Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Bethesda, MD

Bethesda

Bee Daddies Apiaries keeps hives around Bannockburn, in Bethesda. No public website lists current honey sales or hours — reach out directly for availability.

Bethesda

Phil's Honey keeps hives in Bethesda, selling honey worked from the gardens and tree canopy of lower Montgomery County. Pricing and sales locations aren't listed online; reach the beekeeper directly for current availability.

North Bethesda

Rockville Flower & Garden Spot operates on Grand Park Avenue in North Bethesda, in Montgomery County. No independent website or listing turned up in research — call ahead to confirm current plant stock and hours.

Arlington

Mclean

Redland

The Agricultural History Farm Park preserves 455 acres of Montgomery County farmland worked from the early 1700s through the late 1960s, with an apple orchard, farm animals, and historic barns still standing. Montgomery Parks runs public programs here — swing dance nights, storytime for young kids, hiking talks — plus annual draws like the spring Gas and Steam Show and the fall Harvest Festival. The farmhouse is currently closed for renovation.

Annandale

Great Falls

North Potomac

Sycamore Apiaries is a family-run beekeeping operation in North Potomac producing raw honey that's never heated or pasteurized. The honey is hand-harvested in small batches and sold at area farmers markets and at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. The family has said it plans to add beeswax candles, pollen, lotions, and soaps as the apiary grows.

Alexandria

Riverdale Park

Riversdale is a Federal-era mansion built between 1801 and 1807 by Henri Stier and completed by his son-in-law George Calvert, now run as a house museum by the nonprofit Riversdale Historical Society. Guided tours depart the visitor center Fridays and Sundays at noon and 2 p.m., covering the estate's history including the enslaved and free people who lived and worked there. It sits inside Riverdale Park, a short walk from the Town Center.

Vienna

Ashton

Blueberry Gardens sits on Ashton Road, Route 108, in the Sandy Spring area of Montgomery County. Its website could not be reached at research time — call ahead to confirm current hours and what's available.

Silver Spring

Link Farm is listed in Silver Spring, in Montgomery County. No independent website or listing turned up in research, so its current crops, animals, or visiting policy aren't confirmed — contact the property directly.

Franconia

Germantown

Gazebo Garden Center and Nursery operates in Germantown, in Montgomery County. Research did not turn up an independent website or current listing, so specific inventory, hours, and contact details aren't confirmed — call ahead before visiting.

Germantown

The same family has farmed this Germantown ground since 1933, growing Silver Queen sweet corn, pumpkins, green tomatoes, and pattypan squash off Schaeffer Road. A giant pumpkin grown on the property has drawn coverage from the Washington Post and the Germantown Gazette. Free tractor hayrides, horse-drawn wagon rides, and an oxcart run the property from July through October.

Burke

Germantown

Germantown

Butler's Orchard has run its pick-your-own operation in Germantown for generations, with fields of berries, peaches, and apples feeding a farm market that stays open Tuesday through Sunday, 8:30am to 6pm. Beyond picking, the farm hosts seasonal festivals and keeps a restaurant on-site for visitors who want lunch before or after a trip through the fields. Closed Mondays year-round.

Glenelg

Triadelphia Lake View Farm has been in the Brown family since 1896, when it started as a dairy operation. Today the farm cuts its own Christmas trees for the cut-your-own season, raises lamb, and sells holiday turkeys, wreaths, and roping alongside seasonal produce. It also runs a CSA and shows up at farmers markets around Howard County. Reach the farm at (410) 489-4460 or [email protected].

Poolesville

This Poolesville pick-your-own farm runs a rotating harvest of blackberries, blueberries, tart cherries, peaches, apples, and pumpkins, priced by the pound and paid for at the field. The market building, open without admission, sells fruit preserves, honey, and pre-picked vegetables like tomatoes, corn, and greens from the same ground. Pets, professional photography, and birthday parties aren't permitted on-site.

Gaithersburg

Maryland Honey Company sells honey and live bees on a wholesale basis out of Gaithersburg, having closed its retail storefront. Beekeepers and honey buyers can still reach the company by phone to arrange wholesale orders — walk-in retail sales are no longer part of the business.

Fort Washington

Phenomenal Productions LLC is listed as an agritourism operator in Fort Washington, in Prince George's County. No independent website, social page, or press mention turned up in research, so specific offerings, hours, and pricing aren't confirmed. Anyone booking should call ahead to verify what the business currently runs.

Germantown

Red Wiggler Care Farm, on Ridge Road inside Ovid Hazen Wells Park in Germantown, is a working organic farm built around employment for adults with developmental disabilities. Its 200-share CSA supplies vegetables, herbs, and flowers, and the farm's Harvest Share Program gives half of what it grows to low-income households in the community. Volunteers and farm tours are welcome.

Poolesville

Farmathome operates out of Poolesville, inside Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve, 93,000 acres of protected farmland northwest of Washington, D.C. Current products and hours aren't published online; the farm is best reached directly.

Brookeville

Sharp's has worked this 530-acre spread in Western Howard County since 1903, running a spring greenhouse operation - naturally raised herbs, heritage vegetable plants, cutting-garden flowers - from mid-April into mid-summer before shifting into fall hayrides and farm tours that run through mid-November. Group and birthday parties book the barns alongside educational farm programs for school groups.

Great Meadows Farm sits on Annapolis Rock Road outside Frederick, Maryland.

Clinton

Miller Farms runs a year-round produce market at 10140 Piscataway Road in Clinton, selling fresh vegetables, jarred goods, meats, and a bakery line of homemade ice cream, donuts, and pies. Summer crops have included tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, kale, cabbage, squash, cucumbers, and cantaloupe, plus a nursery for flowers and plants. Fall brings hayrides, a corn maze, and slides, with pick-your-own strawberries earlier in the season.

Laurel/Columbia

Gorman Produce Farm runs a CSA out of Laurel, with weekly shares built around whatever is in season plus pick-your-own strawberries. Unpicked crops go to the Maryland Food Bank and local pantries each week instead of going to waste. Pickup happens at the farm's Gorman Road location, while the growing operation itself is based a few miles away in Highland.

Glenn Dale

Cornelius and Emma Dudley started this Glenn Dale produce farm in 1995 growing ethnic crops like callaloo and potato greens, then opened it to pick-your-own greens the following year. Everything on the property is grown without synthetic chemicals.

Boyds

Star Gazing Farm is located in Boyds, inside Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve — a zoned corridor of working farms northwest of Washington, D.C. No independent website or current listing surfaced in research, so what's growing there and whether it's open to visitors isn't confirmed.

Woodbine

Breezy Hill Alpacas raises alpacas on Woodbine Road in Woodbine, in western Howard County. No current website describes farm visits or fiber sales — contact the farm directly for specifics.

Clifton

Dickerson

Lewis Orchards is listed at 18901 Peach Tree Road in Dickerson, inside Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve near Sugarloaf Mountain. Current crops and hours aren't confirmed online — note that a separate, unrelated Lewis' Orchards operates near Smithsburg, so call ahead to reach the right farm.

Woodbine

The Moore family has grown pick-your-own crops on this Western Howard County land since 1973, rotating through more than 20 crops and 90-plus varieties from late May into mid-November. Field tickets are priced by container size rather than by the pound, and the farm market stocks goods from roughly 25 local vendors alongside what's coming out of the fields that day. Soil conservation practices shape how the ground gets planted each season.

Glenwood

This 10-acre corn maze off Carrs Mill Road in Glenwood runs its season from late September through the first days of November.

Pirate Adventure Corn Maze is a seasonal corn maze in western Montgomery County, off Darnestown Road near Beallsville. It's listed as a fall agritourism stop on regional corn-maze directories alongside Maryland's other pick-your-own farms. Call ahead to confirm the current season's hours and maze design before driving out.

Dickerson

Five generations of one family have farmed this stretch of Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve since 1907, when Edwin and Minerva Horine first worked the land. Their son Phil planted the first peach trees during the Depression; his great-grandson Gene Kingsbury later spotted a mutation on one of those trees and turned it into Kingsbury Pride, a yellow freestone peach the orchard now grows exclusively. Season opens with cherries and apricots in June, then peaches, plums, and nectarines.

Poolesville

Aix La Chapelle Farm is a 180-acre estate in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve that combines a working pick-your-own orchard with event hosting. Its grounds have held the Old Line Market vintage and artisan fair and the Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival, which draws more than 60 dealers from 18 states. Full catering packages are available for private events, with booking currently open into 2028. Contact the farm at [email protected].

Woodbine

Sunflower Farm Lisbon grows sunflower fields near Woodbine, in the farm country along the Howard-Carroll County line. No current website or listing describes its opening dates or pricing — check local event calendars before visiting.

Ijamsville

Beekeeper Martin Posse grew this Ijamsville operation from two hives to more than 100, selling honey weekly at farmers markets across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia with pickup also available on the farm. The apiary runs a hands-on class called "Dive into the Hive" teaching visitors how a bee colony works.

Mount Airy

Rock Hill Orchard pairs pick-your-own peaches, apples, and blackberries with something most orchards don't have: its own dairy herd. Woodbourne Creamery turns that milk into ice cream on-site, under the farm's own motto, 'From Cow to Cone.' It's one of the few pick-your-own stops in northern Montgomery County where the cows and the fruit trees share the same address.

This Mount Airy apiary has sold honey since 1996, when a graduate student's surplus turned into a business. The Poplar Springs homestead now bottles raw honey and makes beeswax candles and skincare products, and also buys and resells honey from other regional beekeepers.

Poolesville

East Oaks Farm, on Whites Ferry Road in Poolesville, is run by Ali Mohadjer, who trained through the University of Maryland Extension before building it into a working small farm. It raises free-range Rhode Island Red hens on a soy- and GMO-free diet alongside grass-fed cows, goats, and sheep, and grows produce and flowers sold through a CSA. Visitors can book animal visits and farm tours, and the grounds also host private events.

Dickerson

Soleado Lavender Farm grows lavender on Harris Road in Dickerson, inside Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve near Sugarloaf Mountain. Bloom season, u-pick access, and products aren't confirmed online — contact the farm directly before visiting.

Centreville

Mount Airy

Blueberry Hills Farm is located in Mount Airy, on the Carroll-Frederick county line in Maryland's Piedmont, an area known for pick-your-own berry operations. The farm's old web domain has since expired, and no current site or social page could be confirmed — call ahead before planning a visit.

Upper Marlboro

Bowie

Patuxent Nursery stocks one of the larger Maryland-native-plant selections in Prince George's County alongside trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals. The Crain Highway garden center rounds out planting projects with soil, pavers, fountains, and yard decor, and staff give hands-on advice at the register rather than pointing you to a website FAQ. A food truck parks on-site on busy weekends.

Upper Marlboro

Montpelier Farms has run a fall festival on Crain Highway in Upper Marlboro since Mike and Adrianne Dunn opened it in 2008 with a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and hayrides. The farm has since added spring u-pick tulips, event rentals, and private campfires. The fall festival runs September through early November, Friday and Saturday 10am-7pm and Sunday 10am-6pm.

Ijamsville

Nearly 150 animals live on this 124-acre Ijamsville property, from horses and llamas to goats and pigs that race for the crowd on weekends. Visitors feed cattle and goats by hand, ride a wagon out to the barns, and catch seasonal draws like an Easter egg hunt and a fall pumpkin patch. The farm also books birthday parties and weddings on-site year-round.

Chantilly

Waldorf

Shlagel Farms has been growing in Waldorf for more than a century and carries Maryland's Century Farm designation to prove it. Strawberries come pick-your-own in May, pumpkins in October, and the farm raises its own beef, pork, and chicken alongside a produce CSA. A children's play area and hay wagon rides round out the fall visits, and the farm sells at markets across the D.C. area.

Upper Marlboro

Johnsons Berry Farm is in Upper Marlboro, in Prince George's County's tobacco-turned-produce belt along the Patuxent, an area with a handful of pick-your-own strawberry and berry operations. No current website or social page for this specific farm could be confirmed online — the name also belongs to an unrelated Washington State berry farm.

Mitchellville

Carl and Carole Brady run this fifth-generation family farm between Washington and Annapolis, growing fresh vegetables for more than 30 years. The market sells produce picked that same day, and fall brings the pumpkin patch and carving events the Bradys host for the community. Open daily from July through the start of November.

Gaver Tree Farm operates as the Christmas-tree and fall-pumpkin side of Gaver Farm in Mount Airy, where visitors choose from 37 pumpkin, gourd, and squash varieties across 12 acres come autumn. Free hayrides carry families out to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard, and the Fall Fun Festival adds a corn maze, farm animals, and pedal karts to the mix.

Chantilly

Leesburg