Farmers Market
Listed on the Aiken Historic Register, the Farmers Market sells fresh produce including corn, tomatoes, beans, fruit and more. Goods displayed are laid out on the tables built by farmers and families of Aiken County over 50 years ago. The Market, now as then, is a place where produce is sold and conversation and recipes are shared with friends, old and new.
Aiken County Farmers Market Photo Gallery
If you are interested in selling your locally grown produce at the market, call (803) 642-7761.
Aiken County Farmers Market Policy, Rules, & Guidelines
Produce Available at the Farmers Market During the Season (please note that produce available varies throughout the year and this list is not all inclusive)
Currently Available as of November 2009:
As a reminder, the Market is open 6 days a week (Monday - Saturday) from 7:30 AM until 4:30 PM or until the farmers sell out. However, during the winter months, January - March, the majority of the farmers come TUESDAY and SATURDAY from 8:30 - 1:30.
The following items from small local family farms are in season now at the Market:
This is a great season at the Market!!!!!!!!In Season: Broccoli, Cabbage, Greens (several varieties), Lettuce, Turnips, Beets, Rutabagas, Sweet Potatoes, Pecans.
Also available: pasture raised beef, pork & chicken, Goat Cheese, Milk & Butter, herbs, plants & specialty items.
Holly Days at the Market - each Saturday in December.
Fresh locally grown greenery, handmade wreaths, Christmas items from local artisans & much more.
Congratulations to Hollie & Robert Gartman (Hollie's Farm) for placing 3rd in the Certified South Carolina Promotions that Sell Program.
Please support small local family farmers. Look for the Certified South Carolina Grown logo. Buy LOCAL. Buy FRESH.
A History of the Aiken Farmers Market
Williamsburg Street between Park and Richland Avenues was the site of the Aiken Cotton Platform and Scale. It was a raised wooden structure open to the elements. Bales of cotton were stored for two blocks along the street up to the cotton gin, across from the Coward-Corley Seed Co. Farmers parked their wagons and cars under the trees. At the busy market, open Monday – Friday, they sold cotton, produce and homemade goods. On Saturdays, beginning in the late 1920’s, farmers, also, sold produce from a shed behind the Public Works building on Newberry Street. Farmers’ wives, who were part of the Aiken County Council of Farm Women, organized the Club Market, Sept. 4, 1930. The ladies sold flowers and bulbs to finance beautification projects in Aiken. Often they had homemade baked goods that were sold for “pin money”. The goods for sale were propped on bales of cotton at the Williamsburg location or on wooden tables at the Newberry location.
