South Windermere Gardens
by Coutts Agriculture Inc.
A u-pick berry farm in southwest Edmonton.
Know your food. Know your farmer.
Saskatoon Berry Season is Here!
2010 STRAWBERRY SEASON IS HERE!
July "Big Strawberries" now finished.
(More "Big Strawberries" in September)
Medium and Small sweeties available.
WEAR MOSQUITO PROTECTION!
New creamer potatoes available!
Other vegetables include beets, Swiss chard and shallot onions
CLOSED Mondays
[OPEN Tuesday through Sunday Mornings: 9:00-12:00 noon]
[OPEN Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Evenings: 5:00-8:00 p.m.]
Best days to visit: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday :)
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PLEASE CHECK THE PHONE MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE YOU COME OUT TO CHECK THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN PICKED OUT or RAINED OUT FOR TODAY. 780-721-1932 We are closed Mondays to let Mother Nature do her work and grow some more delicious berries.
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SAFETY FIRST: OPEN TOED FOOTWEAR SUCH AS FLIP FLOPS AND SANDALS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE FIELDS. THIS IS A WORKING FARM, NOT THE SHOPPING MALL. PLEASE COME PREPARED!
A special thanks to everyone who came out last year with proper footwear - Loren & Jade |
LARGE GROUP POLICY (15+ people)
[website updated July 1, 2010]
The bees are hard at work! Every flower on the farm must be visited!
This year we have planted beets, bok choi, carrots, eggplant, gailan, garden peas, snow peas, green beans, yellow beans, pickling cucumbers & dill, peppers, tomatoes, radishes, squash, Swiss chard and zucchini! With the plentiful rain, things are growing well!
STRAWBERRY PICKING QUALITY TODAY: Medium & Small BERRIES!
Strawberry season is now! :)
We grow both day neutral (ever-bearing) and June bearing (July bearing in Edmonton) strawberries.
Saskatoon berry season is now! :)
Raspberry season is over before it began this year :(
Because of the 2009 drought, no new raspberry canes, so no raspberries in 2010.
See you soon!
Tender Bok Choi loves growing in a tunnel!
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Strawberries began July 1... and will finish in autumn with killing frost (-4C). |
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THANKS FOR THINKING ABOUT THE FARM and SEE YOU SOON!!
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PRESENTLY AVAILABLE: Strawberries! Saskatoons!
Beets and Beet Greens, Lettuce, Shallot Onions, Swiss Chard, New creamer potatoes
(note: during farming season email response is slow!)
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Farm location on GOOGLE MAPS (LINK). Note that as at June 27, 2010 Google has made an error naming 41 Avenue SW Edmonton as Township Road 512 County of Leduc... Also, if you type our address into Google Maps, you will get the wrong location. Thanks Google! This link uses the latitude & longitude location of our farm: 53 23' 44.40"N 113 37' 50.02"W
DIRECTIONS TO OUR FARM FROM Anthony Henday Drive at Terwillegar Drive:
Print Riverbend-Terwillegar Directions DIRECTIONS TO OUR FARM FROM Rutherford-MacEwan: Go South on 127 Street to 41 Avenue S.W. Turn right and go straight West on 41 Avenue S.W. 5.8 km to
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Our favourite breakfast smoothie:
1/3 vanilla yogurt
1/3 orange juice
1/3 freshly picked raspberries, strawberries or saskatoons
plus a spoonful of fresh ground flaxseed.
optional: some dried cranberries
U-Pick: Dress for the ENVIRONMENT!
A big part of a positive farm experience is being properly prepared for the weather. Don't forget your sun hat, sun screen, gloves, suitable footwear, mosquito protection and drinking water!
South Windermere Gardens is a commercial, operating farm. Please exercise caution in all your activities when visiting.
Flips flops, sandals or other opened toe footwear are not appropriate footwear on a farm. Such footwear can expose your feet to soil, straw, small stones and other discomforting hazards commonly found on farms.
Please leave your pets at home.
CBC's Edmonton Weather: http://www.cbc.ca/weather/s0000510.html
The Weather Network's Edmonton Weather: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CAAB0103.htm
by placing them in a sink full of of cold water. They'll float! After no more than 5 minutes scoop the berries out by hand and drain them in a colander or on a towel. Very ripe strawberries are quite delicate, you should plan on using them within 3 days of picking. Field heat should be removed immediately after picking by washing with cold water. NEVER NEVER PUT STRAWBERRIES IN A PLASTIC BAG - YOU WILL GET JAM!
Wash your berries before using or eating them
To conserve limited moisture and better fight the weeds we began planting our strawberries on plastic mulch in 2008!
LARGE GROUP POLICY (15+ people):
Thank you for your interest in bringing your large group to our small farm. Large groups need to make an appointment with us at least one week prior to your planned arrival so that we may properly prepare.
We are a small family farm that primarily has families and individuals visiting to pick fruits and vegetables for their own needs. We have neither picnic facilities nor playground. We work hard to produce some of the best fruits and vegetables you've ever tasted. That requires an atmosphere of orderliness, perseverance, concern and respect for the environment in which the farm exists.
Because large groups can be disruptive with respect to our regular customers, we usually set aside a group area so that your group may enjoy your visit to the farm as a group. This requires some planning ahead. Because of our limited capacity, large groups arriving without an appointment may need to be broken up into smaller groups, such as individual families, or, we may refuse admission.
Like our regular customers, large group customers pick and then pay and then eat. Please eat after you've paid. If you eat in the field, we will charge a fee of $5.00 per person for each and every person in the group, regardless of age.
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would strongly encourage your group’s leader or leaders to visit us during regular business hours prior to your group's visit to determine if what we have is able to meet your needs and expectations. We are concerned that we may disappoint. With adequate planning we can reasonably accommodate groups up to 60 people.
A LITTLE OF OUR HISTORY:
2004 at South Windermere Gardens in Pictures
2003 at South Windermere Gardens in Pictures
2002 at South Windermere Gardens in Pictures
South Windermere Gardens is not our first venture in commercial horticulture. Our commercial horticulture roots go back to the 1980s at our original farm at Calmar. At that farm we produced beans, carrots and cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage) for the wholesale market. Have a look at our history.
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