CONSUMER SERVICES

Caroline County

MOUNT OLYMPUS BERRY FARM
Ken and Mary West
23298 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Ruther Glen, VA 22546
804.448.0395
E-mail: mary@mtolympusfarm.com

Directions: Located at U.S. 1 in Carmel Church.  I-95 exit 104 (Bowling Green/Carmel Church).  Go west on Route 207 to U.S. Route 1.  Turn right (north) on U.S. 1.  Go approximately one mile.  Farm is on the left.
Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., daily, April-October 31; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November to mid-December.  Call for current in-season hours.
Special Comments: Farm stand and garden center/nursery with locally-grown fruit and veggies.  Jams, jellies, and local honey are available.  Convenient to Richmond and Northern Virginia areas.  We participate in many FairFax County farmers markets.  Customers welcome to picnic by the lake.  Arrange for your daycare or school group to come pick their own strawberries or pumpkins.  Please call for current hours and picking conditions.
Products: Pick-your-own or fresh-picked strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, melons, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins and gourds; other vegetables in season.  Greenhouse/nursery, jams and local honey.  Christmas trees and wreaths.

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:  9 a.m.-5 p.m., daily, April-December.
Special Comments: The only pick-your-own items we have are pumpkins ($6 any size) and cut- or-dig-your-own Christmas trees. Church and school groups welcome.   Locavore Asparagus & Strawberry Festival (May), Locavore Summer Flavors (July), and Fall Colors and Locavore Celebration (October).  Visit our Web site for more information.
Products:  Fresh-picked (NO PYO) asparagus, sugar snap peas, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, cantaloupes, sweet corn, watermelons, tall tunnel tomatoes, grapes, squash, okra, strawberries, eggplant, peppers, cut-your-own sunflowers, winter squash, gourds, pumpkins, mums.  Free-range chicken eggs also available.

WILLOW OAKS FARM
Bruce and Marie McGee
14412 Farmer Drive, Woodford, VA 22580
804.633.6192
E-mail: jbmcgee225@verizon.net

Directions:  From Richmond, take I-95 north to exit 104 east on Route 207.  Go approximately 11 miles, turn left into Bowling Green.  At light, turn left on Route 2 (Fredericksburg Turnpike).  Go 1 mile; turn left on Route 631 (Farmer Drive).  Go 0.4 mile; farm on left.  From Fredericksburg, take I-95 south to exit 126 (Massaponax) to Route 17 east.  Go 6 miles to Route 2 (Fredericksburg Turnpike).  Turn right, go 12 miles to Route 631 (Farmer Drive). Turn right, 1 mile; farm on right.
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday-Sunday or call for appointment.
Special Comments:  Daylilies are virtually maintenance- free perennials that come in a multitude of beautiful colors, requiring as little as six hours of direct sun.  Varieties begin blooming mid-May with some blooming into October.  Early July is peak season, capturing early, mid and late bloomers all at the same time.  A sight to behold!  Wholesalers welcome.
Products:  Daylilies and hostas, freshly dug, and shipped bareroot.