Wegmeyer Farms is nestled in the rolling hills of Loudoun County, Va., and operated by Tyler and Harriet Wegmeyer. Wegmeyer Farms, a 19th century farmstead, offers pick-your-own strawberries in the spring and pumpkins in the fall. The farm has received numerous awards including the 2016 Virginia Farm of the Year.
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Sunday, June 28
Good morning.
We got a fresh batch of strawberry ice cream made from our last picking of strawberries so we decided to bring the goods to the Gilbert’s Corner market today from 8-4. Our donut truck is here also baking fresh donuts and the flavors of the day are chocolate frosted, cinnamon sugar and strawberry-iced.
Address for Gilbert’s Corner is 39958 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie.
June 24th
Our 2020 Strawberry Harvest Season is officially over. The recent heavy rains and high humidity ended it a few days earlier than we would have liked but nonetheless it was a season we will never forget. What started out as a huge worry about not being able to be open....then turned into an overwhelming level of community support.....which then brought on our website crashing daily and going through 3 host servers.....and meanwhile our strawberry plants continued to produce delicious strawberries for 8 weeks! But through it all there was one factor that stood out above everything else: YOU. Our friends-neighbors-community-all of you who shared your happiness with us while visiting our Gilbert’s Corner market for pre-picked or one of our upick strawberry fields at our Home Farm in Hamilton or Oatlands in Leesburg. Our family (me...Tyler,Harriet, Torsten, Tucker & Colden) wish to express a heartfelt THANK YOU for visiting our farm and trusting us to provide your family with a safe environment to create a memorable experience of picking your own strawberries.
We are already busy caring for the fall pumpkin crop and hope to see your family in the fall season.
We wish you a safe and fun summer with your loved ones. ❤️
Have a berry good evening everyone! 🍓🎃
9am update: we are basically sold out of strawberries for the day. Picking this morning was more challenging than I thought it was going to be.
I will be bringing only about 10 buckets up to the white tent at about 11. We still have lots of donuts and jam and ice cream
Strawberry update for Wednesday, June 24.
We are very close to the end of our strawberry harvest season.
On Wednesday we will be at our Gilbert’s Corner location from 9-1.
We will have *some* pre-picked strawberries as well as fresh baked donuts, fresh strawberry jam and Gruto’s soft serve ice cream.
*not sure how many buckets of strawberries we will have as the picking is very scattered and the recent rains have damaged a decent amount. Once we start picking at daybreak I will have a better idea of supply and will update this post if needed.
Our Oatlands upick location sold out of a limited number of reservation slots this evening and tomorrow may be the last day for picking at Oatlands. Possibly one more day after tomorrow but we will see.
Our home farm location is closed tomorrow and we are hoping for 1 or 2 more days of picking there. Tomorrow evening I will walk the field again and determine if we can open at the home farm for Thursday. The berries are super sweet and can be found with patience but it’s much much more challenging than normal. Also the recent heavy rains didn’t help things.
It’s amazing that strawberry season has been this long. A “normal” year is 4-5 weeks and this year we are on week 8. Thank you to all you strawberry lovers who have come to our farm(s) this year to participate in harvest one way or another.
Have a berry good evening everyone! 🍓
Strawberry update for Tuesday, June 23
We will be closed on Tuesday for ripening and drying out from the recent heavy rains. We hope to have at least 1 field location open for Wednesday but will post an update tomorrow for Wednesday’s status.
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
Strawberry update for Monday, June 22
We will be closed at all 3 of our field locations for ripening on Monday. On Monday evening I will walk the fields and evaluate the supply situation for potential Tuesday picking and will do an FB post to update everyone.
Strawberry Update for Father’s Day, June 21
Pictured below are two incredible Dads. Also incredible is that both them shared each other’s names. Fred Ernest Wegmeyer and Fred Ernest Pimm. Sadly, a little over a year ago we lost Mr. Pimm to cancer. Harriet and I have been so fortunate to have lived a life with such easy going, fun and caring Dads. Not only did they teach us about farming by both being dairy farmers and the work ethic it took to be successful, they taught us by example the importance of being the best person and parent we can be. ❤️
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads!
Tomorrow will be Donuts for Dad at all 3 of our farm locations!
Currently, there are still some reservation slots available at both our Home farm in Hamilton and Oatlands field in Leesburg. Reservations can be made here:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/
At Gilbert’s Corner we will be open 9-3ish with the following:
- fresh from the field pre-picked strawberries *
- fresh Baked donuts (flavors will be a mixed box of strawberry frosted, cinnamon sugar and blueberry glazed)
-fresh strawberry jam
-Gruto’s soft serve ice cream featuring the flavor STRAWBERRY made with our own strawberries.
*our pro pickers will begin picking at daybreak and we will have a decent amount for opening at 9 and then about every hour or so I will continue to bring more up from the field to the white tent.
This may be our last weekend at Gilberts.
We are late in the 4th quarter of our magical strawberry harvest season. It’s winding down but there still is some magic left.
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
1:20 update. We are sold out of pre-picked strawberries at Gilbert’s Corner for the day. Will have more tomorrow.
Strawberry update for Saturday, June 20.
This year we have been very blessed with a longer than normal strawberry season. Most years it’s about 5 weeks long. We’ve had a year as short as 3 weeks. This year we are on our 7th week of picking and about to match our previous long of 8 weeks back in 2017. Each week and each day actually is a different picking experience with the plant production cycle changing all the time. Right now for being in our 7th week, picking is pretty good. You have to have more patience at this stage of the season but finding great berries is definitely achievable and taking your family to pick your own delicious food still makes a memorable, rewarding experience.
We still have some reservation slots available for tomorrow (Saturday). Both at our Home Farm in Hamilton and Oatlands in Leesburg field locations. You can find them here:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/
Fresh baked donuts will be available at both field locations.
We will be open from 9-4 at our Gilbert’s Corner market location on Saturday. We will have the following:
- fresh picked strawberries *
- fresh baked donuts (flavors are a mixed box of strawberry frosted, cinnamon sugar and lemon frosted)
-fresh strawberry jam
-fresh made Gruto’s soft serve ice cream featuring the flavor STRAWBERRY made with our very own strawberries.
* our pro pickers will start picking at daybreak to have some berries ready by 9. I will be bringing up more from the field about every hour or so until about 1. This may be our last weekend at Gilbert’s Corner.
Thank you to all who have participated in our harvest season in one way or another. And for your love of strawberries!
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
Strawberry Picking Reservations Join us for a strawberry picking excursion in our pick-your-own strawberry fields. Reservations are $24 which includes your first bucket of strawberries and secures a spot in the field for no more than one hour for you and your family. The reservation is for your fami...
12noon update: we are all sold out for today.
Because of the stray showers that came through we weren’t able to pick as much as I originally thought we would. We will be back at Gilberts Corner tomorrow.
Good morning from the strawberry field.
8:30am update for Friday, June 19
A brief rain shower this morning delayed us a bit but we are picking some nice berries (pic below) for our Gilbert’s Corner market location. We will be open from 9-1(maybe longer if we still have berries). Also baking fresh donuts currently.
We left our reservations open for upick today at our Home Farm in Hamilton and Oatlands in Leesburg.
We still have some open slots available for today. Lots of nice berries in the field at both locations. The picking is good. Here is a link to reserve a spot to pick today:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/
I expect to see the sun this morning and any threat of rain would be brief and not widespread.
Strawberry Update for Friday, June 19
As a farmer, a good portion of our success or failures is because of the weather. My iPhone 11 is constantly checking the forecast(s) all day everyday. Today’s forecast was definitely wrong. It turned out to be an incredibly beautiful day with blue skies and sunshine. Some forecasts are spot on but it seems like a higher percentage are not.
Tomorrow I think we will have good weather at least through the early afternoon so we have front loaded all of our upick reservations for tomorrow (Friday). They were made available at 6pm tonight and there are still slots available for tomorow at both our Oatlands in Leesburg and Home Farm in Hamilton.
Reservations can be made here:
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/
Saturday’s reservations will be available starting at about 6pm tomorrow.
Also tomorrow(Friday) we will be open at our Gilbert’s Corner location from 9-1ish with fresh pre-picked strawberries, fresh baked donuts, fresh strawberry jam and Gruto’s soft serve ice cream featuring the flavor strawberry made with our strawberries! I will update this post if needed about the berry supply situation tomorrow as I don’t know what it will be for sure until our professional pickers start picking at daybreak.
I’m sure we will have a decent amount as we didn’t pick today. We are in the 4th quarter of the season and supply is much more unpredictable.
Thank you all for your love of strawberries and reading this post to the end.
Have a berry good evening. 🍓
Strawberry Update for Thursday, June 18
All 3 of our field locations will be closed due to the rain. 🌧
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
Gilbert’s Corner update 1pm Wednesday:
If you live near Gilbert’s Corner, we are here until 2pm and have fresh picked strawberries and donuts left as well as ice cream
12 noon update; we have about 30 buckets of fresh picked strawberries left at our Gilberts Corner location. As well as fresh baked donuts.
Strawberry Update for Wednesday, June 17
We posted reservation slots for our two upick fields at Oatlands in Leesburg and our home farm in Hamilton a little after 6 this evening. As of right now there are slots available for tomorrow morning.
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/strawberry-picking-reservations/
We’ve only made reservations available in the morning hours as it looks like rain is more likely in the afternoon.
We will be open at our Gilbert’s Corner location tomorrow starting at 9 for prepicked strawberries. I will update this post in the morning regarding the up-to-date status of how many are coming up from the field.
We will have fresh baked donuts at all our locations tomorrow as well as fresh made strawberry jam.
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
Updated 1pm: We have about 30 buckets of strawberries and some donuts left so we are staying at Gilbert’s Corner until we sell out.
Morning Field update for Tuesday, June 16
The strawberries we are picking today are really really nice! (Pictured below) Not sure what the weather is going to do the rest of the week so we are trying pick as much as we can this morning. If you are craving more fresh berries, today may be the best option for the rest of the week.
We are open at our Gilbert’s Corner location (39958 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie)
Open 9-1ish with the following:
🍓 Fresh from the field Pre-picked strawberries *
🍓 Fresh baked donuts (flavors will be a mixed box of strawberry frosted, cinnamon sugar and lemon frosted)
🍓Fresh made strawberry jam
🍓Gruto’s homemade soft serve ice cream
Flavors include:
Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry (made with our strawberries)
*details on pre-picked. Strawberries coming off the field right now are excellent however the plants aren’t producing nearly as much since the middle of the season. We will have a bunch starting at 9 and then every 1-1.5 hrs I will bring up another fresh picked load from the field to the white tent. I will update this post in the morning regarding quantities if needed.
Our upick fields at Oatlands and the Home Farm are sold out for today. This evening I will scout the fields to evaluate supply and make the reservations available around 6pm for Wednesday.
Strawberry Update for Tuesday, June 16
We will be open at our Gilbert’s Corner location (39958 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie) on Tuesday
Open 9-1ish with the following:
🍓 Fresh from the field Pre-picked strawberries *
🍓 Fresh baked donuts (flavors will be a mixed box of strawberry frosted, cinnamon sugar and lemon frosted)
🍓Fresh made strawberry jam
🍓Gruto’s homemade soft serve ice cream
Flavors include:
Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry (made with our strawberries)
*details on pre-picked. Strawberries coming off the field right now are excellent however the plants aren’t producing nearly as much since the middle of the season. We will have a bunch starting at 9 and then every 1-1.5 hrs I will bring up another fresh picked load from the field to the white tent. I will update this post in the morning regarding quantities if needed.
Our upick fields at Oatlands and the Home Farm are sold out for Tuesday. Again tomorrow evening I will scout the fields to evaluate supply and make the reservations available around 6pm for Wednesday.
Time for me to get in from the field and eat some strawberry shortcake!
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
Good morning! ☀️🍓
Today (Monday) we are offering the option of a strawberry drive-thru at our Home Farm in Hamilton.
This is a great way to get more strawberry deliciousness in a hassle-free way by not even getting out of your car.
Order online via our website by 11am today and pick your order up at our Home Farm in Hamilton (38299 Hughesville Rd) from 2-5pm
Options include:
1. Heaping fresh picked 4-quart bucket of strawberries (similar to the picture below)
2. Fresh baked donuts (mixed box of our famous strawberry glaze and cinnamon sugar)
3. Fresh made strawberry jam by the jar or 12-jar case
4. Pint of Gruto’s Soft serve ice cream with flavor options chocolate, vanilla or strawberry 🍓 made with our strawberries!
Order online with this link by 11am on Monday and pick up at 2-5pm at 38299 Hughesville Rd.
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/drive-thru/
Our Oatlands and home farm upick locations are sold out for today.
Later this evening I will walk the fields to check supply and we will post reservation slots for Tuesday at about 6pm on our website.
Our Gilbert’s Corner location is closed today.
We are in the 4th quarter of our magical strawberry harvest season. Don’t miss an opportunity to get fresh strawberries before they are gone until next year.
Strawberry Update for Monday, June 15
Our Strawberry Drive-thru is back for Monday!
A great option to get more strawberry deliciousness in a hassle-free way.
Order online via our website by 11am on Monday and pick your order up at our Home Farm in Hamilton (38299 Hughesville Rd) from 2-5pm
Options include:
1. Heaping fresh picked 4-quart bucket of strawberries
2. Fresh baked donuts (mixed box of our famous strawberry glaze and cinnamon sugar)
3. Fresh made strawberry jam by the jar or 12-jar case
4. Pint of Gruto’s Soft serve ice cream with flavor options chocolate, vanilla or strawberry 🍓 made with our strawberries!
Order online with this link by 11am on Monday and pick up at 2-5pm at 38299 Hughesville Rd
https://wegmeyerfarms.com/drive-thru/
Our Oatlands and home farm upick locations have a few reservation slots for Monday available as of right now on our website www.wegmeyerfarms.com
Tomorrow Monday I will walk the fields to check supply and we will post slots for Tuesday at about 6pm
Our Gilbert’s Corner location will be closed on Monday
The cooler less humid temps are making this a joyful time for both the strawberries and those who love to be outside to pick them. We are in the 4th quarter of the season and the berries are incredible for this time of year.
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
11:05 update. The Strawberries coming off the field today are amazing!
Strawberry Update for Sunday, June 14
Sunday we will be open 9-3ish at the Gilbert’s Corner market (39958 John Mosby Hwy Aldie)
We will have fresh picked strawberries, fresh made strawberry jam, fresh baked donuts (flavors will be a mixed box of cinnamon sugar and strawberry frosted). Also Gruto’s soft serve ice cream featuring strawberry soft serve made with our strawberries.
Details for pre-picked: we will begin picking at day-break and will hopefully have a bunch by 9 when we open. Then I will be bringing another load back up to the white tent about 1-1.5 hrs later followed a few more loads. It’s first come first serve and if you come when we are temporarily out, we will have more relatively shortly. (Strawberries are hand picked as fast and carefully as we can). I’m not sure what the overall supply will be tomorow but hopefully it’s a good day.
We are closed at our Upick Home farm location for ripening and hopefully will be back open Monday. If so, we will post the reservation slots on Sunday evening at about 6pm.
Our Oatlands upick location is sold out of reservations tomorrow. I will walk the field tomorrow evening to evaluate supply and we will post reservation slots if we are open on Monday, at about 6pm on Sunday on our website.
We are in the 4th quarter of our strawberry harvest season and are hoping to make a strong push until the end. Here’s hoping for sunny skies and 70 degee weather!
Have a berry good evening everyone. 🍓
38299 Hughesville Rd
Hamilton, VA
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So far the strawberry crop is looking fabulous! A few more weeks to go. This video is from our Gilbert’s Corner field in Aldie while I was out doing field maintenance this morning.
Baby strawberry plants cooling off under the sprinklers today. Last strawberry update for awhile. Next post will be about pumpkins! We open on the 28th for upick pumpkins.
Happy National Donut Day! Stop on by one of our strawberry upick locations today to celebrate this awesome holiday!
Strawberry Picking Update for Friday, May 10 Berries for the weekend? Right now is a great time to pick. Details for our 3 field locations Open 9-7 Gilbert’s Corner in Aldie (intersection of rt 15 & 50) Still huge berries coming off the field! Our farm fresh donut truck will be here. We will have prepicked berries. Open 9-7 Oatlands in Leesburg (field is right off of rt 15. Turn on little Oatlands lane) Incredible picking. This field is spectacular right now. Closed Home Farm in Hamilton. Still.....waiting on more berries to ripen I’d recommend a Friday picking adventure if you can make it work. Sunshine and warmer temps Thursday afternoon set up Friday to be a pickers paradise. Check back with us regarding the picking conditions for the weekend. We will keep you updated. Thanks for reading this update.
The Berries in the field are HUGE! Never this early have we had this size.
We have three more Strawberry Paint & Wine nights in our historic barn. Take a sneak peak of the fun and friendship shared over painting and our fabulous strawberry wine, Berry Good Friends made with our strawberries by our friends at Fabbioli Cellars. Berry Good Friends is availabile for a limited time and can be purchased at any of our three fields. Reserve your bottle today! Wine and paint tickets can be purchased from our website, www.wegmeyerfarms.com/events
The strawberry picking is fabulous today at our Oatlands and Gilbert's Corner fields. We are open until 8 today
It's finally time! For everyone who has been asking - Wegmeyer Farms will be selling sparkling strawberry wine starting on Sunday! Anyone who has already reserved cases, pick up will be between 1-4 at the home farm in Lincoln. If you would like to reserve a half-case or more, email [email protected] and we will have it ready for you on Sunday! Happy Spring!
Berry D. Licious warming up for the Christmas parade.
Planting winter wheat for a cover crop to improve soil fertility for next year's pumpkin crop
Check out this "Strawberry Jam" - thank you Andrew McKnight!
Come see us at Oatlands! We will sing you a song.
Looking for a cool strawberry drink? Check out what our friend Scott Harris Catoctin Creek Distilling Company made from a bucket of strawberries - a Strawberry Jive that is oh, so tasty! Check out the video and you could do it too!
Take the Strawberry Bucket Challenge:what would you do with a bucket of Wegmeyer Farms' strawberries? Share your video with us and win a bucket of berries! Check out our friend Claudia Jacobson at Cafe Schumann
Grutos soft serve ice cream shop in downtown Purcellville will be serving up strawberry sundaes with our strawberries every weekend in May!
Happy Earth Day from way up above our Oatlands strawberry field!
Using our new power blower today to clean the strawberry plants of dead leaves from winter. Dead leaves can create disease later on in the season and removing them keeps the plant healthy!
Harriet and Elizabeth are now planting strawberries at Oatlands. The home farm is done.
The beautiful strawberry field at our Oatlands location
Picking is fantastic. We are OPEN today at Gilbert's Corner (rt 50 &15) from 10-6ish
Finally able to work the ground for the first time this spring for preparation to plant our CSA crops! It's still a little wet and more rain is coming.
Pumpkin Harvest 2014 has begun! We are picking the small "pik-a-pie" variety first.
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