Bob’s Market & Greenhouses

Tour Date: Thursday, October 13
Tour Time: 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $30 (For additional tour pricing for guests see registration information)
Activity Level: Easy. (see more information at the bottom on the page)

Plan your afternoon excursion at the Robert Barnitz’ family owned and operated Bob’s Market and Greenhouses in Mason, W.Va.

Enjoy the camaraderie of fellow gardeners as you travel 70 spectacularly colorful miles from Charleston to our destination, while our hosts, the Barnitz family, ready lunch for your arrival.

Afterward, take a guided walking tour of and learn about the horticultural process, from seedling to show, of Bob’s multi-lines of business that grew from a small roadside market begun in 1970. Now nearly 20 acres large, you’ll see nearly half the property under greenhouse roof, where Bob’s germinates over 120 million seedlings annually as a main supplier for Ball Seed Company, and also transplants and roots more than 4 million cuttings as a station for Dummen, U.S.A. —a German based plant breeder. Bob’s Market not only ships its plants all over the United States, but maintains various retail stores, including one at the Mason, WV location.

Bob’s Market is proud to embrace an eco-friendly production process, from use of energy-efficient natural gas heaters to offerings of USDA and CCOF organic vegetables and herbs, to recycling production by-products and plant containers.

Plan to see a plethora of color on display in the hundreds of thousands of hardy garden mums, geraniums, pansies at this time of year, along with rooted cuttings of geraniums and poinsettias.

As a bonus, shop the Mason Market for fresh produce and gift items to take home with you! Bob’s even stocks a number of Sugar Creek Foods from Ohio’s Amish Country.

What a way to experience autumn, all in one fell swoop of an afternoon! We’ll have you back in Charleston in time for dinner with friends.

*Activity Level: Easy. ADA accessible location. However bus does not have wheelchair lift. Wheelchair can be stored in cargo area if person is capable of get on and off the bus.

Photos published with permission of the West Virginia Department of Commerce.