Stony Hill Gardens

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Stony Hill Gardens opened in 1988 with an original emphasis in cut orchid flowers. Since then, we have grown and expanded our operations in so many ways, offering not only cut flowers but a generous collection of flowers and herbs as well as an extensive vegetable and fruit operation.

Our Gardens location grew to include our Farm Market location, which boasts a Maze Fun Park and 10-acre giant corn maze every fall, with other fun attractions throughout the year. Along with our Sunflower Festival, Jersey Fresh vegetables and fruit, we offer pick-your-own strawberries, apples, and pumpkins and sell pre-cut Christmas trees, wreaths, and roping at the end of the season.

Our Story

Our story began when Carol’s parents bought the 40 acres where Stony Hill Gardens is currently located. Carol had a great passion for farming and animal husbandry; eventually attending Delaware Valley College for Animal Husbandry where she met Dale in her sophomore year.

Dale grew up in Illinois and always had a passion for cut flowers and a love for agriculture. His family moved to Princeton, NJ, where he too eventually attended Delaware Valley College while working at Starkes, and received his bachelor’s degree in Ornamental Horticulture in 1980.

Married in May of 1980, Dale and Carol decided to open their own greenhouse business, with Carol taking two semesters of floral design at Mercer County Community College and making wedding arrangements in the basement of their home. Through Dale’s previous job connections at Starkes, an orchid wholesaler in Pennsylvania, they were able to receive three of their greenhouses when the business ended up closing their doors and transported them to Chester, NJ.

In 2002, Dale Davis IV graduated from Delaware Valley College after studying Horticulture. As a result of his studies, Stony Hill Farms began growing vegetables and fruit; we now farm approximately 500 acres and have 20 acres of orchards containing peach, pear, apricot, plum, pluot, and apple trees.