Thank you for your interest in being a vendor!
Our Garden Market celebrated its 26th year on Friday, May 2 (9AM-6PM) and Saturday, May 3, 2025 (9AM-4PM) with its largest group of vendors yet!
We will soon be in the planning stages of the 2026 Garden Market on Friday, May 1 (9-6PM) and Saturday, May 2 (9AM-4PM), 2026–so mark your your calendars to participate. You don’t want to miss out on this popular community event!
Historically, our Garden Market attracts between 5,000-6,000 people during the two-day event! Our vibrant and beloved community event attracts a large crowd through advertising, repeat customers, the quality and diversity of vendor products, and word of mouth.
Traditionally, this is a Garden Market so vendors must adhere to a gardening or gardening-related theme. Primarily, we seek plant vendors. However, we now offer a designated Arts/Crafts vendor area for non-gardening interests.
We work to raise community awareness about our event with a mix of publicity, signage and social media. We collaborate with our vendors and business sponsors to make this event both pleasant and fruitful for all—rain or shine.
There is no public admission fee to this event, even though this is our major fundraiser. We generate funds with vendor fees, church booths, and business sponsorships. Monies raised at our event helps support our various ministries throughout the year, including:
- Our Outreach Food Pantry, which is open year round, 3 days a week, to distribute food to people in need.
- Our Mission Committee, which funds worthy charities in our county, state and nation.
- Our Parish Center used as a meeting place for four recovery groups. We support efforts to reduce addiction in our community.
- Our ongoing and committed stewardship of a historic building and property. Our active church, established in 1706, is a registered Maryland Historic Landmark.
For 319 years, St. Mary Anne’s has remained steadfast to Jesus’ mandate to love God and our neighbor. We hope that you will participate in this year’s Garden Market—so that together, we can celebrate God’s beautiful creation for the benefit of many.
Thank you and Blessings,
The Rev. John R. Schaeffer, Rector
