Events and Activities
Spring market hours are 10-5 (Wednesday thru Sunday) through mid July. Mid July thru mid December we will have extended daily hours. Check out our new look on the inside while enjoying the Belly Bombers food truck outside! Food available thru lunch hours.
Enjoy shopping all the native plants grown in our greenhouse by Monarch Meadows. Goldrush & Pixie Crunch apple trees along with potted blackberries are available while they last. We also have a few leftover winesap trees from our personal planting 4/18/25. Bareroot Red & Black raspberries are also available.  Enjoy the sweet sound of Barefoot McCoy (11-2), delicious food offering from Schmidt’s Sausage, Belly Bombers & Sgt. Coffee trucks.  Free activities include a make & take for kids along with wagon rides to and from the orchard! As usual you can admire the native birds of pray, too. New this year, The Bug Lady! Kids can check out her little critters.  Of course, the market will have all your favorite goodies and some new items to sample! Crazy Cucumber will be on the porch Saturday (& Sunday too). Visit our website for more information: https://monarchmeadowsnatives.com/
Mother's Day Tea Party by Maynard's Sweets (10:30 - 12:30, but please arrive at 10:00).  Fun, Treats & Tea Tasting (gluten & Dairy free w/vegan options) for all ages!  COST: $12 ea.  Register & pay by phone (740)670-1560, FB or Email (brienna6135@gmail.com) no later than April 30th.
Martha’s Bath & Body will have a Sugar Scrub make & take from 1:30 to 3:30. Enjoy creating your own spring scented, custom scrub! COST: $10 per person, additional scrubs $5 ea.  No reservation needed, just stop by - WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
Double TT Ranch Food Truck will be onsite.
Jake McCoy will be back on the porch. Rumor has it he may bring friends to join in the music!
SATURDAY, May 24 come to the market (9399 Morse Rd.) and enjoy over 80 vendors as they offer their best crafts, art, baked goods & more! Food Trucks will be onsite so come with an appetite!Â
 Meet over a dozen vendors onsite sampling some of your favorite items! Â
Are you ready for summer’s bounty? Is your pressure canner
ready, too? Or if it has been more than one year, it is time for a recheck. If you have a home presser canner with a dial gauge,
you can have the pressure checked for accuracy and safety by
Ohio State University at Lynd Fruit Farm while you shop!
Cost: $5.00 per unit (cash or check only)
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Learn the basics of water bath canning with Shari Gallup, from
Ohio State University Extension. The workshop will include a
demonstration on how to water bath can, a packet of take-home
resources from OSU, and face-to-face instruction.  To register call 740-670-5315 or go.osu.edu/lyndworkshopandtesting
Experience through taste, touch, smell & sight the world of herbal infusion. Learn about herbs you currently have and some you may not, used for healing mind, body & spirit.  Please register in advance so we have enough prepared. Thank you to Me & My Honey for this complimentary experience. Email: meandmyhoneyofohio@gmail.com no later than June 23. Â
 Back by popular demand! Jeffrey Barbieri is an author and teaches sign language. For more information about Jeffrey, check out his website https://www.jeffreybarbieri.com. Classes will consist of 4 Saturday mornings from 10:30 to noon. Cost: $60 for 4 lessons. To register, email Jeffrey at signinmotionwithjeffrey@gmail.com. Payment due at first class, June 14.  Class dates: June 14, 21, 28 & July 5.Â
Don't miss the fun on this mid-summer day when Lynds partner with The Crazy Cucumber for a little fun in the sun!Â
WCLT Radio will be onsite til noon.
FOOD TRUCKS include Crazy Cucumber’s Fried Pickles, Lynd Donuts, Schmidt’s Sausage, Gangster Grilled Cheese, Tyler's Pizzaria, Four Acres Shaved Ice Truck, Prospect St. Smoothies & Sg. Coffee. G-Gap Band will provide live music from 10:30-1:30.Â
Other participants include Four Acres T-Shirt truck and author Sarah Graves signing her book 'Attack of the Monster Pickles'.Â
GAMES:  Don't mis our pickle eating contest at 1:00 and the pickle toss competition to follow.  Pickle toss requires a partner! Age groups for competitions are: 8 & under, 9-17 & 18 & above. Prizes for all winners!Â
Pre-Register for the games from noon to 12:45 at the outdoor umbrella in front of the pavillion. Â
FREE Kids Craft & Tatoo while they last!
THANK You to The Crazy Cucumber for the continued years long partnership!
U-Pick our super sweet, bi-color sweetcorn (way too tender to machine harvest) Monday-Friday (8/4-8) from 10-5 at entrance 9753 Morse Rd., Pataskala.  Price is $20/5 dozen or $7/dozen if you just want a few ears. Each family who makes a purchase is invited to pick a dozen big ears for the food bank on us!  (Please make sure you pick the biggest ears only.).Â
Support young entrepreneurs as they offer their many crafts, services etc.Â
Belly Bombers will be on site along with OH SnoBalls & Lynd Donuts Trailer.  Kids' vendor spots are filled up.
Schedule of Events:Â Â Â Â Â
- Barefoot McCoy (10-1)
- G-Gap Band (1-4)
- Food Trucks include: Lynd Donuts, Schmidt’s Sausage, Grillin & Chillin, Tyler's Pizzaria, Prospect St. Smoothies & Sgt. Coffee.
- Free wagon rides, kids crafts, samples in the market & more!
- Kids Barrel Train ride ($4) for children under 80 pounds.
DUE TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES, THE BAND WILL NOT BE PERFORMING.  Tyler's Pizzaria  & Sgt. Coffee will be at the market. Â
This is a 2 weekend event - Thursday-Sunday, August 14-17 & 21-24 (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) U-Pick event. (Closed Monday-Wednesday). There is a $10/car entrance fee OR simply purchase a $15 vase & the fee is waved. Bring your own hand pruners or buy a pair at the gate and enjoy cutting your favorite flowers! Entrance at 9199 Morse Rd. SW, EAST of the market.  These flowers will last 2 weekends. Enjoy them also 8/21-24 (10-5).
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The sunflower field will be open August - August 21, 22, 23 & 24.  This will be the final offering for sunflowers for the 2025 season. There was a later planting that did not work out, mostly due to lack of rain during a critical growing period. Â
COST:Â There is a $10 fee per car which is waived with the purchase of a bouquet ($15).