Gardens | From My Garden To Yours
I recently began as a vender at the Audubon Park Community Market (APCM). This neighborhood-based market is a unique variation from the standard model of a suburban farmers market. A neighborhood’s market distinctively personifies the community’s version of the local food experience. Many of these markets are open on weekday evenings, present live music, offer craft beers and other beverages, provide dinner from food trucks, support unique artisans and bring neighbors together.
The APCM, at the corner of Corrine Drive at 1842 E. Winter Park Road in Orlando, sets up Monday evenings from 6-10 p.m. in the Stardust Video and Coffee parking lot. All vendors are local. Managed by Gabriel Othon with her husband, Michael, the evening’s serious business is rendered efficiently into the background. Each vendor jealously values his or her little piece of real estate while joyously interacting with all the other businesses and customers.
The evening time slot is a pleasant twist to the typical Saturday morning schedule. Visitors can drop by after work to unwind and casually stroll about the stalls. Stop and chat with other guests and enjoy the food, music and fun ” too bad the fun only lasts four hours a week!
I begin setting up my booth on the hot parking lot around 5 p.m. The technology of pop-up canopies has become universally practical. Display tables arranged in an open horseshoe are to welcome guests into my booth. My ever-present bar stools are an invitation to linger.
The local nature of this institution (only 30 minutes from my
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