Approved! Join us at the Leominster, Fitchburg, and Ashby Farmers Markets

By Lise Fracalossi

I have a very short announcement for you today: in the past week, we’ve been approved to setup at the Leominster, Fitchburg, AND Ashby Farmers’ Markets.

Here are the details – If you use Facebook, you can indicate your interest in the events using the links below.

  • Leominster Farmers’ Market: 1st Saturday of the month through October, in Monument Square, Leominster, MA, from 11am to 2pm. We plan to be there 7/6, 8/3, 9/7, and 10/5 of 2024.
  • Fitchburg Farmers’ Market: 2nd Saturday of the month through October, in the Upper Common, Fitchburg, MA, from 10am to 1pm. I plan to be there 7/13, 8/10, 9/14, and 10/12.
  • Ashby Farmers’ Market: 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month through October, on the Ashby Town Common (1 South Rd), Ashby, MA, from 9am to noon. I plan to be there 7/14, 7/28 (tentative due to a possible family commitment), 8/11, 8/25, 9/8, 9/22, 10/13, and 10/27 of 2024.

Thus your next opportunity to see us is Saturday, July 6th, at the Leominster Farmers’ Market, from 11am to 2pm. Look for the bright red popup tent!

What do we expect to have available? (No guarantees; a lot depends on what we can fit in our vehicle!) The 🤞 are ones we’re not 100% sure will be ready by Saturday.

  • Achillea millefolium (yarrow, multi-hued cultivar; in 1 or 2 quart pots for $10, or 2 for $15)
  • Ageratina altissima (white snakeroot)
  • Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) 🤞
  • Aquilegia canadensis (red columbine)
  • Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed)
  • Asclepias incarnata (rose/swamp milkweed)
  • Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
  • Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
  • Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed) 🤞
  • Carex grayi (common bur sedge)
  • Chamachrista fasciculata (partridge pea; these are 2 plants in a quart pot for $7)
  • Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower clematis)
  • Doellingeria umbellata (tall wood aster)
  • Eurybia macrophylla (large-leaved wood aster)
  • Eutrochium dubium (coastal plain joe-pye weed)
  • Eutrochium maculatum (spotted joe-pye weed)
  • Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)
  • Mentha arvensis (wild mint)
  • Monarda fistulosa (wild bee-balm)
  • Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
  • Penstemon digitalis (foxglove beardtongue)
  • Penstemon hirsutus (Northern/hairy beardtongue)
  • Pycnanthemum muticum (broad-leaved mountain mint)
  • Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint)
  • Solidago caesia (wreath/blue-stem goldenrod)
  • Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod)
  • Symphyotrichum cordifolium (blue/heart-leaved wood aster)
  • Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth blue aster)
  • Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed)
  • Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

And some “factory second” plants:

  • Monarda (bee-balm) zoigl
  • Asclepias (milkweed) zoigl
  • Aster zoigl

These are pint pots priced at $5/each (plus tax), unless otherwise noted. If there’s a particular plant you’d like to reserve to be picked up at a market, please email me at lise@redtrilliumgardens.com.