Nanny’s Garden

Kathleen Anderson

(540) 808-2554
208 Douglas Lane, Pearisburg, VA 24134

Kathleen Anderson always loved to bake for her family, and since 2001 she often bakes through many Friday nights to prepare her signature baked goods for sale at the Blacksburg Farmers Market. Many of her products are free of sugar and/or animal products. In the fruit breads she substitutes canola oil for butter, adds fruit for sweetness, and/or pumpkin for moisture and structure. She locally sources many of her ingredients, including flour milled at Elliston’s Big Spring Mill.

Kathy’s vegan pumpkin bread was one of her first efforts and remains popular. She has expanded her products to include cookies, gluten-free brownies, fruit breads and other baked goods as well as a variety of hummus dips, spreads, vinegars, seasonings, dried herbs and canned goods. Apple and pumpkin butters are consistent favorites. Freshly picked seasonal berries, peaches and asparagus from Crows Nest Farm and cherries from her garden are also available.

Kathy says, “I love what I am doing and it is worth it when I hear the customer say they are so glad I am there so they can get the items they enjoy. Sometimes someone will bring a recipe or give me a suggestion about what they would like for me to bake. I always try to fulfill those requests.” She considers the other vendors to be part of her family and marvels at how caring and appreciative her customers are.

Information sourced from BLACKSBURG FARMERS MARKET: AN ARCHIVE by Kathryn Clarke Albright