Fall in Love with Cheverly Community Market this Saturday: the big lineup (September 21)

We have a lot to celebrate -- the change of seasons, the gorgeous produce that is in season locally right now, Maryland wines, being named #1 in Maryland (and #16 in the United States) in American Farmland Trust's 2013 I Love My Farmer's Market contest, the fact that three new vendors and a new-to-us community program are with us this Saturday...There's a lot to Fall in Love with this weekend at Cheverly Community Market!

(The vagaries of small business and community organizations mean that this lineup is subject to change. Our vendors and groups do everything they can to be with us, but occasionally, they have to cancel an appearance.)

VENDORS
Alcoba Coffee Beans (and honey!)
All in the Details
Benny's Fruit Stand/Rebert Farm
Cafe Ambrosia
Cakes by Ruthann
Carol's Niece
Cheverly Breadbasket
CrossKrafts
Fearless Threads
Gigi's Quilts Sorry! Gigi has cancelled for Saturday
Gone Greens NEW VENDOR
Linganore Winecellars
Little Gifts Favors NEW VENDOR
Lynda Jones-Burns
Martha's Jams
Mary D's Creations NEW VENDOR
Natural Nick's Produce
Natural-holic with Scents
New Starts Farm
Shlagel Farms
Tasha's Cookies & Treats
Two Oceans Seafood
Waltz Family Farm

COMMUNITY GROUPS
CERT Sorry! CERT has cancelled for Saturday.
CPRC - membership drive and annual costume swap drop-off
Friends of Lower Beaverdam Creek
Prince George's County Master Gardener's Program
Prince George's County Department of Public Health Healthy, Active Living Program
Progressive Cheverly

ENTERTAINMENT/ACTIVITIES
CPRC Story Time -- 11:30am on the Community Center steps
Eleanor Roosevelt High School Dixieland Jazz Combo
UMD Extension Loan-A-Layer Program

Thirty Thirty-two vendors, community groups, activities, and music to start autumn in Cheverly off the right way! Come early, have breakfast, enjoy the band, learn about some of the great groups in our community, and shop, shop, shop! Don't forget to stop by the big green Cheverly Community Market tent to meet our board members and  share your thoughts on what we do. You can also purchase reusable Market logo bags ($2 each or three for $5) and buy Cheverly Community Market gift certificates in any denomination -- great gifts for your Market friends.

We can't wait to share our Saturday morning with you -- Fall in Love this weekend at Cheverly Community Market!

New Vendor: Handmade Habitat

We're thrilled to welcome new vendor Handmade Habitat to Cheverly Community Market this Saturday. Amina Ahmad (of Takoma Park) makes wonderful contemporary items -- she has a great sense of design and style, and we can't wait to share her wares with you!

Here's a description of Amina and her work from her lovely Etsy shop:

I am obsessed with all things handmade and I believe that handmade can encompass every part of our lives. As the oldest of three children, learning how to do things for myself has always been a big part of my life, and as such, I have become a non-stop sewing, crafting, making machine! 

I am very inspired by nature and my in my work, it is important to me to embrace simplicity and allow the natural beauty of the fabrics and colors I use to shine through. I love working with colors, shapes, tones and patterns that mimic the Earth. I primarily work with natural fabrics such as cotton, organic cotton and burlap and hand-dye many of my pieces to get custom, rustic and rich colors.  

I create for all aspects of our lives - wearing, working, playing and even the cat gets some love.  

For you, the home, the cat & with love for the Earth.

This Saturday, come out, meet Amina, and find beautiful locally made soy candles, cotton scarves, sachets, and catnip toys. It's a great time to start thinking about thoughtful gifts...and wonderful additions to your home and wardrobe!

All images via Handmade Habitat on Etsy

New Vendor: Linganore Winecellars

photo via Linganore Winecellars' blog

We are very excited to welcome a new winery to Cheverly Community Market this Saturday: Linganore Winecellars. According to winemaker Anthony Allen, “We provide wines for people who don’t need to be told what to like," while noting that many people prefer wines with residual sugar. "We're just a group of people up here having a lot of fun.” Sounds like our kind of people -- and our kind of wine.

Berrywine Plantations/Linganore Winecellars, the largest winery in Maryland, is a family-operated vineyard and winery nestled on 230 acres of picturesque rolling countryside, near historic New Market, Maryland. Established by Jack and Lucille Aellen in 1971, the winery opened in 1976. In 1977, Linganore Winecellars held Maryland’s first wine festival, and in 1978, they introduced the state’s first semi-sweet grape wines. Since 1982, Linagnore Winecellars' schedule has expanded to include five major festivals and more than 20 smaller indoor events throughout the year. In 1983, recognizing the growing interest in regionally produced wines, they worked to establish the first federally-designated grape growing area in Maryland, the Linganore Viticultural Area, which encompasses 90 square miles of land around the winery in the heart of Maryland. In 2011, power supplied to the winery was converted to 100% wind power, leading the winery to win 2011 Green Business of the Year, in the small to midsize business category, from the Baltimore Business Journal.

Melding German-Swiss winemaking heritage with Italian winemaking roots and always conscious of their customers' tastes, Linganore Winecellars has created a splendid variety of wines which have won over 200 medals in national and international competitions. Producing over 30 wines, ranging from stylish white and red dinner wines to elegant semi-sweet grape, fruit, and honey wines, the winery enjoys a reputation as a fun place to visit and a relaxed place to sample wines in a casual setting.

The wines are broken down into three basic categories: Dry Wines, Sweet Wines, and Fruit Wines (including the highly regarded Medieval Mead and Tej honey wines). Each major category is broken down into further subcategories so you can narrow your search. Visit Linganore Winecellars at Cheverly Community Market this Saturday and enjoy great Maryland wines!

This Week at the Market: New Vendor At My Own Pace

Pat Moore of Ellicot City designs unique pincushions and sells them under her At My Own Pace line. A graduate of  Kansas State University with a BFA in Graphic Design, the love creating brought her to the pin cushions -- and a mission to retire Grandma's tomato pin cushion from every sewing room. As an artist, Pat feels that it's rewarding to see and hear others enjoy your work, and she hopes you'll like Stick-It-To-Me! pin cushions.

Pat also makes whimsical lock covers -- make sure to stop by the At My Own Pace tent this Saturday and see all of Pat's creations, and welcome her to Cheverly Community Market!

This Week at the Market: New Vendor Natural Nick's Produce

 We know when we're in for a big treat: please help us give a warm welcome to new vendor Natural Nick's Produce. We've been enjoying reading customer comments on their facebook page:

"the quality of this farm's soil is incomparable in today's world..., organic since the early 50's and Nick's produce, cookies, sauces & jams makes me misty! I just wish he would come cook at my house on a regular basis. He knows what garlic is and what Italian-American tastes like."

"Your baklava beat the Georgetown Cupcakes hands down! Unanimous at the dinner table this evening. Thanks again :)

"Delicious, delicious garlic. Polish Carpathian was decadent."

"I have had 1 jar of Natural Nick's hot sauce and it is amazing. Perfect mixture of sweet and spicy. If anyone adds hot sauce to their food please consider changing over to this, trust me. The Tomato Basil Sauce was delicious and I finished the jar in a matter of days. I completely recommend this sauce with anything for dinner, pasta and chicken are delicious with this."

photo via Natural Nick's Produce

Natural Nick's Produce is a small family-owned urban farm nestled in the Suburbs of Washington, DC in Chillum Gardens Maryland. We produce only heirloom varieties of Garlic, Tomato, Peppers, Berries, Figs and other tasty produce items.

Items they grow and produce include Natural Nick's Heirloom Garlic, Natural Nick's Jalapeno Hot Sauce, Natural Nick's Pickled Garlic Anti Pasto and Natural Nick's Tomato Basil Sauce. For your sweet tooth: Natural Nick's Fruit Conserves, Natural Nicks Biscotti Antoinetta and Natural Nick's Baklava Alexandra. All products are naturally grown and produced, as nature intended.

This Saturday, Natural Nick's will have Natural Nick's Biscotti Antoinetta, Baklava Alexandra, Three Berry Fruit Conserves (Blackberry, Blueberry & Raspberrry) & Natural Nick's Tomato Basil Sauce. Early harvest varieties of Heirloom Garlic, Fresh Basil and Oregano are nearly ready.

Natural Nick's Produce is always naturally raised. They use *no* chemicals, *no* pesticides and only use certified organic fertilizers and certified organic seed stock; *never* genetically modified (GMO). Natural Nick's takes pride in raising produce of the best possible quality."Using only Certified Organic seed stock and Certified Organic fertilizer, as nature intended."

This Week at the Market: New Vendor Good Morning Bakery

You know we're fans of baked goods. And of new vendors. We're pleased to offer a win-win here: please help us welcome new vendor Good Morning Bakery to Cheverly Community Market!

Good Morning Bakery was created by Dorea as a way to share her love of sweets and all things homey. This year you can expect to see a variety of all-from-scratch treats ranging from funfetti cake batter cookies to mocha chip scones to brownie peanut butter mousse cakelettes to butter crumb apple pies and gingerbread biscotti. Dorea’s family goes back three generations of bakers- and as a happy tribute, most of the recipes come from these family traditions- like her grandma’s caramelized pecan sweet rolls and her mom’s warm sour cream blueberry scones. So stop by and pick up a beautiful cakelette (perfect for a special dessert for two, or a midnight snack for a sweet tooth…), or a good old fashioned oatmeal cream pie, and consider yourself at home. Good Morning Bakery also caters to parties, baby showers, and everything in between. Find Good Morning Bakery on Facebook for more photos and stories -- and make sure to pay Dorea a visit this Saturday morning at Cheverly Community Market!

New Vendor: Brick House Bees

Over the past few years, we've had many requests for local honey. We are thrilled to finally be able to bring you a brand new vendor this week, Brick House Bees, from Lanham, Maryland.

Brick House Bees is a suburban apiary that offers unprocessed local honey, straight from the bees to you. What started as a desire to have a couple of hives has resulted in more honey than David Etherton and his family can use, so he's very kindly offering it in Cheverly.

Make sure to welcome David to Cheverly Community Market this weekend -- and pick up some honey for your toast, your tea, your baking...it's a great addition! And read up on the health benefits of honey here.

Photo courtesy of Photos Public Domain

New Vendor: Cherry Glenn Cheese/Palmyra Cheese

"New" is something of a misnomer here -- way back in 2008, Cheverly Community Market used to sell Cherry Glen Goat Cheese and it was very popular with our customers. We're so glad to have them back with us...and they're bringing along Palmyra Farm Cheese, too! Let's put this one in the "what's old is new again" category!


Cherry Glen Farm produces hyper-fresh farmstead goat cheese in their solar creamery in Boyds, Maryland. Cherry Glen Farms strives to keep the dream of local, responsible, sustainable food alive by milking twice a day seven days per week. They do not import milk from a third party and they feed their 800 goats, milk and care for them while controlling the process from beginning to end. This is how Cherry Glen can produce an award-winning hyper fresh goat cheese that rockets from the farm directly to your table. Cherry Glen silver is mild and sweet. The ash is tangy.The chipotle is bold and smoky.Cherry Glen's divine gold is creamy and luscious. The French crottin is a show stopper and has an earthy mild flavor profile. They do not use animal rennet so no animal by- products go into the production of the cheese and vegetarians rave about the cheese. Cherry Glen is a solar facility and they are constantly striving to lower their carbon footprint.



Palmyra Farm Cheese is a local family farm located near Hagerstown, MD. Some 300 purebred registered dairy cows call the farm their home. Palmyra farm only uses whole milk produced by its cows to make its 100 percent pure pasteurized cheeses. Their cheeses are farmstead artisan cheeses and come in several variations.

The week, Barret Lang and his team will have a terrific selection of fresh goat cheese from Cherry Glen, including fresh chevre, fresh ricotta and Goat Brie -- all vegetarian-safe. They'll also have vegetarian-safe cow cheese from Palmyra, including fresh feta, Chesapeake cheddar and two amazing spreads: Dill and Blueberry. 

Visit with Barret and the good people of Cherry Glen and Palmyra this Saturday at Cheverly Community Market, and help us welcome some new "old" friends!

New Vendor: Classic & Carefree Bake Shoppe

We always love welcoming new friends to Cheverly Community Market, and this season we have a few to introduce! First up, Classic & Carefree Bake Shoppe, run by childhood friends Laura Sandell and Danielle McKinney.

Classic & Carefree Bake Shoppe provides cupcakes and baked goods for any occasion. Elegant, unique cupcakes are paired with a line of gluten- and allergen-free items to meet various health and diet needs, including grain-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, and vegan options to satisfy the most careful eater. Classic & Carefree will be selling items at Cheverly Community Market as well as creating custom orders for special events.

Danielle and Laura are bringing some real treats to us for the opening day of Cheverly Community Market's 2012 season. Take a look:

Classic Offerings: Gourmet every-occasion cupcakes

Red velvet with white icing

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Vanilla with strawberry filling

Chocolate with peanut butter frosting

Carefree Offerings: Gluten and allergen-free baked goods

Honey cookies

Jelly donut cupcakes

Vanilla cupcakes

An assortment of breads

Classic & Carefree Bake Shoppe is a terrific addition to our great group of vendors. Make sure to stop by and say hello to Danielle and Laura this Saturday, and help us welcome them to  Cheverly Community Market!

It's Opening Week!

Welcome to the 2012 Cheverly Community Market season! We're excited to open this Saturday and see your faces! We've got a great opening Saturday lineup for you and lots of great vendors and activities coming up in 2012...we're ready to go!

This week, we'll be highlighting each of our vendors -- telling you a bit about them and what they'll be bringing to Cheverly Community Market this weekend. You can also read abut our vendors on our shiny new website.

OPENING DAY LINEUP (subject to change)

Benny's Fruit Stand/Rebert Farm

Cakes by Ruthann 

Charles & Kelly

Cherry Glen Goat Cheese/Palmyra Cheese

Cheverly Bread Basket

Eve's Cheese
Friends of Lower Beaverdam Creek

KidMarket

Martha's Jams

New Starts Farm

Peace Month - Joyce Lang

Prince George's County Master Gardeners

Shlagel Farms
Simple Pleasures Ice Cafe

Simply Sausage

Studio 617
Two Oceans Seafood

Waltz Family Farm

You'll also be able to purchase reusable Cheverly Community Market bags and pick up a yard sign for your front lawn if you haven't already got one. Want a yard sign before Saturday? Let us know!

We can't wait to see YOU this Saturday at the Market!

2012 Market Vendor Deadline EXTENDED!

We have extended our Vendor application deadline -- if you've considered becoming part of the Cheverly Community Market family in the past, now's the time to do it! 


Vendor Application 
Vendor Handbook

Application Deadline EXTENDED to April 15! 

2012 Season Vendor Applications Now Available

Are you a local farmer? A BBQ expert, baker, ice cream maker, or artisan? Cheverly Community Market is looking for you!  Vendor applications and the handbook for our 2012 season are now available. Reach a diverse, growing local population every other week at Cheverly Community Market!

Applications are due by April 1. We hope you'll consider growing with us!

Message from the Market: Vendor Applications for Our Seasonal Markets Now Available

It's hard to believe, but our Harvest and Holiday Markets are just around the corner! We're now accepting applications for vendors for these very popular, very special Cheverly Community Markets!

Harvest Market: Saturday, November 19

Holiday Market: Saturday, December 10

Both Markets will be held inside the Cheverly Community Center, 9:00am-1:00pm.

We're looking for small vendors of fresh produce, baked goods, processed/cooked foods, plant material (e.g., fresh, dried, wreaths), jewelry, clothing, bath & body care, pottery, fiber art, book arts/paper, woodwork, painting. photography, and other seasonal gift items. Complete details and guidelines are in the application.

Get the application here. Completed applications are due October 15.

New Vendor: Studio 617

We're very excited to welcome a new vendor to Cheverly Community Market this Saturday: Baltimore's Studio 617. Holly Bowers, Bryan Canary and the team of artisans at Studio 617 create gorgeous work from metal, stone, wood and concrete in their Baltimore workspace/shop.

This Saturday, Studio 617 will bring their line of metal yard art, including sunflowers, dragonflies, butterflies, hummingbirds, fish, daisies, cats...even flying pigs! Pictures of everything can be seen on their website. 

Studio 617 also offers custom address plaques, an alternative to the 'usual' designs available online and at the local hardware store. They're currently running a special on these custom plaques: $99 plus shipping through December, with is a two-week turnaround. 

Help us welcome Studio 617 to Cheverly Community Market -- we love art!

Photo courtesy of Studio 617.

New Vendor Spotlight: Lava Pigs BBQ

Did you know that we have award-winning BBQ right here in Cheverly?! Please help us welcome another hyper-local new vendor to the Market: Lava Pigs BBQ!

This Saturday, Brent & Kelly Flaskerud (also known as the Lava Pigs) will dish up the following:

Memphis-style pork ribs (wet or dry): 1/2 rack for $8 and whole rack for $13

Award-winning Chicken Wings: 5 wings for $6

** each order above comes with an order of baked beans**

Smoked Bratwurst from Simply Sausage on a bun: $4

They'll also have sodas, water and lots of napkins available. You're going to need those napkins!

Photo courtesy of the Kansas City Barbeque Society

New Vendor Spotlight: Cakes by Ruthann

We are very excited to welcome Cakes by Ruthann to the Cheverly Community Market! Cheverly resident Andrea Ruth Tavares has been baking gorgeous celebration cakes and Jamaican fruit cake (also known as black rum cake) for over twenty years.

In addition to delicious, decadent cakes, Ruthann makes amazing Jamaican specialties, including sweet potato pudding, cassava pudding, gizzada (a coconut tart), coconut drops, and plantain tarts...we can't wait to try a little of everything!

Please help us to welcome Cakes by Ruthann to Cheverly Community Market this Saturday -- we're very glad to have her with us and we're sure you will be, too!