Outdoor Markets

Carrboro Farmers’ Market

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301 West Main St (Town Commons)
Carrboro, NC 27510

Directions

phone (919) 280-3326

Open Sat year-round, 7am-noon (winter, 9am-noon); and Wed Apr-Oct, 3:30-6:30pm.


The finest and freshest locally grown produce, prepared foods, flowers and crafts. Everything sold is grown or produced by the vendors, all within a 50-mile radius. Special events include tastings, cooking demonstrations, music and Master Gardeners’ educational fairs.

Eno River Farmers’ Market

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144 East Margaret Ln (Public Market House)
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Directions

phone (919) 308-3686

Open Dec-Mar every Sat, 10am-Noon; Mar-Nov, every Sat, 8am-noon

The Eno River Farmers Market in historic downtown Hillsborough offers farm-fresh organic produce, cheese, meat, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods, and crafts from local growers and producers. Sellers reside and produce the items they sell within a 60-mile radius of Hillsborough.

Hillsborough Farmers’ Market

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Hampton Pointe Shopping Center (The Home Depot side) , NC Highway 86 at I-85, Exit 165
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Directions

phone (919) 732-8315

Open Sat Apr-Nov, 8am-noon; Sat Dec-Mar, 10am-noon; Wed Jun-Labor Day, 4-7pm.

Founded in the mid-1980s, the market has grown to about 60 members, who sell a wide variety of vegetables and fruits, plus flowers, jams and baked goods.

Maple View Agricultural Center

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3111 Dairyland Rd
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Directions

phone (919) 942-6122

Open Monday to Friday for school groups by appointment. Open weekends only for public starting May 1.


This 5,800-sq.ft. center has both classroom space and outdoor-based educational components, but it isn’t just for school children. It has four classrooms with different themes, including plants, crops and nutrition; soil science; animals; and insects, weather, life cycles, compost and more. On 23 acres outside are a vegetable garden, a North Carolina garden, which includes peanuts, tobacco, cotton and sweet potatoes. The center is available for school groups, curious visitors, birthday party rentals and local civic groups who need a large meeting room. In addition, the new Agricultural Center offers a full-service kitchen.

South Estes Farmers’ Market

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201 South Estes Dr (University Mall at A Southern Season)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Directions

phone (919) 428-4841

Open Saturdays from 8am-Noon April through November; 9am - Noon in December; 10am - Noon January through March & Tuesdays from 3pm-6pm April through November

The year round market is located at the eastern end of the shopping center outside of A Southern Season, offering a wide variety of seasonal produce, as well as meats and cheeses.

Southern Village Farmers’ Market

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Market Street Green (Southern Village)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Directions

phone (919) 280-3326

Open early May-late Aug on Thu, 3:30-6:30pm.

The finest and freshest locally grown produce, prepared foods, flowers and crafts. Everything sold is grown or produced by the vendors, all within a 50-mile radius. Special events include tastings, cooking demonstrations, music and Master Gardeners’ educational fairs.

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Did You Know?

Carrboro Farmers Market, one of several here, was founded in 1979 and is considered to be one of the finest in the country, offering produce from within 50 miles only.