Strawberry Madness Festival: Saturday June 12 8am-7pm
U-Pick is open everyday(starting June 3rd) 8am-6pm, only at our Hobart, IN location, weather permitting. Strawberry Madness Festival is June 12th.
Every year Johnson's Farm Produce has a Strawberry Madness Festival. This year the Madness will be Saturday June 12th. The fields will be bursting with strawberries! The events will begin at 8am at our 8960 East Ridge Road location. Join us for the U-pick Madness!
Due to popular demand, in 2011 we will be having our Strawberry Madness Festival all weekend! Next year's festival is scheduled for Saturday June 11th and Sunday June 12th.
Buy our berries before U-pick is open
Our pre-picked berries will be available beginning the first week of June. Join our mailing list for updates.
Be the first in line!
First person in line to pick berries on openning day wins a free Johnson's T-shirt, pancake breakfast, and strawberries!
Strawberry Princess Crowning
The crowning for our strawberry princess will be at 2:30 pm. Contestants will be judged on their strawberry outfit (Outfits can be out of strawberry patterns or strawberries themselves, be creative!) they will also be judged on their answers to why they love Johnson's Strawberries. The age groups are ages 3-6 and 7-8.
There is a limit of 15 contestants, register early! We will notify you if you are one of the 15 contestants. The contest will take place from 12:00-12:30pm.
There are 3 age categories and a prize will be awarded for each category. Take them home, color them and bring them back for us to display. We will pick the winners at 1pm at our Strawberry Madness Festival Saturday, June 12th. The deadline for returning your colored pages is Saturday, June 12th at 9am. One entry per child.
Buckwheat Pancakes with Homemade Strawberry Syrup
8am-10am
Come early and have breakfast at Marilyn's Bakery. Enjoy Marilyn's unique homemade tradition of Homemade Buckwheat Pancakes with Strawberry Syrup. Made by Marilyn and her grandson Tracy.
Miss Strawberry Shortcake
10am-4pm
Meet Miss Strawberry Shortcake, herself! Don't forget to bring your camera.
Strawberry Shortcake and Ice Cream Sundae Hut
Go to the Dessert Hut and enjoy an Old Fashioned Shortcake stuffed with strawberries and topped with mounds of whipped cream or a traditional Ice Cream Sundae.
The Oxcart Ramblers
Enjoy The Oxcart Ramblers' bluegrass music from 10am-2pm
Face Painting
11am-2pm
Free face painting!
DJ
We'll have a DJ mixing it up from 3pm-7pm.
Chocolate Fountain
The only thing that could make a Johnson's strawberry even more mouth-watering...Chocolate!
