Bonners Ferry Farmers Market

Bonners Ferry Farmers Market is organized around a clear mission: to promote and support local farmers and artisans while building a more sustainable community. That purpose shows up in the market’s mix, where produce growers, bakers, soapmakers, woodworkers, and fiber artists all appear under one Saturday market. The market also operates as a producer-only market, meaning vendors sell products they themselves grow, harvest, create, or produce. In Bonners Ferry, that gives the market a direct, maker-to-shopper feel grounded in the work of local farms and hands-on craft businesses.

Why it matters locally

The producer-only rule is one of the strongest local anchors here: vendors are limited to products they grow, harvest, create, or produce themselves. That sets a clear standard for how the market connects shoppers with Boundary County-area growers and makers rather than resellers.

The market’s mission also centers local support in plain terms, with a stated purpose of promoting farmers and artisans to build a more sustainable community. Seasonal events extend that role beyond weekly shopping. August fundraisers benefit The Hope House and The Restorium, Kootenai River Days ties the market into an annual community event organized by the Bonners Ferry Chamber of Commerce, and Harvest Festival programming includes apple pressing with Idaho Fish & Game.

What you'll find there

The vendor mix runs broad without losing its local shape: certified organic produce, plant starts, eggs, breads, donuts, soaps, herbal goods, woodworking, quilting, pottery, and art all appear in the same market roster. A noticeable thread is how often one booth combines farm goods with handmade items, which keeps the market rooted in small-scale producers rather than narrow retail categories.

• -Find locally grown microgreens from Idaho Microgreens.
• -Pick up certified naturally grown and USDA Certified Organic produce from Cloud Eleven Mountain Farm.
• -Look for garlic, fresh produce, and hand sewn and knit items at Echo Valley Herb Farm.
• -Bring home plant starts, produce, flower bouquets, dried arrangements, lemonade, and sweet teas from Lillybit Farms.
• -Choose goat milk cheese, goat milk soap, and fresh eggs from Dancing Goat Farm.
• -Stock up on honey, beeswax candles, lotion bars, bee wraps, and arnica salves from McLaury Apiaries.
• -Browse sourdough bread, cookies, cinnamon rolls, coffee, and fresh garden produce at The Crumb Shot.
• -Grab cookies, cinnamon rolls, pies, bars, lemonade, and jelly from My Sunshine Bakery.
• -Try cake donuts and hot coffee at Just Donuts.
• -Snack on roasted peanuts, kettle corn, honey roasted peanuts, and cinnamon almonds from Boog’s Goober Peas.
• -Shop herbal cosmetics, salves, lotions, oils, body butters, and herbal teas from Hummingbird Acres.
• -Browse handmade soap, cosmetics, herbal sachets, dried lavender, heirloom roses, and fragrant annuals from Wildwood Soap Company.
• -See bowls, plates, mugs, and other hand made and hand painted pottery at Chupp Pottery.
• -Explore wooden toys, baby teethers, hardwood gifts, chicks, ducks, handcrafted gifts, and 3D printed toys from Jesther Woodworking.
• -Check log furniture and accessories from Yaak Valley Logworks.
• -Browse quilted table runners, baby quilts, lap blankets, bowl cozies, hats, bows, and other sewn goods from Tamarack Fiber Art.

Seasonal events add extra reasons to time a visit: Opening Day includes a weekly customer appreciation giveaway and music by Dan Parlane, Kids Day brings chalk art, games, face painting, and community organizations, and the Annual Garlic Festival adds live music and vendor garlic competitions.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is the detail most likely to change your plans if you usually bring a pet along. The market meets on Saturdays at the corner of Highway 95 and Kootenai Street next to the Visitors Center, and its map notes booth spaces and parking to help visitors orient when they arrive. The market is currently located at the Bonners Ferry Gateway Visitor Center.

This is a seasonal market, with the outdoor run ending in early October. Some special events shift the setting or add related spaces: Kootenai River Days is held at the City Parking lot, and the holiday market moves later in the year to the Boundary County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. Restrooms are listed as unavailable, so plan that part of your stop ahead.