Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Bradenton, FL

Bradenton

Mixon Fruit Farms operated for 84 years as a citrus grove and roadside attraction before closing. Manatee County acquired the property in 2025 and now runs it as an event venue with an on-site farmers market, keeping the orange grove and butterfly garden intact.

Parrish

Brown's Grove Citrus & Produce grows and sells citrus in Parrish, along the Manatee River in a part of Manatee County still dotted with working groves. Current varieties, harvest season, and stand hours weren't confirmed online.

Bradenton

Old Mission Vineyards sits along State Road 64 east of Bradenton, in Manatee County — a region built on tomatoes and citrus, not wine grapes, which makes a vineyard here a genuine outlier.

Bradenton

BeauCoop is based in Bradenton, on Florida's Gulf Coast in Manatee County — farm country long built on winter tomatoes and strawberries.

Bradenton

O'Brien Family Farms runs a farm stand and u-pick operation on State Road 64 east of Bradenton, growing broccoli, carrots, and strawberries for customers who want to pick their own. The market keeps regular hours — 10 to 5 Wednesday through Friday, 9 to 4 on Saturday, 10 to 3 on Sunday — built around a business that's been going since 2011. Call (941) 896-4811 to check what's ready before making the trip.

Sarasota

Sarasota Honey Company sells raw local honey alongside honey-infused teas, soaps, and beeswax candles, including a locally-sourced "Allergy Blend." The apiary sells from a shop in the Bazaar at Apricot and Lime, open Thursday through Saturday, 10am to 3pm, with extended hours to 7pm on the third Saturday for live music. Honey is sourced from Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte county hives.

Sarasota

Fruitville Grove takes its name from Fruitville Road, a stretch of Sarasota County once thick with citrus groves before development spread east from the coast. Farm stands along this corridor have historically sold citrus, produce, and seasonal fall items like pumpkins and mums.

Bradenton

Rosa Fiorelli Winery sits east of Bradenton in the hills south of Lake Manatee. Rosa and Antonio Fiorelli, who emigrated from Sicily, opened the winery in 1998 and still run it as a family business. Tastings and tours are open Thursday through Sunday, and the grounds double as a wedding and event venue.

Hunsader Farms in Bradenton is a full farm-market destination: fresh produce, u-pick fields, local honey and jams, a petting zoo, ice cream shop, cafe, and an antique store, with an annual pumpkin festival that has run for over three decades. Open Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm from October through early June; closed for summer.

Bradenton

Plesscher Groves is listed as an agritourism grove operation on County Road 675 East near Bradenton. No further public details, website, or contact information surfaced in a search, so this description reflects only its name, location, and type.

Sarasota

Sarasota Pumpkin Festival is held at Payne Park, a city park near downtown Sarasota with ball fields, a skate park, and open lawn space that hosts community festivals through the fall. No working website or contact page turned up in research beyond the name, type, and address.

Myakka City

Indoor hydroponic u-pick farm growing over 150,000 plants under one roof, built so no bending or kneeling is needed to harvest. Strawberries are the main draw, and the on-site market sells strawberry ice cream and dehydrated strawberries alongside other local goods.

BellaBlue Berry Farm sits along Bradenton-Arcadia Road in inland Manatee County — cattle ranching country east of Bradenton where a handful of berry growers have carved out fields among the pastures.

Ruskin

Martinez Farms is based in Ruskin, the Hillsborough County community whose name has stood for Florida tomatoes since growers began shipping them north by rail in the early 1900s.

Wimauma

Berry Bay Farms is in Wimauma, part of South Hillsborough County's produce corridor known for strawberries, tomatoes, and blueberries. No hours, crop list, or contact details specific to this operation are published online.

Ruskin

Artesian Farms is listed on East College Avenue in Ruskin, a Hillsborough County community that built its reputation on winter tomatoes long before Florida's produce industry expanded into strawberries and blueberries. No verified crop list, hours, or contact details turned up for this property.

Ruskin

Hydro Harvest Farms operates on Shell Point Road in Ruskin, a Tampa Bay-area farming community, with a name pointing to hydroponic growing methods.

Duette

Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery in Duette produces Certified Florida Farm wines, from dry and medium-dry reds to sparkling wine, using 100% recycled bottles. Tastings run $10 per person, with charcuterie trays starting at $10 and on-site jellies, jams, and preserves made from the estate's own grapes. It's open Monday and Friday through Sunday, 11am to 5pm, and Thursday 11am to 2pm; closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

Wimauma

Colorfield Farms has operated as a u-pick stop on State Road 674 in Wimauma since 1998, one of the longer-running pick-your-own farms in this stretch of Hillsborough County. Specific crops and seasonal picking dates aren't published online, so calling ahead at (813) 672-4121 before visiting is the reliable way to know what's in the field.

St. Petersburg

The Dalí Museum holds one of the largest collections of Salvador Dalí's work outside Spain — oil paintings, sketches, and glasswork spanning his career, housed in a modern building on the St. Petersburg waterfront at One Dali Blvd. Current exhibits include "Dalí Alive 360°," a multisensory show in the museum's dome, and "Surreal Nature," an installation built on light and sound. It's an art museum, not a farm or grower, open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Thursdays until 8 p.m.).

Lithia

The Southern Barn at Lonesome G Ranch is a barn event space on a ranch property in Lithia, in eastern Hillsborough County. Ranch venues like this typically host weddings and gatherings on pasture land rather than sell crops directly to the public. No verified hours, pricing, or contact details were found online for this listing.

Lyna Berry Farms runs u-pick berry fields on Neal Road in Lithia, southeast of Tampa, and also sells pre-picked orders for anyone who'd rather skip the fields. The farm sends out email alerts when the rows are ripe for picking, and posts updates on Instagram and Facebook.

Riverview

First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary sits in Riverview, on the fast-growing suburban edge of Hillsborough County southeast of Tampa. The name suggests a rescue and rehabilitation operation rather than a commercial produce farm.

Lithia

The Southern Peach Company grows peaches along State Road 674 in the Fort Lonesome area of Lithia, in Hillsborough County's rural southeast corner. No independent website or listing turned up in research; call ahead for picking season and hours.

Lithia

Fort Lonesome takes its name from the unincorporated ranching community of the same name in rural Hillsborough County — cattle pasture and equestrian land near the Alafia River, southeast of Lithia.

Lithia

Strawberries, You Pick sits on South County Road 39 in Lithia, inside Hillsborough County's strawberry belt that runs toward Plant City. Florida's u-pick strawberry season typically falls between December and March, though this farm has no published hours or contact information.

Lithia

Bonnie Blueberries is a small, family-run u-pick blueberry patch in Lithia, closer to a backyard planting than a commercial farm. Call ahead before driving out — visitors report the bushes can be picked clean fast during peak season, and availability changes day to day. Bring your own containers. It's the kind of informal, small-scale u-pick that dots the Hillsborough County blueberry belt each spring.