THE HISTORY OF ORCHARD’S LANDING PAISLEY
2003 – David Weber started the Paisley Farmer’s Market on the grass with 4 local food producer at xyz Queen North, Paisley.
2006 – 2018 After running out of space, they wanted to move the market to the cenetaph, and David was hesitant to approach Municipal council. He asked Sandra Blodgett to take the lead – as she was not doing so well at Lox, Sox and Burrow (417 Queen N) and needed a new project. So Sandra went to council and it was agreed that the every Saturday market ( from Victoria Day to Thanksgiving) could move to the arena parking lot, free of charge. At it’s height, the Paisley Farmer’s Market welcomed 26 food and vendors. There was music sometimes by Paul almost every weekend and a big food truck by the Ransome family. Paul Martin of Concession 10 of Elderslie was the big produce grower and Donna Douquette of Lakehouse Pantry, Williamsford made the best pickles in Canada. Michelle Trendyle grew organic produce. Sarah Robertson, Paisley was the beef farmer. Wendy Tanner, Paisley made jewelry. Laura Blodgett, Paisley brought Manitoulin trout. Amanda Caldwell, Lockerby brought lamb, Angus Horst from Conc 10 Elderlie brought flowers, Barbara Weber made delicious pies and many more people participated. It was a lovely community event and tourist attraction.
2012, Nov 29 – Paisley Farmer’s Market vendors went inside for the first time, to join other local businesses for the one evening Late Night Social – a Paisley and District Chamber of Commerce initiative (credit goes to Micheline Mann for the idea). Our first Christmas Market was at 466 Queen South. That building was divided in half and we were in the right side.
2015 – People from Port Elgin and Walkerton saw the success of our market and thought that it was a “the more the merrier” situation, but alas, farmers need to farm and they cannot be going to market every day, so one by one, the local farmers started to stray away until, there were only four of us left. Sandra (fish), Amanda (lamb), Paul (produce) and Donna (pickles).
In 2018. Every single Saturday began with rain. By the end of that year we decided to call it quits for a bit. Paul Martin set up a produce stand at the end of his lane and the rest of us went to the other two markets. At Christmas we were still going inside. We were now called the Paisley Christmas Market. And it was
2020 – Covid hit – By then
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