Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Burlington, NC

Burlington

Jerry Bell runs a seasonal pick-your-own farm off Danieley Waterwheel Road near Burlington, growing strawberries in late spring and muscadine grapes in late summer. It's a small Alamance County operation without a website, opening mainly when the fruit is ready. Strawberries come first, followed by muscadines into the fall.

Burlington

Iseley Farms sits on Burch Bridge Road northwest of Burlington, in Alamance County's Piedmont farm country. The Iseley name runs deep in this part of central North Carolina. It's listed as an agritourism farm, though current visitor offerings aren't published online.

Burlington

Mike's Local Honey and Produce sells local honey and seasonal produce on Gwyn Road in Burlington, Alamance County. Piedmont honey harvests run through the warmer months, alongside garden vegetables and fruit as they ripen. Stock turns over with the season, so it's worth checking what's on hand before stopping by.

Burlington

Buttermilk Creek Farm has run as a pick-your-own operation off Gwyn Road since 2001. You can pick blueberries, blackberries, peaches, and heirloom apples here, and the farm also grows cut flowers and vegetables. July is the busy stretch, when the berries come in and the gates open most reliably. Hours shift with the harvest, so check their Facebook page or call before you make the drive.

Gibsonville

Windy Knoll Farm is on Ludgate Road in Gibsonville, on the Guilford and Alamance county line east of Greensboro. Listed as agritourism in the central Piedmont, its specific crops and any seasonal events are best confirmed with the farm directly.

Gibsonville

Blueberry Thrill Farm has grown fruit on Eaglesfield Road in Gibsonville since 1982, now a second-generation operation offering pick-your-own blueberries, blackberries, apples, peaches, muscadines, heirloom tomatoes, pumpkins, and flowers across the seasons. Picking hours can be tight, so their website and Facebook carry the current schedule. Note that pets aren't allowed in the fields. Reach them at 336-449-7246 or blueberrythrillfarm.com.

Reidsville

Strawberry and vegetable farm on Oakus Page Road in Reidsville, in Rockingham County north of Greensboro. Strawberries lead the spring season from roughly April into June, followed by summer vegetables. Public details are thin online; check with the farm for current picking days and stand hours.

Whitsett

Gusenbury Fields Lavender Farm grows lavender on NC Highway 61 in Whitsett, in eastern Guilford County between Greensboro and Burlington. Lavender farms open their rows for cutting and photos when the plants bloom in late spring and early summer, and sell dried bundles, oils, and soaps. Piedmont heat pushes most local lavender to peak around June.

Gibsonville

The Apple Farm sells fresh apples, homemade jams, and cider on High Rock Road in Gibsonville, in the Guilford and Alamance county area. Seasonal produce and specialty goods from local vendors round out the stand, and the farm runs pick-your-own apple picking and fall events. It's a small agritourism stop rather than a large commercial orchard. Call for current hours and picking availability.

Gibsonville

Early Farms is a small produce farm on Bethel Church Road in Gibsonville, in the Piedmont between Greensboro and Burlington. It grows local, farm-fresh food and is listed as an agritourism stop, though it keeps a low profile online. The specific crops aren't well documented, so it's worth a call before visiting. Guilford and Alamance county farmland surrounds it.

Gibsonville

J. Razz & Tazz Farm is an agritourism operation on Peeden Drive in Gibsonville, on the Guilford–Alamance county line in the central Piedmont. No website, product list, or contact information was found online.

Mebane

Windy Bottoms Farm sits on Lebanon Road in Mebane, in the Alamance County area between Burlington and Durham. As a Piedmont agritourism farm it may offer produce or seasonal visits. Contact the owners for current details and hours.

Reidsville

Devil Dog Orchard is a pick-your-own apple orchard on 57 acres along NC-150 near Reidsville, with apples ready from late August through September. Beyond picking, the farm keeps nature trails through hardwoods and pines, grows muscadines, hosts farm parties, and lets visitors try cider-making. It opened in 2013 on ground that was formerly A.B. Gilliam's orchard. The orchard closes outside apple season, so time a visit for late summer.

Kernodle's Blueberry Farm grows blueberries on Friendship Church Road in the McLeansville area east of Greensboro. Blueberry season across the North Carolina Piedmont typically runs from June into August, when u-pick farms like this one open their rows. Picking depends on ripeness and weather, so calling ahead helps.

A family u-pick farm on McLeansville Road, east of Greensboro in Guilford County, where strawberry picking runs April through June. Alongside the berries, the farm grows broccoli, cabbage, sweet corn, peppers, potatoes, squash, and tomatoes for the stand. Pre-picked strawberries are sold by the gallon when you'd rather not bend over the rows. Spring is the busy season before the summer vegetables come in.

SanDan Farm is on Harvest Road in the McLeansville area east of Greensboro, in Guilford County. It's listed as an agritourism farm, with little further detail online. Contact the farm for current crops and visiting hours.

Mebane

Berry farm on Hawk Hill Road in Mebane, on the Alamance-Orange county line in the central Piedmont. The produce tag points to pick-your-own berries, typically strawberries in spring and other fruit into summer. Details are thin online, so confirm picking days and hours with the farm first.

Whitsett

Ward Farms of Whitsett is on Cook Stewart Road in Whitsett, Guilford County, between Greensboro and Burlington. It's an agritourism farm in the central Piedmont; specific crops and seasonal events are best confirmed with the family directly.

Mebane

A farm on Mebane Oaks Road south of Mebane, along the Alamance and Orange County line. This stretch of the northern Piedmont holds a mix of row crops, cattle, and small produce operations. The farm has no website or listing details I could verify, so its offerings and any visitor hours would need a direct call.

Liberty

Sawyer Farms is an agritourism operation on Beulah Church Road in Liberty, in northern Randolph County. No website, hours, or product information was found online. The surrounding Piedmont supports row crops, livestock, and seasonal produce.

Liberty

Kopper Top Life Learning Center is a nonprofit farm on Kimesville Road in Liberty offering therapeutic and educational programs for children and adults, including therapeutic horseback riding and animal-assisted activities for people with disabilities. The Randolph County property also runs summer day camps and hands-on farm experiences with its horses and livestock. Programs are scheduled, so contact ahead to arrange a visit.

Efland

Minka Farm raises 100% grassfed beef, pastured pork, and eggs, all certified Animal Welfare Approved, on Minka Farm Lane in Efland. An orchard yields apples, pears, peaches, cherries, and blueberries for pick-your-own, and the on-farm store stocks seasonal produce and herbs. The farm joins the annual Piedmont Farm Tour and rents a cabin through Airbnb. Store hours run Saturday mornings.

Graham

Benjamin Vineyards grows a dozen muscadine varieties, including scuppernong, on Whitney Road near Saxapahaw in the Haw River Valley. The winery side closed in 2014, but the vineyard still opens for pick-your-own grapes from Labor Day through mid-October, Friday through Sunday, and also grows blackberries and figs. Andy and Nancy Zeman planted it in 2002. Bring containers and come during the fall picking window.

Efland

McAdams Farm sells pick-your-own strawberries by the four-quart bucket and grows tomatoes, melons, squash, and other vegetables on Efland Cedar Grove Road in Orange County. The farm also raises Angus beef and Katahdin lamb and cuts flowers like sunflowers and lisianthus. You can buy at the farm stand Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons or at the Carrboro Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings.

Prospect Hill

Lunsford Farm is on Ridgeville Road near Prospect Hill in Caswell County, a rural county along the Virginia border north of Burlington. The area's small farms raise tobacco, cattle, and seasonal produce. Information on this farm is limited online, so it's best to contact it directly about what it grows and when.

Cedar Grove

Captain John's Lamb is a small livestock operation on Efland–Cedar Grove Road in northern Orange County, north of Hillsborough, raising sheep for lamb sold direct to local buyers. Little is published online about cuts, pricing, or visiting hours, so reach out to the farm directly before making the drive.

JULIAN

Homeland Creamery bottles milk and churns ice cream and butter from its own herd on Bowman Dairy Road in Julian, southeast of Greensboro. The on-farm store sells the full dairy line straight from the plant, and the creamery hosts seasonal events and farm tours. Store hours run Monday through Saturday plus shorter Sunday afternoons.

Julian

A vineyard on Coble Church Road in Julian, in southern Guilford County between Greensboro and Liberty. It appears in the NC Farm Fresh and Local Picks directories, which point to grapes grown for sale — muscadine and scuppernong vines do well across the Piedmont and ripen from late August into October. Contact details aren't posted online, so reach the vineyard directly to check picking and sales.

Liberty

Certified-organic, pick-your-own produce about three miles northeast of Liberty, near the Guilford-Alamance county line. The list is long — beans, beets, blackberries, broccoli, corn, cucumbers, onions, peas, peppers, squash, and tomatoes — with apples and peaches added from July into October. It runs as an on-farm market and farm-stand stop. Because it's certified organic and small, the ripe picks rotate week to week, so call before you go.

Greensboro

A strawberry farm on Hicone Road in northeast Greensboro. Piedmont strawberries come in from late April through May and June, sold pre-picked and often u-pick straight from the rows. Roadside strawberry stands like this one draw steady spring crowds before summer heat closes the season.

Julian

A strawberry farm on Watchtower Road in Julian, south of Greensboro on the Guilford-Randolph county line. Piedmont strawberries here ripen from late April into June, sold u-pick and pre-picked from the field. The season is short and weather-driven.

Cedar Grove

One of the few North Carolina farms certified both organic and Biodynamic, Whitted Bowers grows pick-your-own blueberries on Art Road in Cedar Grove, north of Hillsborough. The farm skips synthetic chemicals and follows biodynamic methods that treat the whole property as one living system. U-pick runs in season, but picking days ride on the weather and the crop, so call ahead before driving out.

Pelham

A goat farm on Allison Road in Pelham, in Caswell County near the Virginia border. The listing marks it for livestock, so expect meat or dairy goats rather than crops. Public details are limited online; contact the farm to confirm whether it sells animals, milk, or goat products, and whether visits are possible.

Reidsville

An agritourism farm on Fairfield Road in Reidsville, in Rockingham County near the Virginia line, known locally for its fall pumpkin patch and pick-your-own visits. It turns up mainly in farm directories rather than on a website of its own, so calling ahead is the surest way to catch seasonal hours. Autumn is the busiest stretch, when the pumpkin field opens to families.

Hillsborough

Sweet Retreat is a 10-acre pick-your-own orchard near Hillsborough that grows without synthetic chemicals in the Eno River watershed. U-pick runs across a long season: blueberries in June and July, figs from July into October, then jujubes and persimmons into the fall, plus mulberries. The farm serves the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh area. Reach them by email or phone, or watch their Facebook page for u-pick dates.

Pelham

Nunnally Plantation is a farm on Chandler Mill Road in Pelham, in Caswell County near the Virginia line. It's registered as an agritourism operation in the USDA Local Food Directories, though it publishes little else online. Caswell County is old tobacco and mixed-farming country; call a local directory to confirm what the farm offers.

Cedar Grove

Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm grows four acres of no-spray, dry-farmed blueberries in rural northern Orange County, open for u-pick and on-farm sales. The owners lean into low-input methods and treat the farm as a teaching spot for other growers as much as a place to pick. It sits next to Botanist and Barrel, a family cidery and winery that uses fruit from the farm. Season runs through mid-summer.

Hillsborough

Garland Truffles grows and sells truffle-inoculated hazelnut and oak seedlings, plus fresh black Périgord truffles harvested from its Hillsborough orchards. Founder Franklin Garland was among the first in North America to cultivate truffles successfully, and the farm has supplied growers across the country with trees inoculated to produce them. It sits on Ode Turner Road in Orange County.

Hillsborough

Smith's Family Fun Farm runs a fall season near Hillsborough: pumpkin picking in October and cut-your-own Christmas trees over Black Friday weekend. The farm rents out for private events and welcomes photo sessions on the grounds. A Friday night coal-fired pizza series is planned to start in spring 2026. Reach the Smiths by email or through their Facebook page for current dates.

Greensboro

A Greensboro farm listed on North Church Street in the northern edge of the city. Public details are thin online. The address sits in a semi-rural stretch of Guilford County where small produce growers and livestock farms supply the area's markets.

Reidsville

Graystone Farm is on Mt. Carmel Church Road in Reidsville, in Rockingham County near the Virginia border. It's listed as a Piedmont agritourism farm, but its specific draw—events, produce, or livestock—isn't documented online. Reach out directly to confirm what's on offer and when to visit.

Hurdle Mills

Sunshine Lavender Farm grows lavender on Millstone Road in Hurdle Mills, north of Durham in Person County. It opens for a short run of harvest days in June, when visitors cut their own bundles and buy lavender products like sachets, soaps, and culinary buds. The bloom window is narrow, so open days get announced fresh each season.

Climax

Quaker Lake Camp is a Friends-affiliated summer camp on a lake near Climax in Guilford County, and it opens to the public for several seasonal events. Its Pumpkin Festival lands in October (the 17th in 2026), and the calendar also includes a flashlight egg hunt, retreats, and school field trips. The camp belongs to the American Camp Association. Registration and details are on quakerlakecamp.org.

Reidsville

Honey Sweet Blueberries grows blueberries and keeps bees for honey near Reidsville in Rockingham County, north of Greensboro toward the Virginia line. Piedmont blueberries ripen from June into July, and the farm pairs its berry crop with local honey. No website is listed; check locally for pick-your-own season and hours.

Greensboro

Container-grown pine seedlings for reforestation — longleaf, slash, and loblolly — from a family nursery on North Church Street in Greensboro. Meeks Farms & Nursery grows the young trees that landowners and timber operations replant across the Southeast. It's a working propagation nursery more than a u-pick stop. Order volume and species availability shift with the planting season, so call ahead before visiting.

Hillsborough

An agritourism farm on Union Grove Church Road in Hillsborough, Orange County. Cates Corner opens its land for farm visits and seasonal activities. Little else is posted online.

Chapel Hill

A honey-producing apiary on Jo Mac Road in Chapel Hill, in western Orange County. Small piedmont beekeepers like this sell raw local honey tied to the spring and summer nectar flow, usually direct or through nearby markets. Online details are limited.

Siler City

Nicks Creek Produce operates on the Siler City–Snow Camp Road in Siler City, Chatham County. As a produce stand it likely sells seasonal Piedmont fruits and vegetables. No website or hours were verifiable online.

Reidsville

Rivers' Finest is listed as an agritourism farm on Blueberry Road near Reidsville, in Rockingham County. There's little detail online about what it grows or offers. Contact the farm directly for current crops, open days, and hours.

Pittsboro

A horse stable on Emerson Cook Road in Pittsboro, in Chatham County southwest of the Triangle. Operations of this kind typically offer boarding, riding lessons, and training, though specific services aren't documented online. Reach out directly to ask about lessons, boarding openings, or trail access.

Climax

Whitaker Farms works land on Providence Church Road in Climax, south of Greensboro in Guilford County. Farms in this part of the Piedmont commonly pair a produce market with fall agritourism like pumpkins. Confirm current hours and any seasonal events directly with the farm.

Siler City

A working goat dairy and inn on Mt Vernon Hickory Mountain Road near Siler City, milking a herd of about 100 Alpine and Saanen goats. The dairy makes farmstead chevre and goat-milk gelato and sells its own goat-milk soap, and the inn serves farm breakfasts built around the cheese. Overnight rooms, a log cabin, and open-barn days bring guests onto the 300-acre farm.

Rougemont

McKee Cedar Creek Farm runs McKee's CornField Maze on Kiger Road in Rougemont, north of Durham near the Person County line. Corn mazes like this open on fall weekends, usually paired with a pumpkin patch and hayrides. No website or current contact details were found online.

Chapel Hill

Shenandoe Farm is an agritourism operation on Old Greensboro Road southwest of Chapel Hill, in Orange County. Little about it is published online. The area is Piedmont farm and horse country on the edge of a fast-growing college town. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it hosts visitors.

Reidsville

Bee Sweet Orchards, formerly Haight Orchards, grows tree fruit on Pannel Road in Reidsville, Rockingham County, near the Virginia line. As an orchard it likely offers apples and other seasonal fruit from late summer into fall. The name change points to newer ownership; confirm current hours directly.

Chapel Hill

Faircloth Farm opens for pick-your-own blueberries from mid-July into August, on Gilmore Road south of Chapel Hill in Chatham County. The family also raises an unusual mix of poultry, silkies, frizzles, Ameraucanas, marans, and naked-neck chickens, plus rabbits, peacocks, and Pekin ducks. Blueberries are the reason to visit in summer. It's reachable off Highway 15-501, and the family posts updates on Facebook.

Reidsville

A farm on Huffines Mill Road in Reidsville, in Rockingham County near the Virginia border. The area runs to pasture, hay, and tobacco ground with scattered produce growers. Public details for this listing are limited.

Danville

Bachelor Hall Farm and Nursery works land on Bachelor Hall Farm Road in Danville, along the Dan River in Southside Virginia. It's listed as both a nursery and an agritourism farm, so expect plants and seasonal farm goods; call ahead to confirm what's available.

Reidsville

Riverbirch grows muscadine grapes for pick-your-own, alongside pears and apples, on naturally grown vines near Reidsville in Rockingham County. Muscadine picking runs late summer into fall, and the u-pick pear and apple season opens in August. The farm draws visitors from around Rockingham County and beyond. Call for current picking conditions and open days.

Greensboro

Bernie's Berries runs a pick-your-own fruit farm and small farm store on the south side of Greensboro, drawing a steady local following for its berries. Beyond u-pick, they sell fresh produce on site and take group visits. The season tracks the berries, so ripeness varies week to week. Check berniesberries.com or call 336-852-1594 before you head over.