Hello and Welcome to Sunny Lane Farm!
I’m Teresa Brockman, and I’ve been raising organic fruits, herbs, plant starts, and more on my small but extremely biodiverse farm for over 20 years. I love growing delicious, nutrient-dense fruits and herbs, and researching the very best varieties of plants for your garden. I invite you to explore my offerings below . . .
There is nothing like the satisfaction (and superior taste!) of growing your own food. And you won’t find better varieties than the ones I select for you.
Get My Plant Starts
There really is nothing like a homegrown tomato or fresh-snipped basil, parsley, sage, or thyme. Over the years, I have carefully curated an incredible selection of plant starts just for you. I've got your old favorites like the classic Big Beef slicer tomato and Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes, as well as many certain to become your new favorites-- perhaps the rare GranSasso heirloom paste tomato from Abruzzo, Italy for example.
I start all my plants from seed, and carefully tend each and every seedling in my greenhouse so that it’s ready for you to plant in the spring and enjoy all summer long. And of course I never use any synthetic chemical fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, or other -cides!
I not only grow plant starts for you, I also test them out in my own fields. That way you can be assured that each variety of Tomato, Pepper, Cucumber, Squash, Kale, and many more has been vetted by me, and I have found them all to have superior taste and productivity.
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It’s a direct subscription arrangement between you and a farmer—in this case, me!
Join My Fruit CSA
If you remember sun-kissed, tree-ripened peaches bursting with flavorful juices that run down your chin when you bite in, or if you’ve been disappointed after buying a tasteless grocery store strawberries, then my Fruit CSA is what you‘ve been waiting for! When you join, you get the freshest, tastiest, most nutritious and pesticide-free fruit possible each week through the growing season, with convenient pick-up locations in Bloomington, Peoria, Morton, and Eureka.
My 2021 Fruit CSA is now full, but you can get on the waiting list for 2025 by filling out the form below.
That’s me and my youngest daughter Kira at the Peoria Riverfront Market. She’s the owner, farmer, and designer at Kira's Flowers, an organic flower farm and floral design studio.
Find Me at Farmers Markets
Enjoy my fresh fruits, fresh-cut herbs, herb teas, and more at the Peoria Riverfront Market from June through September.
You’ll also find me and all my plant starts at the Evanston Farmers Market in May, and then periodically after that with my fruits, teas, and jams.
Jams & Jellies
I make all of our Sunny Lane aronia preserves with my own organically grown (but not certified) aronia berries and other fruits. Depending on the season, I sometimes offer very small-batch specialty jams such as Aronia-Pear, Blueberry-Lavender, or Apple Butter.
Herb Teas
I dry many of my herbs and then hand-blend them into special Sunny Lane Herbal Teas that you won’t find anywhere else. All herbs were originally valued for their medicinal properties— for example, Anise Hyssop tea has been used for centuries for sore throats and coughs, while many people find Sunny Lane Peter Rabbit Tea (mint, chamomile, lemon balm, and lemon thyme) to be a soothing way to unwind before bedtime.
Aronia Products
Aronia is a native North American plant with dark purple-black berries that have 3.5 times the antioxidants of blueberries. And antioxidants are just the tip of Aronia's nutritional and medicinal iceberg! I offer fresh and frozen Aronia berries and fresh-pressed Aronia juice seasonally. In addition, I offer Aronia tea and Aronia jams and jellies nearly year-round.
