A truly wonderful winter tradition in Pinecrest is the Pinecrest Gardner’s Farmers Market located at 8287 SW 124 Street.  It has grown substantially through the years and now fills the entire parking lot of Gardner’s Market. I believe the Farmers Market is now organized by the Market Company, which is a  special events and farmers market production company. If this is so, it was a terrific addition. Open every Sunday through mid-April, a variety of venders sell vegetables, fruits, plants, orchids, oils, herbs, jams, salsas and baked goods. Bee Heaven Farm~Pikarco, occupies the west side of the parking lot selling only organically grown fruits and vegetables all grown locally. They are part of a group known as “Redland Organics, a of group of local organic and sustainable growers working together towards a common goal - to stimulate our local economy and support local small family farms while providing the consumer with high-quality, locally-grown, organic and pesticide-free  produce at a reasonable cost”.  See their website.

Today the weather was gorgeous, 70 degrees at 9:30am. It was Heaven on earth here in Pinecrest. I bought fresh corn 3 for $1, peppers for $1 each, organic tomatoes, delicious strawberries for $3 a pint, an abundance of lettuces to last me through the week and I even bought a tomato plant, to try my thumb at those. I’ll let you know how that goes. But the market is amazing and shouldn’t be missed.

 Below are other Farmers Markets in the area. Don’t miss them as they are very seasonal and last only through April. More information on these markets can be found at the Market Company.

The Palmetto Bay Farmers Market, SW 174th Street & SW 97th Avenue, Palmetto Bay: Every Sunday
Coral Gables Farmers Market, in front of City Hall at 405 Biltmore Way.
The Surfside Marketplace, 95th Street and Collins Avenue, Sundays
Lincoln Road Farmers Market, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach: Every Sunday
Normandy Village Marketplace, 71st St. at the Normandy Isle Fountain, Miami Beach, Saturday
Aventura Mall Farmers Market, Aventura Mall, Miami: Saturday & Sunday Resumes February, 2009.
Upper East Side Green Market, Legion Park, Miami: Every Saturday
The Fresh Market at the Market Company's Miami Warehouse, 4127 NW 2nd Avenue (just west of the Miami Design District), open Tuesdays and Thursdays, except holidays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.