The mission of Tillie's Farm

is to grow and provide local, healthy, and seasonal produce using sustainable farming practices with a focus on education for community members, youth, and vocational training.

Tillie's Farm in Peabody has been growing community since 1940. Marian Newhall, who was better known by her nickname Tillie. Her family had an established wholesale business selling fruits and vegetables but Tillie wanted to offer these and other locally grown products to her neighbors and the local community.

Fruits & Vegetables

Annuals & Perennials

Cemetery Baskets

Tillie's Farm

Seasons

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Spring

Tillie's Farm opens around April 1st each year and has pansies and other hardy annuals and perennials. The greenhouses are growing a variety of potted plants and hanging baskets.

As the calendar turns to May, the staff at Tillie's is busy preparing cemetery baskets and is well-stocked with military flags for Memorial Day. As the weather begins to warm, more flowers, such as Impatiens, New Guinea Impatiens, Petunias, Marigolds, Gerber Daisies, and a greater selection of annuals and Perennials begin to appear at the farm.

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Summer

Father's Day weekend is when Tillie's typically begins to sell a wide variety of fruits, including: strawberries, blueberries,raspberries, cherries, seedless grapes, peaches, plums, and nectarines.

Locally grown vegetables also appear at theis time, including: tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, zucchini, sugar snap peas, green beans, eggplant, radishes, onions, and potatoes.

Our famous 4th of July tomatoes and corn are definitely the most popular items throughout the summer months.

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Fall

With cooler days come Chrysanthemums in many colors and sizes as well as perennial hibiscus.

We have delicious apples from Brooksby Farm as well as a variety of squashes, butternut, acorn, carnival, butter cup, and Blue Hubbard.

We have pumpkins of every shape and size as well as small bales of hay, corn stocks, and scarecrows to complete your harvest/Halloween decorating.

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Staff

Farm Manager: Billy Murphy

Billy grew up in Peabody and began working at Tillie's when he was 14. Over the years he has done every job at the farm and looks forward to continue to serve the community.

Shelagh Murphy

Peabody native, Shelagh Murphy, has been working at Tillie's for 6 years. In the spring she can be found in the greenhouses doing most of the planting and transplanting. She also works on many of the baskets when not helping customers in the farm stand.

Tillie's Farm

Contact

Contact Info

Visit us

189 Lynn Street

Peabody, MA. 01960

Open Everyday 9am to 6pm

Call us

978-854-6248

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