🍓 Greetings from The Ivy Place!
We’re right in the heart of strawberry season, and it’s a fantastic time to visit! Whether it’s your first trip or your tenth this year, the berries are bursting with flavor and the fields are full. The warm spring weather has brought the farm to life—and we’ve loved welcoming so many familiar and new faces! 🌿
🎥 Check out this awesome clip from CN2 News featuring the farm — our segment starts at minute 9:15!
📢 Stay Updated — Daily!
Not sure what’s ripe or if we have pre-picked berries?
Here are 3 easy ways to check:
⏰ Hours
Open every day: 9 AM – 5 PM
Wednesdays extended until 7:30 PM
🌸 What’s Available Now & Coming Soon
• Pick-Your-Own Strawberries – Through late May
• Cut-Your-Own Flowers – Gorgeous blooms ready now!
• Tomatoes – Mid-May-ish 🍅
• Dig-Your-Own Potatoes – Targeting Mother’s Day weekend 🥔
• Blueberries – Late May
• Blackberries – Starting early June
• Plant Sale – Tomatoes, blueberries, blackberries, figs, perennials & more
✅ Pro Tips for the Season
✔ Plan ahead: jam, shortcake, pie, ice cream—or snack straight from the bucket!
✔ Tuesdays & Wednesdays = less crowded picking days
✔ Wednesday evenings are calm, cool, and open late 🌅
✔ Reuse your buckets from last year to help reduce waste
✔ Bring water, a hat, and good walking shoes—temps are climbing!
📅 Upcoming Events
🌼 May Flower Bouquet Subscription
Begins Friday, May 2
Pick up every Friday at the farm stand
✨ Perfect gift for Mother's Day or just to treat yourself!
✨ Reserve 5 weeks of bouquets online
🚜 May 3 – Lancaster County Ag + Art
We’ll be open for the farm portion (venue is closed for a wedding).
Visit participating farms & artisans throughout the county—18 stops total!
Featured Artisans at The Ivy Place:
🎨 TissuEscapes – Tissue Art
✉️ Hornback Designs – Stationery
🧵 Marcia Houston – Hand Weaving
🧶 Yarn Spinner – Live spinning demos
Fantastic free way to explore the farms and agriculture sites of Lancaster County- Check it out to plan your tour. Scroll down the link above to see map and lots of details on the sites.
🌷 May 11 – Mother’s Day Celebration | 9 AM – 4 PM
Our favorite event of the year!
- Gardens open (one day only!) for our favorite event of the year!
- Simply wander through the property enjoying the scenery.
- Strawberry picking
- Pick your own flowers for Mother's Day!
- Check out the amazing Father and Daughter artist duo in our Bridal Cottage.
- Artisans and food trucks & more!
🌿 Field Update
Overall: Warmest April on record + very little rain = plants love the heat, but they’re thirsty!
💐 Flowers:
Blooms have exploded—snapdragons, larkspur, daisies, bachelor buttons & more are thriving.
🍓 Strawberries (April–May):
Perfect weather = massive harvest!
Taste is amazing & plants are still blooming—expect berries for at least another month.
🫐 Blueberries & Blackberries (June–July):
Just missed frost damage—phew!
Blueberries are loaded with green fruit.
Blackberries are blooming like crazy and turning to fruit fast—early June looks strong.
🍅 Tomatoes & Veggies:
Tomatoes are big and green—getting close!
Optimistic for a solid crop this year.
Zucchini and squash are just starting to flower. Green beans are up and growing fast.
🥔 Dig-Your-Own Potatoes:
Our 5th year and plants are thriving!
Get ready to start digging in the next two weeks—stay tuned!
🙏 Thank you for supporting our small family farm.
We love seeing your smiling faces in the field and sharing the joy of this beautiful place.
See you soon!
—The Ivy Place Team
