Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Brandon, VT

Brandon

Swallows Nest is a farm on Ella Dean Road in Brandon, in the Otter Creek valley between the Green Mountains and Lake Champlain. Its specific crops, animals, and any farm sales aren't confirmed here. The Brandon area is mixed farm country, with dairy, hay, vegetables, and orchards spread across the valley floor.

Brandon

Maple View Farm Alpacas raises alpacas on Adams Road in Brandon, in Rutland County, and sells alpaca-fiber goods such as socks, yarn, and accessories. The farm welcomes visitors to meet the herd. Its website is currently offline; contact the farm to confirm visiting hours and what's in the farm store.

Sudbury

Trevin Farms is a farm on Willowbrook Road in Sudbury, a rural town in Rutland County near Lake Hortonia. Details aren't published online. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows or raises and whether visitors are welcome.

North Chittenden

Baird Farm on West Road in North Chittenden makes maple syrup as its main product, along with infused maple, maple ketchup, and other maple goods. The farm also sells grass-fed beef and cut flowers. Its farm store is open Wednesday through Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Tuesdays. More is at bairdfarm.com.

E. Middlebury

Mead Lane Farm operates out of East Middlebury, a village where the Green Mountains meet the Champlain Valley in Addison County, near Middlebury and the Middlebury Gorge. The listing carries only a P.O. Box, and no website or product details surfaced online. East Middlebury sits in a mix of dairy ground, orchards, and small diversified farms along the valley's eastern rim.

Rutland Town

Hathaway Farm cuts a 13-acre corn maze each year on Prospect Hill Road in Rutland Town, with clues, bridges, and a mini maze story walk for younger kids. General admission covers wagon rides, a giant corn pit, duck and pig races, steer-head roping, and the livestock barn. A September sunflower festival and pick-your-own pumpkins round out the fall, and a farm store sells Vermont maple syrup.

Cornwall

Bread Loaf View Farm makes pure Vermont maple syrup in Cornwall, near Middlebury, along with maple cream, caramel, sugar candies, and barrel-aged syrup. The farm ships its products and offers free shipping on orders over $200. It takes its name from Bread Loaf Mountain in the Green Mountains to the east.

Middlebury

Dancing Bee Gardens sells raw honey from bees kept without synthetic chemicals or antibiotics near Middlebury. The honey goes into jars unfiltered and unheated, so it keeps the pollen and enzymes that standard processing strips out. This is a small operation reached by PO box rather than a storefront, so call ahead to find where the current harvest is being sold.

Benson

Cobble Knoll Orchard grows more than 80 apple varieties on East Road in Benson, in Vermont's Rutland County near the New York line. Alongside pick-your-own apples, pears, and peaches, the farm presses fresh cider and sells donuts, pies, pumpkins, squash, sunflowers, cut flowers, and maple syrup. The season runs late August through late October, open daily 9am to 5pm. It's a full fall stop in the quiet farmland of western Vermont.

Mendon

Mendon Mountain Orchards sits on U.S. Route 4 in Mendon, in the hills east of Rutland on the way toward Killington. Roadside orchards along this route sell apples through the fall, and many pair fruit with a bakery. The higher elevation here suits cold-hardy apple varieties. No current website or hours were posted online, so fall offerings are best confirmed directly.

Middlebury

Werner Christmas Tree Farm grows Christmas trees on Painter Road in Middlebury, in Addison County. Cut-your-own tree farms in Vermont open for the holiday season from late November through December, typically offering fir and spruce. The farm's hours and tree varieties aren't posted online, so confirm before visiting during the December weeks.

Middlebury

LedgEnd Farm raises fallow deer in Middlebury and sells naturally raised venison direct to the public, restaurants, and retail stores. The farm also offers antler pet chews and breeding stock. You can find its venison at City Market on Flynn Avenue in Burlington, or buy from the farm itself on Munger Street. Fallow deer are a smaller, leaner animal than the whitetails common to Vermont woods.

Orwell

Ledge Haven Farm sits on Mount Independence Road in Orwell, a farming town in the Champlain Valley near the Lake Champlain shore and the Mount Independence Revolutionary War site. Orwell is dairy and hay country in southern Addison County. No website or product details were posted online, so what the farm sells or offers visitors isn't documented here beyond its agritourism listing.

Shoreham

Douglas Orchards is a family pick-your-own apple orchard on Route 74 in Shoreham, in the Champlain Valley fruit belt. Smaller and quieter than its well-known neighbor down the road, it sells apples and offers picking through the fall on rolling farmland near Lake Champlain.

Shoreham

Champlain Orchards grows more than 175 eco-certified apple varieties on Route 74 in Shoreham, plus peaches, pears, plums, cherries, nectarines, and berries. The farm runs a market, a cidery producing award-winning hard ciders, and a cider garden, with pick-your-own in season. It sits in the Champlain Valley near Lake Champlain, one of Vermont's larger fruit growers.

Poultney

Green's Sugarhouse taps its own trees near Poultney and sells pure Vermont maple syrup along with maple sugar, candy, cream, and pancake mix. The lineup runs into maple dressings, jams, spices, and gift boxes shipped year-round. The family also hosts weddings and events at the sugarhouse. Poultney sits in the Slate Valley on the New York line, where sugaring runs through the late-winter thaw.

Benson

Falkenbury Farm Guest House offers farm lodging on Park Hill Road in Benson, a rural town in Rutland County near the New York line and the lower Champlain Valley. Details aren't published online. Contact the farm directly to confirm the guest house, rates, and availability.

Hancock

The Gathering Inn sits on Route 100 in Hancock, in the central Green Mountains near the Green Mountain National Forest and the Middlebury Gap road. It's listed as farm-stay lodging. Contact the inn to confirm rooms, rates, and what's offered on site.

Killington

Hinterland Organic Farm grows organic produce along U.S. Route 4 in Killington, the ski-resort town on the spine of Vermont's Green Mountains. A mountain-valley farm at this elevation works a short, intense growing season, with most harvests landing from summer into early fall. The 'organic' tag in the listing points to its growing practices. No website or farmstand hours were posted online at the time of writing.

New Haven

Lester Farm sits on Route 7 (Ethan Allen Highway) in New Haven, an Addison County town between Middlebury and Vergennes. The name points to a farm market, and Route 7 carries several roadside produce stands through the Champlain Valley. Specific products and hours aren't posted online, so confirm directly before stopping.

Town of Whitehall

Sbardella Orchards grows on Manchester Road in Whitehall, at the southern tip of Lake Champlain near the Vermont line. The apple orchard fits a region known for cold-hardy fall fruit in Washington County. Public information is thin. Call ahead to confirm the apple varieties on hand, whether pick-your-own is offered, and the orchard's fall hours.

Rochester

Liberty Hill Farm has hosted overnight guests on its Rochester dairy farm since 1984, billed as Vermont's first certified Green Agritourism Enterprise. The registered Holstein herd supplies milk to Cabot Creamery. Stays include home-cooked meals and hands-on farm time, plus snowshoeing and hiking on the property in season. The White River valley setting sits below the Green Mountains.

Lincoln

Metta Earth is a farm and retreat center on Geary Road in Lincoln, pairing a working regenerative farm with a nonprofit institute that runs retreats and trainings. Programming spans contemplative practice, deep ecology, herbal skills, beekeeping classes, green yoga, and wood-fired sauna sessions. The site sits high in the Green Mountains and also hosts custom programs and an early-stage eco-community. It leans toward education and land stewardship more than a produce stand.

Bristol

Lower Notch Berry Farm takes its name from Lower Notch Road in Bristol, in Vermont's Addison County foothills below the Green Mountains. The farm grows berries for pick-your-own, with the season running through summer as strawberries give way to blueberries and raspberries. Bristol sits along Route 116 south of Burlington, an easy drive for pickers. Check locally for open days and what's ripe.

Bridport

The Vermont Wedding Barn is a barn event venue on Merino Lane in Bridport, in the Addison County dairy belt west of Middlebury. Its website is no longer active; the domain now sits parked and listed for sale, so current booking details and pricing aren't available online.

Lincoln

Twin Maple Sugarworks boils maple syrup in Lincoln, a mountain town below Mount Abraham and the Lincoln Gap in Addison County. Sugarworks like this run hardest during the late-winter thaw, when daytime melt and overnight freeze push the sap. The Green Mountain elevation here tends to stretch the sugaring season a little later than the valley floor. Details beyond the Lincoln location weren't posted online at the time of writing.

Bristol

Dreamhouse Orchard is an apple orchard on Hewitt Road in the Bristol area of Addison County, in the Green Mountain foothills along the New Haven River. Vermont's pick-your-own apple season generally runs September into October. The orchard keeps little online presence, so confirm varieties and picking dates before heading out.

Middletown Springs

Mystic Moon Suri Llamas raises Suri llamas — the type prized for long, silky fiber — in Middletown Springs, a small town in Rutland County. Little is published online. Contact the farm directly to ask about the llamas, fiber, or farm visits.

Lincoln

Weed Farm sits on Quaker Street in Lincoln, a Green Mountain town in Addison County along the New Haven River below Mount Abraham. Weed is a longtime Vermont family surname. What the farm produces or offers visitors isn't posted online, so this reflects its mountain-valley location rather than a confirmed list of products.

Lincoln

Solar Sweet Maple Farm produces maple syrup on Guthrie Road in Lincoln, a Green Mountain town in Addison County, and its name ties it to a Northeast Maple Museum. Vermont's sugaring season runs from late winter into early spring. Visiting hours and museum details aren't posted online, so confirm directly before making the trip.

Shrewsbury

Smith Maple Crest Farm is a maple farm on Lincoln Hill Road in Shrewsbury, a Rutland County hill town near Killington. Vermont sugarmakers boil sap into syrup in late winter and early spring, roughly February into April. The farm maintains a website, though its product and visitor details weren't reachable at the time of writing.

Whitehall

Apple Hill Orchard sits off County Route 21 in Whitehall, in Washington County near the Vermont border and the south end of Lake Champlain. Apples for picking or sale are the draw, most active from late summer into fall. Small upstate orchards like this usually open seasonally, so check ahead for picking dates and whether cider or other products are available.

Tinmouth

The Carabeau family runs a farmstand on East Road in Tinmouth, a small hill town in Vermont's Rutland County. Pumpkins are the stand's advertised draw, pointing to a fall season of jack-o'-lanterns and pie pumpkins. Stop by in autumn to see the selection.

Shrewsbury

Smith Maple Crest Farm works land on Lincoln Hill Road in Shrewsbury, a hill town in the Green Mountains southeast of Rutland. As the name signals, maple is part of the operation. Specific products, any lodging, and hours aren't confirmed here. Shrewsbury's high elevation and long winters make it strong sugaring country.

Putnam Station

Billy Bob's Orchard grows fruit on Gull Bay Road in Putnam Station, along the Lake Champlain shore in northern Washington County. Orchards in this cool lakeside pocket typically grow apples for fall picking and sale. The farm's varieties and hours aren't listed online.

Starksboro

Russell Christmas Tree Farm grows cut-your-own Christmas trees on Route 116 in Starksboro, in Vermont's Addison County. Vermont tree farms like this open the weekends after Thanksgiving, offering fir and spruce you cut yourself, plus wreaths and greens. Starksboro sits along Route 116 in the hills south of Burlington. Check locally for opening weekends and what species are available.

Ferrisburgh

Van De Weert's Pleasant Acres sits on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh, an Addison County town on the Lake Champlain plain south of Burlington. What the farm produces or offers visitors isn't posted online, so this reflects its location on one of Vermont's main agricultural corridors rather than confirmed details.

Bethel

Earthwise Farm and Forest sells grass-fed raw milk, pasture-raised poultry, and pastured pork from land in Bethel run on holistic and biodynamic methods. The farm also grows organic vegetables, garlic, and cut flowers and makes preserves, wreaths, and pottery. Beyond production, the owners teach grazing management and whole-farm planning and mentor other farmers through organic certification. Farm tours and work exchanges round out the year.

East Wallingford

Sugar Hill Berry Farm runs pick-your-own blueberries on Sugar Hill Road in East Wallingford, in Vermont's Rutland County. Berries are sold by the pound, and a self-service stand carries pre-picked pints plus honey, maple syrup, and seasonal vegetables like corn, peas, tomatoes, and squash. The stand runs mid-July through fall; picking wraps up by late summer. Dogs aren't allowed in the fields, and the farm posts updates on Facebook.

North Granville

Liebigs' Strawberry Ridge Farm sits on Middleton Road in North Granville, up in Washington County near the Vermont line. The name points to pick-your-own strawberries in June, the usual peak for berries this far north. No website or current details turned up online, so call ahead before visiting.

Panton

Agricola Farm raises pastured pigs on Jersey Street in Panton, in Addison County near Lake Champlain. The farm has been known for Italian-style cured meats and salumi made from its own hogs. Its website is currently offline, so contact the farm directly to confirm current products and whether visitors are welcome.

Mount Holly

Harry's Berries grows pick-your-own berries on Route 155 in Mount Holly, in southern Vermont near Ludlow and Okemo. This is a small Vermont farm, unrelated to the well-known California grower of the same name. Berry season runs through summer; call ahead to confirm what's ripe.

West Pawlet

Liebig Berries grows berries on Button Falls Road in West Pawlet, a Rutland County village against the New York state line in the Mettawee River valley. The listing points to a pick-your-own or farm-direct berry grower, with Vermont's season running from June strawberries into the July and August blueberry weeks. No website or hours were posted online, so ripeness is best checked directly in summer.

West Pawlet

Kinder Way Berry Farm and Sanctuary grows berries and runs an animal sanctuary on Button Falls Road in West Pawlet, near the New York line in western Rutland County. It blends a small produce operation with a home for rescued animals. Berry varieties, season, and visiting details aren't confirmed online.

Ferriburgh

Rokeby Museum is a historic Ferrisburgh farmstead that tells a nationally significant Underground Railroad story through four generations of the Robinson family, from 1793 to 1961. Guided house tours run twice daily, Wednesday through Monday, and the site has nine historic buildings plus year-round hiking trails. Rotating exhibitions, school programs, summer camps, and an annual Pie & Ice Cream Social fill the calendar.

Whitehall

Fairview Orchard sells apples, cider, and homemade apple pies on State Route 4 in Whitehall, up in Washington County near the Vermont line. The Hubbard family is best known here for fresh cider donuts made on site each fall. Beyond apples, the orchard grows berries and stocks other local goods, and offers pick-your-own. It's a fall-weekend destination for the eastern Adirondack foothills. Find them on Facebook as Fairviewapples.

Waitsfield

American Flatbread bakes its pizzas in a wood-fired earthen oven at Lareau Farm off Route 100 in Waitsfield, the original home of the now-widespread flatbread brand. The restaurant fills a restored barn on the farm beside the Mad River, using organic flour and local ingredients. It serves dinner on-site, with online ordering available. See americanflatbread.com.

West Brookfield

Eagle Peak Farm sits on Eagle Peak Road in the West Brookfield area of Brookfield, in the hill country of central Vermont's Orange County. The farm occupies high, wooded terrain south of Montpelier, a region of small livestock and hay farms.

Randolph Center

Monro Hill Vineyard grows grapes on Crocker Road in Randolph Center, a hilltop village in Orange County and home to Vermont State University's agricultural campus. Vineyards this far north rely on cold-hardy hybrid varieties bred to survive Vermont winters. Central Vermont's hillside sites drain well and catch the sun, which helps grapes ripen through a short season. No website or tasting details were posted online.

Randolph Center

Lincoln Farm works land on East Bethel Road in Randolph Center, in central Vermont's Orange County. Randolph Center sits on a ridge above the White River valley, home to Vermont Technical College and a patchwork of small hill farms. Little is posted online about this operation's current crops or hours. Check locally for what the farm sells and when it's open.

Royalton

Fat Rooster Farm works land on Morse Road in Royalton, a White River valley town in central Vermont near the South Royalton village green. Diversified Vermont farms of this kind commonly raise pastured livestock, eggs, and vegetables for direct sale. The White River corridor mixes river-bottom cropland with wooded hillsides. No current website or product list surfaced online, so what's for sale in a given season is best confirmed directly.

Randolph Center

Neighborly Farms is a third-generation organic farmstead on Curtis Road in Randolph Center that makes handmade cheese from its own cows' milk. The lineup runs to about eleven varieties, from traditional sharp cheddar to jalapeño jack, including raw-milk cheeses. The farm skips antibiotics, hormones, and commercial fertilizers, and ships its cheese as well as selling on site.

Randolph Center

Silloway Maple has made syrup on Boudro Road in Randolph Center since 1942, combining wood-fired boiling with reverse osmosis and solar power. Beyond graded syrup, the farm store carries maple cream, candy, granulated sugar, maple-coated nuts, and bourbon-barrel-aged syrup, and serves maple creemees in season. Tours with samples run year-round.

Randolph Center

Silloway Maple gives free year-round tours of its Randolph Center sugarhouse, where you can watch sap boil in season, walk the sugarwoods to see the tap lines, and sample all four grades of Vermont syrup. The farm store sells maple cream, candy, sugar, bourbon-barrel-aged syrup, maple-coated nuts, and infused syrups. Large groups should call ahead. It's a working family sugaring operation open most days of the week.

Royalton

Four Springs Farm is a certified-organic farm and campground on Gee Hill Road in Royalton, growing a range of vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Guests can book cabins or tent sites, and the farm runs a home bakery and catering service. It sells at the Norwich Farmers' Market on alternating weekends from May through October, and hosts volunteers for two-week working visits.

Brookfield

Liberty Orchard grows apples on West Street in Brookfield, a small Orange County town best known for its historic floating bridge over Sunset Lake. As a central Vermont orchard, its season centers on fresh and pick-your-own apples from late summer through the October harvest. Liberty is also a disease-resistant apple variety common in New England orchards. No website or contact details surfaced online beyond the Brookfield listing.

Lincoln Bridge Farms takes its name from the historic Lincoln Covered Bridge over the Ottauquechee River in West Woodstock, and the farm sits on Bridges Road nearby. Its specific crops, livestock, and any farm sales aren't confirmed here. This stretch of the Ottauquechee valley west of Woodstock village is old hill-farm country.

Woodstock

Gilbert's Hill, on Barnard Road just north of Woodstock, is where the first ski rope tow in the United States started running in 1934, powered by the rear wheel of a Ford Model A. Bob and Betty Royce of the White Cupboard Inn set it up so guests could ride uphill instead of climbing. A roadside marker notes the spot; the hillside itself is open farmland today.