CONSUMER SERVICES
Loudoun County
BROSSMAN’S ORCHARD
Rick and Stephanie Brossman
43975 Spinks Ferry Road, Leesburg, VA 20176
703.777.1127
E-mail: sbrossman@gmail.com
Directions: Farm Stand: From Leesburg, take Route 15 north toward Lucketts. We are the third stand on Route 15, right side of the road, at the corner of Spinks Ferry and Route 15. Farm: Route 15 north to Lucketts, take right at traffic light on Lucketts Road (Route 662). Proceed 4.5 miles; at the stop sign, take left; entrance is first right.
Hours: Farm Stand: 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday–Monday; Farm: Call 703-777-1127 for PYO availability
Special Comments: Brossman’s Orchard is a family-run farm specializing in top quality peaches and nectarines. You can pick-your-own (always a favorite with children) peaches (white and yellow), tomatoes and vegetables. Our Farm stand offers all locally-grown corn, tomatoes, squash, blueberries, peppers (both hot and sweet), cantaloupes, melons (sugar babies and sugar dolls) and plums. All are picked daily to ensure the utmost in freshness, taste and quality. We also offer local honey, jams and jellies.
Products: Pick-your-own and fresh-picked peaches (white and yellow), nectarines, sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, squash and lopes. Call ahead to verify pick-your-own availability, place your order, or learn when your favorite variety will be ripe. We’ll see you this summer.
CROOKED RUN ORCHARD
Sam Brown
37883 E. Main Street, Purcellville, VA 20132
540.338.6642
Directions: From Leesburg, take Route 7 west. Turn left at Route 287 – Purcellville/Lovettsville exit. Turn right onto E. Main Street. Turn left at second driveway marked PYO or left at first driveway for stand.
Hours: Stand: 6 a.m.-dark, daily. PYO: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday-Sunday.
Special Comments: The small fruits and vegetables are grown without, or with a minimum of, chemicals. We use mineral (slow-release) fertilizers on all crops. Apples and pumpkins available in large quantities. You can walk along our creeks or picnic in a quiet grove. Please no dogs. We sell at the Alexandria Farmers’ Market during the Christmas season.
Products: Asparagus, sour cherries, gooseberries, thornless blackberries, white and yellow peaches, plums, pears (Asian and American), summer and fall apples in order of ripening – Tydemen and Paula Red, Gala, Red and Golden Delicious, Mutsu, Jonagold, Braeburn, Law Rome and York. Seasonal vegetables – salad mixes, green beans, tomatoes, pumpkins and gourds. Christmas wreaths, swags, Yule logs, etc. Pick-your-own sour cherries, blackberries, peaches, plums, apples, pears and some vegetables and herbs. Please call ahead for picking information, as days vary depending on crop.
EAGLETREE FARM & VINEYARD
Lori McKeever
15126 Harrison Hill Lane, Leesburg, VA 20176
703.851.0699
E-mail: JJudge@ix.netcom.com
Directions: From Leesburg, take Route 15 north approximately 5 miles. Turn right on Limestone School Road, right on Hibler Lane and left on Harrison Hill Lane.
Hours: Beginning approximately June 15 through July 20, open 7 days a week, all daylight hours.
Special Comments: Kid friendly, no dogs.
Product: Pick-you-own blueberries.
FABBIOLI CELLARS
Doug Fabbioli
15669 Limestone School Road, Leesburg, VA 20176
703.771.1197; FAX 703.771.1198
E-mail: doug@fabbioliwines.com
Directions: 4 miles north of Leesburg on Route 15, take a right onto Limestone School Road. The winery and farm are located 1.5 miles down on the left.
Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday-Sunday, January-July and December; 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday-Monday, August-November.
Special Comments: Fabbioli Cellars is a comfortable and inviting wine tasting experience. We specialize in quality, hand-crafted wines that are available for tasting in our tasting room throughout the year. We welcome new and experienced wine fans alike. We provide wine education, are eco-friendly and are aware of our part in growing a sustainable rural farm ecomony. Holiday Open House, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., December 4-6. Enjoy a festive gathering of Fabbioli wine fans, food pairings and reserve tastings.
Products: Wine. Pick-your-own red and black raspberries also available from June to October.
FARMER JOHN’S FRUIT & VEGETABLE MARKET
John Whitmore
15520 James Monroe Highway, Leesburg, VA 20176
703.777.2100; FAX 703.771.8982
E-mail: veggieman15@aol.com
Directions: From Leesburg, take Route 15 north toward Frederick, MD. Travel 5 miles on Route 15 north until you see our signs and farm wagons on the east (right) side of the road. Our 10-acre parking lot is adjacent to our open-air farm market under the trees.
Hours: 8 a.m. until sunset, mid-June to November 25.
Special Comments: Our produce is picked fresh every day. Sweet corn is our specialty – white, yellow and bicolor. Many types of tomatoes, including your favorite heirloom varieties, as well as yellow beefsteak and plum tomatoes. Seventeen varieties of tree-ripened sweet peaches and nectarines.
Products: Fresh-picked sweet corn; heirloom and beefsteak tomatoes; summer and winter squash favorites, including zucchini and butternut; red, yellow and green bell peppers; 10+ types of hot peppers; sugar baby, yellow and seedless watermelons; cantaloupe; cucumbers; beets; four varieties of eggplant; homegrown onions; 15 types of apples in the fall and much more.
FIELDS OF ATHENRY FARM
Elaine Boland
38082 Snickersville Turnpike, Purcellville, VA 20132
540.687.3936
E-mail: fieldsofathenryfarm@gmail.com
Directions: From the Beltway, Dulles Toll Road to Greenway to exit for Route 7. Take Route 15S/Warrenton exit. Right on Route 733 (Lime Kiln Road). At stopsign stay straight onto Snickersville Turnpike to 38082, farm is on your right. From Gilberts Corner, follow Route 50 west through Aldie. Make right onto Snickersville to 38082, farm is on your right. From Purcellville/Round Hill, Main Street to Route 690 south. At blinking light, turn left onto Snickersville to 38082, farm is on your left.
Hours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Friday; 4:30-6:30 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday. Wednesdays by appointment.
Special Comments: At the farm, we believe in healthy eating as the first and foremost preventative to many illnesses. We raise some of the world’s finest lamb, poultry and beef. Our animals are tenderly cared for on our family’s 32 acres and three other local farms. Our all-natural, free-range animals graze rolling hills and fields and forage grass, leaves and nuts from around our sycamore, maple and oak trees. Integrative Health Summit series held once a month by all different professionals in the fields of health and farming. Participants include doctors, nutritionists, teachers, therapists and farmers. Please see our Web site for details.
Products: Fresh butchered meats, as well as homemade soup, stocks, stews and meals.
THE LAVENDER PATH
Debra Fay and Wayne McKenna
Lovettsville, VA 20180
703.999.5398
E-mail: lavender.path@yahoo.com
Directions: Come visit us at Loudoun County Farmers Markets - see our Web site for dates and times.
Special Comments: Family-owned and operated lavender farm supplying gift shops, spas, florists, wedding planners, and bed and breakfasts with our hand-crafted lavender products. Visit our Web site to shop on-line or to find a shop near you.
Products: Lotion, soaps, sachets, essential oil to name a few from our bath and body care line. For the kitchen, try our apple lavender jelly, lavender tea or culinary lavender. Recipes available on our Web site. Plants available at the farmers markets, in season.
LOUDOUN’S FARMERS’ MARKETS
Judy Stroske
Loudoun Valley HomeGrown Markets Association
540.454.8089
E-mail: info@loudounfarmersmarkets.org
Description: The Loudoun Valley HomeGrown Markets Association sponsors seven open-air producer/grower only farmers markets in Loudoun County, meaning that the people selling you the food are the people who grow the food. They stand behind their products 100%. By buying your fruits, vegetables, cheeses, breads, wine, meats and eggs at the farmers’ markets, you are supporting local agriculture, as all the vendors are local. This means you are getting the very freshest produce possible as many crops are picked and brought to market within 24 hours. The summer market season begins the first weekend in May and continues through October. The Leesburg winter market runs November through April. Our market locations and hours of operation are as follows:
Cascades, The Senior Center, 21060 Whitfield Place
9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sundays
Leesburg, Virginia Village Shopping Center
8 a.m.-12 Noon, Saturdays (Summer)
9 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturdays (Winter)
Lovettsville, The Game Protective Assoc., Route 287
3:30-7 p.m., Tuesdays
Middleburg, Market Street
8 a.m.-12 Noon, Saturdays
Purcellville, 21st Street
3:30-7 p.m., Thursdays
Ashburn, Kaiser Permanente Parking Lot, Yukon Dr.
8 a.m.-12 Noon, Saturdays
If you would like to participate in the farmers markets, visit www.LoudounFarmersMarkets.org or e-mail info@loudounfarmersmarkets.org
OAKLAND GREEN FARM
Sara Brown
19192 Oakland Green Road, Leesburg, VA 20175
540.338.8240
E-mail: SaraBrown8@aol.com
Directions: From Purcellville, go south on Maple Avenue (Route 722) through Lincoln. Cross two one-lane bridges. One mile past second bridge, turn left onto Forest Mills Road (dirt). Go approximately one mile, cross bridge, go right onto Oakland Green Road. Farm is 1/2 mile on the left - sign at the driveway. Please call for an appointment, as we do not hold regular hours and may not be there.
Hours: By appointment, year round.
Special Comments: All of our animals are farm-raised from strong stock we have been refining for nearly 20 years. We never administer steroids or hormones and use antibiotics only when necessary (very infrequently a pill is required in the first day or two of a calf’s life). Our animals are naturally strong and healthy, requiring only fresh water, free access to pasture their whole lives and a pleasant living environment. We finish our animals on grain for about 75 days to provide enhanced flavor without excessive fat. We participate in the Loudoun Farm Tours in May and October.
Products: High-quality Angus beef by the cut or by the side.
PATOWMACK FARM/THE RESTAURANT AT PATOWMACK FARM
Beverly Morton Billand
42461 Lovettsville Road, Lovettsville, VA 20180
540.822.9017; FAX 540.822.4310
E-mail: info@patowmackfarm.com
Directions: From Leesburg, take 15 north. Turn left on Lovettsville Road, go 1/2 mile, turn left into driveway. From Frederick, MD, take 15 south. Turn right on Lovettsville Road, proceed 1/2 mile, turn left into driveway.
Hours: Farm open by appointment, May-October. Restaurant open year-round, Thursday-Saturday for evening dining - reservations accepted 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday brunch - reservations accepted 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Special Comments: Our a la carte and five-course prix fixe menus give you the opportunity to dine on local, organic cuisine that is reflective of the seasons. Using farm fresh certified naturally grown and organic produce, organic, wild and natural meats and sustainable seafood, the constantly evolving menu serves inspired, sophisticated food with crisp artistic plate presentation. Cooking classes and special wine dinners - see Web site for details.
Products: Available seasonally are a variety of vegetables, eggs and pick-your-own berries.
TICONDEROGA FARMS
26175 Ticonderoga Road, Chantilly, VA 20152
703.327.4424; FAX 703.327.4810
E-mail: info@ticonderoga.com
Directions: We’re located just behind South Riding off the Loudoun County Parkway on Ticonderoga Road south of Braddock Road. Visit our Web site for directions.
Hours: Open year-round by reservation, September-November for Pumpkin Fest and November-December for Christmas trees. See Web site for more information.
Special Comments: A fifth generation family-owned, family-run farm and nursery of 1,000 plus acres of rolling fields and forest. We have year-round hayrides, a Pumpkin Festival and a Christmas Festival. We are also a wholesale conifer nursery.
Products: Pumpkins, squash, gourds, popcorn; Christmas trees.