The Wilmette French Market is open for the season as of this morning (Saturday, April 16).
The Saturday-morning market is open from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. through October just east of the Wilmette Metra station at 722 Green Bay Road.
Regular vendors of the market include: First Orchards, Jake’s Country Meats, Roedger Bros. Blueberries, Eclair Bakery & Patisserie, Treasure Breads and The Cheese People.
The Wilmette French Market is put on by Bensiduon USA.
Fans of the Winnetka and Glencoe markets will have to wait until June. The Winnetka Farmers Market, a product of the local chamber of commerce, will debut at 7:30 a.m. June 4 and stay open each Saturday for 22 weeks (through October) in the Winnetka Metra station parking lot, 754 Elm St.
The Glencoe Farmers Market opens Thursday, June 2, and will operate from 1-5 p.m. each Thursday through Sept. 29 on Wyman Green, 675 Village Green Court.
Plenty of local events will help you go green in honor of Earth Day, which is Friday, April 22.
The New Trier Education Foundation has organized a series of events for its Day of Service Saturday, April 23. Cleanups are scheduled at the Skokie Lagoons from 9-11 a.m. and along the Green Bay Trail from 10 a.m.-noon. Other events include a food drive from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Grand Food Center, 606 Green Bay Road; electronics donation from 9 a.m.-noon at New Trier’s Northfield campus; an ecological restoration starting at 905 W. Eastman St. in…
