We are thrilled to team with the Wyoming Business Council to feature a Wyoming First business every week on our blog! Wyoming First is a program that promotes Wyoming member businesses. Visit their website (click here) to learn more about this service — and if you are a Wyoming business who’s not a member, be sure to inquire about membership! There are many benefits!
This week we are featuring Antelope Gap Dream Berries & More of Wheatland
LeRoy Jons, Antelope Gap Dream Berries & More, LLC Wheatland, WY 307-322-3389 lostcowboys@q.com
LeRoy Jons grew up in the Old Battle Town area. He has always liked the “old west” mining towns. Having spent a good amount of time in the area, exploring old buildings inspired LeRoy to build bird houses and feeders to resemble an old west village with a “bird theme to make them happy.” He tries to make them similar to the old cabins and other old west ghost towns he has visited.
The feeders are made from rough cut beetle kill pine. Some of the wood is from the Arapahoe fire from a couple years ago, which is near their Wheatland-area home. There is a local sawmill that does custom cutting, primarily beetle kill, which is where he gets the lumber. Antelope Gap Dream Berries & More is a family business. Their bird houses and feeders can be customized and no two are alike. Names can be added, which makes for a wonderful, personal gift for a special occasion.
Orders can place by phone or email. The birdhouses/ feeders are sold at the local farmers market, Triple Crown Commodities Cooperative (an online farmers market in SE WY) and at craft shows. This year you can find them at the Wyoming Mercantile at the Wyoming State Fair in August.
Antelope Gap Dream Berries & More products range from $45.00 for the “Blue Bird of Happiness” outhouses, $55.00 for the “old west front stores” and $65.00 for the “home tweet home” log house and feeders.
The birdhouses and feeders are handcrafted and designed to withstand the Wyoming “breezes,” and to show people that beetle kill pine is actually a pretty wood and can be used for numerous projects. Contact LeRoy via phone or email (above) to order!
