Head on down the MI Apple Trail* to see our giant MIchigan Apples!
In celebration of both Michigan’s bountiful apple harvest and SE Michigan’s great Farmers Markets, the Michigan Apple Committee and the Detroit Eastern Market have teamed up to create the public art event of the summer: MI Apple Trail. This event features super-sized
MI Apples (yes, they're Michigan made too) that are decorated by local artists. Twenty Farmers Markets throughout Wayne, Oakland, and Genesee Counties have been given an apple to decorate and display at their Markets beginning in August.
Self-mailing MI Apple Trail “Passport” postcards have been printed and distributed to each participating Farmers Market to hand out to Market attendees. The Passports list all of the participating Farmers Markets. Individuals will be able to take the passports to each Farmers Market and have it stamped.
Market attendees are encouraged to vote for individual apples along the MI Apple Trail. Prizes will be given in multiple categories for the MI Apples - including a People’s Choice Award - at the Eastern Market’s Apple Gala and Auction on October 14, 2011. All the apples will be auctioned off as part of the Apple Gala, with proceeds from each Apple returning to the Farmers Market/community from which it originated.
*pronounced My Apple Trail
MI Apples (yes, they're Michigan made too) that are decorated by local artists. Twenty Farmers Markets throughout Wayne, Oakland, and Genesee Counties have been given an apple to decorate and display at their Markets beginning in August.
Self-mailing MI Apple Trail “Passport” postcards have been printed and distributed to each participating Farmers Market to hand out to Market attendees. The Passports list all of the participating Farmers Markets. Individuals will be able to take the passports to each Farmers Market and have it stamped.
Market attendees are encouraged to vote for individual apples along the MI Apple Trail. Prizes will be given in multiple categories for the MI Apples - including a People’s Choice Award - at the Eastern Market’s Apple Gala and Auction on October 14, 2011. All the apples will be auctioned off as part of the Apple Gala, with proceeds from each Apple returning to the Farmers Market/community from which it originated.
*pronounced My Apple Trail
Take the MI Apple Trail right on over to the Gala & Auction! Click here for more information and to download the invitation.
Visit 5 of the participating Farmers Markets and you could win a MIghty fine prize!
- Get your MI Apple Trail Passport stamped 5 times to be entered in our prize drawing
- Mail it in by Oct. 8, 2011
- Be sure to see and vote on your favorite 4-foot tall MIchigan Apple!
Download your passport here
Just click on the word PASSPORT to start your journey down the MI Apple Trail!
Participating Farmers Markets include:
- Auburn Hills Farmers Market
- Birmingham Farmers Market
- Clawson Farmers Market
- Dearborn Farmers & Artisans Market
- Detroit Eastern Market
- Detroit Eastern Market Tuesdays
- Eastside Farmers Market
- Farmington Farmers Market
- Flint Farmers Market
- Garden City Farmers Market
- Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital Farmers Market
- Historic Franklin Farmers Market
- Lake Orion Farmers Market
- Milford Farmers Market
- Northwest Detroit Farmers Market
- Novi Farmers Market
- Rochester Farmers Market
- Royal Oak Farmers Market
- Wayne State Wednesday Farmers Market
- Wyandotte Farmers Market
