Reviews for: Olympia Farmers Market

Organic, local farmers, nurseries, bakeries, craftspersons and products with amazing food for our souls. Beautiful location on the Inlet and a place to eat and soak up positive energy. Good for our carbon footprint when we attend church in Olympia most Sundays. Parking available. Great choices in fruit, veggies and plants.

Love supporting my local farmers. Some of them I see not onlyl at the market but at church. Their constant drive to make our community a better place is amazing. Supporting my local market gives other local farmers a chance to "share" their goods as well.

It is one of the nicest farmers' markets I have ever visited. They have a permanent structure built to support all the local farmers, craftspeople, and bakers. It's one of the thing sI enjoy when visiting WA. And my brother and his wife run an organic farm and have a booth there! They have delicious veggies! My brother and his wife are organic farmer

Large selection from friendly, local farmers, artisans and craftspeople, the hot pepper cart(Ghost Peppers!!), convenient location with plenty of parking, tie-dyes to die for and BERRIES!!!

Besides being a wonderful source of fresh fruits, veggies, plants, and local arts and crafts, our market is a wonderful community gathering place. People take time to visit, eat along the food walk, listen to local musicans play on the stage, discuss politics. It is Democracy in action; like the Forum in Rome ! Plus it promotes healthy eating !

It's so cool to be able to talk to the folks who grow our veggies, catch our fish, and wrap our meat. Looking forward to it growing to be more year-round.

They have the best vendors from around the area. Friendly, knowledgeable. They are the BEST!!

Our farmer's market supports many of the small farms in the region which my husband and I wholly approve. The veggies and fruit are out of this world and they offer fresh fish and shellfish. The music, the food vendors, and the crafters make this weekly trip in from our small town a great experience.

It just the right size for me and my family. Love the stores and the people are very friendly.

It's awesome. Love the fresh locally grown produce. Love the vendors. Great food.

Excellent, fresh, organic produce. Friendly growers. Beautiful and convenient setting.

Olympia Farmers' Market is not only full of locally sourced, many organic growers and producers but it is located a short walk from Budd Inlet on the Puget Sound with its breathtaking views of our State Capital campus, Mt. Rainier and the Olympic Mountains. In addition there is an amazing array of crafters who make functional and beautiful items for the home and for gifts. It's the first place I go for gift buying.

There are many local organic farmers and this is a great venue for them. Lots of good things happen here: music, food vendors, flowers.

I do not live in Olympia but when we visit there, I always shop at the Olympia Farmers Market. I think it is the BEST Farmers Market in the USA - for quality produce, great fish, and beautiful local crafts.

I always get my favorite greens there(especially the flowering kale), and the people are super friendly, and generous!

It's beautiful. It's near my house and I can ride my bike there. I always see friends. Most of the time, there's some kind of entertainment. The prepared food is great! I enjoy having a relationship with the people from whom I buy produce. Shall I go on? Plenty of free samples without the accompanied huckstering, a la Costco, Albertson's, etc. Great quality foods and crafts. Did I mention how beautiful the place is?

they have the best things there like lavender bags and and bunch of fruits and vegies.

The Olympia Market is a great community meeting place. There is great food, fresh fruits and veggies, and beautiful local art. There is always live music and you always run into friends there. It is a must see for any visitors to Olympia, as well as a weekend ritual for most of the locals. It is one my 2 year old daughters favorite places to go.

It is a great place visit with friends and family while shopping for local produce, arts and crafts. A great location and laid back atmosphere makes it a wonderful place to visit anytime.

I love the organic produce and the handmade gifts. The music, food and friends make it the hot spot.

The Olympia Farmer's Market feeds my family and keeps us healthy! We LOVE it! And we love the music too.

The Olympia Farmer's market IS our community. The friendly farmers and artisans have an impressive line up of wares. The layout is large yet intimate enough to get to know each and every vendor by name. And the stage always features local talent. It is pure Olympia.

You really have to go there! Olympia is such a great community and the Farmer's Market collects all the best of it. It is beautiful, has the best of every farm and craft, and the greatest entertainment!

It's a wonderful four day market with local produce & plants. The vendors there are knowledgeable and helpful. They always have a smile & welcome questions about their products and the area. The local Master Gardeners have a garden and booth there for people to peruse and ask questions. With lots of local food & music, there is always a festive atmosphere there. My grandchildren love to go there, especially for snow cones. My husband loves to go there for the pepperoni and I love to look at the plants & produce. All in all, it is the best Farmer's Market that I have been to.

Because it's mostly LOCAL produce, there's a good selection of things, good food to eat and a happening place! I LOVE the market!

The Olympia Farmers Market is a centerpiece of our community. The fresh local produce, the ability to support our local farmers and craftsmen is important to me vs. shopping at a big chain market. The entertainment and music are also very fun and add to a festive atmosphere. I always run into friends at the market, too.

Great produce, crafts, lunch, baked goods, plants, music and time to see friends. Just an awesome community treasure!

Great produce, fun atmosphere for family. Vendors are not pushy. Love local goods. So much fun.

The excellent quality of the produce, plants, meats, fish as well as the food stalls and entertainment. I'm there every week the market is open!

Helpful vendors and great local products. My children love to do our grocery shopping there instead of at the supermarket. We love the setting especially the beautiful garden.

I love our Farmer's Market! It is the best. It's a great place to spend the afternoon, eat lunch, shop for produce and other goodies. One of my favorite times is during the holidays since I can get locally made presents for family and friends, my Christmas wreath and other cool stuff.

Always fresh, always friendly vendors, and always with a great selection of produce.

because it is simply the best. Caring, knowing and proud farmers and vendors. generally not so crowded that you cannot interface with the farmers...

wonderful market with freshness, creativity and beauty. A true community treasure!

I believe our local Farmer's Market has the best locally grown produce around! A wonderful variety of foods, baked goods, produce and flowers. A truly great representation of our local communities.

I love the cheer, celebration, music and especially the great selection of quality produce and food. Our community centerpiece!

Where else can you get fresh and local organic produce? Love the music, the freindly ambiance. One big happy family. OFM you're the best!!

The Olympia Farmer's Market is a great place for seeing old friends as we all purchase wonderful produce, flowers, yummy bake goods, and learn about favorite plants. It is the perfect place to celebrate the simple things in life!

I love the display garden, the abundance of fresh local produce, and mostly the terrific ambience of entertainment, food vending, and happy, relaxed folk celebrating caring-for-life in Olympia.

My husband's family has had a booth at the farmers market since the 80's. It is how we make our living. We love the market and love to support all the vendors.

Great variety and vendors, and near the waterfront in Olympia. A perfect place for finding farm-fresh food, or gift items and it often features nice entertainment on the outdoor stage.

The Olympia Farmer's Market has something for everyone, wonderful organic produce, hand made chocolates, bakery goods, local gifts, flowers, plant starts, music, food vendors and a beautiful Master Gardener demonstration garden with picnic tables - a perfect place to have lunch. There is also a Master Gardener clinic at the market which helps hundreds of homeowners each year diagnose and solve their gardening problems. It is one of the best places in Olympia to meet with friends or spend an afternoon.

The market is the heart of our town. It is like a web that connects our community on so many levels. We meet our friends and neighbors there, we support our local farms and small businesses there, we find healthy organic produce and beautiful handmade artwork. The market's opening is the harbinger of Spring - we know we've made it through another winter!

The Olympia Farmers Market is the heart of Olympia. In addition to the incredible produce and friendly vendors, it has a strong sense of community. I always look forward to the positive energy, live music and friendly folks at the farmers market.

The food is the best! Fresh food and friendly vendors - lots of variety of items and just a good fun time to go to the market!

The sense of community is incredible, the quality of the products is amazing, the vendors are wonderful people, and I love knowing how and where my food has been handled and grown.

Great place for a unique shopping experience. I look forward to the great selection of new plants each spring and the fresh flower bouquets and lavender.

What a wonderful place to go and hang out, listen to music, buy some fresh organic produce, look for some one-of-a-kind gifts, tour the garden and ask Master Gardeners plant related questions!

the local fresh produce and other organic products like honey are the best at our farmers market. You can ask the vendor questions and they are happy to answer. There are always a few crafts and lots of garden plants to choose from.

I love the OFM and visit it each time I am in OLY. The folks are friendly, the produce beautiful and the entertainment great. I can take my grand kids there and always have a great time.

Love supporting local farms and wonderful people! It always makes me smile with gratitude:)

I love the local fresh produce and gifts that local artists bring each week. The Master Gardeners have a clinic at the market to help answer the publics gardening realated questions and have a beautiful garden to walk through. What a wonderful way to spend time and money in Olympia.

The market is a cross section of the culture that is our community. It's a place to support local foods and artisans, but more than that it is a grounding experience that keeps you in touch with what where you live is really about. Olympia is a very special place and our Farmers Market is an excellent example of that.

It's a great place to find quality produce, meat and bakery selections and have a nice meal too. Its just a wonderful people place that's worth a trip every week it's open!

Olympia Farmers Market is such a happy place, everyone us open and friendly, the produce is wonderful and the family entertainment and music is outstanding.

The wide diversity of vendors . . . all 'on the same page' . . . quality and value. Moreover, the people themselves are genial and sincere. The crowd that the market draws is, of itself, a compliment to the community that we share. One feels comfortable and entertained, as well as 'nourished' by the experience.

It is a unique place in the area for people to meet, mingle, buy fresh locally grown organic veggies, listen to some live music, and support our local artisans. They keep it real!

Wonderful vendors supplying amazing produce and goods in a beautiful setting. They are the best, selling the best stuff in the best place possible!

The Olympia Farmers Market is a happy place with great music, lovely, locally grown produce, eggs, and meat and fish. Also, there are beautiful things to give as gifts: I gave glass frogs and Happy Hen Farm dishtowels to my bridesmaids when I got married.

Local organic makes all the difference in the world. I have not gotten any vitality from the green groceries I have purchased in stores, + I love the live entertainment, the local artisans and the vendors are real down to earth people. ~W~

The Oly Farmers Market brings more life and business to the downtown community and to the local growers and artisans that have the opportunity to sell their products there. It is located on the waterfront and features local live music and a good atmosphere. I would love to see this market grow, and in these hard economic times, it, like many local, community-based spaces, like parks, are being shorted or closed. Keep the farmers market alive!

Organic High Quality food just tastes so much greener! And best of all it supports our local farmers and community businesses.

Good produce, good restaurants, good people, good art, good music, beautiful garden and good gardening advice, good energy, good community...it's all good!

It's creative. It gives an additional ambiance to the culture of the city. I frequently see friends there. The products sold are very good.

Great music and wonderful food. It's a real community place to gather and enjoy the day.

Just came back from the market.. good food good friends great vendors and feeling good about knowing where your food comes from

Less car, more food. Not supporting the folks who won't distribute RU486 in their pharmacy.

Olympia Farmers Market provides us with a bounty of healthy, local food, live plants, gifts, music and a place to meet friends for a whopping nine months a year! It's the first place we always take out-of-town visitors, as it captures what is best about our community.

Our Farmer's Market is the happening place to be on a summer weekend! Fresh local produce, crafts, plants, baked goods, and great local music too. I always run into friends there. It's the heart of our community.

It is the hub of Olympia from April through October where people come together in community to eat good food, shop, listen to great local music and have meaningful conversation.

Local, healthy, friendly, entertaining, inclusive -- it makes me both happy and proud!

Our market keeps our region alive with farmers, fishermen, craftspeople and other purveyors of locally-produced food and art. Plus it supports musicians and builds a strong community; and features the best people-watching in the area!

I love getting fresh veggies and localized products. Everyone is so friendly there. They are like having an extended family.

SMALL CARBON FOOTPRINT, GREAT TASTE, LOCAL EMPLOYMENT, FRESH FOOD SOLD IN A COMMUNITY SETTING WITH FREE ENTERTAINMENT TOO. WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

Local farmers, great produce, friendly staff, great food vendors, outstanding variety and level of music.

Visitors from other states often say it's the nicest market they've seen. A rich and bountiful mix of locally grown and crafted products, daily music and other entertainment on the stage, seven specialty food vendors offering home-style ethnic and American breakfast and lunch fare, and a wonderful sense of community, all under an attractive, permanent open-air wooden structure. Best place in town to people watch or pick up a one of a kind gift.

Fresh, healthy food and plants that really grow. Love the music and the people.

It's a great place, a center of community, as there's always live music to listen to and friends I happen to meet.

Its a local jewel supporting local businesses and provides a great variety of prepared food, plants, crafts and music.

The atmosphere is great. Hearing music while shopping for FRESH food/ plants/flowers from local folks.... how much better can it be? It's an easy walk from the bay boardwalk and people are always happy there.

I LOVE the Olympia Farmers Market! It provides a place/way to connect within our community. Buying food and locally made products, meeting new and old friends, listening to local music, and sharing a beautiful public space with others are just some of the ways to deepen community connections at the market. I especially enjoy watching the Master Gardeners' Demonstration Garden at the market as it transforms throughout the growing season.

Because it's the best in the entire world. Has been for years, since I lived up that way.

I believe in buying locally whenever I can. It makes me feel like a true community member to support our local farmers and artisans. Not to mention the food, the music, the garden, the friends - its just a great way to spend the day.

We love the idea of getting fresh produce grown right here in our own community. The beautiful flowers, the crafts, wonderful foods and pastries and of course the great music makes our visit to the Olympia Market a great experience.

Fresh organic vegetables and fruit! Truly Fresh Seafood from the Pacific! Also flowers and trees and plants for sale. Great food stands. Olympia is home to a multitude of artists, musicians, craft people, who make the market a fun, beautiful place to shop. Wonderful place for gifts for anyone! Great setting near the Bay! Children friendly! We love our market! In the heart of Olympia, WA the Capitol City of Capital People.

The Olympia Farmers Market supports local farmers and musicians, provides a venue for people to buy local veggies picked that morning, is a lovely public space to gather, and takes food stamps and WIC vouchers.

This market has the most wonderful organic produce, even early in our season. We have fresh baked goods, local butchers who smoke their own meat, fresh seafood, locally harvested mushrooms, and beautiful plants, vegetable, fruit, and flowering, for home gardens. There is always a local music group playing at the market, and you can have lunch there, from Thai to Mexican to German as your choices. Our market is a vital part of our local community - I always bring out of town visitors there - it is a wonderful experience!

The Olympia Market is on a beautiful water front setting. Within walking distance of all shops and resturants downtown. The Oly Market has fresh produce, local vendors, fresh baked goods, and lots of vegetable and plant starts for gardeners interested in organic gardening. A must see for all visitors to Olympia.

All the great produce, plants and and local crafts. Plus it being a vital part of our community.

Because it is such a friendly place to shop. All local farmers. I know them by their first names.

Delicious, organic produce; beautiful flowers; healthy starts for home gardens; interesting crafts; friendly vendors; yummy choices for lunch and dessert; excellent music from Northwest artists; an exceedingly happy place for families and friends; and it's free!

Music every weekend. Good fresh produce. Wonderful baked goods. Just a wonderful place to spend a morning

Local produce will become more economical as gas prices rise. Shopping at farmers' market now prepares us for the future! Plus it's fun 'cause the atmosphere is like a fair.

Excellent plants and flowers sold by local growers. Wonderful fresh local produce. Great locally made cheese.

The food is fresh and local, the market is a great place to socialize and listen to music the same time I'm buying and eating great local stuff.

love the fresh veges, fruits and plants - they are also priced reasonabley and just like to be there.

The Olympia Farmer's Market is always a good place to explore; there are always new things to see there and the music draws in a variety of people. The produce and baked goods there are unmatched!

It's a lovely place to go - with live music, beautiful produce, creative handicrafts, and great baked goods - a cool place to meet your friends for lunch! It's great!

I go every weekend to pick up fresh, organic produce from families that I respect, to listen to music and eat breakfast with my friends, and to feel included in the vibrant, conscious, food-loving community of Olympia. It's the place I bring all out of town visitors to give them a taste of why I call this home.

fresh local produce and products, great music, makes you feel better just being there