The Florence Mill Farmers Market will be closed on Sunday, July 4th

Most vendors want to be with their families, and many customers have fireworks on their minds.
The market resumes the following Sunday, July 11…. with fresh, local produce and farm products, handmade crafts, 50′s & 60′s music by Dan Livingston and Charlie Alley (“Shades of Moire”) plus educational demonstrations: Rebecka Fleischman, of 4-F Farm, will be grinding wheat the old fashioned way, & sheep-rancher Beth Splichal, of Myhrrwood Farm will demonstrate knitting socks on a circular loom.

June 20th Florence Mill Farmers Market-

What? Locally grown, fresh garden produce, berries, brown eggs, cheese, goat wieners, grass-fed meats, wheat-grass shots, plants, flowers, handmade crafts, jewelry, yarns, handmade soaps, Nebraska products and much more.

Special Farmers Market Activities:

“All About Herbs” with Ady Kinghorn, Metropolitan Community College Horticulturist
“Plein Air Painting Demonstration in the Field” One of the artists will be painting the farmers market each Sunday during June. Featured artists are Joy Bradley, Jan Cline-Zimmerman, Debra Groessser, Melissa Johnson, Kathleen Keller, John Meng-Frecker, and Greg Walker.
Native American flute music played by Michael Murphy from 12-3. Michael will be teaching a flute class on July 17 at the Mill as part of the Omaha Creative Institute.
Felting demonstration by Beth Splichal from Mhyrrwood Farms

Where: Inside and outside the Florence Mill, 9102 North 30th Street (next to I-680, Exit 13 at 30th Street)

When: Sunday, June 20…Market hours are from 11 am to 3 pm every Sunday through September 26

Come on inside! The museum on the first floor is open for tours. On exhibit in the second floor’s ArtLoft are landscapes by the Omaha Plein Air Painters. This is their first exhibit. (see attachment for examples.)

Parking: Park is convenient and close: parking available at OJ’s…across from the Depot Museum…or at 3′s Lounge and Albertsons’s Glass on 30th Street (It’s within sight of the market and just a short walk over the abandoned railroad berm! Many thanks to 3′s Lounge and Albertsons for donating their parking for the entire season.)

About the Farmers Market: Surrounded by a green field, the Florence Mill Farmers Market is a rustic and rural setting for farm-fresh produce and artisans in an authentic, unique, historical setting. The Florence Mill is a blending of history, art, and agriculture. The site is also one of Omaha’s preservation success stories. A farmers market is an ideal way to bring agriculture back to this once obsolete country mill & grain elevator. And just like mills of yore, the Florence Mill is again a place for the community to gather, shop and converse. But instead of grinding the grain, we are picking out farm-fresh produce. For more information contact: Linda Meigs 551-1233

Florence Mill Farmers Market-
Fresh, Healthy & Local Produce and Crafts

Where: 9102 North 30th Street (next to I-680, Exit 13 at 30th Street)

When: Sunday, June 13th…hours are from 11 am to 3 pm
(The Florence Mill Museum and ArtLoft remains open until 5pm.)

Three Special Farmers Market Guests: “Ask the Master Gardener” and LaRue’s Little Ponies and a plein-air painting demonstration! Bring your gardening questions to horticulturist John Nabitty in the shed and your li’l cowboys and cowgirls for pony rides in the field.

Be sure to come inside the Mill! The museum on the first floor is open for tours. On exhibit in the second floor’s ArtLoft are landscapes by the Omaha Plein Air Painters. This group has been painting together for two years; in Dodge Park, Elmwood Park, the Florence Mill and all around our big outdoors. This is their first exhibit. Each Sunday in June one of the artists will be painting the farmers market, so come see who’s painting and watch it evolve!

Parking: Park is convenient and close: parking available at OJ’s…or across from the Depot Museum…or at 3′s Lounge and Albertsons’s Glass on 30th Street (It’s within sight of the market for a short walk over the berm!)

About the Farmers Market: Surrounded by a green field, the Florence Mill Farmers Market is a rustic and rural setting for farm-fresh produce and artisans in an authentic, unique, historical setting. The Florence Mill is a blending of history, art, and agriculture. The site is also one of Omaha’s preservation success stories. A farmers market is an ideal way to bring agriculture back to this once obsolete country mill & grain elevator. And just like mills of yore, the Florence Mill is again a place for the community to gather, shop and converse. But instead of grinding the grain, we are picking out farm-fresh produce. For more information contact: Linda Meigs 551-1233

The Florence Mill Farmers Market’s 2010 season began June 6. The “sleep-in-Sunday” hours were from 11 am to 3 pm, though the building remains open longer. The Mill Museum and ArtLoft Galleryclose at 5pm.

The historic Florence Mill is located at 9102 North 30th Street (I-680, Exit 13) next to the Mormon Bridge.

For more information contact: Linda Meigs (402) 551-1233                              or e-mail  info@florencemill.info

DELICIOUS DISHES OF ART SERVED BY BUSY WOMEN ARTISTS
May 3rd through May 29th, 2009
Florence Mill Loft Gallery
9102 North 30th Street, Omaha
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 1:30-4:30pm

We all know how filled up our lives are — with jobs, family, wanting to make art, life in general…so grab an interesting plate and EXPRESS yourself! Use paint, collage, 3-D additions, mosaic…whatever it takes to say what you feel. (Great theme by Kathlene D’Agosta Wisler.)

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