Tomato Tastings: A Garden Month Favorite

August is a special time here at Blackberry Farm because we celebrate our Garden and all of its end-of-Summer offerings. Garden month also means it’s time for a guest favorite: tomato tastings with Master Gardener John Coykendall.

All you need for a successful tasting is four things: a large cutting board, a sharp knife, the tomatoes themselves—straight off the vine, of course—and some sea salt. During August tomato tastings, we invite guests to take a seat at our picnic tables in the heart of the Garden and sample our favorite Summer treat. “The perfect tomatoes are like Santa Clause, they only come once a year,” says John.

In 2021, John and the Garden team are offering over ten different tomatoes for guests to try:

• Amethyst Crown
• Green Zebra
• Paul Roberson
• Asian Yabra
• TN Britches
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Plate de Haiti
• Goose Creek
• Purple Bumble
• Lucky Tiger
• Sunrise Bumble

Each tomato offers its own unique size, color and flavor for guests to enjoy. Not only will guests have the opportunity to experience what true, farm-fresh tomatoes taste like, but they will also learn a little history about each one while they take a bite.