Farms Near Bishop, GA

Bishop

There is an abundance of interest in bird watching and photographing our farm. We do ask for individuals to stay back from the fences as there are livestock present. Livestock are present around fences and farming practices are occurring daily on the farm. Its common for cattle to be in breeding or calving season which disturbing them can cause irreparable effects, which can harm the livestock. All of our livestock are routinely examined by a licensed veterinarian(s) as we take utmost pride in o

Bishop

There is an abundance of interest in bird watching and photographing our farm. We do ask for individuals to stay back from the fences as there are livestock present. Livestock are present around fences and farming practices are occurring daily on the farm. Its common for cattle to be in breeding or calving season which disturbing them can cause irreparable effects, which can harm the livestock. All of our livestock are routinely examined by a licensed veterinarian(s) as we take utmost pride in o

Bishop

Young Female Farmers Market is based on Anthony Lane in Bishop, an Oconee County community south of Athens. As the name suggests, it's built around women farmers selling direct to local buyers.

Bishop

Piccadilly Farm is a specialty nursery in Bishop, in Oconee County, offering natives, classic Southern perennials, and rare or unusual plants alongside display gardens built around sun and conifer plantings. Retail and wholesale visits run year-round by appointment, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The farm also opens for Garden Fair weekends on the first Friday and Saturday of March, April, and May.

Watkinsville

Watkinsville

Whippoorwill Blueberries is a family-owned u-pick operation on Whippoorwill Road, open 8am to 8pm Tuesday through Sunday from mid-June into mid-July. The farm keeps chemical use to a minimum, relying on neem oil rather than heavier sprays for pest and fungal control. Pre-orders are accepted, and the farm also sells at the Oconee County Farmers Market on Saturday mornings at Eagle Tavern.

Watkinsville

Miller Blueberry Farm is on Union Church Road outside Watkinsville, the Oconee County seat near Athens. As the name indicates, it grows blueberries; no public website or contact number surfaced in research, so check locally for picking season and hours.

Bishop

Bogart

SunWoman Farms has a U-Pick muscadine/scuppernong vineyard. We also have greenhouses that grow vine ripe tomatoes and cucumbers year round. We also have seasonal outside vegetables.

Bogart

Washington Farms has run u-pick strawberries and fall pumpkins outside Athens since 1993. The 40-plus activities include a corn maze, petting zoo, zip lines, a cow train, and pig races, alongside homemade strawberry ice cream and kettle corn from the farm kitchen. Spring focuses on berries; fall brings pumpkins, flowers, and a full slate of family activities. Tickets are sold online in advance.

Monroe

Watkinsville

Hadden Estate is a 25-acre wedding and event venue in Watkinsville, Oconee County, that also runs a seasonal u-pick blueberry farm under the name DGD Farms, short for Damn Good Dawgs Farm, open to the public during summer picking season. The rest of the year, the grounds host weddings and private events rather than public farm visits.

Watkinsville

Wagon Wheel Ranch is a 200-acre family farm in Watkinsville, family-owned since 1970, raising 100% grass-fed, grass-finished Black Angus crossbred beef with no antibiotics or added hormones — Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World. Find the ranch every Saturday morning at the Peachtree Road Farmer's Market in Atlanta, or order by email for local pickup in Watkinsville; cuts run from filet mignon and ribeye to brisket, oxtail, and marrow bones.

Watkinsville

Oconee Farmers Market sets up on North Main Street in Watkinsville, the Oconee County seat known locally for its antique shops and horse farms south of Athens.

Good Hope

In 2016, we left our little house in the suburbs, hoping for a more rural existence. We brought with us six tiny cuttings from the huge unnamed fig tree that had been a part of our family for over fifteen years. For almost a year we nurtured those fig cuttings while living in our travel trailer looking for the right place to plant them. We were looking for a place our family could put down roots and grow, and we found it in Good Hope, in Walton County, Georgia. Our family of four pulled our trav

Geary Farms Local Beef sells beef direct from the farm in Georgia. Specific cuts, pricing, and pickup details weren't available through public sources.

Good Hope

Hollisaja Farms sits on Highway 83 in Good Hope, in Walton County's stretch of rural middle Georgia. No further detail on the operation could be verified online.

Good Hope

Good Hope Outdoor Products sells portable storage buildings, metal carports and barns, Amish-built modular barns, greenhouses, and chicken coops from its lot on Highway 83 in Good Hope, Georgia, with rent-to-own financing and no credit check. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 10am-3pm.

Good Hope

Lord of the Harvest Wholesale Pumpkins is on Highway 83 in Good Hope, Walton County. As the name states, it sells pumpkins wholesale; no public website or contact info turned up in research, so call ahead for sourcing and season details.

Watkinsville

Crusher's Vineyard is on Kirkland Road in Watkinsville, the Oconee County seat just south of Athens. No tasting hours, grape varieties, or contact details could be verified online — call ahead.

Watkinsville

Athens

Musdacine Meadows is on Macon Highway in Athens, Clarke County. The name suggests muscadine grapes, a common crop along this stretch of the Georgia Piedmont, though no hours or contact details are listed publicly.

Bogart

Soul Miner's Eden is a regenerative farm in Bogart producing compost, mulch, topsoil, and wood chips from a 65-acre operation built on land-stewardship and solar-grazing practices. Beyond the landscape-supply side, the farm sells pasture-raised meat and opens rows of flowers for U-pick. It's a member of the American Solar Grazing Association and operates under the Southland Organics family of businesses.

Monroe

Cherry Farms is on Ike Stone Road outside Monroe, the seat of Walton County in Georgia's Piedmont. No public listing details current products or hours.

Watkinsville

Covenant Grove Farm is a co-operative horse boarding facility in Watkinsville, not a produce farm — owners handle day-to-day care of their own horses in exchange for reduced board. The 12-horse property has a grass jump arena, a dressage court, and trails, and has run this way for more than three decades. It sits about 20 minutes from Athens and the University of Georgia.

Independent Baking Co is listed as a Georgia food business, but no website or social page turned up to confirm what it bakes, where it's based, or how to order.

Athens

Athens Green Market is listed at 393 North Finley Street in Athens — a separate address from the well-known Athens Farmers Market at Bishop Park across town. Vendor and hours information specific to this Finley Street location wasn't available online.

Athens

Social Circle

Hard Labor Creek Blueberry Farm takes its name from the creek and state park nearby, close to Social Circle in Walton County. The farm grows blueberries per its listing; no working website or contact number surfaced in research, so check locally for picking season and hours.

Monroe

Hunker Downs Fresh Market in Madison keeps near-daily hours, Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., spring through fall, at 146 Academy Street. Over 900 Google reviewers have rated it 4.6 stars, an unusually high volume for a market this size. The indoor space carries produce, baked goods, and artisan goods from local vendors, with EBT and WIC accepted at checkout.

Rutledge

This listing, filed under the name Joseph Bouler, is on Fairplay Street in Rutledge, a small Morgan County railroad town near Hard Labor Creek State Park. No crops or contact details are available online.

Monroe

Red Sun Farms is a small u-pick operation in Monroe growing strawberries, tomatoes, and peppers for picking in season. Hours typically run Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., though directory listings for the farm are sparse and picking windows shift with the crop. Confirm before visiting.

Monroe Farmers Market lists a PO Box address, common for small-town markets run by volunteers rather than out of a storefront. Monroe is the Walton County seat east of Atlanta.

Rutledge

Madison

Guided trips on Lake Oconee for striped bass, hybrid bass, largemouth, crappie, and catfish, run out of a base on Reid Duvall Road. Doug Nelms has worked the lake for more than 20 years from a 2018 Ranger bay boat; Clay Bishop, a Marine Corps veteran, specializes in catfish from a 2021 Excel Storm Cat. Trips take up to four anglers and lean on local knowledge of where fish are holding that week.

Winder

Double Bridge Farm is a pick-your-own operation on Double Bridge Road outside Winder, Georgia, though at least one directory lists it as presumed permanently closed as of 2023. The farm's site once described participation in a global tree-planting project alongside its produce operation. Call ahead before visiting to confirm current status.

Winder

Pharr Farms is a fourth-generation family operation on Argonne Road offering u-pick strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries through spring and summer, with pumpkins and homegrown vegetables taking over by fall. Strawberry ice cream shows up seasonally too, according to their own picking-day updates. The farm posts open hours on Facebook rather than keeping a fixed schedule, so a quick check before driving out saves a wasted trip.

Social Circle

Two Flags Alpacas of Georgia raises alpacas on FairPlay Drive NE in Social Circle, in Walton County. No working website turned up in research, so herd size, fiber sales, or farm visits aren't confirmed.

Winder

Fleeman's offers pick-your-own blueberries in Winder, the Barrow County seat in northeast Georgia. Like most u-pick blueberry operations in the Piedmont, the season likely runs from early June into July, though no working website confirms current hours or picking fees.

Farmview Market is a farmers market and butcher shop in Madison, Georgia, selling fresh produce, including Vidalia onions, alongside grass-fed beef and pork through its Cow Share and Pork Share programs. An on-site cafe serves soft-serve ice cream, and the market carries goods from regional producers like Blackberry Patch and H.L. Franklin Honey, alongside online pickup ordering through Farmview Pickup.

Winterville

Winterville

Rutledge

Eden Springs Farm is on Reese Road in Rutledge, in Morgan County near Hard Labor Creek State Park in Middle Georgia. It's listed as an agritourism operation; no working website or social page turned up in research, so current activities and hours aren't confirmed online.

Winterville

In Dea Manibus Farm is a pick-your-own operation on West Beaverdam Road outside Winterville, Georgia, in Clarke County farmland east of Athens. Directory listings confirm it as a u-pick destination but don't detail current crops or hours — call ahead before making the drive.

Monroe

Waits Farm grows muscadines and scuppernongs on Old Braswell Road in Monroe — 220 vines across a dozen varieties. U-pick grape season runs from late August into mid-October, with fruit priced at $4.50 a gallon and containers supplied on site. Hours shift with the crop, so call before driving out.

Jefferson

Black Gold Worm Farm operates on Swann Road outside Jefferson, in Jackson County. The name points to a vermicompost operation producing worm castings, sold in gardening circles as "black gold," though no verified website or contact details turned up online. Call ahead to confirm.

Covington

The Silos at Keel's Farm is on H D Atha Road in Covington, in Newton County east of Atlanta, a county well known as a film and TV production location. No working website or social page turned up in research, so current offerings and hours aren't confirmed online.

Winder

Monroe

Kevin Veinotte raises grass-fed Belted Galloway beef cattle and Katahdin hair sheep on this Walton County property outside Monroe. Both breeds are chosen for pasture-based, low-input grazing rather than grain feedlots. The farm documents its work on YouTube rather than running a storefront, and sells beef and lamb direct off the farm to customers who reach out ahead of time.

Covington

Keel's Farm is on H D Atha Road outside Covington, the Newton County seat in middle Georgia. It's listed as agritourism; no public website or contact number surfaced in research, so confirm hours before visiting.

Winterville

Zombie Farms has run a three-quarter-mile haunted walking trail outside Athens since 2012, staffed by live actors through a wooded course built for scares rather than jump-scare gimmicks alone. It opens Friday and Saturday nights in October and November, gates at 8pm and closing at 11pm, with tickets running $30 to $35. TripAdvisor ranks it the top attraction in Winterville.

Long Shot Farms is on Dogwood Trail in the 30619 zip code area of northeast Georgia. It's listed as agritourism; no public website or contact info turned up in research, so reach out locally for details.

Mansfield

Desert Mountain Alpaca Ranch raises alpacas on Hodges Circle in Mansfield, Georgia, in Newton County east of Atlanta. No working website turned up in research, so herd size and farm visits aren't confirmed.

Winder

Angela King's farm sits on Highway 211 Northwest outside Winder in Barrow County, a mix of row crops and pasture in northeast Georgia. No website or social page lists what's currently grown or sold on-site.

Social Circle

John and Ken Fuchs opened Fox Vineyards in 1984, and the family still runs it four decades later. Alongside standard Riesling, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Cabernet, they pour fruit wines made from strawberry, blueberry, and muscadine grown on the property. The tasting room sits on Highway 11 south of Social Circle and stays open Wednesday through Sunday, with tours of the production building included.

Colbert

Wanda's Wild Hives is on Terry Dee Lane outside Colbert, in Madison County, northeast Georgia. No website or listing describes current products or hours — contact the farm directly to confirm what's available.

Covington