Butterwood Farm

03/29/2026

"Spring has sprung, the buds do break; Spring has sprung and nature wakes" Lettuce, spinach, broccoli and cauliflower transplants available for purchase at our self-serve roadside farm stand. Proud to participate in the Jersey Grown program "Jersey Grown, As Green As it Gets" https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/jerseygrown/

06/04/2025

End of the season Sale! All perennials: buy 2 get the 3rd for free. Great selection of natives. All annuals (many pollinator friendly) are buy 1 get one free. Offered at our self-serve roadside farm stand.

03/22/2025

Ring-a-ling-ling, now it's Spring! Lettuce, spinach, broccoli and cauliflower transplants available for purchase at our self-serve roadside farm stand.

01/18/2025

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our website!

Now offering rentals, event venue rentals and educational field trips!

We are a small farm located in Upper Township, Cape May County, NJ just a few miles outside of Ocean City. We specialize in home-grown perennials and vegetable plants. We have a full-service working barn with an attached waste-management plant where chicken manure is converted into fertilizer.

06/10/2024

Perennial Spotlight! Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) is an attractive woody vining plant with showy clusters of 2” long, crimson tubular flowers. It’s quite vigorous, growing from 10-20’ tall and is easily trained on a trellis, arbor or fence, but can also sprawl as a ground cover. The plant blooms heavily in late spring then sporadically until fall. The flowers of this native honeysuckle attract hummingbirds, bees and butterflies to the garden throughout the summer. Flowers are followed by bright red fruit, attractive to birds. Coral honeysuckle prefers average, well-drained, soil in full sun to part shade, but flowers best in full sun. Available today at our self-serve farm stand.

05/27/2024

Young laying hens for sale, purchased as ready to lay pullets in mid-February, now in full production. Hyline Brown, $15/each, located in Cape May County.

05/25/2024

All set up at the Strawberry Festival, 10a-3p today, John Wesley Gandy Farmstead, Tyler Road, Greenfield. Stop on by!

05/23/2024

Perennial Spotlight! Joe Pye w**d (Eupatorium fistulosum) is a robust, upright perennial with hollow purple stems accented by huge, rounded, tight clusters of pink or purplish-mauve flowers. It’s an important pollen and nectar plant and attracts butterflies (particularly the swallowtail butterfly) and other pollinators by the dozens. Plants can vary widely in size and height, ranging anywhere from 5’-8’. Joe Pye w**d blooms in July and August with flowers maturing to a buff-colored seedhead that persists into the winter. Its height makes it an excellent background plant in border perennial beds, but is also majestic standing alone. In the garden, the plant may need support. Plants may also be pinched in early summer to decrease the overall height of the plant and encourage smaller and a greater number of blooms. This beauty does best when planted in moist soil in full to part sun. Cut back after winter's end. Hollow stems are good solitary bee nesting material - if possible, leave 6-18" of stem up for nesting bees. Available today at our self-serve farm stand.

05/19/2024

Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Torch’) - This traditional version produces daisy-like vibrant orange flowers that provide nectar and habitat for butterflies and bees. A relative of zinnias and sunflowers, this striking plant resembles both and blooms mid-summer until the first hard freeze. It has multiple uses for both garden beds and for cutting. Torch is a quick and easy grower that thrives in full sun and heat. At heights of up to 72 inches tall, grow this showy annual in the back of borders or in mass plantings. Available today at our self-serve farm stand.

05/10/2024

Artichokes? Yes, they can be grown here in southern NJ! The artichoke is an edible thistle flower bud which is eaten before it opens. If left to full maturity, the flower blooms a beautiful purple thistle. Transplants available for purchase here at our farm stand. For more information on growing artichokes, refer to Rutgers publication “Globe Artichoke Production in New Jersey” https://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.php?pid

05/04/2024

Our stand is fully stocked with vegetable plants, vine crops and herbs. All vegetable plants grown here on the farm from seed. We're proud to participate in the Jersey Grown program - "Jersey Grown, As Green As it Gets" https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/jerseygrown/