Valley View Farms: A Legacy of Community, Growth, and Gratitude
Our Deepest
Appreciation
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our customers,
employees, and vendors for their unwavering support throughout 2025 and during
all the preceding 63 years in business. Your loyalty, dedication, and
partnership have been essential to our continued success, and we look forward
to many more years of collaboration and growth together.
Honoring Our Roots
We continue to evolve our core business, while staying true
to ourselves and our place in the retail world. Now in our second generation of
family ownership, Valley View Farms is led by Andy Foard, son of founder
William “Bill” Foard and nephew of co-founder John “Punkey” Foard. Since our
beginnings as a seasonal business in 1962, we have grown from a simple roadside
stand into a valued part of the community. Vegetables grown at our family farm
in Hydes, Maryland—just about 12 miles away—were harvested and delivered daily
to our current location during the harvest season. Our stand offered tomatoes,
sweet corn, pumpkins, and a variety of other produce items as they came into
season. We also added fruit from area orchards, as well as milk and eggs from
local farms. Some of you may recall our deli, which served meals every day from
7am–9 pm.
Growth and
Expansion
As our business developed, we began to offer local flower,
vegetable, and herb transplants, and expanded further by adding a nursery
department, garden shop, and Christmas shop—features that brought us national
recognition. Today, our York Road store spans ten acres, having added pottery,
a water garden department, and a patio area over the years.
Adapting with the
Community
Change is a constant, and as homes and businesses spread
into Northern Baltimore County, Valley View Farms adapted. Our family
farm transitioned from growing vegetables to producing transplants of
vegetables, annuals, mums, poinsettias, hanging baskets, and other crops in
both greenhouses and outdoor fields. The deli eventually closed as new eateries
flourished in the area, and the fields once used for pumpkins are now part of
Hunt Valley Town Center. Most of our departments continue to thrive, although
we recently decided to close our patio furniture business.
Our Dedicated
Employees
As we enter this new year, we want to once again thank our
employees, some of whom have dedicated 40 to 50 years of service to the store.
Their loyalty, dependability, and work ethic are truly remarkable, and
generations of families have worked here throughout high school, college, and
beyond. Many of our customers are former employees, and it brings us tremendous
joy to welcome them back. Depending on the season, our workforce exceeds one
hundred, blending full-time and part-time staff, students, and individuals
working a second job. This diversity has fostered a fun and vibrant workplace
community.
Valued Partnerships
Our vendors, growers, and suppliers have been crucial to our
success. Many have been in business as long as we have—some even
longer. We thank the local and regional growers who supply our live goods, as
well as the Christmas and hardgoods suppliers from across the country who have
helped Valley View Farms become the destination store it is today.
Thank You to Our
Customers
Above all, we are grateful to our customers, most of whom
are locals, but some who travel from other states to visit us. Generations of
customers have come in to pick a single Christmas ornament for each family
member or to plant entire landscapes with our plants. Your support means the
world to us, and we thank you sincerely for being a part of our journey.
May 2026 brings you joy!
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