Farmers Markets near Frankfort, KY

Frankfort Habilitation Market operates on Lawrenceburg Road in Kentucky's state capital, Franklin County. The name points to a connection with a vocational or community-support program rather than a typical grower cooperative, though specific vendor and hours information isn't available online.

Lawrenceburg

Lawrenceburg

Anderson County Market sits along the U.S. 127 bypass in Lawrenceburg, in the bourbon-country stretch between Frankfort and Lexington. No independent website, hours, or vendor list were found online for this listing.

Stamping Ground is a small Scott County town named for the buffalo and elk that once packed the salt licks here before Kentucky was settled — the animals' trails stamped the ground bare. The market on Main Street is a true small-town stop, serving a community of a few hundred rather than a metro area.

Midway

Woodford County Farmers Market runs a Monday session from mid-May through late October, 3 to 5:30pm, as part of a multi-day schedule that also includes Wednesday and Saturday markets elsewhere in the county. Reach the market at (859) 873-4601 or through woodfordfarmersmarket.com. Vendors have included Congleton Beef and Lakarosky Pork alongside the usual sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, kale, beans, and onions.

Versailles

The Saturday session of Woodford County Farmers Market runs 8:30am to noon, May through October, at the county's main lot in Versailles — the anchor day for a market that also runs Wednesday afternoons and a separate Monday session across the county. Call (859) 873-4601 or check woodfordfarmersmarket.com for the current-season schedule and vendor list.

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Georgetown

Salvisa

Owen County Farmers Market sets up on North Thomas Street in Owenton, a small river county seat between Louisville and Lexington. Owen County's rolling farmland is known for tobacco and cattle alongside produce, and its market reflects a small rural county's scale rather than a big-city vendor list. Hours and contact details were not confirmed online.

Lexington

Alexandria Dr./Gardenside location of the Lexington Farmers' Market, which is an agricultural cooperative with 70+ members. This market is operated by Lexington Farmers' Market in collaboration with Greater Gardenside Association. The market is on Alexandria Dr. and is open on Wednesdays, June-September: 4pm-7pm.

Lexington

Southland Dr. location of the Lexington Farmers' Market, which is an agricultural cooperative with 70+ members. The market is open Sundays, April-October: 10am-2pm.

Henry County Farmers Market's Eminence location sits on North Main Street in a small horse-and-cattle county between Louisville and Frankfort. Henry County farmland runs mostly to hay, tobacco, and grain, with Eminence sitting along the I-64 corridor connecting Louisville to Frankfort and Lexington.

Lexington

Downtown/Main St. location of the Lexington Farmers' Market, which is an agricultural cooperative with 70+ members. The market is at the 5/3 Pavilion and is open every Saturday, year-round (April-November: 8am-2pm ; December-March: 9am-1pm).

Wilmore's stop in the Jessamine County Farmers' Market rotation sets up on East Main Street in this small college town, home to Asbury University. It runs alongside the county's two Nicholasville markets under the same Jessamine County Cooperative Extension Service umbrella. Expect the same seasonal Bluegrass produce — sweet corn, tomatoes, beans — sold by area growers rather than resellers.

Shelby County Farmers Market has run out of Stargazer Plaza on Main Street since 2003, open Saturdays from 8am to noon, year-round rather than the seasonal schedule most Kentucky markets keep. Vendors sell produce, flowers, eggs, poultry, beef, pork, turkey, honey, baked goods, roasted coffee, and soap, plus woodcrafts and art. The market posts a monthly vendor newsletter and offers service in Spanish, reflecting Shelbyville's mix of longtime growers and newer arrivals.

Lexington

Tuesday/Thursday location of the Lexington Farmers' Market, which is an agricultural cooperative with 70+ members. The market is on National Ave. (Mirror Twin Brewing lot) and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, May-November: 7am-4pm (or sell out).

The county's other market runs on North Main Street in New Castle, the Henry County seat, a few miles north of Eminence and off the I-64 corridor. New Castle keeps closer to the county's older farm and horse-country character than the highway-side communities to the south.

This is the midweek counterpart to Nicholasville's Saturday farmers market, set up on Hoover Drive and run by the same Jessamine County Cooperative Extension Service. The Wednesday slot tends to draw a smaller, more local crowd than the weekend market, though the produce lineup — Bluegrass-region tomatoes, corn, and squash — is the same. The extension office handles vendor questions for all three county market sites.

Simpsonville is a small Shelby County community on US 60 between Louisville and Frankfort, in the middle of Kentucky's horse and bourbon country. This market at 6791 Shelbyville Road is a county stop rather than a big-city operation, a few miles from the larger Shelby County Farmers Market in downtown Shelbyville.