Bees & Trees Farm

Saturday, October 29th
Bring the Family & Tag Your Christmas Tree!

Want to make sure you have THE best selection of Christmas trees to choose from this year? Want to make sure you even GET a fresh tree this year? Then be sure to head to Bees & Trees on Saturday, October 29th when tree-tagging officially kicks off!

That's right, this year's annual tree-tagging event will be on Halloween weekend and, to make it even more special for families, we will have $5 pony rides, Law Dawgs Food truck, homemade "designer" caramel apples, our own fresh apple cider sold by the quart and more! Oh, and remember, this is a family establishment...leashed pets are more than welcome!

"The weather here this year has been fantastic for growing Christmas trees," said owner, Jeff Gregson, "you can tell that as soon as you see the trees in our fields. We have never had a selection more beautiful than this crop."

Last year Bees & Trees sold 300 trees on Thanksgiving weekend and had to shut down tree sales for the remainder of the season. This year, with the national tree shortage still very much present, Gregson anticipates the same scenario happening.

"We're recommending that people wanting a fresh tree this year, tag one early so they are guaranteed to get one," said Jeff Gregson. "All bets are off after we evaluate the fields following the first cuts."

Check back right here for more details about this weekend as they become available!

Bees & Trees Has Record Turnout at Culpeper Harvest Days Farm Tour

Bees & Trees Farm once again bested it's previous year's attendance record on the Culpeper County Harvest Days Farm Tour with a total of 1343 visitors--953 on Saturday alone! Surprised by an increase of 577 people this year, owners Teresa and Jeff Gregson were thrilled at the numbers and grateful to the staff of the Tour who made these numbers possible.

"All thanks goes to Winona Pritts," said Teresa Gregson "Winona oversees the Tour and works with all the participating farms. She handles the media and printing, coordinates the scheduling and organizes the volunteers for the entire Tour. Under Winona's watch, this Tour has grown by leaps and bounds, said Teresa."

"We were thrilled by the increased attendance," said Jeff Gregson. "It means people like what we're offering--but you never know if you've struck the right chord until the day of the event and people actually show up!"

Bees & Trees Farm raises honey bees and sells their honey throughout the year but the Gregsons really enjoy showing people how the honey bees's hives work and educating people of the importance of honey bees to the ecosystem. "The Farm Tour gives us an opportunity to offer honey bee demonstrations on raising bees and extracting honey," said Jeff "and those are always well-attended events."

The stars of this year's honey bee demonstrations, Valerie and Gates Bierhausen, are not newcomers to Bees & Trees, having offered their demos for several years.

"We are so blessed to have an extended family of friends that helps us on the farm throughout the year as well as with this Tour," said Teresa. "We rely on their support in so many ways and are grateful to each and every one of them."

Bees & Trees owns and operates "The Farm Store" which is open Wednesdays-Sundays throughout the year from 10-4 PM selling local wines, hard ciders, Black Angus beef, honey, eggs as well as other locally sourced products and gifts. They also have an online store, an Airbnb --The Garden View Suite. The spring of 2023 they will be opening a wedding venue "The Gazebo" for small/micro weddings of less than 80 people.

The Farm Store freezer's full of Black Angus beef. For those of you who can taste the difference between Black Angus and, well, the other stuff, your taste buds will be delighted to learn we are full up and have another steer being processed in just a few weeks.

Whether your favorite cut is bone-in rib eye, Delmonico, filet, NY strip or any of our other cuts, it's all here and it won't last long!

Come enjoy our regular ground beef on sale now for only $5.25/lb. If you're not sure how good a price that is, we encourage you to check with your local grocery store! Be sure to compare apples to apples---ours is locally raised, Black Angus AND tastier!

Black Angus Cattle--Genetics Matter--We're Raising Better Beef

Jeff Gregson, co-owner of Bees & Trees Farm has learned there are steer and then there are steer.

Having raised and commercially sold black Angus steer to the public for nearly seven years, Gregson has learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn't when it comes to selling a healthy and tasty beef product.

It might surprise you to learn, there's more to it then just raising a herd of cows on a grassy field! Turns out it's also very much about genetics!

Where that steer comes from--the quality of the stock from which it was bred--is as important to overall quality and taste as how it was raised!

"We know there's a difference--we've tasted the difference--and we want to give our customers the very best black Angus quality we can by only purchasing calves that have very strong genetics--that is certified black Angus," said Gregson.

The black Angus breed has long been recognized for its high genetic quality. And it is that high quality which has made Angus beef a top seller on the beef shelf in stores everywhere.

Good genetics coupled with being raised in a careful and responsible manner--on grass and finished with grain--will deliver a high quality beef cut with the proper fat content and good marbling.

"Those qualities give our beef the flavor and tenderness our customers have come to expect," said Gregson. "It's hard to find that kind of balance in other breeds."

Bees & Trees Farm now procures their certified black Angus cattle from Audley Farms in Clarke County, VA.

Audley Farms takes pride in raising black Angus cattle of the highest standards and genetics. Their beef follows a "slow food” production model. Similar to Bees & Trees, their cattle roam freely on acres of open pasture, and are never given steroids, growth hormones, antibiotics, or grain from unnatural feed sources.

The black Angus breed has long been recognized for its high genetic quality. And it is that high quality which has made Angus beef a top seller on the beef shelf in stores everywhere.

Bees & Trees Launches Into Micro Weddings Beginning the Spring of 2023!

Beginning the spring of 2023, Bees & Trees will start hosting small, micro weddings and special family events.

"For years, we've been asked if we would consider allowing weddings, anniversary parties or reunion picnics on our farm, but we hesitated because we didn't feel like we were set up to do it right," said owner, Teresa Gregson.

"Weddings are one of the most important events in a couple's life and we hoped to offer a venue that would be unique, memorable and create the lasting memories every young couple wants to have."

Now, with the addition of the Airbnb on the property and the completion of their Gazebo, Gregson envisions hosting those special events at Bees & Trees.

"There are plenty of farms and wedding venues that cater to large-scale weddings," said Gregson, "but we will be booking events that cater to small, intimate groups. We want to be the venue that provides an intimate experience in a beautiful location at an affordable price."

Next up is the landscaping and electrical work which will be completed this fall. Special events will begin next Spring.

The Garden View Suite Earns
Airbnb Superhost Status Again!

Bees & Trees is pleased to announce that, for the THIRD time in a row, their Airbnb property--The Garden View Suite--has earned the coveted Superhost status from Airbnb!

This status comes directly from guests' ranking on value, cleanliness and communication with the property's host. In addition, a minimum number of 12 guest stays must have occurred at the property during the four-month period being reviewed with little to no cancellations and the host must have secured an overall rating of 4.8 or higher out of 5.0 from their guests.

The Garden View Suite maintains an overall ranking of 4.92 and has had no cancellations!

"We are so grateful to our guests for this distinction," said Teresa Gregson who with her husband, Jeff, manages the property. "We have enjoyed getting to know our guests and are honored by their ranking of our accommodations."

Come & Get It--The Farm Store Is Now Restocked With Its Own Black Angus Beef!

Bees & Trees Ramps Up
"Sarah's Garden" and
Partners with Shamrock Acres

In 2018, we created Sarah’s Garden, a commercial, cut-flower garden we named for Teresa’s mother. Although Sarah passed the next year, she was able to enjoy the blossoms on many of the 90 peonies and hundreds of spring bulbs we had planted in her honor that year. Sarah loved flowers of any kind--particularly peonies--and had even been president of her garden club in Winchester, Va. Sarah's Garden remains a living reminder of someone who deeply touched our soul.

Our original vision for Sarah's Garden called for us to continue planting and expanding our operation each year for the next five--then the pandemic hit and on top of that, Teresa was ill for a couple of years and so we had to put the completion of Sarah’s Garden on hold.

Now, however, we are back in expansion mode! We are excited to announce that we have just partnered with local professional cut-flower gardener, Sandi Lance, of Shamrock Acres!

Sandi is a one-woman-flower-operator that gets ongoing support from her husband and two children! Sandi's been growing cut flowers since 2019--you may have seen her at the Remington and Warrenton Farmer's Markets. Sandi has also partnered with other local flower growers to provide Virginia grown blooms to an even larger community!

Like Bees & Trees, Shamrock Acres cares deeply about the environment and is careful not to use pesticides or herbicides that harm the environment or our kill our native pollinators. Partnering with Bees & Trees, Sandi will be adding more perennials and bulbs to her existing line up which includes dahlias, peonies, sea holly, daffodils, tulips and hydrangeas just to name a few.

So look for cut flowers in The Farm Store each weekend during the growing season as Sandi will be providing her farm-grown bouquets and arrangements for sale! And, as we start offering weddings on the farm, Sandi will be our provider for farm-fresh local flowers!

Saturday, October 29thBring the Family & Tag Your Christmas Tree!