About Us

Welcome to Bultema’s Farmstand & Greenhouse – one of the largest u-pick farms in the Southeast Suburbs of Chicago. Our seasonal farmstand opens in mid-June and provides our communities with bushels full of homegrown greens, peppers, tomatoes, pickles, eggplant and many more fruits and vegetable varieties all the way through until the fall. We are renowned for our home-grown watermelon and delectable sweet corn. Farming has been in our family’s blood for over a century and has grown and adapted to bring our customers peak-season fresh produce. 

The Bultema family has been farming in the area for over 120 years. Peter Bultema, Sr. farmed mainly onion sets and cabbage in the early years, which was typical of Dutch immigrant farmers. 

His sons, Peter Jr. and Herman, joined him in the farming business from the time they could lift a hoe! They expanded the business into a “truck farm”, which included canning tomatoes, sugar beets, cabbage and onion sets. In the late 1960s, Pete and Herman, along with the help of Pete’s wife Wilma, opened a u-pick business. The farm expanded their crops to include many peppers and vegetables.

Pete's sons, Bill and Dan, chose to join the family business. Over the last 40 years, the business has grown exponentially. Many of the wholesalers who sell fresh produce in the Chicagoland area purchase their produce from Bultema's. The retail farmstand and u-pick are unlike any other farm in the Chicagoland area. There are very few family run vegetable farms remaining.

Bill's and Dan's sons, Joel and Dan Jr., continue the farming tradition. With their knowledge of farming and technology, the farm will remain in step with the latest conservative farming techniques.

Bultema’s Greenhouse was a later addition of the business. Started approximately 25 years ago, it continues to be a unique place to purchase annual baskets, topiaries, perennials, accent plants, and flats. The knowledge of plants from farming has spilled over to the greenhouses, where the health of our plants is second to none.

Throughout the years, many of Peter Bultema’s grandchildren, great grandchildren, and now great great grandchildren have worked on the farm. Peter Bultema Sr’s legacy lives on!

We give all praise to God for these blessings!