Farms Near Caledonia, IL

Caledonia

Wind Ridge Herb Farm grows more than 400 varieties of culinary and medicinal herbs on Certified Naturally Grown ground in Caledonia, with no synthetic fertilizers or dyes anywhere in the process. Owner Liz Fiorenza, a registered nurse and clinical aromatherapist, sells fresh plants, dried herbs, teas, and essential oils, and offers one-on-one consultations by appointment. Seasonal themed dinners run through the summer.

Roscoe

Caledonia

Caledonia

Lindberg Pumpkin Patch farms seven acres on Illinois Route 173 outside Caledonia, with a Harvest Barn stocking pre-picked pumpkins for anyone who'd rather skip the walk into the field. The farm runs tractor rides, a corn maze, and barnyard animals through the fall, and calls itself northern Illinois' favorite fall stop — a claim the reviews seem to back up. Open daily 9am to 6pm, September 11 through Halloween.

Caledonia

A family-run pumpkin patch operates every fall on Illinois Route 173 outside Caledonia, offering a corn maze, barnyard animals, and tractor-pulled hayrides across the grounds. A heated barn stocks pre-picked pumpkins for anyone who'd rather skip the walk into the field. The farm runs daily through the end of October, weather permitting.

Caledonia

Kinnikinnick Farm raises Berkshire pork, pastured chicken, and grass-fed beef on pasture in Boone County, selling meat, free-range eggs, raw honey, and stone-ground grains through online ordering with local pickup. No hormones or antibiotics, non-GMO feed. Beyond the meat business, the farm runs overnight farm stays and glamping where kids can wander the pastures and meet the animals firsthand.

Roscoe

Margie's Grass Kickin' Chicken raises USDA-inspected pastured chicken, breakfast pork sausage, and fresh brown eggs on a small farm outside Roscoe, alongside chemical-free seasonal vegetables. The farm runs a CSA from June through October and sells direct at the Beloit Farmers Market on Saturday mornings. Cash and check only.

Poplar Grove

Bull Run Maze cuts a corn maze through its Poplar Grove fields every fall, backed by pumpkin picking, pig races, and doughnuts for the drive out from Rockford or Belvidere. It's a family-owned operation built around the maze itself rather than a long list of rides — expect to lose a few hours between the rows before finding your way back out.

Poplar Grove

Edwards Apple Orchard is a fourth-generation family farm on Centerville Road in Poplar Grove, growing apples since 1964. The orchard runs September through November with pick-your-own apples, pumpkins, and berries, plus fresh-pressed cider and apple cider donuts.

Poplar Grove

Beaver Creek Gardens operates in Poplar Grove, in Boone County's stretch of small nurseries and garden centers. No current web listing was found describing current stock or hours. Call ahead to confirm before visiting.

Trogg's Hollow runs a CSA and market farm out of Poplar Grove in Boone County, selling through an online store rather than a walk-in farm stand. Customers sign up for CSA shares or browse current stock through the store itself, since specific crop lists and pricing aren't posted elsewhere online. It's a small operation — check the online store directly before making a special trip out to Poplar Grove.

Belvidere

Belvidere's Farmer's Market and Crafts has run since 1987 and is the only farmers market left in Boone County. It sets up Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October, at 1940 N. State Street, with vegetables, fruit, crafts, local specialties, and organic goods sharing table space. Check the market's Facebook group, Belvidere Farmers Market and Crafts, for weekly vendor updates.

Beloit

Our indoor market starts the first Saturday in November and ends the last Saturday in April. Rain or shine.

Beloit

Summerdale Farms raises grass-fed beef and pastured, free-range chickens in Boone County on land that's never had herbicides or pesticides applied. The property dates to 1837 and spans pastures, orchards, gardens, and woods. It's a registered Illinois corporation selling organic, farm-fresh products through local food directories and direct orders.

A separate market from Belvidere's longer-running Farmer's Market and Crafts, Hometown Market operates out of 324 South State Street through the B-Town Cooperative. It brings together local farmers, food artisans, and community vendors for an open-air setup in downtown Belvidere. Call the cooperative for current hours and vendor space.

Clinton

Rockford's Edgebrook Farmers Market runs Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May through October, on Alpine Road. Vendors sell produce, organic meats, flowers, plants, honey, farm eggs, jams, jellies, and artisan cheese — one of the longer-running seasonal markets in the area.

Cherry Valley

Valley Orchard sits on East State Street in Cherry Valley, in the Rock River valley of northern Illinois. Little turns up about the farm beyond its listing details — no working website or social page surfaced in a search. Best confirmed by a call before visiting.

Four Sisters Organic Farm is a small, USDA-certified organic operation in Cherry Valley built around asparagus, with cut flowers, dry beans, herbs, and seasonal fruits and vegetables filling out the stand. The farmstand runs daily, weather permitting, and the family accommodates off-hours visits if you call first. Wild-harvested forest products round out an unusually varied lineup for a farm this size.

Beloit

Colonial Village Farmers' Market, also known locally as the Forest City Farmers Market, sets up at 1240 S. Alpine Road on Rockford's east side. It's one of several neighborhood markets the city supports outside the larger downtown market, giving Alpine-area shoppers a closer option for produce and local goods without the drive downtown.

HCC Realty Farmers Market sets up in the parking lot at 1280 S. Alpine Rd. in Rockford on Friday mornings, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., spring through fall. It's a smaller neighborhood market rather than a downtown destination, with a rotating handful of vendors selling fresh produce and farm goods.

South Beloit

Cherry Valley

Bethkes' Farm Apples grows apples on Cherry Valley Road outside Rockford, part of the u-pick orchard circuit in the Rock River valley. No website or listed hours turned up online, so calling ahead before an autumn visit is the safer bet.

Main St & Auburn St Rockford

North End City Market has run for more than 20 years at Main and Auburn streets in Rockford's historic North End, Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., May through October. Vendors sell seasonal produce, baked goods, and handmade items, and the market welcomes dogs on leash. It sits within walking distance of the neighborhood's art galleries and antique shops.

North End Commons is a separate weekly market in Rockford's North End, based out of a city lot near Latham and King streets rather than the longer-running Main and Auburn market a few blocks over. Vendors sell seasonal produce, baked goods, and handcrafted items through the spring and fall growing season. It's smaller and newer than its North End neighbor, worth checking for a shorter line.

Belvidere

Summerfield Zoo is a privately owned zoo in Belvidere holding exotic animals that include mountain lions, zebras, lemurs, alligators, giant tortoises, wolves, reindeer, and monkeys, many of them rescues. A petting-zoo area lets visitors get closer with baby goats and other animal ambassadors. It sits a few miles off I-90, convenient to the Rockford area.

Rockford-Shumway Farmers Market operates out of the Shumway neighborhood on the city's south side, at 5633 Linden Road. Directory listings describe a small, spring-through-fall market of local produce and goods rather than a large event — the kind of stand you'd find by asking a neighbor, not searching a festival calendar. Some listings mark it inactive, so call ahead before making a special trip.

Harvard

Ben's Christmas Tree Farm cuts trees in Harvard, near the Wisconsin border in McHenry County's cluster of choose-and-cut tree farms. No current web listing was found. Call ahead to confirm this season's hours and stock.

Garden Prairie

Susie's Garden Patch runs a produce stand on US Highway 20 in Garden Prairie, selling what's in season straight off the farm. It's a small, family-run operation without much of a web presence — the kind of stand you find by driving past it, not by searching for it online.

Rockford's Midtown Farmers' Market runs Friday afternoons, 3 to 7 p.m., mid-May through mid-October, in the Midtown District at 1131 2nd Avenue. It's a growers-only market — no resellers — with ethnic food stalls, coffee, live music, and activities for kids alongside the produce tables, and it accepts SNAP.

Rockford

Rockford

Rockford City Market runs every Friday from 3 to 8 p.m. where State Street meets Water Street downtown. The Rockford Rock River Development Partnership organizes it as a weekly gathering spot, mixing produce and maker stalls with live music and food trucks. It's built to pull people downtown on a weeknight rather than a Saturday morning, and it runs through the warmer months alongside the city's other riverfront programming.

Rockford

Lost and Found Farm is a small Rockford homestead raising cage-free, free-range chickens alongside produce and honeybees. Fresh eggs run $5 a dozen, sold through weekly or biweekly pickup arrangements coordinated directly with the farm. It's a home operation, not a retail storefront — reach out through Facebook to reserve a spot.

Rockford

Curran's Orchard is listed on Kilburn Avenue (Route 70) in Rockford. No verifiable website or business listing was found describing current fruit varieties or picking season.

Beloit

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Rockford

Roots & Wings is a half-acre urban farm on Rockford Housing Authority property at Blackhawk Courts, run as a youth-led CSA that pairs agricultural training with community service. Members can sign up for Summer and Fall shares, with weekly premium shares running $360 and biweekly half shares at $180.

Harvard

Freedom Organix is a USDA-certified organic farm outside Harvard running a year-round CSA, with shares of fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, herbs, and cut flowers delivered through neighborhood pickup points. Half-share options suit smaller households, and the farm opens select fields for u-pick snap peas and tomatoes in season.

Rockford

Harvard

Harvard

Rockford

Lockwood Park Haunted Hayride is a seasonal haunted-hayride event at Rockford's Lockwood Park, running as part of the city's fall haunted-attraction lineup rather than a year-round operation. It follows a limited October schedule, so specific dates and ticket details are worth confirming before planning a visit.

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Milton

Rockton

Harvard

Countryside Christmas is a seasonal choose-and-cut Christmas tree operation on Lilja Road outside Harvard, in a stretch of McHenry County known for its tree farms. Independent detail beyond its listing as a u-pick agritourism stop is limited online, so call ahead for current tree varieties and weekend hours before making the drive.

Harvard

GoSleigh runs a countryside Christmas operation out of Harvard built around horse-drawn sleigh rides, a live nativity, and a sledding hill. Visitors can also catch the Cozy Coral Theater, a petting farm, and Christmas goodies during the holiday season.

Beloit

Harvard

Bramblewood is a small, family-owned CSA farm outside Harvard growing produce without pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. Members receive a regular share of whatever the fields are producing that week, and the farm sells through Marengo Road in Harvard.

Harvard

Davidson's Giant Pumpkins has grown genuine oversized pumpkins outside Harvard for more than 45 seasons, alongside regular jack-o'-lanterns and oddly shaped squash. Admission and parking are free, with pricing running roughly $1 to $15 depending on size. It's a bare-bones, pick-your-own field — no rides, no maze, just pumpkins in every shape the season produces.

Janesville

Skelly\'s Farm Market is open from June-Oct with homegrown strawberries in June, sweet corn, melons, tomatoes, and other summer produce in July-Aug, Skelly\'s Sunflower Experience in late July lasting two weeks, and lots of fall fun including pumpkins, two awesome corn mazes, Choose-Your-Farm-Adventure wagons rides, and more. Plus, during all of our seasons visit our bakery with homemade donuts and more, our huge gift shop selling rustic decor, and our fantastic free playground. Plus, visit our 8 remote roadside stands for produce in July-Aug, and see us at the Saturday Janesville Farmers Market.

Janesville

Kirkland

Walnut Grove Vocational Farm is listed on Pearl Street in Kirkland, in DeKalb County. No verifiable website or listing was found describing its vocational programming or farm operations.

Winnebago