Begin your June on a beautiful morning in the heart of historic Uptown, with a visit to the Westerville Saturday Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon June 1, set up behind Westerville City Hall.

The booths and tables and trucks will be back at City Hall for their weekly stop, offering fresh produce, locally produced meats, baked goods, freshly prepared breakfast foods, and much more.

Highlights for the June 1 Market will include:

Musical Guest

Violinist Sean Perry will perform for market-goers as they peruse the vendors June 1.

From the Community

Several Westerville civic groups and organizations will set up informational booths at the Market. Those expected June 1 include:

• The Arts Council of Westerville returns!
• First Presbyterian Church
• Westerville Lions Club Bring your plastic grocery bags for the Lions’ Bags to Benches recycling program.
• Westerville Public Library

Breakfast at the Market

Vendors offering freshly prepared breakfast foods at the Market June 1 will include:

• Bibi’s Patties
• Beignet’s A La Mode
• Twist and Squeeze Juice Bar
• The Drank Tank
• The Coffee Mess
• Too Good Eats

P-I-E-R-O-G-I!

Sweet CLE bus is back with its homemade pierogi! This week’s fresh flavors to kick off their return to the market are:

• The Harvard featuring Westerville Farmers Market vendor TIER 3 HERITAGE PRODUCTS’ smoked garlic sausage
• Brisket & Mac, featuring Ray Ray’s Hog Pit brisket AND mac (pictured below)!
• Junkyard
• Potato & Cheese
• Garlic & Chive
• Cheesy SpinArt

Castle View Farm

Stop over and see Christina for garlic scapes and oil dipping mixes, at the Castle View Farm booth.

Garlic scapes

Garlic scapes are the edible flower buds and stems of hardneck garlic plants. They are long, curly, and deep green, and can look like long green beans when harvested (photo in slideshow below).

Garlic scapes are in season in late spring and early summer, and are often found at farmers markets and specialty stores. They are a bit milder than garlic cloves, which makes them the perfect base for pesto, an addition to stir fries, or even eaten straight up sauteed with a little salt.

Oil Dipping Mix

Castle View Farms’ fine blend of fresh garlic and other spices is the perfect addition to your favorite virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Delicious for bread dipping, as a salad dressing or marinade.  Your imagination can be your guide!  Each packet of dipping mix contains four easy-to-make servings for your family or guests.

Uptown Art and Clay

Uptown Art and Clay will be making its debut at the Westerville Saturday Farmers Market on June 1. Representatives will be doing “paint your own ceramics.” Adults and children welcome! Parents can let their child paint while they shop!

UAC also will have ceramic garden art pieces for sale.

Thank you to our sponsors

Thank you to our Market bag sponsors, who make available our free, reusable, eco-friendly bags offered at the Market welcome tent each week. We appreciate their support of the Westerville Farmers Market!

• Orthopedic One 
• Tropicool
• Westerville Cancer Center, Columbus Oncology OhioHealth

And also thank you to our general sponsor and Market neighbor:

• Middlefield Bank

PHOTO CAPTION (ABOVE): The Brisket & Mac pierogi, featuring Ray Ray’s Hog Pit brisket, is one of several varieties of freshly made pierogi that will be on sale June 1 by Sweet CLE bus.