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Dandies Candies creates lollipops and other candy using molds that date back to the late 1800s.
Dandies Candies creates lollipops and other candy using molds that date back to the late 1800s.
Sheena Willis, founder of Orange Blossom Market Co. was thrilled with the turnout for the town of Oakland’s first farmers market.
Flamazing JP, owned by Jenn Peltz, right, of Winter Garden, was set up with an assortment of earrings. With Peltz is her mother and assistant, Carole Jones.
Bronwyn Merritt, of Bronwyn Merritt Studio & Gallery in Orlando; and Michele Hebert, of Watercolor Paintings by Michele Hebert in Oviedo, displayed their artwork in the Healthy West Orange Arts & Heritage Center at the Town of Oakland.
Michael Anger sold a variety of organic vegetables from Frog Song Organics, of Hawthorne.
Mud Rooster performed on the porch of the Healthy West Orange Arts & Heritage Center at the Town of Oakland.
Paul Andrews discussed the benefits of his company’s herbs, spices and seeds with a customer. He and his wife, Danielle, are Oakland residents and own Husband and Wife Spices of Life LLC.
Self-taught potter Steve Gordon set up a booth with his crystalline-glazed pottery pieces. The pieces also are sold at Pottery Barn and West Elm.
Heather Cease showcased her handcrafted beeswax candles at the farmers market.
Rich Lusandi, left, and Edwin Castro, served fresh eats from their Soluna Tacos booth. The restaurant sets up a food truck daily at Tractor Supply Co.
Teresa Honoré, owner of Honoré Co. Home & Body, sold body-care products at Oakland’s market.
Charlotte Volz, 3, enjoyed her birthday cake-flavored biscotti.
Forty-three vendors were chosen to participate in the town of Oakland’s first farmers market, held Thursday, Sept. 14. They displayed their produce, jewelry, pottery, food and drink, spices and more along the West Orange Trail and inside the Healthy West Orange Arts & Heritage Center at the Town of Oakland.
Sheena Willis is the owner of Orange Blossom Market Co., a market coordination service that organizes several local farmers markets, including the new one in Oakland. She said she was thrilled with the vendors and the community turnout.
“I am very pleased,” Willis said. “The town is a place you want to be; it’s very welcoming, so we stayed steady. I anticipate a lot of growth from here.”
Jessica Lovejoy, community outreach director for the town of Oakland, said the town wanted to focus on quality handmade items from local sources, and she, too, was pleased with the inaugural market’s attendance and vendor participation.
Willis said she has received great feedback from the first market and has received an increased number of applications for future markets.
“I will continue to find more unique vendors to add to the lineup,” she said.
The Oakland Farmers Market will continue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.
