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About Us
Welcome to our cherry farm! Meet the owners, Amber, Joe and Dawn Lucido (See our photo below). We started
this family farm in 1997 to pay for Amber's college...Thus the name "Amber's Farm".
Ambers Farm tries to offer the most family friendly experience
with the most cherry varieties, unique picking experience and after-picking relaxaton. We plan to offer 20 cherry varieties
(11 presently) on easy-pick dwarf or low-pruned full-size trees. Our trees are color-coded with trunk colors and printable
orchard maps to help you easily find the different cherries. Different cherry varieties allow early and later ripening times.
This means we can open May through July with ripe cherries. We also offer grafts of multiple cherry varieties as well (See
graft photo below). In addition to the cherries, we offer dozens of picnic, barbeque and kiddy play areas to let you relax
after picking cherries. We have for family use... Radio Flyer wagons to haul the kids while picking cherries. We also offer
blossom honey, refreshments, cherry pitters and Ambers t-shirts. Ambers Farm is a safe clean environment. We are a "green" orchard with recycle bins throughout,
bio-degradable bags and containers and no pesticides or herbicides in our orchard. We try to maintain a "smoke-free"
environment throughout our orchard. Our orchard is well maintained with clean grounds ....carefully removing any trash and
with weed and grass-free grounds throughout. We try to eliminate any pest problems such as red ants and other nasty pests
to assure you and your kids of a safe environment. Our trees are constantly pruned of any sharp twigs or bare branches
that can cut or poke tender skin. Our staff is well identified wearing yellow Ambers t-shirts who can assist you with any
questions, problems or directions.
Ambers
Farm has links to worthwhile causes such as the "Make-a-Wish Foundation" that offers services to terminal kids,
Public Broadcasting Service, etc. Our web site links to local activites and cultural events , local parks and recreation.
These links are on the home page and last page of our web site. We offer classes for kid, church and school groups in cherry
growing, pruning, fertilization, freeze control, pest control and new cherry developments out of Cornell University and UC
Davis, etc. Cornell has developed incredible high yield production methods such as the "tall-spindle" plantings
of 1000 trees per acre!.. Also new incredible large row cherry varieties ("pearl" cherries) that are freeze resistant
(bullet-proof) in the extreme cold of upstate New York. UC Davis has developed freeze control techniques involving high
canope pruning and bare-ground roto-tilling that retains day-time heat and generates decomposition methane keeping cherries
warm during freezing temperatures.
In
short....Ambers Farm is the "kid and family" orchard with the most cherry varieties, easy-pick trees, picking amenities
and promotions, after picking recreation, safe family friendly environment, kid-friendly website links and educational experiences..
| Brooks graft onto a Bing cherry tree. |
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| Amber, Joe and Dawn Lucido |
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| Amber and Dad at Disneyland 1993 |
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 Amber completed her
2nd year in college on the deans list. Congratulations, Amber!
She is a junior at UC Berkeley. See photos of Berkeley below. Stay tuned for more updates on Amber....
| UC Berkeley gate |
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| UC Berkeley central campus |
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| UC Berkeley Museum of Natural History |
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| Dr. George Smoot, a UC Nobel Prize laureate |
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| 2006 Nobel prize winner of physics |
| UC Berkeley overlooking the San Francisco Bay |
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| UC Berkeley rally at the fountain |
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| UC Berkeley Greek Theater |
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