Happy Friday!

Easter is this weekend, and if you have little ones, you know the particular energy of this time of year. Everything is blooming, the kids are wired, and somehow there is always at least one Easter egg that gets hidden so well it doesn't turn up until July.

While our sons spent some special time with their grandparents over spring break, Daniel and I finally had the chance to explore Middleton Place to celebrate our 8th anniversary—and we kept saying we couldn’t have picked a better time to go. With flowers in full bloom and perfect weather all week, we were honestly in awe that a place this beautiful is right outside of Summerville. If you haven’t been yet and have some time in the next week, it truly is the perfect time to visit!

We featured it last week, but just a reminder: Westbury Farms is hosting their Easter on the Farm event today and tomorrow with egg hunts, train rides, and the Easter bunny (check their Facebook for the specific egg hunt times before heading over). Tomorrow there’s also Easter egg hunts going on at West Farm, Sip N’ Slide Play Cafe, and We Rock. You can see details about those events in this article. And there's one more free egg hunt in Azalea Park this Saturday afternoon that we'll tell you more about in the event section below.

However you spend the weekend, we hope it’s full of lots of fun with your family!

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The farmers market is back! Last weekend was the official kick off of the Summerville Farmers Market but tomorrow will be the first day to enjoy it without the chaos of the Flowertown Festival surrounding it. We’re excited to have the special Saturday morning energy return to downtown Summerville now that the farmers market is back.

The market sets up in the parking lot behind Town Hall, right behind First Citizens Bank. It draws a genuinely diverse crowd of vendors — local farmers with fresh produce, baked goods, honey, plants, specialty foods, and artisan makers. You can see the full line up of vendors for the 2026 season here. One of our favorite things to do is get the boys a 25 cent honey stick from Smith Bee Farms that satisfies their craving for getting a treat while not breaking the bank. Daniel and I always enjoy a cold brew from Coastal Coffee and when I’m feeling fancy I love to pick out a fresh bouquet.

It is worth getting there earlier rather than later. Popular vendors sell out, and the difference between arriving at 8am and arriving at 11:30am is real. Bring a reusable bag, bring the stroller, and bring the dog if you want to (it's very dog-friendly). The market runs every from 8am-1pm every Saturday through November, so it becomes one of those weekly rhythms that ends up anchoring your whole weekend. We’re already dreaming of the peaches and blackberries we’ll purchase this summer!

Right in the middle of Summerville's most beautiful spring weekend, Bethany United Methodist Church is hosting a free Easter egg hunt in the Children's Discovery Garden at Azalea Park. It runs from 2 to 3pm this Saturday (tip: the hunt starts right at 2pm so make sure to get there a little early).

The timing couldn't be better. The azaleas are at or near peak bloom right now, the Discovery Garden itself is a genuinely lovely spot for little kids, and this event lands right in that sweet spot of the afternoon — after the morning farm visits and market trips, but before everyone completely runs out of steam. Being free and in a park rather than a ticketed venue gives it a low-pressure feel that's hard to beat on a holiday weekend.

Pack a basket, dress the kids in their Easter best if that's your thing, and plan to take some pictures while you're there. The azaleas alone are worth the stop.

We ran a March Madness-style restaurant bracket last year and asked you all to vote for your Summerville family favorites. Page's Okra Grill won. That probably tells you more than anything else we could say.

Page's has been a Lowcountry institution since 2006, with the Summerville location landing in Nexton in 2024. It's a family-owned Southern kitchen that takes its food seriously — the kind of place where the chicken is brined for 24 hours before it's fried, the shrimp and grits have been featured on the Travel Channel and in Southern Living Magazine, and the banana pudding is the reason the table goes quiet for a few minutes. The menu is wide enough that everyone finds their thing, from the Redneck Rolls (smoked pulled pork and pimento cheese wrapped in a spring roll, fried, served with SC mustard BBQ sauce) to the crab cake benedict to the country fried steak that reviewers keep calling enormous. It opens early enough for breakfast, runs through dinner, and handles families well.

Now we originally had Page’s on the docket for today because they had a mouth watering soft shell crab sandwich featured on their specials menu this week. They unfortunately posted Thursday afternoon that it is all sold out due to high demand. 😭 But they did replace that special with a fried salmon burger sandwich, which also looks amazing (featured above). Daniel and I have had it on our list for this spring to finally get to try some soft shell crab, so we will probably be stalking their social media, too, just in case they get some more in stock!

Love,

Courtney, Daniel, and the Berk Boys

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