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Located on the popular strip of Washington Avenue, The Black Box is a series of repurposed shipping containers that provides small businesses with a physical space to operate. Current retailers include Moonday Coffee and Thicket Jewelry, North Optical, Alice Yardley, Fresh Pickins Farm, and Bay Bowls. Since this is an incubator space, check the website for the most up-to-date businesses.

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Fresh Pickins occupies Unit 4 of The Black Box development on Washington Ave, in Portland, ME

Fresh Pickins Farm products are inspired by the owners’ adventurous lifestyle and how they interact with nature. Their goal is to cultivate, formulate, and design products that allow you to live a life in connection with nature and to nurture your soul. From seed to shelf, they have a close connection to all of the plants they cultivate and believe that this love they provide is passed onto their customers with hopes of elevating the life journey.

Fresh Pickins will be selling fresh spring and summer bouquets along with tea, honey, tinctures, skin/ hair care, bug & tick spray, solar protection and much more.

"We first saw The Black Boxes when they opened in 2018. We were 100% interested but had to be patient on the waiting list,” said Dan Marion, owner of Fresh Pickins. “Since we already had a pretty good following in the Portland area we knew that one day we wanted a brick and mortar location in Portland so our customers could come find us in person. And to be honest, we've done a fair share of farmers markets, and the idea of having a spot that we didn't need to take down at the end of every market was becoming a goal. So here we are, settling our roots into Black Box unit #4 - and it feels great already."   

Fresh Pickins occupies interior Unit 4 and is open Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Follow along and learn more via www.freshpickinsfarm.com