Story and photos By Jasmine Stark
On April 19th, Dickey farms hosted their 3rd annual Strawberry festival and it was a blast!
There was a lot to do at the festival with a number of games and bouncy castles/slides set up for the kids and plenty to eat too with a long line of food trucks with everything from Burgers to Sushi to Wine slushies.
The event included a number of vendors selling handmade products and advertising a variety of services, most of which were local small businesses.
It also featured live music by the Midnite Cruzer Band.
I talked briefly with Mike Tuck from the Midnite Cruzer Band who told me that the band has been playing for 16 years, adding their most recent member 13 years ago.
He said they’ll play anything from the 60s to the 90s and though this is their first time at the strawberry festival, they hope to return in future years.
The first Strawberry Festival at Dickey Farms was hosted April 13th 2019. The goal was to bring the community together and give everyone the experience of picking their own strawberries. They wanted to get the kids out of the house and the family together to spend quality time out in the sun.
Judging from the number of people of all ages walking around, playing, and picking at this year’s festival, I’d say they’ve achieved their goals.
Susan Pryor, who works in the office of Dickey Farms, coordinated vendors and helped bring the event to life but she wouldn’t take all the credit. She told me that the festival was made possible by the fifty some workers who came out that day to sell strawberries, icecream, food, and tickets.
The workers who made this year’s strawberry festival at Dickey Farms possible were a mix of FFA volunteers and Dickey farms employees.
Dickey farms employs a total of about 140 people and has been in business since 1897.
“We invite everyone to come out to our farm and not just for our strawberry festival. ‘You pick’ is available every day of the week during strawberry season” Susan told me.
Strawberry season at Dickey Farms runs from April through May and only last until the strawberries run out so if you haven’t stopped by yet and you’ve been craving some delicious, farm fresh strawberries, pay them a visit soon before all the strawberries are gone.
