Market Vendor Profiles

Who's who on Roanoke's Historic Farmer's Market, when you can find them, and what they've got! Profiles of the current crafters and farmers. Just click on each vendor to view their full profile.

• Jayn Avery, Blue Heron Pottery

  A Floyd resident, like so many great potters in this area are, Jayn creates unique functional, hand-built stoneware.

• E. Bruce Barfield, Millennium III Productions

  A retired Navy photographer and archaeologist, E. Bruce Barfield, Sr. sells his fine art photographs he's taken from his travels.

• Tim Belcher, Rolling Meadows Farms

  Tim, a third generation farmer from Snow Creek, VA (Franklin Co.,) offers all types of plants and produce on a year round basis.

• Jerry Brockette, Moon Dogie

  A fan of Ernie's restaurant, Jerry creates and sells rustic, wooden signs with popular sayings including a local favorite - "I'm on Floyd Time."

• Paul & Susan Carter, Thistle Dew Farm

  A small, family owned farm, Thistle Dew Farm offers organic in season produce, free range eggs, fresh noodles, pies, baked goods, and occasional gourmet items.

• McCabe Coolidge, Wildfire Pottery

  McCabe enjoys throwing functional stoneware, then altering his pots for a more personal touch. A former farmer, a case manager for an AIDS project, a dancer, and even a priest you can find McCabe's work both at the Jacksonville Art Center in Floyd and the Historic Farmer's Market in Roanoke.

• Barry Corswandt, Sumdat Farm Market

  Barry established Sumdat Farm Market in 1990, and currently owns a shop on Market Street. In addition to his retail storefront, Barry also leases tables on the Farmer's Market where he sells fresh produce year round.

• Lynette Craft, Enchanted Forest Soaps

  Lynette, who was taught to make soap by her grandmother before she started school, makes an assortment of handmade soaps, shea butter lotions, and hand knit washcloths.

• Bob Craig, Dragon Photography

  A gentleman of leisure whose avocation is exploring back roads and small towns armed with a camera, Bob sells his Roanoke and regional photographs regularly on the Market.

• Ben Crooks, Hanging Rock Mineral & Fossil Co.

  Ben enjoys a rockin' business with his stone friend, Bruce, a 400 year old Trilobite fossil.

• Linda Dewhirst, Beachcombers Jewelry

  A fan of the beach, Linda enjoys combing the ocean's shore for genuine sea glass which she then turns into beautiful jewelry with sterling silver findings and chains.

• Rebecca D. Dillon, Rebecca's Soap Delicatessen

  A Roanoke native, Rebecca hand crafts yummy scented, shea butter soaps that not only smell great, but are good for your skin.

• Cheryl Dolby, Chery Dolby Originals

  Chery Dolby, currently a Roanoke, resident creates faces of Native American women, enjoys traveling, and has written a book of short stories. She is well known on the market for her art car, she has lovingly named B-Dazle.

• Jody Elmor, Tasteful Pirates

  Aarghh. Jody and her husband, they be pirates, and they sell pirate gear as well as tasty food stuffs on the Roanoke Market when not enjoying their days at fairs.

• Jack Ferguson, Ferguson Farm

  Jack Ferguson has been selling on the Farmer's Market in Roanoke for over 40 years. He offers fresh eggs and in season vegetables year round from his Franklin Co. garden.

• Mary Lou Fralin, Bibs to Bags

  Mary Lou creates pocket books from recycled bib overalls with machine quilted linings made from new materials.

• John Frary, Riverside Nursery

  Founded in 1990, Riverside Nursery is located nearby in Salem, VA. They offer a diverse selection of trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, water plants, and even fish for ponds and are represented by full time employee, John Frary.

• Kathy Guerra, Plants -n- Things

  Kathy Guerra, a self -proclaimed nature lover, resides in Buchanan, VA where she grows a variety of plants and flowers.

• Tom & Debbie Guthrie, Guthrie Farms

  Tom and Debbie Guthrie, of Boones Mill, enjoy growing plants in their greenhouses as well as tending to their vegetable garden and their apple and peach orchards.

• Steve Higgins & Chloe Ives, Little Blue Woman Candles

  Wonderful, naturally scented candles by a husband and wife team from Floyd, VA.

• Michael & Rebecca Hubbard, Garden Mountain Farm

  On the Roanoke Farmer's Market since 2000, Garden Mountain Farm offers free range pork and pasture raised chicken that is free of antibiotics and hormones.

• Dana James, Pane in the Glass Studio

  A glass artist, Dana James creates original stained glass works of art and funky mosaic mirrors.

• The Kings, Kings Brothers Farms

  King Brothers Farms have been family owned and operated for six generations. Located in Floyd and Roanoke County, you'll find Gladys and Nancy King on the City Market summer and fall with fresh veggies and fruits.

• Penny Lane, Woodland Wonders

  Penny, of Floyd, VA, creates natural jewelry from a natural resource - fungi!

• Kari LeMay, A Crooked Little House

  A self taught artist, Kari LeMay creates unique, hand cut and hand painted metal art, as well as functional and whimsical birdhouses.

• Julia O. Light

  With over twenty years on the market, Julia offers beautiful flowers and bulbs for your garden year round.

• William Mahone, Unique Lighting

  Originally from Richmond, VA, William (Bill) Mahone is now not only a Roanoker, but an artist of many talents.

• Joe Martin, Martin's Farm

  Martin's Farm is home to Black Angus Cattle as well as hogs raised for winter slaughtering. They offer a tasty selection of pork products, vegetable plants, fresh eggs, and home grown produce both at the Roanoke Market and on their farm.

• George Nunley, George Nunley's Farm

  George Nunley has been selling produce on the Farmer's Market for over fifty years. He sells a wide selection of in season vegetables as well as Christmas wreaths during the holidays.

• Ted & Danielle Reid, Millers Spring Farm

  Ted and Danielle are members of Virginia's Finest selling gorgeous cut flowers they grown in Dublin, VA. Ted is also known for his hand at wood turning, and Danielle for her Princess Puppy Children's Book Series.

• Walter & Yvonne Rieck, Sandy River Pork, Inc.

  Sandy River Pork, of Axton, VA, offers locally raised, all natural, grain fed pork at reasonable prices.

• Billy Sebastian

  Billy Sebastian creates handcrafted wood rocking chairs, swings, tables, and chests using a variety of woods chosen for their natural beauty.

• Brian Seckinger, Roanoke Valley Clayworks

  Brian is best known for his raku and functional, stoneware pottery. He also enjoys selling photography of local surroundings and city icons.

• Holly Shaver, Holly's Homemade Treats

  Holly first began cooking and baking under her grandmother's instruction when she was five. Her cakes are certified "Virginia's Finest" and she's the only baker to currently offer sugar free varieties of her goods on the market.

• Linda Jo Staab, Blue Ridge Traders

  Linda Jo Staab, originally of West Virginia, is a jewelry artist who began crafting at ten years of age. She's been perfecting her artistry ever since. She makes and sells fine beaded jewelry, barn wood wildlife paintings, and leather items.

• Sherry Tucciarone, If It's Dirt

  Sherry creates unique, wheel thrown and hand built pottery that is both functional and decorative. Much of her stoneware is microwave and dishwasher safe.

• Raymond & Rosalin Walter, Walter's Greenhouse

  Janet, the daughter of Raymond & Rosalin Walter, is a regular attendant to the Roanoke Farmer's Market where she sells her family's plants grown in their own Hardy, VA greenhouses.

• Anne Vaughan, Anne Vaughan Designs

  Anne, a Floyd inhabitant, enjoys creating jewelry and spending time with her children.

• Faye Wood, Auntie Faye's Spratt

  Faye carries on her family's tradition of Spratt - a secret family recipe developed in the 1800s. It's perfect for hot dogs, hot smokes, and bratwurst, and has a hot, spicy taste that is well loved.

• Mark Woods, Woods Farms

  Mark Woods, a fourth generation farmer, is dedicated to the tradition his family started in the early 1900s as well as to his adorable daughter, Olivia.