Dick’s Market Garden & Greenhouses

This is a perfect example of a high quality small-​town produce & flower store. There is a fair variety for fruits and vegetables. The quality is top-​notch. The prices are fair… worth the price since it’s so high quality. They supply to various restaurants in the Boston area too. Check it out if you are near Lunenburg.

Time is winding down at Dick’s for the 2014 season. They close on the day before Thanksgiving so stop by while you can. A wonderful reason to live in or visit Lunenburg!

I am saddened to write this review. I have been a faithful Dicks customer for almost two whole seasons (which is as long as I have lived in this area), buying bits and pieces at Central Square farmers market as well as copley, and doing a significant number of bulk orders for canning. The staff is always friendly, the produce always great quality for the price, all that good stuff.
But then, yesterday happened.
I ordered a bulk order that required a car to pickup. I had a bunch of car requiring errands «saved up» and specifically rented a car to pick up this produce. When I got to the market, they didn’t have my produce. The staff, who was busy (it was early in the market) were not exactly apologetic and seemed more concerned with letting me know that the supply just wasn’t there. The thing is I completely understand when the fields don’t cooperate, but when I had placed my order I was asked to leave a phone number in case anything happened, and I never got a call. If the policy is going to be «you show up and if the fields haven’t cooperated we might not have it» that should have been communicated a bit better.
They did have the produce I wanted, but what I had ordered was «seconds» for canning, and all they had was firsts. So I called the main farmstand and chatted with them about getting a reasonable deal on the ‘firsts’ so I wasn’t just left in flux. They seemed willing to do this and to their credit were very apologetic about not notifying me… but ultimately the owner of Dick’s said no and wasn’t willing to offer any sort of reasonable deal. Now again, I get it — this was something that’s in high demand and low supply… but I wasn’t given a chance to be understanding. All I needed was a call saying the produce wouldn’t be available. Instead I got to waste hours of my day and was left in a situation where I wouldn’t have a vehicle to use to pick up this produce in the future.
The farmstand did actually call me later on offering boxes of second at their farmstand, and due to the fact that I only had the car one day, I did make the drive out there to pick them up, which took me 2.5 hours on the road.
So sadly, I have to say that Dick’s previously superior customer service is now seriously lacking.
Really a shame. I really liked Dicks but I am very unhappy with how I was treated in this whole exchange so I’ll do the only thing I really can — take my business elsewhere.

One of my very favorite places to buy annual and perennial flowers. VERY reasonably priced. They also sell veggies you can’t find at other local farm stands — love their Italian Roma beans! I’m there at least once a week during the growing season, first to buy plants for my garden, then to buy their awesome veggies!

I have no idea where Lunenberg is or even how you pronounce it, but I am giving Dick’s 5 stars because I have a big bag of apples and a smile, even though I still have 3.5 hours left at work.
While every other vendor at the Copley Square farmers market charges $ 3/​pound for honeycrisp apples, Dick’s has consistently sold them for $ 1.90. Today, I even purchased some Mutsu’s the size of my head for $ 1/​pound.
The icing on the cake – while I was there, a man asked for many pounds of honeycrisp (because they’re the best, obviously), and after he paid, the vendor (Mr. Dick?) said «here’s another apple for free, because I can see that one of those has a mark.» Free apple!
It’s the little things, people. Unless you’re talking about those mutsu apples – in that case, it’s the abnormally massive things.

What is it about Lunenburg? I don’t even know where it is, but there seems to be something special about the dirt, or the air, or the water, cuz there sure is a lot of good growing going on out there.
I love Dicks. They grow a huge selection of really high quality stuff, and they have a great additive to go along with it.
They are always well stocked and smiling. Two qualities I find highly appealing in a farmer’s market vendor. I get their stuff at Central Square, mostly, but they definitely get around.