CONSUMER SERVICES
Spotsylvania County
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.
HAZEL HILL FARM
The Beals Family
10101 Catharpin Road, Spotsylvania, VA 22551
540.972.0662
E-mail: hazelhillfarm@gmail.com
Hours: By appointment only. Please
call for availability. Our season begins in May.
Special Comments: Our eggs, poultry
and livestock are raised naturally and in harmony with our land. Our edibles
are grown without sprays or pesticides.
Products: Eggs, pasture-fed livestock
and poultry, herbs and flowers.
MILLER FARMS MARKET
Wayne, Jo Ann, Ben and Kristine
Miller
12101 Orange
Plank Rd., Locust
Grove, VA 22508
540.972.2680;
FAX 540.972.9424
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
Farm 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 Routes 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 Farm sign on
right.
Hours: Winter
Hours: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday, Friday,
and Saturday ONLY January 8–February 29. Spring, Summer, Fall Hours:
9 a.m.–5 p.m., daily, (Closed Sundays), March 1–December 24;
CLOSED Sundays, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s
Day.
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. Greenhouse and market
filled with seasonal flowers, plants and herbs. Christmas trees and handmade
wreaths are 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)
Spotsylvania exit 126, go south on Route 1 for ½ 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: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Sunday,
daily, April 26-Labor Day. Sun-up to sundown, daily, October and December
for pumpkins and Christmas trees.
Special Comments: Pick-your-own pumpkins are $4 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, strawberries, squash, zucchini, raspberries, blackberries, peaches,
eggplant, onions, okra, tall tunnel tomatoes, sweet corn, sugar baby and
seedless watermelons, grapes, superstar and ambrosia cantaloupes, mums, straw,
cornstalk bundles, pumpkins, acorn and butternut winter squash, gourds, and
cut or dig-your-own blue spruce or white pine Christmas trees.