CONSUMER SERVICES
Frederick County
CLINE’S FARM
Becky Price
920 Hopewell Road, Clear Brook, VA 22624
540.662.5684; FAX 540.667.2150
E-mail: pricewhp@aol.com
Directions: From I-81, exit 321, west on Hopewell Road. Just west of the exit.
Hours: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Saturday
Products: Pick-your-own and pre-picked strawberries in late May. Summer produce. Fresh-picked peaches in August. Several varieties of apples from August-November 1. Call for availability.
HEDGEBROOK FARM
Kitty Hockman-Nicholas and Shannon N. Triplett
690 Shady Elm Road, Winchester, VA 22602
540.869.4100
E-mail: Shannon@hedgebrook.com
Directions: See Web site
Hours: Open year-round.
Special Comments: The Herds Inn at Hedgebrook Farm is a restored log home, moved from South Boston, Virginia. Constructed from hand-hewn logs from 19th century tobacco barns, the cabin also features recycled, reclaimed and reused lumber throughout. The Herds Inn offers a log cabin experience, as well as a farming experience. The cabin sleeps 8 people. Farm breakfast available on the weekends. Come share your stories, sit on your porch, enjoy the animals and the view of four mountain ranges. See you at The Herds Inn.
HILL HIGH FARMS
Vernon or Wendy Wright
933 Barley Lane, Winchester, VA 22602
540.667.7377; FAX 540.667.8540
E-mail: hillhigh@shentel.net
Directions: From I-81, exit 310 onto Route 37 north. Proceed 2 miles to the Opequon exit. Turn left onto Route 622 (Cedar Creek Grade); go approximately 2 miles to village of Opequon; go left across bridge and proceed approximately 2.5 miles; turn left onto Barley Lane (Route 732). Farm is the first driveway on the right.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends, beginning third weekend in September through October. Group tours scheduled during the week. Call for other times or special events for your group.
Special Comments: Haunted Nightmares haunted house with special effects and hi-tech electronics covering 4,500 sq. ft., an inflatable haunt for children 12 and under, and an 8-acre corn maze that the whole family will enjoy. Hayrides to the pumpkin patch. Take a stroll through the orchard and pick your own apples. Make it a family tradition to come to Hill High Farm in the fall. Many families already do. Harvest Festival second weekend of October - apple butter making, fresh baked pies, country ham sandwiches-lots of fun for all at our Virginia Century Farm. We offer birthday parties, company outings, etc. Come out and visit our family farm and enjoy a delightful autumn day in the Shenandoah Valley. Don’t forget your camera.
Products: Pick-your-own or fresh-picked apples and pumpkins. Corn shocks, mums, fresh and sparkling cider, Indian corn, our famous pumpkin pie fudge and lots of fresh baked pies, breads, etc.
MARKER-MILLER ORCHARDS FARM MARKET
John and Carolyn Marker
3035 Cedar Creek Grade, Winchester, VA 22602
540.662.1980; FAX 540.662.7308
E-mail: jmfarmer@hughes.net
Directions: From I-81, exit 310 onto Route 37 north. Proceed approximately 2 miles to Route 622. Turn left on Route 622; go 3¼ miles; farm is on the left.
Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Friday, July 1 until Thanksgiving, 12 noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, September & October. Other times, call for hours.
Special Comments: Opening Festival first Saturday in July. Peach Festival, second Saturday in August. Fall Farm Festival, fourth Saturday in September. Apple Harvest Festival, Columbus Day weekend. Festivals have music, wagon rides, barrel train, and lots of food. Also have in-house bakery.
Products: Pick-your-own and fresh-picked available as follows: July-Lodi apples, plums, and peaches; August-peaches, plums, Ginger Gold and Gala apples; September 1-Honeycrisp apples, followed by the fall apples. PYO starts September 1. All season our bakery features pies, cakes and our famous apple-cider donuts. Also have jams, jellies, salad dressings, honey and fruit wines.
NICHOLS FARM
David Nichols
1832 Chapel Road, Middletown, VA 22645
540.869.1258
E-mail: nichfarm@visuallink.com
Directions: Take I-81 exit 302 and follow signs to Middletown. At the traffic light, turn right (west) on Route 627 (Chapel Road) and travel 1 mile. Orchard is on the right.
Hours: 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday; closed Sunday. Open approximately August 1-October 31.
Special Comments: We are conveniently located only 3 miles from the intersection of I-66 and I-81. Just follow the signs to Middletown.
Products: Fresh-picked peaches, apples and pumpkins. Peach varieties include John Boy, Sunhigh, Loring, Cresthaven, and Redskin. Apple varieties include Red Delicious, Ida Red, Golden Delicious, Stayman, and York. Pumpkins start October 1. Dates may vary depending on the season.
RICHARD’S FRUIT MARKET
Eddie or Mary Richard
6410 Middle Road, Middletown, VA 22645
540.869.1455
Directions: Take I-81 to exit 307; 4 miles west of Stephens City on Route 631. Left on Route 628 (Middle Road); 1 mile to orchard and fruit market.
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, August-November.
Special Comments: A Peach/Milliner (Hand-Made Hats) Festival, third Sunday in August, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors from all over will be demonstrating the art of making beautiful handmade hats and will have hats for sale. Call for details. Clam-and-Oyster Bake and B-B-Q chicken, cooked on property, with live music the fourth Saturday in September. Call for details and reservations in September. Apple Harvest Festival, third weekend in October with free bluegrass music both days, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday. Also pick-your-own flowers, August until frost. Virginia State Gourd Festival, first weekend in November (see Web site for details - www.americangourdsociety.org).
Products: Fresh-picked peaches from our own orchard, July 25-Labor Day - Harbelle, Red Haven, Sun High, Loring, Blake and Bisco. Pick-your-own and fresh-picked apples - Red Delicious, Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Golden Delicious, York, Stayman, Idared, Rome. Also, pumpkins in season, sweet cider, country hams, jelly, local honey, and fall mums.
RINKER ORCHARDS, INC.
Mrs. Ruth B. Rinker
1156 Marlboro Road, Stephens City, VA 22655
540.869.1499
Directions: Take Route 11 or I-81, exit 307, to traffic light in Stephens City. Go west on Route 631 (Marlboro Road) approximately 2-1/2 miles.
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., daily during season.
Special Comments: Containers furnished. Children welcome. Picnic area. Call before traveling long distance.
Products: Fresh picked asparagus, April 10-June 10. Pick-your-own apples - Red and Golden Delicious, Idareds, September 15-October 20; Nittany, York, Rome and other varieties, after October 1. Fresh cider, September 15 on.
SHAWNEE SPRINGS MARKET
Lisa Johnson
6656 N. Frederick Pike, Cross Junction, VA 22625
540.888.4164, FAX 540.888.7963
E-mail: sales@shawneesprings.com
Directions: I-81 exit 317. Stay on Route 37 south until first exit. Get on Route 522 north, go approximately 12 miles; we’re on the right.
Hours: 6 a.m.-9 p.m., daily, year round. Closed Christmas Day.
Special Comments: Home of Shawnee Springs brand fruit products, including 13 flavors of fruit butters; 27 types of preserves, jams and jellies. Home to our famous canned peaches. We also have Virginia hams, fresh-baked pies and breads. Full-service deli serves breakfast and lunch. Seasonal gift items available year-round. The farm market is grower owned and operated.
Products: Fresh-picked white and yellow sweet corn in July and August. Fresh-picked peaches from July 4 through August. Apples are available late August-February. Fresh garden produce available all summer. Pumpkin Patch in fall. Spring – Easter and Mother’s Day flowers.
SHEN-VAL FARM MARKET (Double Tollgate)
Sharon or Missy McDonald
2180 Fairfax Pike, White Post, VA 22663
540.868.0366; FAX 540.869.0822
E-mail: shenvalj@visuallink.com
Directions: I-81 to exit 307, Stephens City. East off the exit and proceed through the lights, approximately 4.5 miles. The market will be located on your right, and is just 3/10 of a mile from the intersection of Route 340 and Route 522.
Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., daily, April-December,
Special Comments: Home-grown fruits and vegetables from our Virginia Century Farm in a second and convenient location. Bedding plants and hanging baskets available from our greenhouse, and fall mums grown right here. Pumpkins, gourds and fall squash also grown in our garden here, and our beef cattle graze in the background.
Products: Pick-your-own and fresh-picked peaches beginning July 4, including Sun High, Loring, Coral Star, Bounty, Red Skin, Snow King. Apples, including Ginger Gold, Gala, Golden Supreme, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, and York. Also available are tomatoes, squash, green beans, peppers, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelon, pumpkins, gourds, and fall and winter squash. Steaks, roasts, and ground beef available frozen. Coming Spring 2008, pick your own strawberries.
SHEN-VAL FARM MARKET (Farm)
Sharon or Missy McDonald
514 Clark Road, Stephens City, VA 22655
540.869.1758; FAX 540.869.0822
E-mail: shenvalj@visallink.com
Directions: I-81 to exit #301, Stephens City. Turn west off the exit and proceed through the lights, approximately 4 miles. Turn left at the stop sign onto Route 628, Middle Road. In approximately 1 mile, turn left onto Route 638, Clark Road. The market is located one mile on the right. Look for the blue farm sign at the bottom of the hill.
Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., daily, July-October.
Special Comments: Enjoy a beautiful drive through the Northern Shenandoah Valley. Our market is located right on our Virginia Century Farm, where we grow peaches, apples, plums, garden vegetables, and ornamental and bedding plants.
Products: Fresh-picked peaches beginning July 4th, including Sun High, Loring, Coral Star, Bounty Redskin, and Snow King. Apples, including Ginger Gold, Gala, Golden Supreme, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, and York. Tomatoes, squash, green beans, peppers, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelon, pumpkins, gourds, and fall and winter squash are also available. Bushel quantities available for canning.
VIRGINIA FARM MARKET, L.L.C.
Joe Lizer
1881 N. Frederick Pike (Route 522 North), Winchester, VA 22603
540.665.8000
Directions: 1 mile north of Winchester on Route 522. Look for the big red barn.
Hours: Closed January-March. April-May, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., daily; June-October, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m., daily; November-first week of December, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., daily. Closed remainder of December.
Special Comments: Farm market featuring a dozen varieties of fresh baked pies; preserves and jelly (with and without sugar); Virginia sugar-cured country hams; jug-your-own fresh-squeezed cider (free samples) mid-September - first week of December. Tour buses welcome. School tours welcome with appointment. Picnic area. Mail order brochure. Pumpkin Land with storybook characters and photo area, September 15-October 31.
Products: Fresh-picked and select-your-own Virginia freestone peaches (mid-July until Labor Day). July peaches include Earli Glo, Topaz, Early Red Haven and Red Haven. August peaches include Sun High, Glo Haven, Loring, Bounty, Crest Haven and Flaming Fury. Harvest dates are approximate and the varieties are in season for about a week. Please call for current varieties. Fresh-picked and select-your-own apples are available from late August through the first week of December. Varieties include Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ginger Gold, Stayman, Rome Beauty, Granny Smith, Ida Red, Gala, Fuji, Nittany, Empire, Honey Crisp, Jonathan, Crispin, Jonagold Cameo and Pink Lady. Some varieties are only available a few weeks, while others are available for three months. Please call for current varieties. Thousands of pumpkins from 3 ounces to 100 pounds with corn stalks, gourds, winter squash and Indian corn from early September until October 31.
WOODBINE FARM MARKET
Holly Dillender
5199 John Marhsall Highway, Strasburg, VA 22657
540.667.4531
Directions: Take exit 296 off I-81. Go west on Route 55 towards Wardensville, West Virginia. Approximately 3.5 miles on your left will be our farm market.
Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday-Monday; closed Tuesday; late April through November.
Special Comments: We are a Century Farm. We grow our own apples, peaches, beef, pumpkins and some vegetables. We have a bakery with pies, cookies, breads and country ham sandwiches, to name a few things. We strive to offer the freshest produce at a reasonable price.
Products: Fresh-picked apples, peaches, vegetables, pumpkins and gourds. Bakery items, jams, sauces, dressings and cookbooks also available.