Hokum Rock Blueberry Farm
~ pick your own blueberries ~
Closed for the season ~ Thank you for your support!
We will keep you posted on whether we will be open to the public for a day or two this summer.
- Steve & Janice
We will keep you posted on whether we will be open to the public for a day or two this summer.
- Steve & Janice
A note to our patrons...
The number of patrons visiting our farm every summer seems to keep growing beyond our capacity to supply enough blueberries for the crowds or parking space in our meadows. However, after fifty years, it is not time to expand, but time to downsize.
Our plan is to keep the farm open for as long as we can- without paid helpers, without nets, without treating the plants for insects and disease, without importing bees, without pruning, without weeding, without machinery repairs, and, as of 2023, without drip irrigation. The plants will survive but they will not be what they once were. We will try to open to the public at least one day for as long as possible. We will still host the annual Sturgis Pre-School field trip for as long as possible We will still invite family and close friends over to pick berries privately for as long as possible. So the farm will still be operating but on a different scale. And we hope this means we will return to the quieter more manageable farm it once was until the day, sometime in the near future, when we will close completely and the farm becomes the conservation land we have established it to be in perpetuity. It is our hope the farm we have all come to love over half a century will continue to be loved and preserved for centuries to come, as a living legacy, possibly renamed as Hokum Rock Fields Conservation Lands. It goes without saying that we are not retiring from our conservation work which requires ever more time and attention these days.
These are our golden years, in which we wear the laurel of our now 51 year jubilee achievement. We know this will be a difficult transition for many of you, as it will be for us. It will take some adjustment for you, our loyal patrons, and for our staff and many wonderful volunteers and friends, but, in the immortal words of William Wordsworth in Ode on Intimations of Immortality, from Recollections of Early Childhood: "Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind, in the primal sympathy which having been must ever be."
The number of patrons visiting our farm every summer seems to keep growing beyond our capacity to supply enough blueberries for the crowds or parking space in our meadows. However, after fifty years, it is not time to expand, but time to downsize.
Our plan is to keep the farm open for as long as we can- without paid helpers, without nets, without treating the plants for insects and disease, without importing bees, without pruning, without weeding, without machinery repairs, and, as of 2023, without drip irrigation. The plants will survive but they will not be what they once were. We will try to open to the public at least one day for as long as possible. We will still host the annual Sturgis Pre-School field trip for as long as possible We will still invite family and close friends over to pick berries privately for as long as possible. So the farm will still be operating but on a different scale. And we hope this means we will return to the quieter more manageable farm it once was until the day, sometime in the near future, when we will close completely and the farm becomes the conservation land we have established it to be in perpetuity. It is our hope the farm we have all come to love over half a century will continue to be loved and preserved for centuries to come, as a living legacy, possibly renamed as Hokum Rock Fields Conservation Lands. It goes without saying that we are not retiring from our conservation work which requires ever more time and attention these days.
These are our golden years, in which we wear the laurel of our now 51 year jubilee achievement. We know this will be a difficult transition for many of you, as it will be for us. It will take some adjustment for you, our loyal patrons, and for our staff and many wonderful volunteers and friends, but, in the immortal words of William Wordsworth in Ode on Intimations of Immortality, from Recollections of Early Childhood: "Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind, in the primal sympathy which having been must ever be."
~ established in 1973 ~
Proprietors, Stephen Spear & Janice Riley
General Information or when we are open:
When open to the public, the gate opens at 8am and closes at 10am. By arriving between 8:30 and 9am, visitors can avoid the early rush of traffic. Pint containers and picking trays are provided. Ample parking. Handicap accessible. Bathroom facilities are NOT available in 2023. Cash and checks only- no credit cards. There are chairs under our canopy, as well as water. Pints are expected to be $6.00 this year but we will notify you if this changes.
Blueberry season typically runs from mid-July through mid-August. The farm is only open on day or days posted, which have always varied weekly, depending on the ripeness of berries and the weather. Please check back here regularly for updated postings, especially this year, check our farm sign, or call 508-385-2768 for a recorded message.
Directions: The farm is located at the corner of Hokum Rock Rd & Rte. 134, East Dennis, MA. Approx. #1213 on GPS. Map below.
Email: [email protected]
Farm Phone: 508-385-2768
When open to the public, the gate opens at 8am and closes at 10am. By arriving between 8:30 and 9am, visitors can avoid the early rush of traffic. Pint containers and picking trays are provided. Ample parking. Handicap accessible. Bathroom facilities are NOT available in 2023. Cash and checks only- no credit cards. There are chairs under our canopy, as well as water. Pints are expected to be $6.00 this year but we will notify you if this changes.
Blueberry season typically runs from mid-July through mid-August. The farm is only open on day or days posted, which have always varied weekly, depending on the ripeness of berries and the weather. Please check back here regularly for updated postings, especially this year, check our farm sign, or call 508-385-2768 for a recorded message.
Directions: The farm is located at the corner of Hokum Rock Rd & Rte. 134, East Dennis, MA. Approx. #1213 on GPS. Map below.
Email: [email protected]
Farm Phone: 508-385-2768