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Season 3 Wrap-Up & Looking Ahead to 2026.

As we wrap up our third season at the Royersford Farmers Market, we are deeply grateful for the continued support from our community. Each year, more neighbors shop, volunteer, and spread the word—helping our market grow into a true community staple.

We’ve heard your feedback and know how important fresh, local food is to you. Many of you have asked for more produce and food vendors, and we are actively working to expand those offerings for the 2026 season.

This fall, the committee increased advertising for our autumn markets and our Holiday Market—and it showed. The Holiday Market was well attended and full of energy, thanks to all of you who came out to shop and celebrate.

Looking ahead:

2026 Vendor Applications Are Open Early
We’ve opened applications ahead of schedule for the 2026 season so vendors can better plan their market calendars. Applications will be reviewed and approved on a rolling basis throughout the off-season.

We Are Actively Seeking Vendors
If you are a farmer, food producer, baker, maker, or artisan interested in joining us, we’d love to hear from you.
The 2026 vendor application is now available on our website.

Thank you for another wonderful season, for supporting local businesses, and for helping us grow a market that is truly rooted in community and growing together.

 

 

Our mission is simple and powerful

To bring a farmers market to our community.

A welcoming, accessible space where residents and neighbors of Royersford can connect with locally grown and crafted goods from farmers, artisans, and entrepreneurs in the greater Royersford area.

We share this story to honor the incredible work of the Royersford Farmers Market Planning Committee and volunteers, and to recognize how many moving pieces had to come together to make our market a reality. Opening day was the culmination of a year and a half of weekly effort by about 20 of the most dedicated, talented, and generous volunteers you could hope to meet.

To our sponsors, vendors, partners, and every person who has shopped, shared, or supported the market in any way—thank you. You’ve helped transform an idea into a new tradition and a lasting staple in Royersford.

Royersford Farmers Market

Rooted in Community. Growing Together. 

 

How the Royersford Farmers Market Came About

Once upon a time, Royersford Borough conducted a comprehensive plan that included a community-wide survey asking residents what they wanted most in their town. At the very top of the list: a farmers market.

As the years passed, Main Street began to thrive. Annual events grew, new businesses opened, and still the question kept coming up: “How about a farmers market?”

Before the pandemic, our Main Street businesses started inviting in local artisans and bakers, florists and nonprofits—hosting them in their shops and out on the sidewalks. That’s when the idea became a mission: let’s build a farmers market for Royersford.

In February 2023, about 50 neighbors gathered in the Royersford Nazarene community hall to turn that idea into a plan. We filled blank poster boards with our visions, then formed committees to tackle every detail: Policies & Procedures, Logistics, Research, Community Outreach, Vision & Goals, Establishment & Funding, Leadership & Volunteer Management, and Marketing & Promotions.

Together, we:

  • Surveyed residents and businesses
  • Walked Main Street handing out flyers
  • Tabled at community events using supplies pulled from our own homes
  • Crafted a mission statement and collected nearly 50 logo submissions
  • Partnered with Penn State Extension consultant Brian, who generously guided our efforts
  • Registered a fictitious name and opened a bank account
  • Mapped vendor spaces down to the inch
  • Built a vendor application, rules, and bylaws for vendors, patrons, and nonprofits

It truly was like starting a business from the ground up.

Then came the big questions:

  • Would vendors apply?
  • Would sponsors step up?
  • Would the community show up?

The answer, across the board, was yes.

  • Borough administration and council: supportive.
  • Local businesses: supportive.
  • Residents: supportive.
  • Vendors and sponsors: enthusiastic and committed.
  • Volunteers: tireless and dedicated.
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