Gazette file photo Kathy Federline of Farmhouse Flowers and Plants in Brookeville sells flowers during the Olney Farmers and Artists Market’s one-day Holiday Market last year.

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Gazette file photo Gourds shaped as geese are for sale at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market's one-day Holiday Market last year.
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Gazette file photo Rachel Streb and Cali Streb, 4, from Olney, pet a horse from Woodcamp Farm in Mount Airy at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market’s one-day Holiday Market last year.

Gazette file photo Kathy Federline of Farmhouse Flowers and Plants in Brookeville sells flowers during the Olney Farmers and Artists Market’s one-day Holiday Market last year.

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The Olney Farmers and Artists Market opens for a one-day Holiday Market on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The market will include celebrations of Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Christmas and will feature a visit from Santa and Christmas caroling.

We’ll be collecting clothing for two important partner nonprofits, Our House and Aunt Hattie’s Place, so please bring your gently used or new clothes to brighten the holidays for those less fortunate.

We’ll be ready for the cold weather! Sandy Spring Friends School has donated a school bus that will be used as a warming center and will feature musicians who will keep the spirit bright inside. There will also be fire pits and heaters to keep people warm outside as well.

Woodcamp Farm will host a Farm Animal Parade and the Girl Scouts will sell s’mores. In addition to regular food vendors and farmers there will also be specialty items like chickens, turkeys, eggs and cheeses for sale. Handcrafted jewelry, photography and hand-knit items will make wonderful one-of-a-kind gifts.

We’ll be adding to the mix of regulars with some new artists and vendors.

Kelly Shore of Petals By The Shore will present an all-purpose holiday table decor demonstration at 1 p.m. and will have fresh holiday wreaths and tabletop centerpieces to buy.

Stone Meadow Alpacas, whose farm is one mile over the Maryland line above Hagerstown, will be selling scarves, mittens, socks and other items that they say are warmer than wool, hypoallergenic and soft as cashmere.

And Rosario Gamboa of Canela Bakery is going to demonstrate gelatinas, edible flower shapes inside a beautiful dome of sweet gelatin, which were recently featured in The Washington Post.

During this season of gratitude, the Olney Farmers and Artists Market reflects on the terrific market season it had and wants to thank all of our 55 farmers and vendors for being with us again this year. We also can’t say enough about our volunteers and musicians who show up each week and do so much to sustain this market.

This year Manna Food Center purchased 18,982 pounds of food at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market for their clients. According to Kim Damion, Manna’s executive director, Manna was able to buy the food through county grant dollars and donations, and market farmers and vendors generously supplemented those purchases.

We extend special thanks to Falcon Ridge Farm for hosting our highly successful Farm to Table event in September. And we truly miss our wonderful friends at Wrap N’ Roll, who will be moving to California to be close to their children and grandchildren (and are looking for two people to be trained to take over their booth). You have not only brought delicious food to our market each week, but a wonderful spirit of kindness and charity that we will truly miss. The Holiday Market will be your last chance to purchases their cookbook at our market!

Next season we hope to have more activities for teens.

Hope to see you Dec. 4 —and then again in May when it’s market season again. Happy and safe holidays.

For information, visit www.olneyfarmersmarket.org. You can also follow the market on Facebook and on Twitter @olneyfarmartmkt

Amy Harbison is a volunteer with the Olney Farmers and Artists Market and a volunteer contributor to The Gazette. This is her second column.

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