The "then" photo shows construction of the Shady Grove Plaza Shopping Center, as seen from part of Daylily Farm in 1978. Ken and Ethel Peters ran the farm and displayed their colorful daylilies on the slopes around the intersection of Frederick Avenue and Shady Grove Road. Today, I-370 runs directly on top of where the daylilies once grew.
| Name | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| CAROLE | 6/4/10 | WHEN THE CANNING FACTORY WAS IN OPERATION IN G'BURG, AFTER THEY PICKED ALL THE CROPS THEY WANTED, THEY ALLOWED PEOPLE TO COME AND "GLEAN" THE FIELDS. THE EMPTY FIELD TO THE LEFT OF THE WHITE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS HOME TO PEAS, BEANS AND CORN, AND PROVIDED MY FAMILY A LOT OF CANNED FOOD FOR THE WINTER. |
| Nancy Zanner Correll | 7/27/11 | Where Carole remembers vegetables, I remember Lawson King's cows. Lots of them! They used to graze in the fields on the southeast corner of 355 and Shady Grove Rd., and of course across the road at Lawson King's farm. Farther down 355 toward Rockville (where King Farm is all built up today) right next to the forest line, the cows grazed at the fence, just a few feet from the roadway. I remember eating applesauce (I must have been very young) at All States Inn, which used to sit to the left of where this shopping center sits (roughly where the old Comfort Inn is today). There was a public dining room in the one-story main building, and in the back of the property were small white cabins where travelers could stay. I think one or two of those cabins might still stand. |
| Vava (Stevenson) Schroeder | 8/15/11 | My brother worked on that daylily farm. I also remember eating the best clam chowder at the All States Inn--it was so quaint and homey inside. I remember the big barn that said "MILK FOR THOMPSON'S DAIRY" on the barn that was in the field that is now King Farm. |
| Gail Smith | 4/26/12 | In the 1980's I remember going to the Peters on Saturday afternoons and getting lilies to make flower arrangements for my church. It was just beautiful there. He just gave me the flowers. They would be all in bud on Saturday night and open on Sunday morning. |
| Nancy O'Connell | 9/30/15 | I remember that daylily farm very well. |
| rebamjr | 3/30/16 | The more things change in the name of progress the sadder we get. |
| Daniel M. Sung | 9/8/17 | Amazing picture; I eat at the Checkers near that water tower all the time. |
| Betsey Metz | 10/21/20 | I lived on that hill before it was a daylily farm. In winter we would sled down that hill and catch the school bus in front of All States inn. I heard that after the Peters moved, vandals trash that beautiful house before the highway flattened the hill. At least we all have happy memories!! |