CONSUMER SERVICES
Virginia Beach, City Of
BROOKDALE FARM & MARKET
Tom, Anne and Amanda Baker
2060 Vaughan Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23457
757.721.0558
E-mail: brookdale.farm@cox.net
Directions: South on Princess Anne Road from the Nimmo Church/Red Mill Commons area or east on Indian River Road to the stoplight in “downtown” Pungo (Princess Anne/Indian River intersection), then south on Princess Anne Road (Virginia Route 615) for 4 miles. From the Municipal Center area, take West Neck Road south, then turn right onto Princess Anne Road for 1.3 miles. Our Farm Market (open only during sweet corn season) is on the left at the intersection of Princess Anne Road and Vaughan Road. Our farmstead, strawberry field and pre-picked pumpkins are ¼ mile up Vaughan Road.
Hours: Strawberry Season – (Please call first to confirm crop availability.) 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 12 noon-5 p.m., Sunday. Sweet Corn Season – 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 12 noon-5 p.m., Sunday. Pumpkin Season – “Honor System” during daylight hours.
Special Comments: Clean, weed-free strawberry field. Pick-your-own containers available or bring your own. Children welcome (remember your camera!). Bring your lunch and enjoy our picnic area during strawberry season. Toilets and hand washing facilities. No pets in the fields, please. School Field Trips: March 26 through April – “Where Our Food Begins,” May – Strawberry Tour, October through November 15 – Fall Harvest Tour.
Products: Pick-your-own strawberries, homemade jams and syrups – late April through early June. Handpicked sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, peaches, squash, homemade jams, peach salsa, garden salsas and more – mid-June through mid-August. Pumpkins, corn stalks, straw bales, homemade apple butter and pumpkin butter – October.
CINDY’S PRODUCE
Cindy Weatherly
2385 Harpers Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23453
757.427.2346
Directions: From resort area, take General Booth Boulevard south. Turn right onto Dam Neck Road. Turn left onto Harpers Road. Harpers Road cut through between London Bridge Road and Dam Neck Road. Just minutes from either gate of NAS Oceana.
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., daily, late April-October 31. Closed until one week prior to Thanksgiving, then open until approximately December 20. December hours 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Special Comments: All flower, vegetable, herb plants grown in our greenhouses. Fresh in-season vegetables daily from our farm.
Products: Fresh-picked strawberries picked daily; spring vegetables; flower, vegetable and herb plants; cut flowers; sweet corn, tomatoes, many other summer vegetables and fruits. Jar goods. Pumpkins, mums, pansies, fall décor. Collards and other greens. Christmas trees and homemade wreathes.
CULLIPHER FARM MARKET
Michael Cullipher
1444 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
757.721.7456; FAX: 757.721.6446
E-mail: cullfarm@msn.com
Directions: From I-64, take Indian River Road east (11 miles) to West Neck Road (blinking caution light). Turn right on West Neck Road (3 miles). Turn right on Princess Anne Road. Farm Market on left ¼ mile. From Resort Area (Rudee Inlet), take General Booth Boulevard south to Princess Anne Road. Turn left on Princess Anne Road (at historic Nimmo Church). Farm Market 6 miles on left.
Hours: Strawberry Season – 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., daily, April 25-June 10; 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m., June 10-October 31; daily honor system, November 1-December 25.
Special Comments: Pole Bean Village, children’s sandbox with farm toys, daily recipe sheets, ice cream, comfort areas/tables, homemade baked goods, antique farm equipment. Our farm family incorporates stewardship of our natural resources, integrated pest management, and our rural heritage in our daily operation.
Products: Pick-your-own strawberries and peanuts; fresh picked daily strawberries; vine-ripe tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes; sweet corn; herbs; summer/winter squash; red, yellow, blue, fingerling potatoes; sprite melons, cantaloupe, seedless melons; cut flowers; mixed greens; pumpkins; butter beans, green beans; sweet potatoes, hayman sweet potatoes; tree-ripened peaches; onions.