Groff's Plant Farm

Groff's Plant Farm

  • 6128 Street Rd
  • Kirkwood, Pennsylvania
  • 17536

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Description

We39e been here a lot longer than we39e been here. Our story starts in 1915 when my grandfather moved his family from north of Lancaster to the southeastern part of the county. Perhaps he was in search of cheaper land or perhaps some of his relatives thought it would be better if he and his brother didn39 live so close. Grandfather operated a stereotype general farm through the depression and into the World War II era. His cows and tobacco provided most of the income. They moved to Quarryville about the time I was born and my father took the reins of the farm. Within months of my birth, dad started to plant fruit trees. I grew up with a slowly expanding retail fruit orchard that the family operated until the early 1990ies. I also remember that grandmother had left lots of flowers around the homestead and had wonderful flower gardens in Quarryville. Health forced my grandparents to give up housekeeping when I was 11. In the few years before that I was grandmother39 gardener...

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Number of employees
15-29

Company contacts

  • Carlton Groff
  • Owner

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