Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Carlton, MN

Carlton

Chub Lake Blueberries is a listed blueberry operation near Carlton, in the lake country south of Duluth. No website, phone, or social page turned up in research — worth a call or a drive-by to confirm the season before counting on it.

Wrenshall

Adam and Jackie Kemp run Uff-da Organics on 40 acres about three miles south of Wrenshall, certified organic since 2017 after starting with organic methods in 2013. The farm grows cabbage, carrots, onions, and beets for wholesale, plus herbs, and offers pick-your-own berries in season. Adam also works across the road at Northern Harvest Farm. The land was open hay field for decades before the Kemps arrived.

Carlton

Spectrum Farm grows certified-organic strawberries near Carlton, open for pick-your-own during a roughly three-week window in early July. The farm works without herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides and earned organic certification in 2013. Beyond berries it produces honey, maple syrup, garlic, eggs, and meat. Spectrum absorbed the former Finke's Berry Farm in 2017. Picking dates shift each year with temperature and rainfall, so check ahead before driving out.

Carlton

Wrenshall

Silver Brook Corn Maze cuts a fresh maze into its cornfield each fall in Wrenshall, just south of Duluth. Beyond the main maze, the farm runs the usual autumn family draws across a weekend season. Northern Minnesota's short fall means a tight window: the maze opens around September and closes with the frost.

Farm LoLa grows pick-your-own honeyberries and blueberries about 30 minutes from Duluth, near Wrenshall. Pickers work through 13 honeyberry varieties, three kinds of blueberries, and strawberries in season, and the field sits directly across from the local cemetery on Cemetery Road. The farm shares ground with the Locally Laid egg flock and fertilizes the fruit with manure from the hens. Cash, check, and Venmo are accepted.

Esko

U-pick blueberries at $5 a pound and raspberries anchor this small Esko farm, hand-harvested and grown without chemicals about 12 miles south of Duluth. The family also sells shiitake mushrooms, vegetables like asparagus and spinach, honey, and Christmas trees. Picking usually opens in July, often by scheduled appointment. They take cash, check, or Venmo, no credit cards. Reach Annie at 218-349-7696 or [email protected].

Cloquet

After buying a home and 32 acres north of Cloquet in 2014, the owners built Sweet Land Farm around pick-your-own blueberries and small-batch personal care goods. Their soaps use local goat milk and essential oils; they also make lotion bars, lip balm, bug spray, and Minnesota-made gifts, sold at the farm store and through Whole Foods Co-op. Blueberry picking opens in season on this Carlton County farm.

Carlton

Finke's Berry Farm has picked strawberries near Carlton since 1986, planting about 10 acres of new berries each spring and opening another 10 established acres to u-pick, all grown without pesticides. Sweet blueberries round out the harvest. The founding owners announced they were retiring, so call ahead at (218) 384-4432 to confirm the farm is still picking before you drive out. It sits on County Road 4.

Cloquet

Blackbirds & Blueberries grows seven varieties of blueberries across 35 acres outside Cloquet, all chemical-free and open for u-pick from late July through August. Berries come pre-picked or straight off the bush, and the farm takes cash or personal checks only, no cards. It's a smaller, single-crop operation built around one short northern Minnesota season.

Esko

Hammarlund Nursery has sold trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials in Esko since 1957, serving Duluth and the surrounding area. Kenneth Hammarlund started it as a landscaping business, and the company still handles landscape design, installation, and bulk rock, gravel, and mulch with delivery. The grounds also host Sitio Weddings + Events, whose Greenhouse and Vineyard View spaces share the nursery site. Reach the store at (218) 879-3600.

Hermantown

Hoffbauer's carries an agritourism listing on Lindahl Road in Hermantown, just west of Duluth in St. Louis County. This corner of northern Minnesota has a short growing season that suits berries, garden produce, and Christmas-tree growers. Nothing beyond the listing was verifiable online, so reach out directly to confirm what's available and when.

Hermantown

Engwall's Corn Maze ran for nine seasons in Hermantown, just ten minutes from downtown Duluth, before closing permanently in 2019 when a sewer line was routed through the property. Created in 2010 by Engwall Florist, Greenhouse & Garden Center, it grew into a large maze with two observation towers, hayrides, a pumpkin patch, corn cannons, and a corn pit. The Engwall garden center itself still operates in Hermantown.

Duluth

A retired teacher built Whoopsa Daisy Farm, a whimsical fall family farm and Airbnb in Canosia Township northwest of Duluth, past the Miller Hill Mall. Kids climb into a hollow 14-foot mushroom, run an obstacle course, dig in a corn pit, and explore Dinoland and Fairyland, with donkeys, goats, and chickens on hand. Pick-your-own blueberries come in August and chokecherries in September. Open Friday through Sunday, August to October.