Parkesdale Farm Market

OMG the shortcake is amazing! !!!first time loved the atmosphere the market and the food. This is a must try for anyone visiting or living here in plant city!

We go at least once a week for produce. High quality, low prices. And we always take our visitors here for the Strawberry Shortcake!

You have to stop here for strawberries if you are nearby. Delicious and great low price.

hands down the best strawberry shake i ever had… and the flat of berries i took how made it 6 days in the car– sweetest berries ever

Let me start off by saying I’ve been going here for over a decade. It’s family owned and operated, and a local small business. I’ve seen this place go from a roadside stand, to a desert place that serves the BEST strawberry shakes, shortcakes, and other awesome treats.
They have a wide assortment of citrus with free samples of each one. You can also purchase other local fruits and veggies, along with Strawberries when in season. You can purchase strawberries by the quart, ½ flat, and flat. They also sell a whole variety of plants for the yard and home, including fruit and veggie plants. They also have a huge assortment of other food, jams, apparel, and even shipping service of it’s citrus.
During snow bird season they have long lines for the shakes, and cakes, but the rest of the year is less crowded. YOU MUST TRY THEIR STRAWBERRY SHAKES! These shakes are the best you will ever taste, containing real berries. Their shortcake and ice cream are really great too.

This place may possibly be one of the quaintest spots I’ve ever visited in my life. It’s pretty darn adorable. Think roadside stand on crack. They have tons of fresh fruit, all available to sample. Once you’ve taste tested everything, you can explore their cute shop, where they sell many different strawberry products as well as kitschy Florida souvenirs. I highly recommend the strawberry bread! It’s a very bright pink/​red color when you slice into it, but tastes wonderfully delicious when you take a bite. Totally natural, not remotely artificial.
Next, you MUST purchase their strawberry shortcake. And probably a strawberry milkshake too, just for good measure. Then, prepare to die and go to heaven. The strawberries are crazy fresh. The cake is light and fluffy. The whipped cream comes out of a freakin’ whipped cream house (seriously need to get one of those for my apartment!). It all comes together for the best, tastiest dessert you may ever encounter in life. Strawberry milkshake was just as awesome. Tastes like fresh-​picked strawberries and vanilla ice cream. None of that artificial stuff!
The place has a cute history too, that’s presented through old photographs. They also have shiny giant strawberries hanging from the ceiling and a strawberry throne where you can sit and crown yourself King/​Queen/​Prince/​Princess of the Strawberries.
A must-​visit next time you’re in Plant City!

I can’t for the life of me figure out what all the hype is over the strawberry shortcake. It’s not great by any stretch. They put so much juice that the cake instantly turns into soup. The strawberries are fresh. (only positive I can find) The cream is not real it’s «dairy topping» as they call it. Like cheap whipped topping out of a can. After taking a few bites I couldn’t find a trash can so I threw in in the parking lot dumpster.
I can only assume that most people haven’t had good homemade strawberry shortcake. If they had they wouldn’t be going to parksdale. I definitely will not go back for the cake.
As far as the farmers market it’s about as good as you can find in the area.

Great year round farmers market, and the strawberry shortcake and strawberry milkshakes are fantastic!

Favorite place to get fresh strawberries, fresh fruit and vegetables. Friendly and reasonably priced.

Parksdale is good as far as their farmer’s market goes, pretty reasonable prices. As far as the straberry shortcake theirs is ok. Not as good as homemade.

Their prices are great, they are courteous and helpful and their produce is always fresh. They have some nice plants, also. But the best thing about this place is their tangerine and vanilla swirl for 99 cents. Their milkshakes are to die for! They have strawberry bread and strawberry cookies. The bread was not very fresh and the cookies were hard, but it’s worth the trip for the tangerine swirl and milkshakes.

Pretty fun classic place to visit in Plant City. The tangerine twist is tasty and only a dollar and the strawberry sundaes are only $ 2.25! Banana split not much more. During strawberry season they also have strawberry shortcake. They are also known for strawberry cookies and strawberry milkshakes. They have jams and preserves, postcards, memorabilia, t-​shirts and a large patio to sit and take it all in. The produce prices are reasonable. They also sell plants. Worth a visit. :)

Let me be clear, I do not like strawberry shortcake, I don’t order it, I don’t eat it, I don’t really like any kind of cake, I’m more of a fudge/​chocolate/​peanut butter/​ice cream for dessert kind of guy. That being said, between January and April I have to come out here and grab a strawberry shortcake dessert. It’s worth the drive from Orlando and It’s one of the best desserts of any kind I have ever had. I cannot describe it better than saying most bites are perfect.
You have to get it fully loaded (cake, strawberry, sugar, whipped cream and soft serve) and you have to try to get each thing into every bite. And when you do… oh my God is it good.
They also make an excellent strawberry milkshake and have a great selection of produce and jams and dips. But at the end of the day, you are coming here for the strawberry shortcake and you are going home happy.

Best Strawberry Shortcake anywhere. This place is a garden gnome’s dream land – kitchy giant strawberries, random plants, picnic tables and terraces, but the main draw is the strawberry shortcake. I will wait in line 30 – 40 minutes any day after driving 90 minutes for this seasonal treat. I can’t even explain the berry perfection that you will experience by getting the fully loaded cake-​berries-​topping-​ice cream amazingness.
This place reads Real Florida, and you won’t want to miss this spot.

We returned here for our annual splurge on strawberries. Nothing has changed. It’s still as great as ever. I again ordered my favorite the boat, berries and ice cream. The eating area is spotless and looks like it’s been enlarged some. We also browsed the fruits and veggies and walked out with an armful of bags of real fresh stuff. Can’t wait to go back again.

What an enjoyable afternoon! We heard about this on TV and thought it might be fun. We went for it! Strawberry shortcake and a strawberry milkshake. Might have been a splurge but so worth it. Make the trip you won’t be disappointed. If the lone is long. No worries, they are efficient and it moves quickly.
I’m stuffed!

Super yummy strawberries. Basically this is a farmers market that does WAY more business at the strawberry window for shortcakes and milkshakes! The line was long but it moves pretty steadily. I’ll be back because that shake was delicious!!! There is plenty of seating under a covered area to enjoy your goodies as well.

Parkesdale Farm Market is THE place to get fresh Plant City strawberries!
My family makes the annual pilgrimmage to Parkesdale every strawberry season to partake in strawberry shortcake and milkshakes. My family from Orlando even drives over to come with us! Since I do not like strawberries (blasphemy, I know!) I usually get plain shortcake and a vanilla milkshake. However, I refuse to go without my own bag of strawberry cookies! They are so soft and covered with sweet powdered sugar. there are just not enough words in the English language to describe them.
The décor of Parkesdale Farm Market is strawberry everything. We always make sure to take a picture on the giant strawberry throne! There are other fresh local foods available here, but the majority of people definitely come for those juicy berries. The staff usually seems hectic, but with lines that long you can’t really blame them! I cannot stress enough how much it helps to arrive early. The lines overflow into the parking lot as soon as the doors open and it can be very hard to even find parking at times!
If you can trust anyone to give you an honest opinion of a strawberry farm, it’s someone who doesn’t like strawberries. That being said, I can’t wait until we go back to Parkesdale Farm Market this season. I would love to test out the jams and stock up on cookies!

A beautiful Sunday morning beckoned, and my boyfriend and I decided to take our motorcycles on some back roads, and go play tourist in our own town. Plant City is a great area to do this — as you pass the strawberry farms and citrus farms, the smells are amazing.
After reading the previous reviews, I knew we had to get here early to avoid the lines. Excellent plan on our part, because we got there shortly after they opened and it was not crowded.
We headed straight to the strawberry shortcake window, and were served immediately. Because, let’s face it — what would you rather have for breakfast-​a bowl of cereal, or strawberry shortcake? Exactly. Since these are not a treat to be devoured standing up, we wandered over to the «Garden of Eatin» and snagged a table.
The generous portion was very good, but not as good as the best I have ever had previously at the Strawberry Festival. This one consisted of two pieces of shortcake, sliced strawberries in a light glaze, and huge mound of aerosol whipped topping. I thought the shortcake was dry, unfortunately, and the dish would have benefited immensely had they used fresh whipped cream. Somehow, though, I still managed to devour every bite.
Afterwards we walked around their very cute market. Since we had the bikes, we couldn’t really bring home plants or produce, but I couldn’t resist buying a baseball cap. I loved seeing all the jams, jellies, salad dressings, etc. they market under their own name. This would be an excellent place to buy holidays presents and support a local business at the same time.
I will definitely be bringing out-​of-​town friends here in the future to experience a little slice of heaven in Florida.

Parkesdale Farms Must-​Haves:
1. Strawberry Shortcake
2. Strawberry Milkshake
3. Strawberry Cookies
4. Anything else that has strawberries
There is always a long line here and for good reason. Everything they make is delicious and their strawberries are fantastic. The strawberry milkshake has even been featured on the Food Network! The service is subpar but you get what you pay for and they are dealing with large crowds all day long. I just wish the shortcake was available year round!