South of the James Farmers Market

South of the James is an open-air, producer-only market at 4021 Forest Hill Avenue. GrowRVA sets Sunday hours at 10 a.m.–1 p.m. and describes the event as a place for farmers and artisans to sell locally grown and handmade goods. The location gives the market a different pace from the larger citywide Saturday gathering: shoppers can browse among park paths, a restored lake and wooded slopes rather than a downtown plaza.

Richmond’s official park history says Forest Hill was successively a quarry, estate and amusement park before becoming public green space; today it includes trails, picnic shelters, a playground and tennis courts. There is one schedule detail to watch: GrowRVA currently says the Sunday market is year-round, while the city’s park page describes the usual market season as May through November, sometimes into December. Use the organizer’s current notice as the day-to-day guide, particularly in winter, and set the park address as the destination.