After a successful inaugural year of Storie Vintage Market in Kingston, founder and organizer Jill Cabral is set for another busy season with home and garden vintage dealers from Kitsap and Western Washington.

The market is held once a month from April through November (with the exception of August) in a large greenhouse on the grounds of their 5-acre property, formerly Savage Plants Nursery, that they purchased two and a half years ago.

At the market, shoppers will find a plethora of vintage pieces for the home and garden, as well as textiles and vintage clothing. The upcoming market, April 25-26, will have a total of 11 dealers inside as well as some outside dealers, including fresh flowers and a few local artists.

“Our indoor dealers, for the most part, remain the same throughout the season, with the outdoor dealers changing a bit each month,” Cabral said.

Originally from Washington, Cabral spent the last 25 years living in Calistoga, CA, in the Napa Valley, where she and her husband Joe were involved in the wine industry. She was also an interior designer while living there with a few stores along the way. They moved back to Washington about three years ago when their youngest child graduated from high school and was headed to college in Washington. “We had had enough of the fires in our area; it was time to move back to the water,” Cabral said.

Shortly after they moved back, they purchased the Kingston property. “We weren’t positive what we wanted to do with it when we bought it, but having been a very well loved nursery for 30 years, we wanted to try and keep at least part of the property a nursery but we knew we didn’t have the knowledge to do that,” Cabral said.

Coincidentally, Salish Trees Nursery contacted them and became their first and main tenant. Cabral cited that they “loved their enthusiasm and knowledge of native plants and that they grew strictly Washington natives.”

Initially, Cabral opened a pop-up store called Storie in the two-story main building on the property while they looked for the right tenant. “Through the store, I met a community of amazing, creative people that shared the same values and passion for vintage that were dealers or had been in the past.”

The pop-up store was open for 7 months before the space was leased to Churchmouse Yarns & Teas, which had been a store on Bainbridge Island for many years before transitioning to an online store during the COVID pandemic.

At the time, Salish Trees Nursery was primarily using the smaller greenhouses and outdoor space while the larger greenhouse was being underutilized.

“I knew I still wanted to do something creative and community-based, and having met other eager vintage dealers, I decided to try one vintage market last April to see if there was any interest. Our first market had 7 dealers that filled half of the greenhouse as well as some outdoor space.”

The “trial” market far exceeded Cabral’s expectations, which led to larger markets once a month through November as well as a collaboration with The Red Cedar Farm in Poulsbo for Winter season markets.

“The market is a collective of true vintage dealers with a passion for finding unique objects with the craftmanship and character of a past time both from here and abroad.”

“Storie” is the old English version of the Latin word historia.“Everything has a story whether it’s an object or a person,” she said.

“We love how the property has evolved into a community of people and businesses that are creative, kind, inclusive and earth-conscious, something we all need a little more of these days.”

For more information, visit storievintagemarket.com

Some of the vintage items on display at the market.

An aerial view of the property in Kingston.