About Gurosik's Berry Plantation, Inc.

We seek God’s guidance on our journey to service. We produce strawberries and hybrid blackberries with a passion for quality, flavor, freshness, nutrition and food safety. SEASONALPEACHES, PRODUCE,BERRIES, & FLOWER It is mid March and the strawberry & hybrid blackberry crops are looking GREAT. Prepicked strawberries will probably start about April 8th, MASTERS week, and Pick Your Own should start about April 18th, mid April. We are seeking honest, personable, willing & able bodied people to join our team for seasonal marketing, April thru June, Tuesdays thru Saturdays. RETIREES are welcome. If interested, please call 803-278-0594, and leave your name and telephone number after the beep. We’ll call you back and arrange for an interview. We’ll look forward to seeing you and your family in early April. EVERY EASTER WE WAIT, WE BELIEVE , AND “HE” SENDS US ATRINITY BERRY! Beautiful, young ladies making “MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME WITH FAMILY” Please check the recording or the website for future updates Gurosik’s Berry Plantation, Inc, a true family farm, is a leading producer of strawberries, hybrid blackberries and related products in the Central Savannah River Area. Enjoy friendly, courteous service, gorgeous flowers, the peaceful relaxing rural atmosphere and farm fresh, tasty, top quality vine ripened fruits and vegetables. We Do Not accept debit or credit cards ALWAYS call our info line at 803-278-0594 IMMEDIATELY PRIOR to driving out to the farm. We do not recommend calling several hours before your planned visit, because circumstances can change very quickly. YOU WILL NOT GET A REAL PERSON WHEN YOU CALL This line has an answering machine message which is updated as our circumstances change Tuesday- Friday 8am – 6pm U-Pick 8-1 Saturday 8am – 6pm U-PICK 8-3 Sunday & Monday Closed ROADSIDE MARKETS – ALL NOW CLOSED FOR THE SEASON Tuesday – Friday 10am – 6pm, or until the Heat Index becomes unsafe. Saturday 9am – 6pm Sunday & Monday Closed Gurosik’s Berry plantation is blessed with a narrow band of very high nutrient holding soils resulting in UNSURPASSED FLAVOR SEASONS DATES Strawberry April through late May Hybrid Blackberry Mid May through late June Asparagus Early April through Early May Flowers Late May through EARLY July Heirlooom Tomatoes Early June-Early July We appreciate your support and patronage over the years and we thank you for the loyalty which has been a blessing to all of us at the Farm. For questions or comments about this website, please contact us at:strberrplt@aol.com

Our Story

We seek God’s guidance on our journey to service. We produce strawberries with a passion for quality, flavor, freshness, nutrition and food safety. “Gurosiks is to Strawberries as Vidalia is to Onions” Clyde and Marilyn were born and raised in a small northern Pennsylvania town of Kersey. They have spent over 54 years of marriage working and building their business.” Clyde, a PSU mechanical engineering graduate, now retired, transitioned from Savannah River Site, Thermonuclear Weapons Components Management, to full time farming. His first memory was watching his parents, from a play pen, as they worked their Pennsylvania strawberry farm. Clyde attributes his passion for land preservation and strawberries to his deceased parents, who established strong values and principles. Marilyn, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate in music, taught school in Altoona, PA, Chattanooga,TN, and in Edgefield county schools. She discontinued teaching years ago to manage the expanding farm marketing operations. As long as their in-laws’ health permitted, they spent each spring providing much appreciated help at the farm and are respectfully remembered by many. At the approximately 100 acre farm on both sides of Briggs Road in Edgefield County, Merriwether area, the owners apply over 75 years of experience to grow the best strawberries, blackberries, produce and flowers. The farm, which was heavily forested over 44 years ago, was purchased specifically for strawberry production after intensive soil and water research. A monumental effort and investment was made to clear forests, prepare land, construct irrigation ponds and seven separate pumping stations. Fields are at different elevations, orientations and wind exposure to alter the start, peak and end of the season. Disciplined water and nutrient management programs are followed to maximize sugar content, flavor and quality The business grew from one small U-Pick field in 1981 to a commercial retail and wholesale business with five large strawberry fields, hybrid blackberries, flowers, asparagus as well as processed products, fresh produce (tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, beans, peas, spinach, onions), delicious fruit breads and fritters, gifts, custom gift baskets, local honey. The business has provided for numerous church and civic strawberry festivals annually (over 44 years) and contributes fruit and products to other charities as a tithe to God, Who provides the berry abundance. From our farm directly to your precious family – Gurosik’s Strawberries

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Meet Clyde and Marilyn Gurosik

Farmers Market Owner · Since 1981