Macon Community Garden

10/18/2026

10/18/2026

🐯🐯 Two Great Tigers, One Sorry Kirksville…and One Stubborn🌼 Miss Daisy! 🚗

We had big plans for the Macon Homecoming Parade!🧡🏈🖤

Our volunteers were ready. Our protest-style signs declared, “Two Great Tigers, One Sorry Kirksville!” Two inflatable tigers 🐅were ready to roar for the Macon Tigers and Mizzou Tigers. 🐯📣 We had candy, Bourke Street Community Garden coloring pages, seed packets, and information about Macon County Extension programs—all ready to share with the crowd. 🍬🎨🌱

And then there was 🌼Miss Daisy, our beautiful gold 1931 Model A and the star of the show. 🚗✨

Just before the parade began, 🌼Miss Daisy decided she wasn’t going anywhere.🤨

We tried. We tried again. And then we tried some more. We kept thinking we’d get her started and join the end of the parade—but before we knew it, the crowd was dispersing. We had missed our chance. 😔

🌼Miss Daisy may be stubborn, but so are we! 💪

Later that evening, she finally started! 🎉 We took her for a spin and then headed to the BIG GAME🏈. The the Macon Tigers finished the night with an outstanding homecoming victory over the Kirksville Tigers! 🏈🐯🏆

So our parade plans didn’t work out, but the night still ended on a winning note. Two great Tigers, one sorry Kirksville—and one stubborn 🌼Miss Daisy who finally decided to cooperate! 🐯🐯🚗

Since we missed the parade, we still have PLENTY of goodies to share! MARK YOUR CALENDARS & come see us at the Bourke Street Community Garden in downtown Macon on Saturday, October 31, from 9 a.m. to noon for our final farmers market of the 2026 season! 🍂🌻

Wear your best costume and stop by for candy, garden coloring pages, seed packets, and more. 🍬🖍️🌱 We’ll hold a costume contest at 10 a.m. for kids ages 17 and younger, with great prizes for the winners! 🎃👻🏅

These pictures show the parade participants—and one temperamental Model A—you didn’t get to see along the route Friday afternoon. 📸

Congratulations to the Macon Tigers on an outstanding homecoming victory! 🐯🏈🏆 The parade may have passed us by, but 🌼Miss Daisy eventually hit the road, our Tigers brought home the win🏆and we still have plenty of goodies to share. We’d call that a pretty sweet ending!
Come celebrate with us at the Bourke Street Community Garden on Saturday, October 31st from 9am-Noon! 🚗🍬🎃

10/06/2026

🟧⬛️🟧⬛️🟧⬛️🟧⬛️🟧⬛️🟧⬛️🟧⬛️🟧We’re excited to share this special announcement from the Macon Area Farmers Market! 🎃👻🕷️🍂

The final market of the 2026 season is coming up, and it’s going to be a spooktacular one! Be sure to mark your calendar and join us downtown for a fun morning supporting local growers, makers, vendors, and young entrepreneurs. 🧑‍🌾🛍️🌱

Be sure to begin your market morning at **114 E. Bourke St., the Bourke Street Community Garden**, where our **Youth Market** will spotlight local young entrepreneurs and the wonderful products they have grown, made, and created. We’ll also have some tasty treats and Halloween surprises waiting for you! 🍬🍭🧁🧙‍♀️✨

Come support our youth, shop local, and celebrate the final market of the season with us! 🧡🖤

Read the announcement below for all the details, and don’t forget—there’s still time to register as a vendor!

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We had such a fa-boo-lous time with all of you, our vendors, Youth Market participants, and downtown partners we want to do it one more time in 2026!
Save-the-Date for a spooktacular Saturday morning October 31st from 9am-12pm for the grand finale of the Macon Area Farmers Market 🍁 👻 🎃
More details to come including updated vendors, treats (*no tricks!*) we have up our sleeves, and more!
👀 Want to sign up to participate as a vendor?—YES is the answer—follow this link to register…https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSgR3Kq0-ODZbaKojEFUyhnD8zK27BvQ2IYO3YzdtKUE_rYQ/viewform?

09/26/2026

Macon Area Farmers Market

09/18/2026

📣📰EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it!! 📰📣

🌱✨ Calling all young growers, makers, bakers, and entrepreneurs! ✨🌱

We’re excited to introduce the NEW Youth Farmers Market at the Bourke Street Community Garden in downtown Macon! 🧑‍🌾👩‍🌾

This opportunity is open to ANY school-age youth in our area—you do not have to belong to a 4H Club to participate. If you have grown it, made it, baked it, created it, or raised it, we want to help you share it with the community! 🍅🌻🍪🎨🧼

The guidelines are simple:

✅ The product must be made or grown by the participating youth.
✅ Youth vendors may be any school age.
✅ At least one adult must be present at the youth’s booth or table during the market.

This is more than a chance to sell products. It gives young people practical experience with entrepreneurship, customer service, pricing, and marketing while encouraging creativity, confidence, and self-sufficiency. 💚

The Youth Farmers Market will be held at the 114 Bourke Street Community Garden in downtown Macon during our upcoming market on Saturday, September 26th, from 9am - NOON.

Ready to participate? Register using the link below! ⬇️

We can’t wait to see what our local youth bring to the market! 🌿🛍️🌟

Macon County MU Extension, The Macon Community Garden, alongside downtown businesses and property owners presents The Macon Area Farmers Market at the 114 E. Bourke St. Community Garden and BEYOND in Downtown Macon! 9AM-12PM on each of the following Saturdays: May 2nd, June 27th, July 25th, August 2...

09/05/2026

🍷🍇 If you’re at the Fork & Cork Festival, be sure to stop by Macon’s wonderful local w**ery, West Winery,—one of our outstanding supporting partners of the Macon Area Community Garden!

While West Winery crafts & sells award-winning, fantastic local w**e, they also generously support the Macon Area Community Garden by collaborating with us at events like this.

Right now, they’re hosting a special display of live plants donated by Leigh Simon, set up on the sidewalk outside the w**ery. These plants are available for a free will donation, with all proceeds going directly to help our community garden grow and thrive. 🌿💚

Enjoy some local w**e, grab a beautiful plant, and show your support for the garden all in one visit!

Big thanks our local partners for helping us nurture our community. Cheers! 🍷🌱✨

08/26/2026

🌞 This Saturday marks the 4th Farmers Market of the 2026 summer series in downtown Macon — and we can’t wait! From 9am - NOON!

The brand new Macon, MO Area Farmers Market page says it best:
“Market is THIS Saturday and we’re excited to welcome you to downtown Macon for a morning of sunshine, shopping local, and community connections!”

Explore the incredible lineup of local vendors, including Piccolo Pete Farms, E’s Country Bubbles & Goods, AGCreations, McElhaney Farms and Goods, Sweets & Plants by Hanna, Petal Patch Flower Farm, Cactus Blossom Boutique, The Kohnstead, Breadcraft By Mac, Bob’s Garden and more. 🧑‍🌾🍞🌽🍪🧼🍉

But what makes our market truly special is the heart of our community — the inspiring 4-H kids and area youth entrepreneurs featured right here in the Bourke St. Community Garden! 🌱🍀

From handmade soaps with BC Natural Soap, fresh veggies at Willard’s Stand, to delights from Dunsmoor Kids, these young growers and makers bring passion, creativity, and a bright future to our garden and market.

Supporting them means supporting our local economy, our growers, 🧑‍🌾 and the next generation of leaders and creators. So come out, shop local, and soak up all the goodness our community has to offer!

There’s still time to become a vendor and join this amazing community celebration. Send a message today to get involved! Or click here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSgR3Kq0-ODZbaKojEFUyhnD8zK27BvQ2IYO3YzdtKUE_rYQ/viewform

See you Saturday! 🌿💚

Macon County MU Extension, The Macon Community Garden, alongside downtown businesses and property owners presents The Macon Area Farmers Market at the 114 E. Bourke St. Community Garden and BEYOND in Downtown Macon! 9AM-12PM on each of the following Saturdays: May 2nd, June 27th, July 25th, August 2...

08/05/2026

Tonight, we want to give a HUGE shoutout to three incredible young entrepreneurs who showed up big time to help unload and set up our brand-new heavy-duty picnic tables at the Bourke St. Community Garden provided to our community via a recent MoEATS grant! 💪🌟

Sam- Quinn Junk Removal, Talen- Holman Lawncare & Ryder- Lewis Body Shop and Glass

These guys were just downtown grabbing dinner after a long day of building their own businesses when we spotted them and asked, “Hey, can we borrow some muscles?” Without missing a beat, they said, “Absolutely, happy to help!” 🙌🔥

At MU Extension, we’re all about supporting youth, entrepreneurial spirit, and building self-sustaining communities — and tonight was a perfect example of all that coming together.

Thanks to these amazing young men, our garden now has beautiful new picnic tables ready for everyone to enjoy. 🪑🌿

Here’s to our local youth making a difference and showing what community support looks like in action! 👏💚