Hometown Harvest

Hometown Harvest is a seasonal event where local residents show off their handiwork and enter in a community-wide best in show competition.  Click below to see which Hometown Harvest event is coming next and swing by to be amazed and vote for your favorite!

Hometown Harvest: Fabulous Florals

Show off your gorgeous blooms at the Farmer’s Market. We vote for Town Favorite in Adult and Kids’ Categories and have the Swarthmore Horticultural Society on hand to choose a Best in Show!

WHO: Everyone! We have adults’ and kids’ categories as well as Best in Show.

WHEN: CANCELLED FOR 2022

WHERE: The Swarthmore Farmer’s Market

PRIZE: A $15 gift certificate to the Famer’s Market

REGISTRATION FEE: $5 for one entry, $10 for multiple entries (please indicate children’s entries on the form); all proceeds benefit the Swarthmore Horticultural Society, the group that keeps our town dressed to impress all year long!

Entries should be dropped off at the amphitheater at the Swarthmore Farmer’s Market between 8:30-9:30 and picked up between 11:30-12:30 (the longer your entry is there, the more votes it may garner!)

REGISTER HERE

Hometown Harvest: Vivacious Veggies

At the peak of the summer harvest, bring your produce to the Farmer’s Market to show off your best eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, and… loofahs!  You have to see it to believe it! Don’t have a green thumb? Come vote for your favorite!

WHO: Everyone! We have adults’ and kids’ categories as well as Best in Show.

WHEN: August 27, 2022

WHERE: The Swarthmore Farmer’s Market

PRIZE: A $15 gift certificate to the Farmer’s Market for each winner (Town Favorite Kids, Town Favorite Adult, Best in Show)

REGISTRATION FEE: $5 for one entry, $10 for multiple entries (please indicate children’s entries on the form)

Hometown Harvest: Pumpkin-palooza

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky, silly pumpkin display on the Swarthmore Coop patio.  Bring your best pumpkin or stop by to see your community’s spookiest creations!

WHO: Everyone who likes pumpkins and Halloween!

WHEN: Right before Halloween (exact date TBD)

WHERE: in front of the Coop

PRIZE: A $15 gift certificate to the Swarthmore Coop for each winner (Town Favorite Kids, Town Favorite Adult, Best in Show)

REGISTRATION FEE: $5 for one entry, $10 for multiple entries (please indicate children’s entries on the form); proceeds benefit the Media Food Bank

Hometown Harvest: Cookie Creations

Decorate cookies with us at Home for the Holidays! We’ll bring the cookies, the frosting, and the sprinkles. You bring the little hands and big ones (and maybe a wipe).

WHO: Anyone who likes cookies!

WHEN: Home for the Holidays, typically the first Saturday of December

WHERE: Swarthmore, exact location TBD

REGISTRATION FEE: None, this event is offered to the community for free by SRA