Farmers Markets near Ferndale, WA

Ferndale

Fridays 2pm to 6pm at 2007 Cherry Street in Ferndale, Whatcom County, along the Centennial River Walk between the Community Center and the Boys and Girls Club. Started in 2007, it has drawn up to 30 vendors bringing fresh fruit and vegetables plus handcrafted items. Most vendors take cash and cards, and some accept SNAP, EBT, WIC, and FMNP vouchers.

A short ferry ride from Gooseberry Point brings you to this small market at 2106 South Nugent Road, half a block from the Lummi Island dock. It runs Saturdays 10am to 2pm from late June through early September. Island growers and makers sell produce, crafts, and prepared food, with some vendors taking SNAP and WIC. The ferry runs hourly, walk-on passengers can park at Gooseberry Point, and admission is free.

Lynden

Held on the second and fourth Saturdays, June through October, 10am to 2pm, at H Street Plaza where H Street meets Peace Portal Drive in the border town of Blaine. Sellers offer only what they grow, make, or prepare themselves, with no imports or resale items allowed. The Blaine Chamber of Commerce has sponsored it since 2009, and it stays free for both vendors and shoppers.

Burlington

A volunteer-run, nonprofit open-air market in the Samish watershed near Bow, in Skagit Valley farm country between Burlington and the Edison-Bow area. It centers on local food and community, drawing growers and makers from the surrounding valley. Skagit Valley is known for its berries, vegetables, and tulip fields, and the small market reflects that agricultural base.

Lopez Island

On the Village Green next to the Lopez Center, this island market runs Saturdays 10am to 2pm from mid-May through late September. Nearly everything is grown or made on Lopez itself: vegetables, fruit, and flowers from island farms, plus jams, chutneys, pickles, fudge, seafood, and grass-fed meats. Local artists sell crafts alongside ready-to-eat food. It's a small San Juan Islands market where you'll often meet the grower behind the stall.

The San Juan Island Farmers Market runs at the Brickworks building on Nichols Street in Friday Harbor, Saturdays 9:30am to 1pm from April through December, then twice monthly in winter. Island farms supply flowers, eggs, produce, fruit, cheese, and grass-fed meat, joined by stalls selling goat cheese, sushi, sausages, sustainably caught tuna, and shellfish. Local music plays through the morning. From the ferry, head up Spring Street, then left on Argyle and Nichols.

Friday Harbor

Friday Harbor

On the Village Green in the middle of Eastsound, the Orcas Island Farmers Market runs Saturdays 10am to 2pm from early May through late September, then moves indoors to the Orcas school cafeteria for a fall market through November. Vendors sell island-grown produce, flowers, handmade crafts, and artisan goods, and food trucks handle lunch. Live music plays from late morning. The market takes EBT, WIC, and Senior FMNP.