Sometimes Mother Nature has a different plan. Our strawberries are in need of some extra sunshine to ripen, which means we have to postpone Strawberry Day one week. Same great activities from 10 am – 4 pm, including pick-your-own strawberries from 10 am – 2 pm (while supplies last), except now the event will take place on Saturday, June 22.
To get you in the mood for Strawberry Day, we thought we’d share a few surprising facts about strawberries.
- Strawberries aren’t really berries. A true berry forms from a single ovary of a flower, whereas a strawberry is made of many seeds held in a fleshy container made from part of the stem. Botanically, an avocado is a berry, while a strawberry is not.
- Strawberries belong to the rose family. Other members of this family include those familiar romantic roses you might get on Valentine’s Day, as well as apples, almonds, raspberries and cherries.
- Today’s cultivated strawberries have a truly global origin. They’re a blend of a tiny native North American species that you might have seen in our woodlands, and a native Chilean species that has large fruit. The blend was produced in Europe in the 18th century and brought back to America.
- Many animals love strawberries as much as we do. You can meet some of them at Strawberry Day and watch them chow down.
Our strawberries, like all of our produce, are grown without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides. We think we grow some of the best, and we’re sure you will too! Learn more about what we have planned for Strawberry Day.
All activities are free with paid admission except pick-your-own strawberries, which will be $5 per quart.