Orchards near Bethesda, MD

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.

Germantown

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.

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.

Mount Airy

Odenton

Piney Orchard Farmers Market has run outside the Piney Orchard Community Center on Stream Valley Drive for more than two decades, one of the longer-standing markets in Anne Arundel County. Wednesday hours run 2 to 6 p.m. from late spring through October, with vendors selling local produce, baked goods, honey, and specialty foods. The wooded community-center setting gives it a quieter feel than the county's bigger markets.