Richland COUNTY

Named for the sprawling “rich land” that supported hearty indigo and cotton plantations for generations, Richland County today is home to a diverse population of more than 400,000 residents. From its agrarian roots to its establishment as the legislative hub of South Carolina, Richland County today boasts a vibrant military community at Fort Jackson, several acclaimed educational institutions, award-winning hospital systems, the South Carolina State Museum, a cutting-edge urban scene in downtown Columbia and a plethora of recreational activities, all nestled between its many rivers and lakes.

JUNE 8-9, 2024

Saturday & Sunday 9am-4pm

Pin Key: 

Blue = Open Saturday + Sunday   

Green = Open Saturday Only   

Red = Open Sunday Only

TOUR SITES & ARTISANS

  • Congaree Milling Company

    1629 Bluff Road

     Columbia, SC 29201


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4.


    We are a gristmill producing USDA Certified Organic stone-ground grain products in Arthurtown, just outside the City of Columbia. It is our goal to provide the best organic grain products that can be bought on the market today. Join us for prepared food, tours, and live music! Try our milled foods including grits, cornmeal, and polenta. 


    Grits, cornmeal, polenta


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  • Cottle Farm

    9560 Garners Ferry Rd. 

    Hopkins, SC 29061


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Experience picking (and tasting) fresh from the vine strawberries! Here at Cottle Farm, we are a ‘you-pick’ and ‘we-pick’ strawberry farm seeking to meet the needs of our community. The Cottle Fun Farm will also be open and offers playgrounds, wagon rides, and more family-fun activities for an additional fee.


    Honey, cider, jams, jellies, fruits, vegetables, honey


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  • Crooked Cedar Farm

    1464 Lawhorn Road 

    Blythewood, SC 29016


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Crooked Cedar Farm is a small family-owned and -operated vegetable and flower farm. The four-season farm is landscaped with various flower display borders and cut flower beds. There are raised beds in a cottage-styled garden area as well as over an acre of field for year-round vegetable and flower cultivation. Say hello to our chickens for egg production, or head over to the greenhouse, sheds and garden cottage.


    Honey, vegetables, jam, sauces, beverages, baked goods, and flowers


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  • Doko Farm

    2101 Cedar Creek Road 

    Blythewood, SC 29016


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Cheer at the Chicken Races! Then, enjoy a Guided Tour and learn about heritage livestock breeds (St. Croix Sheep, Guinea Hogs, Narragansett Turkeys, Buckeye Chickens), livestock guardian dogs, and edible forest gardens. Linger at the Ag & Art Tour Market, in our historic barnyard, featuring local artists, hands-on demos, and Doko Farm's products. Sunday afternoon, join us for Doko Farm's anniversary celebration! Visit www.dokofarm.org for current event information, to make the most of your visit.


    Items for sale:

    • Woodlot raised heritage pork
    • Baked goods
    • Farmstead soap
    • Forest garden products

    Saturday

    10:15 am and 1:15 pm Doko Farm's Locally Famous Chicken Races

    10:30 am and 1:30 pm Farmer-Led Tours


    Sunday

    10:15 am Doko Farm's Locally Famous Chicken Race

    10:30 am Farmer-Led Tour

    1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Farm Anniversary Celebration


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  • Fabel Farms

    1208 Hinnants Store Rd 

    Winnsboro, SC 29180


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Fabel Farms has been cultivated by our family for three generations. Owner Josh Fabel is excited to bring his produce and farm products to you -- just like his Grandfather, Grandmother and Uncle did for over 50 years. The farm is 104 acres in Upper Richland County in the beautiful Cedar Creek community. It offers seasonal vegetables, honey, eggs and a beautiful event space for the community to enjoy. 


    Honey, eggs, spices, baked goods, crafts, vegetables, value-added products, eggs


    Garden tours, self-guided and guided nature walks, woodworking demos


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  • Farmers Market Xchange

    912 Lady St.

    Columbia, SC 29201


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    We offer artisan delicatessen and fresh, handmade breads, as well as fresh produce from our farm. From cured meats to cheeses to coffee, we aim to offer our guests the best there is to offer. Whether you’re after a quick bite for lunch, a large selection of produce for an elaborate family feast at home or a quick coffee on the way to work, we have what you're looking for.


    Produce, Certified SC products, honey, meat, poultry, deli items, pantry goods, café and inhouse roasted coffee, bakery, beer and wine, hot lunch and sandwiches, soap, coffee roasting, baking bread


    10 am Coffee roasting

    10 am Bread baking


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  • Gardener's Outpost

    1211 Franklin Street

     Columbia, SC 29201


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    We are an urban garden center that focuses on sustainable practices and organic products.  Here at Gardener’s Outpost, you can find native perennials, herbs, organic vegetable starts and seeds, organic gardening products and more! 


    Locally made candles, stained glass, pottery, fruits, vegetables, adult beverages (wine, beer, spirits), flowers, organic gardening products, soils, etc.


    TBD: Tomato Cloning Demonstration


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  • Glorious Greens

    1336 Pet Sites Rd.

    Chapin, SC 29036


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Glorious Greens is a mixed-vegetable market farm. We use regenerative and sustainable organic practices, meaning we leave the earth better than we found it. We also have beneficial gardens, cover crops, pastured raised chickens and two geese! We are committed to only growing nutrient-dense vegetables without harmful chemicals. Visit to support a family-owned business that values community and healthy living while enjoying the most delicious produce and farm-fresh eggs. 


    Heritage grain baked goods (artisan sourdough, loafs, bagels, and sweets), vegetables, eggs


    Saturday

    12:00 - 12:30 PM: Salad Greens Harvesting, Washing, Packing Demonstration

    10:00 - 10:30 AM and 3:00 - 3:30 PM: Guided market farm tour

    Sunday

    2:00-2:30 PM: Salad Greens Harvesting - Washing - Packing Demonstration 

    1:00 - 1:30PM and 3:00 3:30 PM: Guided market farm tour


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  • Grow Your Garden with Sal

    113 Hilltop Dr.

    Columbia, SC 29203


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Learn to grow your garden with Sal, an 8th generation homesteader who offers gardening and homesteading classes for all. Stop by to say hello to our mules, goats, chickens and white doves! See our Historic Farm, garden, and greenhouse, and be sure to pick up vegetable plants, boiled peanuts, and seeds while you’re here.


    Honey, jams, peanuts, vegetables, and seeds


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  • Harbison State Forest -- *Sat. Only

    5600 Broad River Road 

     Columbia, SC 29212


    Only open Saturday 9-4


    Join us at Harbison State Forest, where we will offer guided and self-guided nature hikes and activities for the whole family to enjoy! Stick around to watch a skilled chainsaw artist demonstrate his craft and have completed items for sale. See you there!


    Chainsaw carvings & timber


    9am-3pm Self-guided Junior Forest Ranger tour

    10am-3pm Chainsaw carving

    10am-11am;1pm-2pm Guided forest walk

    11am-12noon; 2pm-3pm Children's activities


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  • Hickory Top Farm

    725 Piney Branch Rd. 

    Eastover, SC 29044


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Hickory Top Farm is home to rolling green pastures, historic old barns, and beautiful horses which deliver therapeutic horsemanship. We strive to provide opportunities for those facing unique challenges to engage and connect with our horses and one another. We would like to help all people find their voice, gain confidence, strengthen motor skills, and have hope.


    Horsemanship Demonstration (event time TBD)


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  • Living Wright Foundation's Farm at Senate's End

    302 Senate St.

    Columbia, SC 29201


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    The Living Wright Foundation’s Farm at Senate’s End is the beginning point of its mission to nourish our neighbors, while preserving the earth.  Here, nestled between the Congaree River and a majestic expanse of river basin woods, you will experience raised garden beds, terraced hillside herbs, beehives, and a creek that beckons meditation.  Come and connect with the environment, then enjoy this year’s local artisans’ crafts, food, and music, and relax on the porch of 302 Senate.


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  • Mr. Bunky's Market

    10441 Garner's Ferry Rd. 

    Eastover, SC 29044 


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Mr. Bunky’s Market Inc. is an old timey general store filled with everything you can imagine! We have groceries, hardware, small and large animal food and supplies, and upstairs consignment booths. Once you’ve finished strolling, grab a meal at our full-service restaurant or pizza and sub deli. Don’t forget to swing by our meat market, and try out the Ag Combine Simulator sponsored by Richland County’s Farm Bureau!


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  • One Hubcap Farm, LLC

    1236 Muller Road 

    Blythewood, SC 29016 


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Make your very own flower bouquet at One Hubcap Farm! Visitors will have the opportunity to explore cut-flower gardens, pick their own flowers, and piece together their very own bouquets. Meet us at the farm for a very special artisan appearance-- Clara, our daughter, who will sell her goat's milk soap!


    Handmade soap, flowers


    2 PM: Bouquet-making demonstration


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  • The Purple Mushroom LLC -- *Sat. Only

    618 Prescott Rd.

    Columbia, SC 29203


    Only open Saturday 9-4


    The Purple Mushroom LLC is an indoor urban mushroom farm where visitors can see and partake in mushroom cultivation, including creating substrate bags and harvesting mushrooms. Come and purchase fresh gourmet mushrooms, grow kits, and delicious mushroom-inspired products such as mushroom coffee and teas.


    Mushroom coffee, tea, mushroom breading and cornbread mix, mushroom kits and other mycology supplies


    11am -12pm Make your own mushroom grow kit


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  • Purple Tuteur Farm

    787 Langford Rd.

    Blythewood, SC 29016


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Come and check out how a cut flower farm operates at Purple Tuteur Farm with one of our guided tours. Enjoy a stroll through the garden beds on your own.  Take a selfie at our sunflower selfie station. We will have farm-fresh bouquets available to take home and plants that you could add to your own cutting garden.  Don’t forget to check out our artisans and their local arts and crafts while you’re here!


    Items for sale:

    • Fruits
    • Flowers
    • Plants

    Guided tours 10-11 am and 2-3 pm Saturday and 2-3pm on Sunday.  Self-guided tours all day.


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  • Rosewood Public Orchard

    1381 Jim Hamilton Blvd 

    Columbia, SC 29205


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    We are a volunteer-led Community Orchard located in Owens Field Park across from the Jim Hamilton - LB Owens Airport, featuring fruit trees, winding paths, and beautiful pollinator gardens. Take a self-guided tour and check out our little library, permaculture designs, and meditation garden. Here at Rosewood Public Orchard, you can also find a 3-tiered compost system and climbing tree. New projects are always being added by Friends of the Rosewood Community Orchard. We look forward to seeing you there!


    Fruits, vegetables, flowers, Orchard t-shirts, engraved Memory Bricks for Meditation Garden


    Community Book Swap Treasure Hunt (Bring books for swapping!)


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  • Sustainable Carolina Garden -- *Sat. Only

    1216 Wheat St.

    Columbia, SC 29208

    (Entrance is on Main street across from California Dreaming Restaurant)


    Only open Saturday 9-4


    The Sustainable Carolina Garden is a student-led Garden on the University of South Carolina campus. The students are members of Sustainable Carolina and grow various crops in 12 production beds incorporating permaculture principles. The produce harvested is sold during the school semester at the Healthy Carolina Farmers Market on Tuesdays at The Russell House. Remaining produce is donated to the Gamecock Community Shop pantry and other city-wide partners. 


    Potted herbs, veggie plants, homemade mint tea, fresh vegetables, herbs, cut flowers from the garden, hydroponics/aquaponics


    Children's activities (seed starting table, chalk art), corn hole, and face cutout art boards


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  • Three Rivers Arts District

    413 Pendleton St.

    Columbia, SC 29201


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Park once and enjoy three sites!  


    Lewis + Clark: Specializing in post-modern and modern furniture design, Clark Ellefson, principal designer and owner of Lewis+Clark, constructs furniture through a culmination of process with exploration into ideas, color, texture, and materials. Peruse the collection of modern handmade lamps, unique furniture, and assortment of robots.


    Handmade lamps, furniture, robots; painting & sculptures; hand-made glassware


    Stormwater Studios: Visit us at Stormwater Studios for a guided tour of our beautiful native plant and pollinator gardens conducted by Karen Murphy Rhu. Head inside to the studio and walk through the incredible art exhibit that will be displayed in our art gallery.


    Painting & sculptures


    1:00-2:00 pm Guided tour of native plant and pollinator gardens at Stormwater Studios


    One Eared Cow Glass: One eared Cow is a blown glass studio and gallery specializing in indoor and outdoor glass lighting and art. The gallery is fully stocked with a wide price range of unique blown and sculpted art made by the One Eared Cow artists.


    Blown and sculpted glass lighting and art for indoor and outdoor use.


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  • UHURU FARMS

    207 Misty Meadow Rd 

    Hopkins, SC 29061 


    Open Saturday & Sunday 9-4


    Join us for children’s activities, arts & crafts at the Pollinator Patio, archery demonstrations, and African drumming and dancing! Enjoy sweetgrass basket weaving, artisan jewelry, and mushroom log inoculation, as well as an extensive collection of herbal elixirs & tonics, herbal drinks, and herb-infused oils. Feeling hungry? Visit our bake sale with an assortment of low-glycemic and fruit-sweetened treats. Feeling daring? Take on our UHURU Farms obstacle course! 


    Artisan jewelry and artwork, bake sale goods, herbal tonics, value-added products


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RICHLAND COUNTY

Chanda Cooper

cooper.chanda@richlandcountysc.gov

This project is administered by the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District with the support of the Richland County Conservation Commission and Richland County. Additional support is provided by public and private sponsors.

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