Chesapeake City Park
Just off Greenbrier Parkway is the Chesapeake City Park, a lovely spot with a leashless dog park and a big playground area to keep the family busy while one parent shops. The market itself takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays under the Market Place covered shelter, which means it’s open every week rain or shine. This market and the next two all open for the season on June 10.
Battlefield Park
Battlefield Park is on Reservation Road at the south end of town by the Elizabeth River and the Albemarle Canal. This market keeps the same hours and days as the one in Chesapeake City Park, but it takes place in the open air so it may get rained out when it comes down really hard.
Western Branch Community Center
The Western Branch Community Center is at the west end of the city on Portsmouth Boulevard. The market is only open on Saturdays and it takes place outside the building, which means it might not take place on rainy days. On the other hand, if you feel like getting in a Saturday workout right after you shop, the center offers fitness and game areas and stays open on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center
Head up to Portsmouth where High and Court Streets meet and visit the Portsmouth Olde Towne Farmers Market. The market is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There you’ll find heirloom produce and free-range eggs and chicken, but many of the vendors also offer baked goods both sweet and plain, jams, flowers, herbs, soap, meat, and seafood. You can also get lessons on gardening from experts every week.
Virginia Beach Farmers Market
Located where Princess Anne Road and Dam Neck Road cross, this market is open all year round and every day of the week, although the individual vendors set their own hours. Amongst the vendors, you can shop for fresh seafood, soap and body care products, crafts and jewelry, meats, organic produce, gourmet ice cream, and more. The market even has a full restaurant that serves food using the ingredients offered by the other vendors.
East Virginia is full of good soil that can grow just about anything you want in the right seasons, and the Chesapeake Bay has been a good place to find seafood ever since English settlers first arrived in the area. If you want a taste of Virginia, Chesapeake has plenty of farmers markets where you can find it.
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