Nagold Garden Fair, Keramika and Farmers' Market 2026

Three Markets, One Weekend

The Nagold Garden Fair with Keramika and Farmers' Market is one of the most important spring festivals in the northern Black Forest. Three thematically distinct markets overlap on a weekend in May in Nagold's pedestrianized city centre — right at the transition between the northern Black Forest and the Heckengäu region. The event is organized by the City of Nagold and the City Association Nagold e.V.

Keramika — The Ceramics Market on Marktstraße

The centerpiece is Keramika: around 15 ceramics studios and workshops from the Black Forest, Württemberg, and beyond line Marktstraße. Offerings include decorative garden ceramics, tableware, and sculptural works — from hand-thrown pots to artistic vases, from small series to signed unique pieces. For children, there's a dedicated pottery station where they can design and plant their own clay pots.

Garden Fair — Plants, Furniture, and Floristry

Parallel to Keramika, regional nurseries, landscape designers, and florists present their spring collections: perennials, summer flowers, potted plants, garden furniture, and accessories. A highlight is an XXL flower wall on Sunday from 1 PM, as well as a planting station where city gardeners help visitors plant pots. A willow workshop for shipbuilding also attracts children.

Farmers' Market on Sunday in Turmstraße and Hirschstraße

Sunday also brings the Farmers' Market to Turmstraße and Hirschstraße: Black Forest wine, game specialties, honey, cheese, bread, and artisanal farm products — the typical mix of regional produce that has shaped the profile of the Nagold market for years.

Nagold — The District Town in the Heckengäu

Nagold, with nearly 23,000 inhabitants, is the district-town-like administrative centre in the Calw district, situated on the banks of the Nagold river, at the transition between the northern Black Forest and the Heckengäu. The historic city centre with its half-timbered houses, the former hospital, and the Hohennagold castle ruins provides the ideal backdrop for a spring festival. The timing on Mother's Day weekend ensures a consistent family audience from Nagold, the Calw district, and the neighbouring Freudenstadt district.