Welcome to our new Vendors – Wilson Nurseries~ Perennial Plants and Flowers

April 29, 2019 by WFM Staff

The Wilson Family is excited to join our Woodstock Farmers Market Family, and we are excited to have them!! This beautiful family owned business is providing our market this summer with a variety of perennial plants and flowers that is locally grown. Over 600 acres of abundant variety of quality flowers and plants- they are traveling from Hampshire, Illinois on Tuesdays and Saturdays and are happy to be part of Woodstock’s growers Market. Below you will see a family committed to making the best choices available to our market customers. They are very passionate about joining a growers market in this ever popular “big box” choice world… They value the opportunity to get to know our customers at the market and give them choices of beautiful plants and flowers that are hardy and accustom to this area of the US. Keep a look out for their very own “WILSON NORTHERN CHARM” boxwood, that was named after them. Many generations of knowledge, hard work, and care has gone into this family business and the plants they grow and care for. Woodstock Farmers Market is pleased to see all of that passed on to our customers each week this summer.

Hampshire is Wilson Nurseries primary growing location, with 600+ acres under B&B production, including 65 acres for container growing. Wilson’s Nurseries have been supplying the nursery and landscape industry with quality, locally grown nursery stock since 1972.Wilson’s prides itself on being one of the first growers in the area to focus on environmentally sustainable methods of growing: terracing, drip irrigation and the like.

http://www.wilsonnurseries.com

WINTER MARKET 2018/19

October 4, 2018 by Market Admin

We’re finishing up our outdoor market this month and then we head inside starting Saturday, October 26,2019! Follow us to the McHenry County Fairgrounds where our fantastic group of vendors will be on the first and third Saturday of each month through April. We’ll have three markets in November~ so you have another chance to get your holiday shopping done! The indoor Winter Market is from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM and is located in Building D.

Winter Vendor List 2019/2020 is available on our website, we have over 35 vendors. Most of our summer vendors will be there and some new vendors you don’t want to miss.

New 2018 Summer Market Vendors!

April 26, 2018 by Market Admin

We are happy to announce that we have several new vendors joining us at the 2018 Summer Market! Hopefully, you had the opportunity to meet a few of them at the indoor market, but some will be making their first appearance at the market starting this May. Opening day for the Tuesday Market is May 1st & Opening Day for the Saturday Market is May 5th. Hope to see you there!

Anderson Organics

We are a family owned and operated farm committed to providing the Northern Illinois region with the freshest, finest quality, organically grown produce available. All of our produce is USDA certified organic through MOSA (Midwest Organic Services Association. We are proud to manage our farm in accordance with strict organic and sustainable standards in an effort to continually improve the condition of our land. (TUESDAY MARKET)

Windmill Ginger Brew

At its best, ginger beer can be complex and inviting. It can accentuate a liquor’s flavor, helping craft it into the perfect mixed drink, or simply stand alone as a delicious soda. We’d like to think that our Windmill Ginger Brews do all of that and more. Each batch is hand-crafted using real fruit, offering a variety of flavors that will please any palate. (SATURDAY MARKET)

Carlitos Way Salsa

We are a Colombian family who has lived in the McHenry County area for over 30 years. My father has always loved to cook; I inherited his passion and became a professional chef. With a little of my help, he created this unique and addictive salsa. We have been sharing it for years with friends and family and everyone tells us to sell it – so now we are going to try! The name is a pun off of the famous movie “Carlito’s Way” – my father and little brother share the name Carlos and “Carlitos” translates to “little Carlos” (TUESDAY & SATURDAY MARKETS)

Nola Ice Snowballs

NOLA ice was started by Byron Despointes and his wife Kendyl Despointes. Byron is from New Orleans where there is a snowball stand on every corner. Byron would always talk about when he was little his mother would take him and his siblings to get snowballs and all the different flavors they would try. His mother Chantell Autin loved New Orleans and even had a pageant company there. It’s in her memory that the name NOLA Ice was used. After visiting New Orleans multiple times and getting snowballs all the time, Kendyl had the idea to bring snowballs to Illinois. Now you may be asking what is a snowball and how is it different from a snow cone? The answer to that question is how the ice is crushed or shaved. Most shaved ice or snow cone vendors use a machine that takes regular cubes of ice and crushes them into small pieces. Snowball machines use one block of ice and blades to shave the ice into powder. This isn’t your average snow cone. Because the ice is powder absorbing the flavor better. (TUESDAY & SATURDAY MARKETS)

Mimi’s Fixin’s

I specialize in homemade butters. Garlic and Honey are my two most popular made with my own churned butter. I also have 18-20 prepackaged spices to mix with Yogurt, Hummus or Cream Cheese. They also. And be used as rubs, added to salads or recipes. Stop by and enjoy a sample! (TUESDAY MARKET)

TastebudZ

The Grill from Highwood may have moved after 10 years and changed names, but our food is still available! Offering homemade frozen soups, chili, and homemade salad dressings. We do not use products with trans fat oils or MSG. (TUESDAY MARKET)

Other Vendor News…..

Woodworker Robert Schultz will be coming every Saturday during the Summer Market. Robert has been working with wood for about 45 years and building wooden art for about 25 years. He shows about 27 different species of wood and several different finishes. All of his bowls are finished with beeswax in order to produce a food-safe top coat.

We have a returning vendor this year, Red Buffalo Nursery will be at the market on Saturdays through the end of June with a variety of native plants. Red Buffalo Nursery specializes in plants native to the prairies, wetlands, savannas, and forests of Northeastern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin. They grow plants from locally collected seed whenever possible and never dig plants from the wild.