Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Berkeley, CA

Sunol

Hillcrest Ranch presses olive oil from a six-and-a-half-acre grove inside Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, including roughly 137 century-old trees standing among about 2,000 total. The Picholine, Mission, and Manzanillo trees are farmed organically without irrigation. The ranch opens to the public every other month for tastings, small-mill demonstrations, soap-making workshops, and olive-brining classes, and visitors can either hike in or catch a shuttle up to the grove.

Pleasanton

Classic Pumpkin Patch & Trees sells pumpkins each fall and Christmas trees each winter from Rowell Ranch on Dublin Canyon Road between Pleasanton and Castro Valley. The lot runs Wednesday through Sunday afternoons and evenings, closed Mondays, with staff on hand to help load up a tree or a truck bed of pumpkins.

Castro Valley

Part of the Moore family's pumpkin and Christmas tree operation, running in the East Bay since 1984, though current listings point to San Ramon and Livermore locations rather than Castro Valley specifically. Worth confirming this address is still active before visiting.

Livermore

A Livermore corn maze and pumpkin patch on East Airway Boulevard that's been a fall fixture long enough to get featured twice on the David Letterman show. Beyond the maze and pumpkin picking, the farm runs fruit-picking and other hands-on activities aimed at families with young kids.

Newark

Fear Overload Scream Park is a seasonal Halloween haunt at Newpark Mall in Newark, part of the wave of mall-lot and parking-structure scare attractions that open across the Bay Area each October.

Livermore

Lyman Backyard Honey sells raw honey from a small apiary near the corner of Arroyo Road and Rivers Bend Circle in Livermore, in the East Bay wine country. It reads as a small-scale operation selling direct from the hive rather than a storefront business.

Livermore

A working cattle ranch on Mines Road south of Livermore that's run a fall pumpkin patch since 1990. Pumpkins range from mini to oversized, plus Indian corn, gourds, and wheat bundles, with a corn maze, pumpkin bowling, a kids' train, animal feeding, and an Old West Town backdrop. Open October 3–31, 10am–6pm, cash only — there's an ATM on-site.

Fremont

Ardenwood Historic Farm is a working 19th-century farm at 34600 Newark Boulevard in Fremont, California, centered on the restored 1857 Patterson House. Run by the East Bay Regional Park District, it operates a narrow-gauge railroad, blacksmith shop, and cultivated fields, and hosts seasonal events including pumpkin patches. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Gerard'Z Honeybees keeps hives around Livermore, in the Tri-Valley's scatter of small apiaries that sell jarred honey through local markets and roadside stands rather than large retail distribution.

San Jose

One of roughly 15 seasonal lots run by ABC Tree Farms, a family business working the Bay Area since 1983. The Capitol Avenue site sells pre-picked pumpkins mid-September through Halloween, with a gift shop, snacks, and a bounce house for kids, then flips over to a Christmas tree lot from mid-November to Christmas Eve.

Mountain View

Shoreline Lake Boathouse & American Bistro sits on the water at Shoreline Park in Mountain View — a boat rental and cafe operation, not a working farm despite its agritourism listing. The Boathouse serves espresso and snacks with lake-view patio seating; kayaks, paddleboards, and sailboats are available to rent on the lake.

Livermore

Moggi Ranch is listed on Altamont Pass Road in Livermore, in the grazing hills east of the Livermore Valley wine region. No working website turned up in research, so current activities, season, and hours could not be confirmed beyond the ranch's name and location.

Santa Clara

A seasonal pumpkin patch on El Camino Real in Santa Clara, one of the pop-up lots that fill vacant South Bay parcels each October. No independent website surfaced in research — confirm current hours before visiting.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Santa Clara lot on Benton Street, one of about 15 seasonal patches the family-run company has operated across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and ready for carving, with school tours and birthday parties booked on-site through October.

Santa Clara

Juniper Meadow Farms is listed on Calabazas Boulevard in Santa Clara, an address in dense Silicon Valley where farmland has largely given way to housing and office parks. No working website or social page turned up in research to confirm whether the operation is still active.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Monroe Street site in Santa Clara, one of the family company's roughly 15 Bay Area lots running since 1983. Pre-picked pumpkins are on sale through Halloween, followed by Christmas trees in the same spot come November.

Brentwood

Maggiore Cherry Ranch's Walnut Boulevard stand anchors one of three Brentwood locations the family runs along the Marsh Creek u-pick corridor, itself home to more than 65 direct-to-consumer growers. Alongside its cherries, this location added two rows of Himalayan mulberry trees and now sells pre-picked mulberries in season, a rarity on a route otherwise dominated by stone fruit.

Moraga

Captain Vineyards is a Bay Area winery in Moraga founded in 2005, farming more than 3,000 dry-farmed vines by hand. The estate makes unfiltered wines aged five to ten years in French oak, including Petite Sirah and Cabernet-driven blends, and has picked up the CoolCal and California Green Business awards for sustainable practices. Tastings run by reservation.

San Jose

Dead Time Dreams is a seasonal haunted attraction at Eastridge Mall in San Jose, California, built around a slaughterhouse-themed maze called the Meat Factory. It runs during Halloween season with live scare actors, makeup and effects work, and a midway. It's a horror attraction rather than a working farm, listed here for its meat-and-farm theming.

San Leandro

Schmitz Ranch has raised livestock for the Bay Area since 1944, now in its third generation of the Schmitz family running the operation. It's registered as a wholesale meat business rather than a pick-your-own farm, so hours and product availability are best confirmed by phone before a visit. The ranch operates out of 410 Hester Street in San Leandro.

San Jose

This Pick of the Patch Pumpkins lot sits on Tully Road on San Jose's east side, the second of the operator's two seasonal city locations alongside the Curtner Avenue patch. No hours or pricing are published online for this listing; call ahead before visiting.

San Jose

A seasonal Halloween pumpkin patch and haunted trail on Doyle Road in San Jose, one of several neighborhood pop-up patches that open each October in the South Bay. No independent website turned up in research, so confirm current hours before visiting.

Long Shadow Farm sits along Walnut Boulevard in the 94549 zip code, in the stretch of Contra Costa County orchard country between Lafayette and Walnut Creek known for its cherry ranches and family farms. Public listings turn up little beyond the address — no confirmed crop list, hours, or contact details.

Brentwood

Papini Family Farms works land along Brentwood's Walnut Boulevard, inside the same Marsh Creek-area district that supports dozens of the region's cherry and stone fruit growers. No public source yet confirms which crops the Papini family sells direct from this stand.

San Jose

Pick of the Patch Pumpkins runs a fall lot on Canoas Garden Avenue near Curtner Avenue in South San Jose, one of two seasonal locations the operator runs in the city. No hours or pricing are published online for this listing; call ahead before visiting.

Brentwood

The Camino Diablo Road stand is the third Maggiore Cherry Ranch location in Brentwood, part of the same family cherry operation spread across the Marsh Creek growing area. Like its sister stands, it sells fruit direct off the tree during Brentwood's cherry season, typically mid-May through June.

Brentwood

Rancho Zaragoza is on Walnut Boulevard in Brentwood, inside Contra Costa County's u-pick corridor, where cherries come in late spring and peaches, apricots, and corn follow through summer. The address places it in one of Northern California's most concentrated agritourism districts.

Brentwood

McCauley Olive Groves grows olives on Balfour Road in Brentwood, part of East Contra Costa County's belt of orchards and row crops east of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Brentwood

Berry Best Family Farm grows four strawberry varieties for u-pick on Balfour Road in Brentwood, then moves into peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, plumcots, cherries, and figs as spring turns to summer. Hours run daily, roughly 9am to 5 or 6pm depending on the day of the week, with weekend closing times slightly earlier than weekdays.

Brentwood

Three Nunns Farm is a fifth-generation, 40-plus-acre operation in Brentwood where you pick your own cherries in May and June, then peaches, apricots, plums, and berries through summer, before fall brings pumpkins and a corn trail out to the patch. General admission runs from $4.32, with season passes around $27-$32 and free parking and wagons.

Brentwood

Heritage Family Farm is on Concord Avenue in Brentwood, part of the East Contra Costa County corridor Bay Area residents know for U-pick cherries, peaches, and pumpkins each summer and fall. Brentwood's sandy delta soil and warm inland climate have supported that stone-fruit economy for decades.

Brentwood

At 22111 Concord Avenue, Peter Wolfe Ranch's Concord field grows apricots, peaches, cherries, tomatoes, loquats, and watermelons for u-pick customers. It's one of four Brentwood-area locations the family farms, each opening on its own schedule as different crops come ripe. Watermelon and tomato picking usually stretches latest into summer.

Alameda

This Alameda address is Niman Ranch's corporate office rather than a working farm open to visitors. Niman Ranch is a natural, sustainably raised meat brand supplied by a network of more than 600 independent family farms and ranches nationwide, raised without antibiotics or added hormones under Certified Humane standards. Farm visits happen at individual member ranches, not at this office.

Moffatt Ranch is on Walnut Boulevard in the Brentwood area, part of Contra Costa County's seasonal u-pick and pumpkin-patch corridor east of the Bay Area. Current offerings, hours, and contact details weren't confirmed online.

Brentwood

The Creek Road field of Peter Wolfe Ranch is one of several u-pick stops the family operates around Brentwood, known locally for cherries, loquats, apricots, and peaches. Cherry season typically opens in late May and draws pickers out from the Bay Area before the fruit turns. Like the ranch's other fields, hours depend on what's ripe that week.

Brentwood

The Bloomfield family runs Cherry Time, a u-pick and pre-picked cherry orchard on Walnut Boulevard in Brentwood, alongside their sister farm Bloomfield Cherries down the road. Lapins and Sweetheart cherries go for $4.50 a pound, cash only, typically from early May through mid-June, Wednesday through Sunday, 9am to 5pm.

Seko Ranch Cherries is on Eureka Avenue in the Brentwood growing area, zip 94513 — ground zero for the region's cherry harvest. Ranch-style cherry operations here tend to run smaller and more informal than the larger commercial orchards nearby, often selling by the roadside during the short spring season.

Brentwood

Salvador's Cherry Farm sits on Hoffman Lane in Brentwood, inside Contra Costa County's cherry belt, where orchards typically open for picking in a tight window from mid-May to mid-June before the crop turns. Brentwood grows more sweet cherries than almost anywhere else in Northern California.

Brentwood

Bacchini's Fruit Tree is on Walnut Boulevard in Brentwood, California, part of the East Contra Costa County orchard belt often called the u-pick capital of the Bay Area for its cherries, apricots, and peaches.

Brentwood

Mike's U-Pick opens its Concord Avenue peach and nectarine trees in Brentwood for a tight window each year — mid-to-late May through about the second week of June. The family grows white and yellow varieties of both fruits, and the season closes as soon as the trees are picked clean. This is the peach location; Mike's ran a separate cherry orchard on Payne Avenue that closed for good after 2025.

Grandpa Lenny and Thelma Canciamilla started this u-pick orchard in Brentwood in 1982, and it's still one of the smallest fruit stands in town, now run by their son Leonard Jr. Visitors pick peaches, nectarines, plums, apriums, and plouts, and the stand also sells walnuts and homemade jam. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in season, at 401 Eureka Avenue at Walnut Boulevard.

Brentwood

The cherry orchard at 611 Payne Avenue, run under the Mike's U-Pick name, closed for good after its 2025 season — ten years of Brentwood pick-your-own cherries came to an end. The peach and nectarine location on Concord Avenue, operated by the same family, is still running each spring.

San Jose

Pick of the Patch Pumpkins, run by third-generation ABC Tree Farms, has operated its Hillsdale Blvd location in San Jose for more than 70 years. The seasonal lot includes an inflatable park, giant slides, an inflatable maze, and a small petting zoo alongside the pumpkin selection, with Christmas trees sold at the same site later in the season.

Brentwood

Freitas Cherry Ranch opens its Coral Champagne cherry trees to pickers on weekends during the short Brentwood season, charging by the pound at the gate. The family has run the U-pick operation on Hoffman Lane for years, with hours posted as 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays once the fruit is ready. Cherries here go fast — the season in Contra Costa County typically runs just a few weeks in late spring.

Peter Wolfe Ranch runs several u-pick fields around Brentwood in Contra Costa County; this one, on Payne Avenue, is part of a family fruit-growing operation that's worked the area for decades. Across its fields the ranch grows cherries, apricots, peaches, loquats, tomatoes, and watermelons, picked in succession as each ripens from late May onward. Hours shift with the harvest, so call ahead.

Brentwood

This Sellers Avenue stand is one of three Maggiore Cherry Ranch locations spread across Brentwood's Marsh Creek u-pick corridor, all run by the same family under the Maggiore name. Cherries are the primary crop here, sold direct from the stand during the region's late-spring to early-summer season.

Peter Wolfe Ranch's Eureka Avenue field is part of the same Brentwood-area u-pick operation that's grown stone fruit and melons in Contra Costa County for years. Expect cherries, apricots, and peaches in late spring, with tomatoes and watermelons following through summer. The ranch keeps no storefront; picking hours are set week to week as fruit ripens.

Brentwood

This Brentwood roadside stand on Walnut Boulevard operated for years as Chan's Fruit Stand before rebranding as Chao's Strawberries at the same address, still family owned and run. The original Chan's name lives on mostly in reviews and an Instagram account now marked retired, but the stand kept selling strawberries and seasonal produce under new branding.

Brentwood

Chaos Strawberry U-Pick is an Iu Mien family farm on Walnut Boulevard in Brentwood, offering both pre-picked and pick-your-own strawberries in season. The family posts current picking status and hours on Instagram (@chaostrawberries) rather than a website, since availability shifts week to week.

Byron

Byron Growers is a family-owned u-pick strawberry farm east of the Bay Area, growing Albion, Monterey, and Sayulita varieties across its Byron fields using organic growing practices. The farm has also planted native wildflowers alongside its berry rows. Operations run seasonally, so it's worth checking ahead before making the trip out.

Brentwood

Family-run u-pick cherry orchard on Sellers Avenue in Brentwood, growing Coral and Lapin varieties. Cherries run $4 a pound, buckets are handed out at the gate, and there's no entry fee or minimum purchase — bring your own ladder if you're after the high branches. Climbing the trees isn't allowed, and outside food and pets stay in the car. No reservation needed; just show up during cherry season, typically late May into June.

Brentwood

Pomeroy Farm has run u-pick fruit in Brentwood since 1927 — cherries first, then apricots, nectarines, and peaches as the season moves through summer. Seven cherry varieties alone, including Bing, White Rainier, and Brooks. The farm's hotline carries daily updates on what's ripe and ready, since picking windows shift with the weather. The 2027 season will mark a full century of the same family growing fruit at 1600 Eureka Avenue.

Portola Valley

Webb family land in Portola Valley worked since 1922, now roughly 250 acres of horse boarding, riding lessons, and CCOF-certified organic farming minutes from Stanford. The u-pick berry fields — olallieberries, marionberries, and blackberries — open for six to eight weeks each summer starting around mid-June, and fall brings pumpkins and organic compost sales, with Christmas trees closing out the year.

Antioch

Jones Family Honey pairs small-batch honey sales with residential bee removal in Antioch, in eastern Contra Costa County. Outfits that combine live-hive removal with honey sales are common in this part of the Delta, where swarms move into attics and sheds every spring.

San Carlos

ABC Tree Farms' San Carlos lot along El Camino Real at Arroyo Street, part of a family-run network of roughly 15 seasonal pumpkin and Christmas tree sites across the Bay Area dating to 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and sold through October, with a gift shop on-site.

Brentwood

Pease Ranch sits on Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, the same corridor that carries the area's well-known cherry and stone fruit u-pick stands. No public listing details which crops or hours this particular ranch keeps.

McKinney Farms, A Peachy Place, grows peaches on Marsh Creek Road in the Brentwood area, part of Contra Costa County's u-pick fruit belt east of the Bay Area. The farm's old website domain is no longer active, and current hours or contact info aren't available online.

Brentwood

AIRAYA U-Pick grows 22 varieties of peaches, nectarines, apricots, pluots, cherries, and Asian pears on Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood, open for tree-ripened picking from early May through late August. Fruit runs $3.50 a pound on weekdays and $4.00 on weekends, with bags and parking provided; herb and vegetable starts are sold from mid-March.

San Jose

Wendy Towner manages more than 600 hives across Santa Clara County under The Honey Ladies name, bottling raw, unfiltered honey while also running a round-the-clock bee removal service for homeowners with unwanted swarms in walls and chimneys. The honey sells through their Campbell storefront and online. It's less a farm stand than a working apiary business, built on relocating bees rather than just harvesting from them.

Brentwood

Gursky Ranch Country Store, on Apricot Way in Brentwood, California, sells nuts, dried fruit, local honey, olive oil and vinegar, and hand-packed gift baskets wrapped to order. It's open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mondays.