Beaver Marsh Blueberry Co.

Our family homesteaded this farm over 150 years ago. Joseph Scharffenberg arrived in Skagit Valley in 1878. Joseph built a small home for his family in 1904 and began the farm you see today. The farmhouse we live in today is the same farmhouse that Joseph built so long ago!

Originally, in 1878, our farm was a dairy farm. Milk was processed on the hill above our farm and then delivered by horse and cart to neighboring homes and families. Grain was grown and floated on the Skagit River to the local grain mill in Mount Vernon, there it was ground and milled into flour. Hay and barley were grown to feed the farm horses used for field work and riding, as tractors and cars were not available at that time. Joan Scharffenberg married Bud Lenning and began growing crops including peas, broccoli, cucumbers, cauliflower and seed crops such as cabbage, spinach and mustard.

We are now the fifth generation to farm this farmland. In 1991, the first of the many blueberries you now see were planted. There are now over 100,000 plants growing the perfect blueberries we harvest annually.

This farmland is not just land and soil to us; it represents our family legacy. It is where our family has lived, loved and worked. We continue to cherish farming, teaching our children, Elijah and Hunter to also love the soil and this way of life.

We will continue to work to offer you the best blueberries you have ever had and hope you come out to visit us. Please stop by and experience the farming way of life. Drink some lemonade, smell the fresh air and walk our fields. We hope to see you soon.