Friends of Bowie Farmer's Market

06/07/2026

Awesome on the scene reporting by an anonymous "Friend of the Bowie Farmer's Market"! Looks like he had an awesome day!

05/12/2026

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!!

It's almost here! Tell your friends in the area to check it out! BRING a friend! Don't forget to ask about collecting coupons to trade in for a handy market shopping bag when you collect enough. I have bags from MANY years in my car and they always come in handy. When you serve your market delights to friends and family, please let them know where you got the goodness!

These wonderful farmers and craftspeople keep coming back to our market because of the friendly people in and around Bowie who love their products. Some of our vendors sell out VERY quickly and have plenty of time to chat with friends. (Hint, ask them about special pre-orders and see if they can do something special for you. Maybe, maybe not, but if they are kind to you, please be kind to them as well!)

We have many of our favorite vendors returning, and a gaggle of new ones as well! Say hi to old friends and to new ones! Try new things along with your favorites! You can see the full list on the City's OFFICIAL Bowie Farmer's Market page:

Learn more about the Bowie Farmers' Market, including hours, vendors, and products.

03/08/2026

Back in 2014 when I responded to a request from the prior administrator of this fan page to help out since he had moved, I started checking how we were doing, and how many people were being reached. My tracking started at 554 Facebook "Likes" on June 14, 2014. That reflected people from many countries and all over the area who came to our market and liked what they saw and what they received.

Since that time, I've seen consistent expansion of that community. We're now passed 3,800 "Followers" (Meta's name change, not mine). With the warming temperatures and anticipation for opening day, I'm hoping we will pass 4000 in a few months. I hope some of you have been able to not just keep in touch with your favorite market vendors, but kept supporting and enjoying from the ones who are able to keep providing via deliveries and pickups during the many months when the market is closed. Our heartfelt thanks to both our warm weather and our cold weather friends!

02/28/2026

Here's a sad story to bring wonderful memories to many of us. Many of us have been patrons of this market for many MANY years and have had WONDERFUL relationships with many of the vendors.

One delightful couple who stayed true to their love of their farm, each other, and providing WONDERFUL food to us were Jim and Frieda Unger of Unger's Fruit Farm in Hampstead, MD. Jim was market manager many years helping coordinate the market alongside the City of Bowie employees. Each Sunday the market manager blows a whistle to indicate the market is now open, and was also in charge of trading market purchase coupons for the handy tote bags each year. The Unger strawberries and blueberries were legendary, and many of us got there very early before opening to be in line to get some before they sold out. Their varieties of fruits and deep knowledge about them were spectacular. They ran their fruit and vegetable farm and participated in many farmers markets including ours for 38 years. Their love for each other sparkled in their eyes.

Jim lost to cancer in 2023, and Frida followed him in 2025. For those who remember, a friend sent copies of their obituaries. Here are the links. Absent friends.

https://www.eckhardtfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/freida-jane-unger
https://www.eckhardtfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/james-clinton-unger

View James "Jim" Clinton Unger's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

02/16/2026

Warmer temps and gentle rain.
Snow piles shrink and brown grass starts to show some color.
Flowers starting to show their early spring spikes breaking ground!

I can't wait for opening day in May!

Keep your eye on the City's OFFICIAL Bowie Farmer's Market page for registration and announcements, or sign up for any of the City's OFFICIAL newsletters!

This page is for fans of the market and is NOT run by the City or by City employees. If you are a SUPER FAN of the Bowie Farmer's Market and there regularly, please share your photos, stories, and vids at the market!

10/26/2025

09/14/2025

If you see ANY posts regarding vendor registration NOT POSTED BY THE CITY OF BOWIE, they are hoaxes and frauds. All such posts are blocked and the poster reported for fraud and banned.

ONLY the City of Bowie manages this market. This is a FAN PAGE.

The Bowie Farmers Market is maintained through the City of Bowie, however this page is not maintained by the City and the City of Bowie is not responsible for content here. The official website is: http://www.cityofbowie.org/103/Farmers-Market

For official information, please contact:

Matt Corley
301-809-3078 (office), 240-563-2271 (mobile), or [email protected] (Matt answers cell quickest.)

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07/27/2025

Reminder that this is a FAN PAGE for this market! If YOU are a fan, please post your photos, vids, and stories of your favorites at this market!

This page is run by a volunteer FAN of Bowie Farmer's Market. This page can't answer any questions regarding vendor signups, or similar issues. If you are a serious BFM FAN visiting regularly and have interest in helping manage this page please message us!

The ONLY source for OFFICIAL INFORMATION about this market is the City of Bowie Government, and their OFFICIAL Bowie Farmer's Market page https://www.cityofbowie.org/103/Farmers-Market.
For questions about the market, please contact the City's OFFICIAL market manager Matt Corley at 301-809-3078 or email [email protected].

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