This week our staff is busy, busy, busy transforming our store into our 13th Annual Holiday Gift Market! We work hard to create a beautiful and interesting display of our local artisanal products so that you can shop for your holiday gifts in a relaxed and homey atmosphere.
Be sure to browse our 2025 HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET CATALOG, we will be adding several new artisans and products all throughout the sale!During the Holiday Gift Market you’ll be able to shop our Flowering Bulbs for indoor forcing just in time for the Holidays – and to find houseplants, soil products, and more! Just as in our plants and nursery products, our standards are high. We offer goods from dozens of artisans that are Local, Sustainable, Pure, Non-toxic, High-quality, Beautiful, Unusual, Innovative, Practical, Delightful, and Durable.
VIEW OUR 2025 HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET CATALOG!
We are so appreciative of your support and invite you and your family and friends to visit our Holiday Gift Market again this year!
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Be sure to include a visit to our Holiday Open House Saturday or Sunday November 22nd and 23rd for live music from stellar local musicians playing fascinating instruments and music not commonly heard! Bring your family and enjoy our beautiful free music, and delicious treats while you shop!
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
SATURDAY and SUNDAY, Nov. 22 & 23
Featuring Treats and Live Music!
Saturday, 11-22
10:30 to noon: Paul Vissvader on guitar – Hawaiian and beyond
12:30 to 2:00: Renowned harpist Margot Krimmel. Celtic and original harp and vocals.
Harp player Margot Krimmel brings creative musicianship to her work as a performer, teacher, composer, and freelancer in the Boulder and Denver area. As a solo performer, Krimmel has won diverse awards ranging from first place in jazz (Pop and Jazzfest; Tucson, AZ), first place in traditional music (Scottish Highland Festival; Estes Park), and third place in composition for Celtic harp (Rencontres Harpe Celtique, Dinan, France). Two of her compositions placed in the International New Century Harp Music competition 2007.
Sunday, 11-23
10:30 to noon: Nicolette Andres – Norwegian Hardanger fiddle and Celtic Fiddle
Fiddler Nicolette Andres is a local of Colorado. The Hardingfele or Hardanger fiddle is Nicolette’s main instrument. Although unfamiliar in ways, its transcendental, melodic, expansive qualities evoke imagery and emotion that cannot be put into words. Nicolette has been studying the oral tradition of the Hardingfele since 2020, and also writes her own music.
12:30 to 2:00: Tea at Six – harpist Cora Wiess – Moore & Dylan Butler on guitar & banjo – Celtic & more
Cora Wiese Moore began playing the folk harp at age 10 and pedal harp at age 15. In 2020 she was introduced to the Irish session scene and transitioned to learning music mostly by ear. She plays with traditional expectations of the harp and supports the ongoing metamorphosis of the contemporary Irish and Scottish tradition.
