Lancaster County Sweets Tour

Join us the Saturday before Valentines for a Sweet Tour around Lancaster County.

Celebrate spring with a sweet tour through four of our favorite retail establishments in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On February 10, grab a friend (or two! or three!) and enjoy a day of shopping and sweets as you explore Kings Acres, Kings Homestead, Kings Impressions, and Metal and Crate. Each retailer will feature a different sweet treat created by local bakeries. Start at any of the five locations and make your way through Amish Country one delicious bite at a time.

Kings Acres - Salted Caramel Donuts
Kings Homestead - Cupcakes
Kings Impressions - Cheesecake Bites
Metal and Crate - Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Ticket Includes:

• A scrumptious day of springtime shopping in Amish Country with Five sweet treats from local Lancaster County bakeries.
• A Sweets Tour Wristband (available at your first stop) that will serve as your “admission ticket” as you visit each retailer
• Drawing for a gift basket which includes a $25 gift card from each location

Proceeds from the Sweets Tour 2018 go to Allegany Boys Camp in Oldtown, MD

This is a self-guided food tour taking place during the regular business hours of each retailer. Start at whichever location you like!

Kings Acres
2919 Lincoln Highway East
Ronks, PA 17572
717-687-7199

Kings Homestead
3518 West Newport Road
Ronks, PA 17572
717-768-7688

Kings Kountry Korner
101 Centerville Road
Gordonville, PA 17529
717-768-3425

Metal & Crate
2853 Lincoln Highway East
Ronks, PA 17572
717-687-8834

Follow this link for more info! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lancaster-county-sweet-tour-tickets-42386922426?aff=es2

Wintertime updates

Hey everyone! We are excited to show you a little bit of what has been going on here at the homestead. First of all, Anita, has been away shopping for the past week. While she has been gone, she has left a long list of chores for the painters to complete before she gets back! Don't worry, they will still be painting when she gets back, but it is starting to look really great in the showroom! They have mostly been repainting the ceiling white but also some of the walls are getting a good going over.

nice white ceilings

fresh paint

Dark Green

is becoming white

a little bit of a mess

but not for long!

Come see us soon! We can't wait to show you around!

Greenhouse List 2017

Fisher’s Greenhouse

311 N Star Rd, Strasburg,  Pa 17579   P:(717) 687-8720

This is our most recent found greenhouse located near Sight and Sound with reasonable prices and lots of variety. Our favorite place to buy succulents.

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Hess Greenhouse

302 Hess Road, Leola, PA 17540

This is a small Amish greenhouse with very personable staff, they are one of Miriam’s favorite greenhouses (along with Fishers) They are only open until June so make a trip soon.

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Hilltop Gardens

32 S Belmont Rd, Paradise, PA 17562
717-687-8756

I stopped by here for the first today. They are have great assortment of vegetables and flowers. And they also had a bunch of potting soil outside. 

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Horst Greenhouse

1194 E Earl Rd, East Earl, PA 17519 • 717-354-4825

This greenhouse has good quality plants and we like them for their houseplants. They have a nice variety of house plants and other plants. 

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Ken’s Garden

3552 W Newport Rd, Ronks, Pa 17572   P:717-768-3922 

The most frequented greenhouse due to it’s locality, but more than that, they always have the friendliest staff paired with a beautiful variety in household plants, shrubs, and bushes.

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Rohrer Seeds

2472 Old Philadelphia Pike, Smoketown, Pa 17576
717-299-2571

A great place to buy your seed and bird feed. This is where Miriam buys mealsworms to feed “her” blue birds.

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Shenk’s Greenhouse

2199 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, Pa 17602
717-397-0430

This is the best place to buy vegetable plants and herbs at the best price (except for maybe roadside stands).

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Magnolia Home Rugs

We are excited to be added a new collection of rugs to our showroom. Many of you know Joanna Gaines, who has a lovely store in Texas, and she and her husband also have Fixer Upper tv series. Joanna collaborated with Loloi Rugs to release a series of rugs. We received our first shipment of rugs a few days ago. Primarily they are the 5x8 size and have some from the Kivi, Lotus, and Brushstoke Collections. Larger sizes can be ordered. Magnolia Home rugs are available three of our loctions - King's Homestead, King's Acres, and Metal and Crate

Shiplap Wall

Matt added a shiplap wall to our new showroom space downstairs. 
Here is a quick how to and some pictures 

Matt got some 4x8 sheets (not sure what kind of wood) from Paneling Sales and they ripped them into 6" strips. He cut a few boards at 4' and 6' lengths for the first column to create a staggered look and tacked them up with a nail gun and glue to keep the boards from warping. He hot glued 2 quarters together for the horizontal spacing on the strips and 2 nickels for the vertical spacing. Matt started from the bottom of the wall and the top had a bit of a spacing when he was finished and he cut a piece of trip with a some special blade ( I'll have to double check what it was) to cover the top 3 inches or so. 

We had a bit of discussion about whether to leave the wall natural or to paint it white. =) The natural color won and although it wasn't my first choice I was tired of painting at this stage and decided it would be good for now. Maybe a winter or two and we can paint it white. 

Caleb and Matt ripping the 4x8 sheets

Stacking the strips

2 quarters for spacing

Local Greenhouses

My Mom, Miriam, always finds the best plants for our planters and landscaping. 

Following is a list of the greenhouses she has visited this spring

Hess Road Greenhouse
302 Hess Rd., Leola 17540

Horst Greenhouse
1194 E Earl Rd, East Earl, PA 17519
Phone:(717) 354-4825

Fishers Greenhouse
311 N Star Rd, Strasburg, PA 17579
Phone:(717) 687-8720

Shade Lane Greenhouse
196 Amishtown Rd, New Holland, PA 17557
Phone:(717) 351-0514

Sauders Nursery
1210 E Earl Rd, East Earl, PA 17519
Phone:(717) 354-9851

Ken’s Garden
3552 West Newport Road, Ronks PA 17572
Phone: (717) 768-3922

Terrain at Stylers
914 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, PA 19342
Phone:(610) 459-2400

Front Porch Beginnings

King's started in the late 70's when my dad, Les King, started selling picnic tables from my grandparents front porch. This picture is the farmhouse from the King's Homestead location. My Aunt Kathy and Grusmommy Lillian took care of most of the sales while Dad was at work building sheds. 

First Post

Thanks for stopping by our new site. One of the primary reasons for this new King's site is to be able to better list some of our outdoor furniture. Take a look around. Ask lots of questions because there is lots of information missing yet. 

-Anita