Stories: Cape May

Seeing the Magic

THE BIG HOUSE BY THE SEA It was the end...

Spread Joy & Follow the Sun

Read about Beach Plum Farm's first Flower Flash, from first harvest to final installation touches. Inspired by the work of NYC-based designer Lewis Miller, our Flower Flash was a chance to spread joy around Cape May.

A Day in the Life of Dave

Cape May gardening Congress Hall

" For a horticulturist, there are many places to work, but there aren’t too many gardens on the beach, and none like this. " People come up to me during the course of an afternoon with all sorts of questions....

The Kitchen Garden

Food Nature Gardening Cape May Video

There are a lot of breathtaking places in Cape May. Sunset Beach and the Cove are pretty popular. Tucked away on Stevens Street in West Cape May, the entrance to Beach Plum Farm seems to find its place among the...

Happy Anniversary, Virginia

cape may the virginia history

A Letter from Curtis Bashaw June 2, 2019 I have been checking guests in and out of hotel rooms for half of my life. It was 30 years ago, on June 2, 1989, that we opened The Virginia, beginning what...

You Say Tomato

Cape May Gardening Food

In 1968, a professor at Rutgers University, Dr. Bernard Pollack, released a hybrid variety tomato that gained popularity for its resistance to cracking....

The Garden State

Gardening Cape May

On a typical morning in Cape May, vacationers lazily roll out of bed. The smell of bacon fills the air from local restaurants. The beach quickly fills up with brightly colored umbrellas. Just two miles away at Beach Plum Farm,...

The Gift to Come

Cape May Music History

“Ukuele” translates to become the phrase “The gift to come.” This four-stringed, tiny guitar has become as synonymous with the sound of the Hawaiian Islands...

A Fowl Tradition

History Thanksgiving Cape May Ebbitt Room Food

In millions of households across America this Thanksgiving, a similar scene will play out. It may be some sort of modern rendition of Norman Rockwell’s Freedom From Want, with a family gathered around the dinner table, waiting for a matriarch...

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