Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Delano, MN

Delano

Apple Tree-O is an orchard listing in Delano, in the same Wright County apple country as several larger u-pick operations nearby. No website, phone, or social page turned up in research — worth a call to confirm before visiting.

Delano

Apple Jack Orchards has drawn Twin Cities families to the banks of the Crow River in Delano for more than 30 years, across 90 acres of apples, u-pick raspberries, pumpkins, and squash. A 100-year-old barn houses the Olde Barn Gift Shop and bakery, selling jams, sauces, and fresh baked goods alongside wagon rides and fall entertainment.

Delano

Brian Fredericksen founded Ames Farm in 1994 and now tends roughly 450 hives across 20 bee yards in central Minnesota. The honey is raw, unheated, and single-source — separate batches of basswood, buckwheat, and wildflower rather than one blended jar — plus honeycomb, creamed honey, and beeswax candles. Ames Farm's basswood honey has won multiple blue ribbons at the Minnesota State Fair.

Maple Plain

Homestead Orchard, now operating as Moondance Orchard, is the oldest and largest apple orchard in Hennepin County, on County Road 92 north of Maple Plain. The small, family-run place opens in August for pick-your-own and pre-picked apples and presses its own cider. Older directory listings still carry the Homestead name, but the current Facebook page runs under Moondance. Call (763) 479-3186 to check picking before visiting.

More than 50 fall attractions spread across this orchard west of the Twin Cities, with free admission and parking. Pick from over 20 apple varieties, pre-picked or u-pick, plus pick-your-own pumpkins starting in mid-September. The petting farm holds goats, pigs, cattle, peacocks and turkeys, and there are wagon rides, a corn maze, a trackless train, jump pillows and corn pits. A $25 wristband covers the rides, or pay per activity. Open Thursday through Sunday. Email [email protected].

Minnetrista

An apple orchard on rolling land in Minnetrista, started by Lowell and Phyllis Schaper in the mid-1970s and grown to roughly 12 acres of trees on a 40-acre property. Fall weekends bring school tours, a general store, and stands selling brats, donuts and cider pressed from the orchard's own apples for sister label Painter Creek Winery. The operation has since rebranded as Everly Farms, adding a restaurant and tasting room. Phone (763) 325-4024.

Buffalo

Delights is a seasonal market set inside a converted barn a few miles from downtown Buffalo. The owners open for three or four weekends each spring and fall, filling the open barn space with handcrafted goods, vintage furniture, home decor, and food. Pumpkins join the mix in autumn. It reads more as a barn-boutique event than a working produce farm.

Independence

Jim's Produce sells fresh vegetables from a stand in Independence, in the western Hennepin County farm country, and is best known locally for sweet corn. Tomatoes, squash, and other summer crops fill out the stand as they ripen. On-farm pickup runs through the growing season. A roadside produce operation, not an agritourism destination.

Watertown

LuceLine Orchard on Rose Avenue in Watertown grows about 10,000 apple trees, 10 acres of pumpkins, and 4,500 grapevines. The family started in 2004 with 300 apple trees. Varieties include Honeycrisp, Zestar, SweeTango, Sweet 16, and Fireside, harvested September into mid-October. Weekends bring full service: hayrides, a corn maze, mini donuts, a petting zoo, and a beer garden pouring the orchard's own cider, wine, and beer.

Greenfield

Knapton's grows five acres of summer red and yellow raspberries, an acre of fall raspberries, pick-your-own apples, and a large pumpkin patch at the corner of Highway 55 and Lake Sarah Heights Drive in Greenfield. The farm also raises cherries, pears, sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, and winter squash. It runs from late June through November, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis in western Hennepin County.

Watertown

Dimler Pumpkin Patch lets you cut your own pumpkin straight off the vine at the corner of State Highway 7 and Carver County Road 10 near Watertown. Pick-your-own runs about $4 a pumpkin, or three for $11, any size or shape; pre-picked pumpkins sell by the pound. The stand also carries gourds, cornstalks, and mini-pumpkins. There are no fixed hours, so plan on daylight, roughly sunup to sundown.

Buffalo

A meat farm outside Buffalo in Wright County, west of the Twin Cities. The name points to Angus cattle, the black-hided beef breed common across central Minnesota, though little about the operation is published online. Direct-from-farm beef sales are typical for a farm of this type in the area.

Waconia

Deardorff Orchards spreads across 120 acres near Lake Waconia, with 12 apple varieties on more than 3,000 pick-your-own trees and five cold-climate wine grapes on some 3,100 vines. The 125-year-old barn houses Parley Lake Winery and its tasting room, pouring wines made from the estate grapes. Apple season runs late August into early November, with hayrides and a pumpkin patch, plus a shop selling mums, local honey, jams, cider, and pumpkins.

Buffalo

Woods' Edge Apples is a family orchard three miles north of Buffalo on Highway 25, growing pick-your-own and pre-picked apples in varieties like First Kiss, SweeTango, Honeycrisp, Zestar, Snow Sweet, and Haralson. It also offers u-pick raspberries, pumpkins, and squash, and manages the orchard with integrated pest management. A gift shop carries work from local artisans, and the farm runs hayrides and keeps friendly animals. Apple picking continues into late October.

Medina

Scherer's is a pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Medina, on the western edge of the Twin Cities metro in Hennepin County. Patches like this open in late September and October for families choosing pumpkins straight from the field. No website or hours were verifiable online, so check locally for the current fall season before heading out.

Long Lake

Two Pony Gardens is a small dahlia and heirloom tomato operation in Long Lake, west of the Twin Cities. In summer they open the rows for pick-your-own dahlias and tomatoes and sell cut flowers at peak bloom. Come spring, they offer pre-started dahlia tubers and heirloom tomato seedlings for home gardeners. A deliberately small two-crop farm.

Monticello

Fresh Acres Farm runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, in Wright County northwest of the Twin Cities. The festival brings a corn maze, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a combine slide, and a corn cannon, with admission around $13. The farm grows non-GMO produce, opens a sunflower field in August, and raises pasture-raised animals. The corn maze reopens in mid-September.

Monticello

Fresh Acres runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, open Fridays through Sundays from early September. Two farmers left corporate careers to start the place in 2016 and added the first corn maze in 2018. The larger maze covers about 2.3 miles of paths, and a smaller one suits kids under 8. Admission also covers the pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a corn pit, and weekend wagon rides.

Rogers

Dream Acres is a self-serve, pick-your-own pumpkin patch on a family farm in Rogers, open every day in October during daylight hours. Pumpkins run $5 each, paid by cash, Venmo, or PayPal. The family has run it since 2006 and keeps it simple: no corn maze, no petting zoo, no add-on attractions, just rows of pumpkins to walk and pick. It sits on Tucker Road.

Howard Lake

Peterson Farms Honey is a fourth-generation migratory beekeeping operation with its honey house in Howard Lake. The family moves its hives between Minnesota's summer fields and Texas over winter, selling bulk raw honey to other beekeepers and four-frame nucs for pickup in spring. Health issues have paused new nuc orders for spring 2026, with plans to reopen for spring 2027.

Monticello

Brad and Bess Munsterteiger have run this Wright County farm since 2000, opening for pick-your-own strawberries in June and blueberries in July. Picking containers and carry-home flats are provided. Garlic follows in August, and cut-your-own flowers run from late June into fall. The couple keeps honeybees too, selling honey, lip balm, lotion bars, and beeswax wraps year-round. Daily updates on what's ripe post to their site and phone line.

Elk River

Goracke Trees is a small tree farm listed on County Road 14 near Elk River, in Sherburne County northwest of the Twin Cities. Very little about it is published online, so hours and current stock are best confirmed with the farm directly.

Big Lake

A Christmas tree grower operating near Big Lake since 1979, Tallakson's also sells at the seasonal Big Lake Farmers' Market from June through October alongside produce, plant and craft vendors. Business records list it under wholesale Christmas trees, and directory addresses conflict between Big Lake and nearby communities. Details online are thin beyond the tree business and the farmers-market presence.

Carver

This Carver business is mainly a party-rental company, offering bounce houses, laser tag, tents, tables, and concessions, and has run since 2012. Each October it opens a pumpkin patch on County Road 40, with a farm stand selling pumpkins, mini pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, and straw bales, plus weekend entertainment. The pumpkin season is the farm-facing side of an otherwise events-focused operation.

Dayton

Dehn's runs a 20-acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Dayton alongside a 15-acre corn maze, pumpkin cannons, and an 80-by-120-foot corn pit. Weekend hayrides carry visitors out to the field, and October Friday and Saturday nights add a flashlight corn maze. The marketplace and patch stay free to enter; a per-person fee covers the attractions. The season runs late September through Halloween. Reach them at (763) 742-3550.

Elk River

A family garden center, greenhouse and produce market on Adams Street in Elk River, running since 1980. The market sells annuals, hanging baskets, fresh produce, sweet corn and pumpkins, plus garden decor and locally made goods. Berry picking is offered in season. The family also hosts weddings on the property through a separate venue business. Call (763) 427-6023 or see riversidefarmsmn.com.

Shakopee

The roadside stand opens daily from July into October with sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelon, berries and a wide range of vegetables. Peter grew up in a local farming family; Carmen came from Peru to teach Spanish, and the two started this Shakopee farm in 1999. October brings daily U-pick pumpkins and a corn maze, with free hayrides and U-pick apples on weekends. Call (952) 906-0247 or order through peterspumpkins.com.

Annandale

Sunny Acres runs a fall pumpkin patch off County Road 39 northwest of Annandale, in Wright County's lake country. Beyond a Facebook page, little is documented online, so the pumpkin season and hours are best confirmed there before a visit. This is farm-stand pumpkin picking in central Minnesota, roughly an hour from the Twin Cities.

Shakopee

First cut in 1997, Sever's was the first corn maze in Minnesota and still the largest, carved fresh each year on 100 acres in Shakopee. Past designs have included a sinking Titanic, a map of the world and safari scenes. It has grown into Sever's Fall Festival with more than 30 attractions: an obstacle course, corn pits holding 10,000 bushels each, a straw-bale maze, a giant slide and a pick-your-own pumpkin field, plus food, beer and wine.

Elk River

Beck's Elk River Greenhouse and Vegetable Farm has grown produce on 100 acres about 4.5 miles west of Elk River since 1959, now into a fourth generation. The greenhouse sells hanging baskets, patio pots, bedding plants, vegetable starts, and seeds, while the farm offers homegrown sweet corn, tomatoes, canning vegetables, and pick-your-own or pre-picked strawberries in season. It's open daily through the growing season.

Jordan

Over 100 apple varieties grow across roughly 30,000 trees here, a Sponsel family orchard since 1971 between Jordan and Belle Plaine. Pick your own in October or buy fresh-picked at the Apple Lodge through November. The farm runs a bakery and kitchen, a petting farm, hiking trails, and wagon rides with bonfires from mid-May into December. It also hosts weddings, birthday parties, and day camps.

Golden Valley

Raw honey pulled from the operation's own hives, sold seven days a week from a small farm market on the Golden Valley and St. Louis Park line. This is urban honey, from hives kept in the western Minneapolis suburbs. The beekeeper takes calls between 8am and 10pm and keeps retail jars on hand. Reach out at 952-486-0856 or [email protected].

Brooklyn Park

The Twin Cities Harvest Festival and Maze runs on a Brooklyn Park farm and is known for one of Minnesota's largest corn mazes, near 20 acres. October weekends bring a corn pit, straw bale maze, petting zoo, inflatables, a giant slide, live music, and a car show, with all-inclusive gate admission. The corn maze paused during recent construction while other activities continued, so check ahead.

Belle Plaine

Berries and produce grown without chemical pesticides, with weeds pulled by hand, on this Belle Plaine farm off Raven Road. Beyond raspberries, you can pick beans, corn, cucumbers, peppers, squash, tomatoes, and pumpkins. The farm also raises free-range hens for eggs and makes jams, jellies, apple products, and homemade bread. There are no set hours anymore, so visits are by appointment. Call 507-665-5055 to arrange one.

Belle Plaine

Emma Krumbee's ran as a Belle Plaine apple orchard, bakery, and restaurant for 43 years, drawing families for apple picking, pumpkins, a playground, corn pit, and goats. Owner Phil Morris retired and sold the land to the city, which plans a police headquarters on the site, and the orchard has closed. Its apples, pumpkins, jams, breads, and soups were long a local fall tradition off Enterprise Drive.

Champlin

Nowthen

June-bearing strawberries are the main crop, ready mid-June for two to three weeks, sold U-pick at $3.85 a pound or pre-picked by the quart and flat. The family farm also sells rhubarb, sweet corn, farm eggs, maple syrup, and homemade jams, and brings berries to the Maple Grove Farmers Market. Buckets and take-home flats are provided in the patch near Nowthen.

Anoka

Berry Hill Farm has picked strawberries and raspberries outside Anoka since 1991, across 100 acres. Strawberries typically ripen mid-June and raspberries around the Fourth of July, running $3.90 a pound for u-pick, with pumpkin picking and wagon rides added each fall. Hours shift with the harvest, so the farm runs a berry hotline, 763-600-4870, for daily updates.

Prior Lake

Harvest Gardens rents community garden plots and opens pick-your-own patches, including pumpkins and strawberries, on land between Prior Lake and Lakeville. A community-outreach mission runs underneath it: growing space for people who lack their own, plus seasonal produce for visitors. Vehicle access loops the perimeter of the plots.

Andover

Ed Fields and Sons is a nursery and garden center on Round Lake Boulevard in Andover, in Anoka County north of the Twin Cities. Its website carries current plant and seasonal details; a search didn't surface a public email or set hours. Operations like this run their main season from spring planting through fall.

South Haven

A diversified orchard, flower farm and pumpkin patch on 50 acres in South Haven, growing standard Minnesota apples plus varieties bred on-site, including the KinderKrisp. The farm cuts flowers and salad greens and turns its fruit into pies, crisps and jam. Pick-your-own apples and a themed corn maze run in fall. The farmstore occupies part of an 1800s Yankee barn and stocks apples, jam and pies alongside local honey, maple syrup and crafts. Call (320) 236-7685.

Minneapolis

Floriade Tours appears in an agritourism directory at a residential address on Fremont Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota, despite being filed here under Michigan. No details on tour offerings, pricing, or hours turned up online.

Hutchinson

Crow River Winery raises cold-climate grapes across five vineyards on 32 acres surrounding Hutchinson, and has handcrafted its wine on-site since 2004. The tasting room and bistro opens seven days a week for wine, beer, cider, and food, and the events center holds up to 400 guests. The property sits along the Luce Line State Trail and hosts festivals, live music, and comedy nights. Call (320) 587-2922.

Minneapolis

Swanson Meats has cut and distributed meat from its 26th Avenue South location in Minneapolis since 1962, and it's the largest independently owned wholesale meat company in Minnesota. The farmer-owned purveyor sources beef, pork, poultry, lamb, and seafood from local family farms and pushed natural and organic meat into the Twin Cities market early. It handles retail and foodservice plus co-packing and custom processing. Retail hours run weekdays and Saturday mornings.

New Brighton

Crypticon Farm is listed on Cleveland Avenue in New Brighton, a first-ring Twin Cities suburb where working farms are rare. No website, contact details, or activity descriptions could be verified online, and the directory address is incomplete. Treat the listing as unconfirmed until reached directly.