A frost in late May has challenged apple orchards throughout the Northeast with Saratoga Apple reporting the loss of half their crop, and Apple Hill Orchard in Whitehall announcing they will not open this year having lost all their fruit. However, apples are still to be found this fall, and the Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market is celebrating everything apples at the 10th Annual Apple Festival on Friday, September 15, from 3-6 p.m.
The Farmers’ Market is held in the Historic Mills District Park, 180 River Street in Warrensburg (across from Curtis Lumber). The Apple Festival will feature organically grown apples, sweet and hard cider and cider doughnuts. Shoppers will have the opportunity to sample apple recipes and children may enjoy apple-themed crafts, pumpkin decorating, and face painting by Megan Pierce.
Live entertainment will be provided by Singer-Songwriter Peter Burrall and Irv West & the Countryside Cut-Ups.
Local farms and businesses participating in the Apple Festival include:
- Adirondack Harvest (apple fudge and pies, preserves and naturally grown produce by Hildy & Ashley Monroe)
- Adirondack Serendipity (local honey by Scott & Kim Townsend)
- Adirondack Winery, As You Wish Signs & Gifts by Dina (hand painted & lettered artwork on repurposed materials)
- Baked By Marlene (cookies, cakes, salsa)
- Birdy’s Designs (copper-wired gemstone jewelry and plants in ceramic containers by Robin Hansen)
- Calico Corner (fabric crafts by Elizabeth Marshall)
- Cover Your Sass Boutique (natural skin, body and home care by Tonia Scheerer)
- Dawn’s Delights (apple pies and baked goods)
- Earth Wear by Lauren (jewelry and art)
- For the Love of Rocks (sterling silver gemstone jewelry by Linda O’Neil)
- Hilton Family Farmstand (garlic dill pickles)
- Juniper Hill Farm (organically grown produce)
- Mac’s Pipes & Accessories (Donald MacNaughton)
- Nana’s Garlic Shack
- Nettle Meadow Cheese Farm
- North Country Microgreens
- Northeast Corner Herb Farm
- PaperPie (Casandra Wallace)
- Personalized & Themed Items (Patty LaFountain)
- Sugar Mountain Cookies
- Trillium Farm (chicken and duck eggs)
- Whitefield Farm (chicken and turkey)
The 2023 Warrensburgh Riverfront Market Apple Festival is dedicated to the memory of Nate Darrow, who passed away last year. Darrow opened Saratoga Apple in 1994 and is well-known and revered in the agricultural community for his expertise in apple cultivation.
For more information, contact Teresa Whalen, Market Manager, at (518)466-5497 (call or text), email: taawhalen@yahoo.com.