Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Columbus, IN

Columbus

Seven Acre Farms runs a CSA out of Columbus, offering goat milk and cheese shares alongside pastured chicken, turkey, rabbit, and free-range eggs. The animals are raised without antibiotics or hormones, fed on pasture and supplemented with locally grown produce and hay. Shares are available through the farm directly or at the Columbus farmers market on Saturdays.

Columbus

Sand Creek Berry Farm is a u-pick berry operation in Columbus, listed on regional pick-your-own directories rather than running its own website. Details on exact berry varieties and hours are thin online, so calling ahead before a visit is the safer bet for anyone driving out.

Columbus

Bartholomew Pumpkin Company runs a pumpkin patch outside Columbus, named for the county it sits in rather than a family. Details beyond the address and phone number are thin online, so the seasonal specifics — hours, pricing, what's actually on offer — are worth confirming with a call before driving out.

Wischmeier Nursery has operated in the Columbus area since 1986, growing from a single trailer into a full garden center with working greenhouses. The business focuses on plants, trees, and general gardening stock for home growers, open Monday through Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to 4. It's a straightforward local nursery, not a big-box garden chain.

Elsbury's Greenhouses is a nursery operation on State Road 9 in the Brown County area. It doesn't turn up in business directories or on social media under that name, so details beyond location and type are thin — worth a call to confirm current hours and what's in stock.

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Clark's Berry Farm in North Vernon has stayed in the same family for more than 100 years, growing strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries for u-pick or pre-picked sale. Pumpkins join the lineup in fall. It's a straightforward roadside operation off West 350 South in Jennings County.

Trafalgar

The Apple Works in Trafalgar has long run as a family apple orchard and pumpkin patch, with a bakery open spring through fall alongside seasonal vegetables and fall festival activities. Recent listings mark the property as temporarily closed or for sale, so confirm status before planning a visit.

Westport

Harper Valley Farms, doing business as Grandma Pearcy's Hilltop Home, works an 8-acre pumpkin patch in Westport alongside a working farm that raises hogs and cattle and grows corn and soybeans. Fall brings pick-your-own pumpkins, a sunflower field, a petting zoo, and more than 1,900 mums planted by hand, plus frozen pork, honey, and feed sold from the farm store.

Westport

Harper Valley Farms runs 400-plus acres of corn, soybeans, and wheat alongside hogs and cattle, with an 8-acre u-pick pumpkin patch carved out each fall. The family's been farming this land since the 1940s, when Albert's grandfather grew tomatoes for local canneries; today they also sell frozen pork and beef, honey, and around 1,900 mums a season. Cash or check only, no cards, which tells you how long this operation has been running the same way.

Shelbyville

The Blue River Valley Pioneer Fair turns the Shelby County Fairgrounds into a living-history village set between 1822 and 1865, with costumed demonstrators showing the trades that got early settlers through an Indiana winter. The Shelby County Historical Society and the Grover Museum run it every September, with hands-on games for kids alongside the pioneer crafts.

Franklin

Randy and Linda Stout keep Melody Acres running the way it has since 1918, though the farm shifted from row crops back toward produce that shows up on Franklin-area restaurant menus and farmers market tables. Fall squash, carving pumpkins, and tomatoes are the mainstays. The farm also opens its fields for community gleaning days — volunteers once hauled off 500 pounds of tomatoes for local food pantries in a single afternoon.

Morgantown

Zink Berry Farm grows blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries on 95 acres without pesticides or herbicides, and lets customers pick their own or buy berries already off the bush. The same land supports a herd of Kiko and Kiko-Boer goats, which kid every February and go up for sale in May. It's open daylight to dark, seven days a week, during the growing season. Call ahead in the off months, since picking days depend entirely on what's ripe.

Fairland

Autumn Hill breeds llamas on a small farm in Fairland, focused on straight conformation and fine suri-type fiber rather than volume. The herd has picked up recognition from the American Llama & Alpaca Association, and the farm keeps a waiting list for crias because demand for its bloodlines outpaces what a small operation can produce. Farm visits are welcome by arrangement.

Whiteland

Kelsay Farms has stayed in the same family since 1837, seven generations now, and the fall season centers on a seven-acre corn maze with a built-in scavenger hunt. The "Moo Choo" tractor train hauls visitors past calves, goats, sheep, pigs, ducks, and miniature horses, and kids tend to gravitate toward the Hay Bale Mountain and bounce pillow before anything else. The 2026 fall season opens September 25, running weekends through the season.

Deputy

Mark and Becky Eberts grow more than 300 varieties of daylilies on an 1838 farm in southern Jennings County, breeding new hybrids alongside the registered varieties they sell. Visitors can walk the fields during bloom season, and the farm sells both mature registered daylilies and seedlings for home gardens.

Martinsville

Beasley Creek Farms is a u-pick operation on St. John Road in Martinsville, growing corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, pumpkins, and cut flowers for visitors to harvest themselves. The farm keeps hours seasonally as crops come ready, so a call ahead is worth it before driving out.