The Dogwood at Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN, 3/24/24

grounds – 1471 W Millers Cove Rd, Walland, TN 37886

The day you check out you still get breakfast if you want, as check out is not till noon.  They also offered to let us come for lunch or pack one to go which we declined.  However, when picking up our car they had 2 box lunches for us.  I failed to photograph the contents but the rental car person was more than happy to make use of them.  I did  get a photo of the content menu for your interest.  The Farm offers lots of activities included hiking guided or self-done, fly fishing, clay target shooting, horseback rides, wine/liquor tastings, a range of spa and wellness treatments/classes, farm animals tour, farm tour, cooking classes.  All provided for an additional fee and added gratuity and tax.   The staff are all exceptionally nice and happy to help and the facility and grounds are immaculately maintained.  There is also a gift shop and a bar (noon-10pm) in the Main House, but make sure to bring your platinum credit card – just kidding a gold one would probably do.

bar
interior
menu
lunch menu in the car

 

Breakfast

The Chef’s Selection was poached farm eggs and Andouille sausage on sourdough toast with Farmstead cheese sauce.  We ordered a side of Nueske’s bacon with it.  One substitution seemed to be made in the kitchen and the Andouille sausage became bacon with more bacon on the side.  The pile was crowned with a large onion ring and pea shoots.   It would have been better if the plate was not an overdose of bacon.  The eggs were poached a bit much for our tastes.

Chef’s Selection

 

Cinnamon brioche French Toast came with apples and bourbon orange sabayon.  With it I got a side of Nueske’s Bacon.  I asked for the apples on the side and plain syrup so what you see is not what they intended to serve but I wanted to try something unadulterated and without citrus.  The apples by themselves were pretty dull and the French toast had not soaked long enough to give it a moist center.  Syrup and butter helped but it couldn’t save the plate.  The bacon was fine.

French toast

 

Seasonal cut fruit and berries was a colorful bowl of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, orange bit, pineapple, blueberries and melon.  Some were good but most were not at their peak of ripeness and flavor.  I would have preferred a smaller bowl of more intensely flavored fruit.

fresh fruit

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