Farmers Markets near Richmond, VA

The cold-season edition of Richmond's popular South of the James Market, run by the nonprofit GrowRVA on the city's Southside near Semmes Avenue and Forest Hill. GrowRVA connects local farms, food makers, and artists with Richmond neighborhoods. The winter market keeps regional produce, meat, bread, and prepared foods available through the off-season when the main Forest Hill Park market pauses.

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A market on Maplewood Avenue in Richmond's Carytown district, the walkable mile of independent shops and restaurants along West Cary Street. The market places local growers and food vendors in one of the city's busiest retail neighborhoods, giving Carytown shoppers a stop for regional produce and prepared foods.

Richmond

Byrd House Market runs on the grounds of the William Byrd Community House, a nonprofit settlement house in Richmond's Oregon Hill neighborhood. The market brings local growers and food vendors together through the warm months as part of the organization's community and youth programming.

Richmond

Held at 109 Governor Street, this market sits beside Capitol Square in downtown Richmond, a short walk from the Virginia State Capitol. Vendors set up within the government and business district, drawing state workers and city residents to shop for local produce and goods during market hours.

Richmond

One of the country's oldest market sites, at 100 North 17th Street in Richmond's Shockoe Bottom. A public market has stood on this ground since the late 1700s. The restored open-air pavilion now hosts a seasonal farmers market plus community events, with vendors bringing produce, plants, and prepared food a few blocks from the James River.

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This neighborhood market runs along West Brookland Park Boulevard in Richmond's North Side, part of a historic commercial corridor that local groups have worked to revive. It's a small community market bringing local produce and food vendors to a walkable stretch of shops and restaurants north of downtown.

The market fills the grounds of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on Grove Avenue in Richmond's West End, one of the city's busier Saturday markets. Virginia farmers, bakers, and food makers bring produce, meats, cheeses, breads, and prepared dishes to a churchyard setting near Windsor Farms. Steady crowds and a full slate of vendors make it a weekend routine for much of the West End.

Richmond

Richmond

This year-round market was run by Tricycle Gardens, a Richmond urban-agriculture nonprofit, at 31st Street Baptist Church, 823 North 31st Street in the Church Hill neighborhood. The 'four season' name reflected its indoor winter operation, unusual for the area. Tricycle Gardens grew food on city lots across Richmond before winding down operations. Verify whether the market still runs, since the organizing nonprofit is no longer active.

Henrico

Richmond

La Plaza Market sits on Hull Street Road in South Richmond, an area with a strong Latino community along the Route 360 corridor. Markets like La Plaza pair fresh produce with Latin American groceries, meats, and prepared foods aimed at nearby households. It is on the city's Southside, south of the James River.

The Lakeside Farmers Market serves the Lakeside area of Henrico County just north of Richmond, near Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Central Virginia growers bring seasonal vegetables, fruit, bedding plants, and homemade goods, with garden starts a draw in spring. The neighborhood grew up around the former Lakeside amusement park along Lakeside Avenue.

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Chesterfield

This market meets at Midlothian Mines Park on North Woolridge Road in Chesterfield County, on the grounds of one of America's earliest commercial coal-mining operations, worked since the 1700s. The park setting west of Richmond draws area growers with seasonal produce, along with bakers and other food vendors on market days through the warmer months.

Chester

The Chester Farmers' Market sets up in the village center of Chester, a community in northern Chesterfield County between Richmond and Petersburg. It's a seasonal market with local produce, plants, and food vendors serving the surrounding suburbs.

Mechanicsville

New Highland Baptist Church hosts this market on New Ashcake Road in Mechanicsville, in Hanover County just north of Richmond. Hanover is tomato country, home of the prized Hanover tomato, so summer produce leads the tables. Church-grounds markets like this one give nearby growers a weekly spot to sell vegetables, baked goods, and other local food.

The market sets up at New Highland Baptist Church on New Ashcake Road in Mechanicsville, a Hanover County suburb northeast of Richmond. Local farms bring produce, eggs, and baked goods to this church-hosted market in a fast-growing residential area. Hanover County is known for its tomatoes and truck-farm produce, and the market gives area growers a neighborhood outlet.

Henrico

This West End market sets up near Gayton Road and Ridgefield Parkway in Henrico County, in the western suburbs of Richmond. The shopping-center location off Gayton draws neighborhood shoppers for seasonal produce and local vendors. Henrico's West End is a dense residential area, and the market serves that everyday crowd rather than tourists. Confirm the current day and season before going.

A neighborhood market serving Brandermill, a planned community in Midlothian's Chesterfield County, at 3001 East Boundary Terrace near Swift Creek Reservoir. Suburban Richmond green markets like this gather local produce, baked goods, and makers on a seasonal schedule. Days and hours aren't listed here.

Chesterfield Berry Farm grows pick-your-own strawberries in spring and runs a large fall festival each autumn with pumpkins, hayrides, and a corn maze. Its farm market in the Midlothian area sells the farm's own produce alongside seasonal goods. The operation is a longtime Richmond-area agritourism stop for families.

Ashland

A roadside farm market on Hickory Road in South Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, just south of Richmond. It offers seasonal Virginia produce to drivers along the Route 10 corridor near Colonial Heights.

The Colonial Heights Farmers Market runs along the Boulevard, the main commercial strip of this small city just north of Petersburg. It's a seasonal market with local produce and vendors serving the Tri-Cities area south of Richmond.

HOPEWELL

Hopewell's Third Thursday Marketplace is a monthly evening market on East Broadway Avenue in downtown Hopewell, the small industrial city where the Appomattox River meets the James east of Petersburg. Third-Thursday markets bundle local produce and food vendors with sidewalk activity to draw people downtown. Nearby City Point served as Ulysses Grant's headquarters during the Siege of Petersburg.

Moseley

A community market at 17320 Hull Street Road in Moseley, held within the Magnolia Green planned community in western Chesterfield County. Magnolia Green is a large master-planned neighborhood along the growing Route 360 corridor southwest of Richmond, and the market gives residents there a local outlet for produce, food, and crafts.

Petersburg

A blend of arts, produce, and culture in Petersburg, the River Street Market offers fresh produce picked that morning plus handmade goods including jewelry, honey, jams, meats, seafood, soaps, and baked goods from local producers.

Halifax Street and Harding Street Petersburg

POP! Market sets up at Halifax and Harding Streets in Petersburg, an older industrial city on the Appomattox River south of Richmond. Neighborhood markets like this bring fresh produce to city blocks that can sit a distance from a full grocery store. Local growers and food vendors sell in season.

Prince George County lies just south of the Appomattox River near Petersburg and Hopewell, and this county market gives its growers a place to sell direct. Listed with only a mailing address, it operates seasonally like most small Southside Virginia markets, offering local produce, eggs, and baked goods.

Powhatan

Powhatan Farmers' Market runs along Anderson Highway (Route 60) in Powhatan, a rural county west of Richmond that has held onto its farmland. Growers from the surrounding countryside sell vegetables, eggs, meat, and baked goods. Markets here track the Virginia Piedmont season from late spring through fall.

Moseley

Skinquarter Farm Market stands on Hull Street Road (Route 360) in Moseley, in the rural Skinquarter area of western Chesterfield County southwest of Richmond. Roadside farm markets along this stretch sell local produce, seasonal fruit, and plants. The Piedmont growing season runs from late spring into fall here.

Montpelier

The Montpelier Center Farmers Market is hosted at the Montpelier Center for Arts and Education, 17205 Mountain Road in Hanover County, north of Richmond. The center is a former schoolhouse turned community arts venue, and the market shares its grounds. Local produce, plants, and handmade goods are the usual draw at this rural Hanover market. Smaller community markets adjust their calendars year to year, so confirm days and season directly.

This market sets up at 3841 Old Buckingham Road on the grounds of Bienvenue, an events property in Powhatan west of Richmond. Separate from the Anderson Highway market, it draws area vegetable growers, bakers, and makers to the Village end of the county. Expect Piedmont-season produce and local goods.

Goochland

This market is listed to a Powhatan post office box in the rural county west of Richmond, though the 'Westchester' name points toward the Westchester Commons area on the Chesterfield-Powhatan edge. The exact site isn't clear from the listing, so treat the location as the greater-Richmond western suburbs. Local produce and vendors would be the draw. Contact the organizers to confirm the current site and days before visiting.

The KQCD Farmers Market operates on White Marsh Lane in Walkerton, a small community on the Mattaponi River in King and Queen County on Virginia's Middle Peninsula. This is quiet, rural tidewater farm country between Richmond and the Chesapeake Bay, where local growers bring seasonal produce and homemade goods to market.