FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS SELLING CHERRIES ON THE FAMILY PICNIC TABLE, TO OUR MODERN 40,000 SQ. FT. PROCESSING FACILITY, WAREHOUSE AND RETAIL STORE, BEA'S HAS BEEN CREATING DELICIOUS JAMS, JELLIES, PICKLES, PIES AND OTHER TASTY TREATS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
Our Beginnings
At a homestead owned, since 1884, by four generations of Landins, Bea's Ho-Made Products is located one half mile east of Gills Rock on highway 42. The canning business started quite by accident. In 1961 the Landins' oldest daughter, Linda, started selling cherries from a picnic table by the roadside. The following year she included an over supply of beans and cucumbers from the garden. Motivated by her success she added her grandmother's famous chopped cherry jam. The jam sold very well, inspiring her mother, Bea, to expand the selections to include strawberry jam, raspberry jam, and various pickled items. Each year something new was added and the business slowly grew. The Landins operated a farm by day and did their canning by night, selling the finished products on a picnic table by the roadside. In 1972 Bea started a wholesale business, which prompted her to build a kitchen and retail store.
Award Winning
Several of our jams have won the "Wisconsin State Seal of Excellence" award. Bea's Ho-Made Products has also won awards for the best locally made Door County products, the best Door County cherry pie, and first place for the best family oriented business.
The store is open 7 days a week from May 20th to November 1st. After November 1st, we are closed Sundays. Hours vary with the season. Please, call ahead to avoid disappointment.
