Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Dowagiac, MI

Dowagiac

PYO Blueberries runs a pick-your-own blueberry patch in Dowagiac, on the southwest Michigan fruit belt that produces a large share of the state's blueberry crop. As the name states, bring your own containers — Michigan's blueberry harvest typically runs July into August.

Dowagiac

Sprague's Family Fun Farm sits on Middle Crossing Road in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County in the state's southwest corner. Activities and season aren't confirmed online yet.

Hartford

Krohne Plant Farms has grown bare-root strawberry plants and asparagus crowns for wholesale customers for more than 40 years. The Hartford location sits within eleven miles of Lake Michigan, which softens winter lows and summer highs enough to suit strawberry propagation. This is a nursery stock operation, not a u-pick or retail produce stand.

Eau Claire

Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire hosts the International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship every July, a long-running contest that's made this Berrien County u-pick farm a summer landmark well beyond its cherry, peach, and apple orchards. No current hours or pricing were independently verified this round — call ahead before visiting.

Eau Claire

The name Castanea sativa is the botanical name for the European chestnut, and the address near Eau Claire lands in Berrien County — the warmest stretch of Michigan's fruit belt, usually associated with peaches and grapes rather than nut trees. No public contact info confirms current hours.

Niles

Eckler's Produce and Greenhouse operates on Barron Lake Road in Niles, near Michigan's southwest border with Indiana. A combined produce stand and greenhouse suggests both field crops and bedding plants, though no hours or product list are posted online.

Dowagiac

Butler Tree Farm sits on Crane Street in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County in the state's southwest corner. Trees grown, U-pick access, and season aren't confirmed online yet.

Berrien Center

Frank Farms has grown fruit in Berrien Center since 1909 and now ships individually quick-frozen black raspberries, peaches, and chocolate-covered dried cherries and blueberries nationwide, year-round. Peach varieties include Red Haven, Canadian Harmony, Glo Haven, and PF22. The farm no longer offers u-pick; orders go out by mail every Monday and Wednesday, holidays excepted.

Eau Claire

Prillwitz Fruit Farm has grown fruit on Main Street outside Eau Claire for four generations, about a mile from downtown. The U-pick orchard draws a strong local following — a 4.8-star rating and thousands of Facebook likes — for fresh, pick-your-own fruit through the season.

Hartford

Cassopolis

Diamond Lake Orchard runs as a self-serve apple shed and small fruit winery near Cassopolis, open daily from 10 to 6 once the season starts in late August. Thirteen apple varieties come through as they ripen — Honeycrisp, Gala, and Jonathan among them — alongside honey, cider, and hard cider. Weekend wine tastings run Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and this season brings the orchard's first estate wine from vines planted four years ago.

Berrien Springs

Bixby Farms has worked the same ground in Berrien Springs for generations, growing strawberries, raspberries and peaches for u-pick alongside asparagus and rhubarb sold at the farm stand. They also jar their own salsas and jams and sell farm-fresh eggs. The family's pitch is simple — a straight line from grower to plate — and the market stays open through the spring-to-fall harvest run.

Lawrence

Van Buren County, home to Lawrence, ranks among Michigan's top blueberry-producing counties and sits inside the Lake Michigan fruit belt. Bernell Farms shows up in local agritourism listings, but no independent site or contact info confirms what's currently open to visitors.

Coloma

Fruit Acres Farms has grown fruit in Coloma since 1846. The farm market sells black sweet cherries, sour cherries, peaches, and apples, with sweet corn rounding out the summer stand. U-pick season covers cherries, peaches, and apples with no ladders required, plus a free picnic area and playground for families who make a day of it.

Coloma

Jollay Orchards has grown fruit on the same Coloma land since 1857, now in its eighth generation of family ownership. Summer brings U-pick cherries, blueberries, and peaches; apples and grapes take over by fall, alongside a farm shop selling fresh donuts, apple-cherry spread, and pumpkin butter. Hayrides and a corn maze round out a season that runs June through November.

Watervliet

Sodus

McCartney Farm grows nectarines, peaches, Bartlett pears, and apples on Hillandale Road in Sodus, in Michigan's fruit belt near Benton Harbor. Nectarines and peaches ripen in August, pears come in early September, and apples carry the U-pick season from late September through October, alongside apple cider and winter squash.

Hartford

Adams Blueberry Farms has grown blueberries in Hartford, in Van Buren County, since the 1870s, making it one of the older working farms in the area. The current generation runs both organic and conventional u-pick fields, plus pre-picked pints for anyone who'd rather skip the bucket. Maple syrup and aronia berries round out the stand. Season runs July through August, seven days a week, and the farm draws pickers from the Chicago-area beach crowd along Lake Michigan.

Sodus

Lange Farms sits on River Road in Sodus, in Michigan's Berrien County fruit belt. No crop list, hours, or contact details for this farm were found online.

Benton Harbor

Sommerfeld Farms has deep roots in the Benton Harbor area, with family members farming there since the 1800s. Current posts show corn stalks and straw bales sold for fall decorating, tracked through the farm's Facebook page rather than a formal website. Beyond that, details on what else they grow or sell aren't documented online.

Paw Paw

Mandigo Farms has grown strawberries in Paw Paw since 1955, one block from the public beach at Three Mile Lake. U-pick and pre-picked berries run daily, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., through the first few weeks of June, weather permitting, with containers supplied and picnic tables set up under umbrellas. Wholesale strawberries are also available.

Lawrence

Bonamego Farms has worked the same 300-plus acres in Lawrence for nearly 80 years, growing tree fruit, vegetables, grapes, chestnuts and Christmas trees alongside forests and wetlands managed sustainably. Fall brings u-pick, and the farm also runs foraging and cooking classes — a step beyond the typical pick-your-own operation. It's as much a working land-management operation as it is a fruit farm.

Apple a Day Farm has run as a small, family-owned U-pick operation since 1996 on 38th Avenue in Bangor. Sweet, sour, and golden cherries come ripe mid-June through early July, and apple picking runs from early September into late October. The farm sits in Kalamazoo County, near the Paw Paw and Gobles fruit belt.

Berrien Springs

Lavender Fields Farm grows lavender in Berrien Springs, part of Michigan's southwest fruit and wine belt near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Bloom season for Michigan-grown lavender generally runs through July. No current hours, pricing, or contact details were verifiable online, so call before visiting.

Bangor

Moss Funel Farms sits on 34th Avenue outside Bangor, in Van Buren County's fruit belt along the Lake Michigan shoreline — a region built on blueberries, grapes, and orchard fruit. No public hours, crop list, or contact page are available yet, so a call ahead is the safest bet before visiting.

Niles

Lehman's Orchard farms 55 acres of U-pick fruit on Portage Road in Niles, growing apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, wine grapes, and tomatoes. Tart cherries ripen first, around July 4th, with blueberries following in late July. The farm turns its own fruit into wines, hard ciders, relishes, salsas, jams, and fudge, sold at a small on-site market open most days of the week.

Bangor

Joe's Blues has picked blueberries from the same Bangor bushes for 18 seasons, selling fresh and frozen berries at nine Chicago-area farmers markets — Green City, Wicker Park, and Logan Square among them — as well as U-pick at the Van Buren County farm itself. The Corrado family runs it with an emphasis on sustainable growing and kid- and pet-friendly picking hours through summer.

Paw Paw

Brookside Farms' Paw Paw location is one of three southwest Michigan u-pick sites the family runs for fresh blueberries and seasonal fruit, off 44th Avenue near the Paw Paw River. What's ripe shifts through the summer, so it's worth checking ahead before the drive.

Bangor

Understory Farm and Orchard grows fruit in Bangor, in Van Buren County's fruit belt — the same stretch of southwest Michigan known for blueberries, peaches, and apples. No confirmed details on varieties or u-pick hours surfaced online; call ahead before visiting.

Berrien Springs

Petes U-Pick operates on Lemon Creek Road in Berrien Springs, in Berrien County's fruit belt near Michigan's southwest wine trail — a region built on blueberries, peaches, and grapes. No posted season dates or hours are listed publicly yet.

Bangor

Lakeshore Country Farms grows blueberries and microgreens on State Highway 43 outside Bangor, about fifteen minutes off the main road. The microgreens are sold direct to order, and the farm keeps in touch with customers mainly through Instagram rather than a storefront or standing hours.

Mishawaka

Blueberry Ranch in Mishawaka grows nine organic blueberry varieties and calls itself the largest organic blueberry farm in the Midwest. U-pick runs July through mid-August, with frozen berries and pies sold year-round. After 50 years running the farm, the longtime owner has listed this as a final season and is seeking a buyer to take it on.

Edwardsburg

Amazing Acres Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch sits on U.S. Highway 12 in Edwardsburg, a Cass County town near the Indiana border. Maze themes, hours, and season dates aren't published online.

Hillside Orchards has grown fruit in the Berrien Springs area of Michigan's fruit belt since 1836. The family orchard produces apples, peaches, nectarines, apricots, sweet cherries, and chestnuts, with sweet cherries ready in late June and apples holding through March. This is not a u-pick operation — the orchard sells through USDA-certified channels and supplies markets as far as Chicago.

Berrien Springs

Forraht Farms is a three-generation family operation in Berrien Springs that opens each September and runs through October. The draw here is the grapes — nine u-pick varieties spread across the vineyard rows, plus pre-picked Bartlett pears and several apple varieties ready to bag and take home. It's a short season, so the fall window is the only time to visit.

Paw Paw

Morrison's Sunny Fields sits near Paw Paw, the Van Buren County seat known for its wineries and fruit orchards along the I-94 corridor. No public listing spells out exactly what Sunny Fields grows or when it's open to visitors.

Berrien Springs

Lazy Acres Vineyard has grown grapes on more than 200 acres in Berrien Springs since 1959, using organic practices across Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. Grape picking is U-pick and cash-only, at $1 a pound, with visitors bringing their own containers and shears during harvest season.

Lawton

Verhage Farms is based in Lawton, in Van Buren County's fruit belt near Michigan's wine trail and blueberry country. No independent website, hours, or pricing could be confirmed online — call or check local farm stand listings before visiting.

Lawton

Vineyard 354 Family Farm is in Lawton, in Van Buren County's wine country near Paw Paw — home to some of Michigan's oldest commercial vineyards. No website or public hours turned up in research; call ahead before visiting.

Berrien Springs

Lemon Creek Fruit Farm has grown fruit on Lemon Creek Road in Berrien Springs for more than 160 years, and the family now runs an estate winery alongside the working farm. The seasonal market sells farm-fresh produce for pick-your-own and retail during fruit season, with tastings and a wine club through the winery side of the operation.

Lawton

Hunts Hillside grows strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries under high tunnels outside Lawton, with red raspberries running u-pick from June through October, rain or shine. The farm also sells cut flowers and offers vineyard camping for anyone who wants to stay the night among the rows. Wine tours are listed as coming soon. Look for the high tunnels on 66th Avenue, off M-40 near the Paw Paw exit on I-94.

Sandoval Farm runs u-pick strawberries, peaches, raspberries, blueberries, and sweet cherries near St. Joseph, along with an on-site beekeeping operation and a farm stand called the Fruit Shack. Hours and crop availability shift with the season, and online listings for the farm are sparse and inconsistent enough that calling ahead beats trusting any single source.

Marcellus

This listing is registered under the name Diane Marcellus on M-216 in Marcellus, a small Cass County community in southwest Michigan's farm belt. No further public details are available.

Shafer Orchards has been in the same Berrien County family for three generations, though it now operates as The Shafer Farm LLC after the Shafers retired and leased the 72 acres to Doug and Suzy Forraht in 2017. U-pick runs five peach varieties in late July and August, then ten apple varieties and Concord grapes into September and October, alongside pumpkins, squash, and gourds.

Bridgman

Berry Lucky Farm is a six-acre blueberry operation outside Bridgman that's been in the family for generations, though u-pick only started in 2019. The season is short — usually early July through early August — with hours around 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. most days. Check Facebook or Instagram before driving out, since picking hours shift with how the bushes are producing.

Paw Paw

Cycle Source Berries grows raspberries on M-43 outside Paw Paw, in Van Buren County's fruit belt. It's a small operation with no listed website or phone — local agritourism directories describe it simply as fresh, locally grown raspberries sold direct from the farm.

Saint Joseph

Nye's Apple Barn has farmed this stretch of Niles Road since the late 1800s and still sells mostly its own fruit and vegetables. Amish-style pies, jams, and jellies fill out the barn alongside caramel apples, honey sticks, and salsas. The farm runs U-pick and orchard visits on a midweek-to-weekend schedule in Saint Joseph.

Stevensville

Barbott Farms & Greenhouse has grown flowering annuals, perennials, shrubs, vegetables and herbs in Stevensville, run today by Andrew Barbott. The greenhouse opens the last week of April and stays open through October 31, with hours Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 to 5. It's more garden center than u-pick farm — the draw is plants and produce, not a fall festival.

Stevensville

Bredeweg Acres has run as a family u-pick blueberry farm since 1988, worked by Farmer Roger and Grandma Ruth Ann out of Stevensville. Picking season opens the first week of July, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; bring your own container or use one of theirs. The farm also sells Christmas trees each winter and takes cash, check, or Venmo — no cards.

Paw Paw

Berry Brothers Retail grows and sells blueberries from its M-40 farm outside Paw Paw, along with u-pick flowers, coffee, ice cream and fresh-baked goods. The family recently added the former Leduc Blueberry farm to its operations, expanding acreage in southwest Michigan's blueberry country. Multiple retail locations around Paw Paw carry the fruit in season rather than just a single farm stand.

Johanson's Apple World supplies fruit and vegetables in season from its Keehn Road location near Baroda, along with jams and jellies made on-site. The operation sells primarily as a supplier rather than a walk-in farm stand, so calling ahead is the reliable way to check availability.

Elkhart

The Pumpkin Patch is a seasonal fall farm on County Road 105 outside Elkhart, part of a stretch of Elkhart County pumpkin patches that includes bigger neighbors like Kercher's and Knollbrook Farm. Specifics on this particular patch's offerings aren't published online, so a call ahead is the most reliable way to check what's growing.

South Bend

Thistleberry Farm packs four separate corn mazes onto the property, along with a u-pick pumpkin patch, sunflower and lavender fields, and a corn cannon that's become the thing kids talk about on the ride home. Pony and cow rides run alongside hayrides most weekends in September, Saturdays 10 to 6 and Sundays 1 to 6. The farm has built a following in South Bend over its run; regulars treat the fall opening like a yearly tradition.

Three Rivers

Corey Lake Orchards has farmed 150 acres of orchards, vineyards, and fields since 1961. The farm presses heritage apples into hard cider, ferments its own wines and spirits, and bakes fruit pies and donuts on-site alongside blueberries, strawberries, and a full run of vegetables. It calls itself a marketplace for locally grown and locally made goods, and the shelves back that up with products from other regional producers too.

South Haven

DeGrandchamp grows blueberries in South Haven, on the stretch of Van Buren County shoreline often called Michigan's blueberry capital for its sandy, acidic soil. Their site didn't load enough detail to confirm current hours or varieties — call ahead before visiting.

Cleveland Farms has grown sweet cherries, plums, and apples on County Road 380 near Bloomingdale since 1958, making it one of the longer-running fruit operations in Van Buren County. Cherry season comes first in summer, with apples following into fall.

South Bend

Just That Honey keeps hives around South Bend without chemical treatments, letting bees forage the local area for raw honey, blackberry honey, clover honey, and wildflower honey. The operation also sells pollen and comb honey, and offers swarm control and removal for anyone dealing with an unwanted hive. It's a small beekeeping business, listed mainly through regional honey directories rather than its own storefront.

Glendora

Twin Maple Orchard grows fruit on Cleveland Avenue in Glendora, just outside Galien in Michigan's southwest corner, offering u-pick harvesting and fresh produce sold at local farmers markets seven days a week from 10am to 6pm during the season. The farm also welcomes RV travelers through the Harvest Hosts network. Call ahead for which fruits are ready to pick.

Grand Junction

Phil and Jeanne Mitchell planted the first bushes here in 1968; four generations of the family have farmed the ground since. Mitchell's Blueberries is 100% certified organic, and the crew hand-processes every berry that leaves the farm. Visitors can pick their own or buy fresh-picked at the on-farm market in Van Buren County, southwest Michigan.

Bangor

Schemenauer Farms sits in Bangor, part of Van Buren County's fruit belt along Michigan's Lake Michigan corridor. No product list, hours, or website turned up in research; call ahead before visiting.