jewelry and plants in ceramic containers)
- Seeds of Wisdom (salves, essential oils and Native American Craftwork)
- Trillium Farm (chicken and duck eggs)
The Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market is a producer-only market held every Friday, Memorial Day Weekend thru October in the Warrensburg Historic Mill District Park across from Curtis Lumber. In addition to in-season local produce, the market offers locally produced wine, cheeses, maple products, organic eggs and poultry, baked goods and craft items.
In keeping with NYS Agriculture and Markets COVID-19 guidelines, festival attendees must wear a mask, sanitize their hands and practice social distancing.
The market, sponsored by Warrensburg Beautification, Inc., has themed festivals throughout the season beginning with a Rhubarb Festival in June. The final festival of the season, the Garlic Fest, will be held October 9, the Friday of Columbus Day Weekend. For more information, contact market manager Teresa Whalen at (518)466-5497, email taawhalen@yahoo.com.