CONSUMER SERVICES

Spotsylvania

BELVEDERE PLANTATION
D. M. Fulks
1410 Belvedere Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Info Line:  1.800.641.1212
Market and Group Reservations:  540.373.4478
E-mail:  belvederefarm@aol.com

Directions: Located 7 miles southeast of Fredericksburg on Route 17.  From I-95, take exit 126 (Spotsylvania) and follow 17 south  for 7 miles to entrance.
Hours: Vary by season.  Please see Web site or call Info Line.  Closed during the winter.
Special Comments: Belvedere specializes in a wide range of wholesome farm experiences for families and groups through our spring, summer and fall crops/seasons.  Activities include educational field trips, pick-your-own crops, fall harvest festival featuring The Great Adventure Maize Maze and The Great Pumpkin Patch, country picnics and parties, private hayrides and bonfires, birthday parties, Scout and youth group programs and large event hosting.
Products: Strawberries, both pick-your-own and fresh-picked, in May.  Pumpkins, fall decorative crops (gourds, corn shocks, etc.) and fall mums in October.

MILLER FARMS MARKET
Wayne, Jo Ann, Ben and Kristine Miller
12101 Orange Plank Road, Locust Grove, VA 22508
540.972.2680

Directions: From Fredericksburg, take Route 3 west toward Culpeper 9 miles.  Make left on Route 621 across from Wilderness Baptist Church.  Go 5 miles on 621 until you reach Miller Farms sign on right.  From Orange, take Route 20 north 12 miles.  Turn right onto Route 621.  Go 8 miles.  Look for Miller Farms sign on the left.  From Culpeper, take Route 3 east toward Fredericksburg.  Continue on 2 miles past intersection of Route 3 and 20.  Take a right onto Route 613 (Brock Road).  At 4-way stop, take another right onto Route 621 (Orange Plank Road).  Go 3 miles on Route 621.  Look for Miller Farms sign on right.
Hours: Spring, Summer, Fall – 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday; closed Sundays, March 16-December 23.  Winter – 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays ONLY, January 2-March 13.  CLOSED Sundays, Thanksgiving Day and December 24-January 1.
Special Comments: School groups welcome for strawberries and pumpkins.  Full field trip program available.  Please call for scheduling (first-come, first-served reservations).  Other groups also welcome.  Let us help you with your special occasion. Call for details.
Products: Fresh produce available in season.  Pick-your-own strawberries, blackberries and pumpkins.  Other items available in our market include our free-range chicken eggs, Roseda Beef (locally-grown, all-natural steaks, burgers and roasts), Papa Weaver’s Pork (locally-grown, all-natural sausage, ribs and chops), Fields of Grace cheese (locally-produced, all-natural cheese and cheese curds), all-natural milk from Trickling Springs Creamery in Pennsylvania, local honey, jams, jellies and ciders.  Fresh-cut lettuce and herbs available, as well as fresh-roasted coffee beans, seasonal flowers and plants.  Christmas trees and handmade wreaths available in season.

SNEAD’S ASPARAGUS FARM
Emmett C. Snead, III
18294 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg, VA 22408
540.371.9328

Directions: From I-95, take Massaponax exit (126), go south on Route 1 for 1/2 mile. Turn left (south) on Route 17, go 10 miles.  Farm will be on the right side of Route 17, 10 miles southeast of Fredericksburg.
Hours: April 16-Labor Day – 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday-Sunday.  October and December for pumpkins and Christmas trees – Sun-up to sundown, daily.
Special Comments: For school groups during October – hayrides; real farm setting with llamas, horses, cats, chickens, goats; pumpkin-growing lesson and pumpkin picking - $5 per child; no charge for attending adults.  For the general public, pick-your-own pumpkins are $3 each, any size; free admission, parking and hiking trails, but no hayrides.  You have the choice to drive or walk to many different fields to select the perfect pumpkin or Christmas tree and tour a real working farm at no charge.  The only pick-your-own items we have are pumpkins and cut- or dig-your-own Christmas trees.
Products: Fresh-picked (NO PYO) asparagus, sugar snap peas, squash, zucchini, Yukon gold potatoes, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, eggplant, onions, okra, tall tunnel tomatoes, sweet corn, sugar baby and seedless watermelons, Superstar and Ambrosia cantaloupes; mums, straw, cornstalk bundles, pumpkins (large, small and pie); large and small multi-colored hubbard, acorn, butternut, spookies, spaghetti, Delicata, and La Estrella winter squash, gourds, and cut- or dig-your-own Christmas trees.