Valley View Farms

 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!