Farmers Markets near Wetumpka, AL

Wetumpka

Trinity Episcopal Church hosts this Saturday market on Highway 231 as a no-cost place for farmers from Autauga, Chilton, Elmore, and Montgomery counties to sell direct. Expect tomatoes, peaches, honey, and squash most weeks, plus pickles, jams, jellies, a local soap-maker, and boiled peanuts on the side. Call the church for the current schedule.

MONTGOMERY

Montgomery State Farmers Market has operated out of its Federal Drive building since 1986, one of four markets the Alabama Farmers Market Authority runs statewide. It's open seven days a week, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., with indoor stalls selling Alabama produce and farm goods year-round rather than a single weekly market day. Cash and card both work here.

Montgomery

Now in its third decade, the Saturday market at the Shoppes at Eastchase has grown into one of the five largest in Alabama. Twenty-plus certified vendors, including Penton Farms, Dixon Family Farms, and Leatherwood Nursery, set up from 7 a.m. to noon between May and September, selling fresh eggs, honey, jellies, and boiled peanuts a few steps from the mall's H&M and Sephora.

Millbrook

Millbrook Farmers Market runs Tuesday mornings from 7 a.m. to noon, mid-May through mid-August, at Village Green Park. Growers and home producers sell fruit, vegetables, honey, farm eggs, coffee, cookies, and jams, along with locally raised meat. Market Manager Chuck Burns handles vendor questions directly by phone.

Montgomery

This is Montgomery's State Farmer's Market at Fairview, open long hours most days of the week in a covered facility on Fairview Avenue. Alongside the usual produce and baked goods, shoppers can find canned goods and organic items, a broader mix than most seasonal roadside markets carry.

Tallassee

Tallassee Farmers' Market opens at 8 a.m. every Saturday on Barnett Boulevard, running through late summer. The market has indoor space and takes both cash and card, which isn't a given at a small-town Alabama market this size.