Bostons South Shore is bursting with farmers markets every day of the week you can find a market open to the community, an opportunity to shop local, fresh produce, homemade breads and baked goods, as well as support local agriculture.
The scene differs in each town, but recently we attended the Marshfield Farmers Market, held seasonally on Fridays on the famous Marshfield Fairgrounds. The simple sound of a guitar filled the grounds and local farmers set up their tables with a colorful array of fresh fruits and vegetables ripe blueberriesoverflowing in their crates, baskets of leafy green kale and jewel-toned plums.
Vendors boasted they had just picked their produce that very morning, and local businesses set up tables with unique, homemade gifts. Tables were filled with fresh farm eggs, freshly baked cookies, handmade pottery, all natural oilsand hand-crafted jewelry. A friendly clown, Little Bit, added colorful entertainment, twisting balloons into animals or swords and presenting magic tricks to the little ones.
Below, we have highlighted a few local farmers market as a resource for residents and an opportunity for visitors. Happy shopping!
Saturday, 9:00 am 1:00 pm
June 15 to October 26, 2019
Town Hall, 1 JFK Memorial Drive, Braintree
Thursday, 2:00 pm 6:00 pm
June 6 to October 3, 2019
Historic Cohasset Common, Main Street, Cohasset
Saturday, 9:00 am 1:00 pm
May 4 to November 16, 2019
Hingham Bathing Beach Parking Lot, Route 3A,96 Otis Street, Hingham
Sunday, 10:00 am 2:00 pm, Monthly
June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1st, October 6, 2019
101 Kingston Collection Way, Kingston
Friday, 1:00 pm 5:00 pm
May 31 to October 4, 2019
Marshfield Fairgrounds, Rt. 3A, 140 Main Street, Marshfield
Thursday, 1:00 pm 6:00 pm
June to October, 2019
Town Park, Wharf Street, Milton
Thursday, 2:30 pm 6:30 pm
May 23 to November 7, 2019
Plimoth Plantation (grassy field off River Street), Plymouth
Friday 11:30 am 5:00 pm
June to November, 2019
1Merrymount Parkway, Quincy
Wednesday, 2:00 pm 6:00 pm
June 12 to October 9, 2019
Scituate Harbor, 1 Kent Street,St. Marys Church Parking Lot, Scituate
Photography: Ellie Finn Photography.
