JD2 Ranch Booth at Pearl Brewery Farmer's Market
Well, the day has finally arrived, and we had our first Pearl Brewery Farmer’s Market Soft Opening. It went off without a hitch – even the occassional raindrops didn’t hinder us (now the rain can come pouring down). I made Marty come with me and help me with the canopy and unloading the plants. He then took the kids out for the morning.
We had lots of people come through for just starting out and a number of the vendors sold out of their products. There were lots of vendors. There are vegetable farmers, an herb farmer, fresh tilapia, a lavender booth, fresh beef, fresh goat meat, and fresh bison too. There was a shrimp vendor, nut vendors, and a coffee vendor (peaches and blackberries will come in May). We had lots of sales not only of daylilies and iris, but of our other plants as well. We sold out of the bare root daylilies that I had brought and a couple of other types of plants. Since this is a new
Different vendors just before the opening bell of the Farmer's Market.
adventure for us, I wasn’t quite sure how much plant material and what combinations of plants to bring. People had lots of questions about daylilies, bearded iris, and other plants. Everyone seemed very positive about the experience and they loved seeing the photos and the cut flowers (daylilies Way Out There, Fiery Temper, and Choral Fantasy).
Many of the customers were happy to hear that they can go online and pre-order from us with delivery at the Pearl Brewery for the next week. We will have dug their bare root daylilies and have them washed, trimmed and ready to go for them the next Saturday. Many were also excited to hear about our Spring Garden Day at the Ranch on June 6th as well.
The grand opening of the Pearl Brewery Farmer’s Market will be on May 16th, and the grand opening of the Riverwalk expansion (to the Pearl Brewery) is currently scheduled for May 30th. These should both be very exciting and fun filled days.
I want to Thank all of our friends who stopped by to see us and enjoyed the morning at the Pearl Brewery, and I’d like to thank all the new friends we made today (and more in the future) for stopping by and seeing all the great plants you can grow in the San Antonio area. Good job to Tatum and the rest of the gang at the Pearl Brewery for working out all the kinks and having things run so smoothly.