Whether you’re a veteran and never miss a Saturday, or have heard all the good things and always wanted to attend, time is running out to visit the award-winning West Palm Beach GreenMarket.
This is not the time for procrastination and thinking to yourself “Maybe next week,” this is the time to act. Get in your car, hop on your bike, take an Uber or whatever, as the much-loved event along the city’s waterfront will officially end its 2025-26 run on Saturday, May 30.
This year’s West Palm Beach GreenMarket has featured a record 150 vendors, including 45 new ones, ranging from classic fresh produce, seafood and baked goods, to gourmet coffee, smoothies, fresh cut flowers, prepared foods, frozen treats, organic pet foods and much, much more.
This season also featured another quite notable achievement: a return to national glory.
In case you missed last month’s announcement, the West Palm Beach GreenMarket retook the title “Best Farmers Market” in the nation as determined by readers in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers Choice Awards.
Ranked No. 1 from 2021 to 2023, the market had fallen to runner up in 2024 and 25.
The wildly popular market bested last year’s number one, Soda City Market in Columbia, South Carolina, which was relegated to second place. The market that beat West Palm Beach and took top honors in 2024, Worthington Farmers Market in Worthington, Ohio, came in seventh.
This mecca of outdoor of outdoor shopping, dining, culinary classes, occasional live music, socializing, happy pups and good times was started in 1995 by then Mayor Nancy Graham. Starting out with only 13 vendors, the market’s incredible growth is a testament to Graham’s vision and has become a destination for shopping and gathering for both residents and visitors.
The West Palm Beach GreenMarket will open its 2026-27 season on Saturday, Oct. 3.
Palm Beach County green markets open during the summer
If you love the West Palm Beach GreenMarket and are unsure if you can actually go cold turkey until October, there are other options.
On Saturdays green market fans can get their fix at the Delray Beach Summer GreenMarket from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Old School Square and on Sundays at The Gardens GreenMarket from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Palm Beach Gardens City Hall Municipal Campus and the Boca Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus.
West Palm Beach GreenMarket
When: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 30 (reopens for 2026-27 season Oct. 3)
Where: The Great Lawn, 100 N. Clematis St., West Palm Beach
Information: wpb.org/Residents/Community
Eddie Ritz is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at eritz@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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