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Photos: Opening day of the Waterfront Farmers Market
The Waterfront Farmers Market opened on Thursday, May 22, at Skansie Brothers Park in downtown Gig Harbor. The market continues from 1 to 6 p.m. every Thursday through Aug. 28.
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Click here to read about the new shuttle that brings people to the market from two church parking lots. And click here to read about the co-op booth being operated by the Peninsula Female Farmers Network, which offers opportunities to smaller farmers.
Don Deflorio of the Vermont-based Macintosh Hill Maple Works selects a bottle of bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup for a customer, during the first day of the Gig Harbor Farmers Market on May 22, 2025. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Mac, center, sits on the grass of Skansie Brothers Park, during the first day of the Gig Harbor Farmers Market. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Christian Olivier, left, of Gig Harbor-based Tana Coffee, chats with Lauren Martin, right, while Nick Martin, looks at some coffee beans. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Kelsey Silbar and her daughter, Eleanor, left, pick out an apple together, as Ivon Fabian of Cazares Farms, center, helps another customer. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Greg Knight, center, of Earthling Food Company, helps a few customers. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Christie Tackett, back center, of Moon Mountain Farms, helps a few customers at the Peninsula Female Farmers Network booth. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
From left to right, Ying Xing, Lee Chang, and Nou Xing, put together bouquets of flowers at their booth, Vang Garden. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Holly Shadko, right, is surprised by this photographer, as she and Malone Macintosh, back center, mind the Balloon Roof Baking Company Booth. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Jessie Trout minds the Northwest Spices booth. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Employees of Aguilar Farms, a family-owned business, wait for customers. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Sunlight falls on an array of apples at the Aguilar Farms booth. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
An arrangement of pickles and jalapeños sit atop a small display at the Purdy Good Pickles stand. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Framed by the fishermen’s memorial sculpture, people stand on the observation deck at Jerisich Dock to survey the farmers market below. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick
Asparagus, apples and other produce for sale at a booth at the Waterfront Farmers Market on May 22, 2025. Photo by Vince Dice
Zaida Woodworth, executive director of Food Backpacks 4 Kids, discusses the Food 4 All program at the Peninsula Female Farmers Network booth at the Gig Harbor Farmers Market on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Photo by Vince Dice
The fountain at Skansie Brothers Park during opening day of the Waterfront Farmers Market on May 22, 2025. Photo by Vince Dice
Fiddlers perform on opening day of the Watefront Farmers Market on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Photo by Vince Dice