Farms Near Gainesville, FL

Gainesville

Loftus Family Farm runs a u-pick muscadine grape vineyard in Gainesville, with fruit ready to harvest once the grapes darken all the way to the stem. Check the farm's own website before driving out, since no current phone number or season dates were posted there at last check.

Gainesville

Gainesville

Monteocha Gardens operates on NW 156th Avenue in Gainesville, in Alachua County near the small community of Monteocha in the northern part of the county. We couldn't verify what's grown or sold here beyond its agritourism listing — call ahead before visiting.

Gainesville

Founded in 1972, the Alachua County Farmers' Market was held in a downtown parking lot at the corner of University Avenue and Main Street. Since 1991, it has been taking place in the county owned pavilion it is held in to this day. The mission of the Alachua County Farmers' Market is to give Florida agricultural producers a place to sell products directly to the public so they can generate sustainable income from farming. By doing so, many farmers have been able to keep on farming instead of hav

Gainesville

Running since 1996 at Bo Diddley Plaza on East University Avenue, this downtown Gainesville market sets up Wednesdays, 4 to 7 p.m., year-round, rain or shine. Local growers sell produce, baked goods, and natural foods at prices aimed at everyday grocery shopping, not just weekend treats.

Gainesville

Case Farms operates from a rural address on NW 102nd Place outside Gainesville, in Alachua County's row-crop and horse country. Nothing about hours, products, or contact details turns up online.

Gainesville

Gainesville

The Family Garden Organic and Fair Farm is an organic agritourism property in southeast Gainesville, near SE 23rd Place. No independent website or listing was found online; confirm hours and offerings directly before visiting.

Gainesville

Parrish Family Farm raises beef cattle on State Road 121 outside Gainesville, selling home-grown beef directly to families rather than through a grocery supply chain. It shows up on regional agritourism listings as a u-pick stop as well, though the farm's own social pages focus mainly on the cattle operation and beef sales. Contact them on Facebook or Instagram for current pricing and availability.

Gainesville

Now operating as Crossroads Farm & Apiary, this Gainesville strawberry farm has grown fruit since 1960. U-pick strawberries open each February, and the fields expand into broad beans, corn, cucumbers, melons, onions, and tomatoes through the season. The farm keeps its own honeybees for pollination and sells raw honey and bees on-site. A fall festival and school field trips round out the calendar.

Gainesville

Gainesville

GAINESVILLE

A church-run pumpkin patch at Southwest United Methodist Church on SW Williston Road in Gainesville. Congregations across Florida use these fall patches as both a community gathering spot and a fundraiser, with pumpkins trucked in from western growers and sold through October.

Butler Plaza Satellite Market operates out of Butler Plaza on SW Archer Road in Gainesville, a retail corridor near the University of Florida campus. As its name states, it runs as a satellite stop rather than a standalone market.

La Crosse

Tom Burton's listing places this operation along State Road 235 in La Crosse, a small rural community in Alachua County where cattle and hay ground outnumber row crops. No specific products, hours, or public access were verified beyond the agritourism listing itself.

Gainesville

Windsor Farm operates in the rural county-road grid northeast of Gainesville. Public listings for the operation are thin — call ahead to confirm what's currently growing before making the drive out.

Gainesville

Santa Fe River Berry Farm takes its name from the river that runs through Alachua and Suwannee counties, part of north-central Florida's commercial blueberry country. The farm sits on County Road 225 east of Gainesville. No published hours or website turned up — call ahead to confirm picking season.

Gainesville

This Windsor-area grove east of Gainesville is a second growing site for Straughn Farms, the family-owned commercial blueberry operation that breeds and grows patented Southern Highbush varieties like Patrecia, Optimus, and Sentinel for the Naturipe Farms/MBG brand.

Gainesville

A small family winery east of Gainesville that grows its own blueberries and muscadine grapes and ferments both into wine on site. No pesticides go on the vines. Bluefield keeps weekend hours seasonally, so calling ahead before a drive out on NE County Road 234 is worth it.

Gainesville

Graham

Blueberry Woman Dead Creek Ranch operates out of Graham, a rural pocket of Bradford County in north Florida's blueberry-growing corridor. No working website, phone, or social page turned up in a search, so current season dates and pricing are unconfirmed.

Tioga

Set up at Tioga Town Center on SW 128th Street west of Gainesville, this market runs Mondays, 4 to 7 p.m., seasonally, with fresh, local, and organic produce from area growers. It's a small, community-run operation — call ahead in the off-season to confirm it's open.

Swallowtail Farm CSA works land in the historic Rochelle district of southeast Gainesville, running a biodynamic, regenerative operation since 2009 that includes a small Jersey-blend dairy herd, laying hens, heritage-breed pigs, and Katahdin sheep alongside vegetable production. The farm has committed to keeping its fields free of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, and serves CSA members across Alachua County and North Central Florida.

Alachua

This listing is registered to Ken Webb on NW 140th Street outside Alachua, in a stretch of Alachua County known for small u-pick strawberry and blueberry operations. No specific crops, hours, or sales details for this address turned up in public search — call ahead to confirm before visiting.

Alachua

A 22-acre spring-fed property in Alachua built around organic u-pick blueberries and, later in the year, u-pick pomegranates from more than ten heirloom varieties across 260 trees. Pomegranate season runs August through September. The farm also hosts ecology and community events on the property.

Mark Dunmore is listed as an agritourism operator on Sid Martin Highway near Hawthorne, in the Alachua County hill country east of Gainesville. Crops, products, and public hours weren't found online for this listing.

Hawthorne

A family-owned farm outside Hawthorne, also known locally as Brown's Farm Orange Heights, where visitors have picked strawberries with their kids year after year. Their Facebook page is the most active source for current picking updates.

Micanopy

Wacahoota Farms grows u-pick blueberries on SW 136th Place outside Micanopy, in the rolling farm country south of Gainesville. No independent website was found online; call ahead to confirm the picking window, which for North Central Florida blueberries usually runs April into May.

Waldo

Stratton's Blueberries grows u-pick blueberries off County Road 1471 in Waldo, in Bradford County's stretch of north-central Florida farmland between Gainesville and Starke. Florida blueberries typically ripen from late March through May. We couldn't confirm current hours or pricing — call ahead before driving out.

Jonesville

Ken's Orchard sits on Northwest 170th Street in Jonesville, the rolling farmland west of Gainesville where pasture and small orchard operations are more common than Florida's citrus belt farther south and east. No fruit variety, harvest season, or hours were verified.

Newberry

Archer

Small family-run farm operating since 2006, raising free-range chickens and geese without medicated feed, antibiotics, or commercial pesticides. They sell pastured eggs alongside chemical-free herbs and seasonal vegetables grown using heirloom methods; visits are by appointment.

Southland Berry Plantation is a family-owned blueberry farm and nursery in Earleton, offering both U-pick and already-picked options for buyers in a hurry. Call ahead of a visit — hours and ripe rows shift through the Alachua County blueberry season.

Earleton

Family-owned butterfly farm raising more than 45 native Florida species, open daily for tours through habitat enclosures. Beyond visits, the farm supplies live butterflies for weddings, memorials, and exhibits across North America.

Waldo

Misty Oaks

Grandma's Vineyard is a u-pick grape operation on SW Williston Road in Micanopy, south of Gainesville — not in "Misty Oaks" as this listing's city field suggests. Florida vineyards typically pick from summer into early fall. Reach the vineyard directly at (352) 375-0344 to confirm what's currently ready.

Alachua

Forest Grove Tree Farm operates in Alachua, north of Gainesville in Alachua County's mix of farmland and pine flatwoods. Tree farms in this part of North Florida typically grow Christmas trees, ornamentals, or timber stock for regional nurseries.

Newberry

Hoffman Farms is located in Newberry, an Alachua County farm town just west of Gainesville known for cattle, hay, and small produce operations rather than large row crops.

Micanopy

Alachua County Organic Farms is listed in Micanopy, the antiques-district town south of Gainesville that borders Paynes Prairie Preserve. The county-wide name suggests a network tied to the area's organic growing scene rather than a single roadside farm stand, though no independent confirmation of that structure was found.

High Springs

Hollow Oaks Corn Maze runs each fall off CR 235A between Alachua and High Springs, near Santa Fe High School. Admission runs $15 for ages 13 and up, $12 for ages 4-12, and free for kids under 4, with Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday afternoon hours during the season.

Newberry

Newberry's Cornfield Maze is on West Newberry Road outside Gainesville, in Alachua County farm country. Corn mazes in the area typically run through the fall harvest season. No hours or contact details for this maze are published online.

Archer

Straughn Farms is a family-owned commercial blueberry operation in north central Florida growing patented Southern Highbush cultivars, including Colossus, Farthing, and Keecrisp, distributed in part through the Naturipe Farms/MBG brand. The Archer grove is one of the company's growing sites in the Gainesville-area blueberry belt.

Little Garden of Eat'n breeds registered Nubian and Mini-Nubian dairy goats in Micanopy, selling goat milk products alongside fresh vegetables, fruit, and pasture-raised eggs. The operation started in Tennessee, moved to Virginia, and relocated to Florida in 2019 in search of better market access. No phone or email is listed publicly — the farm's website is the best point of contact.

Archer

Meet The Gaw Family Hailing from a family with a rich farming heritage, Kelly has always been passionate about gardening and creating a thriving homestead. Over the past five years, she has transformed her love for gardening into the establishment of a large farm complete with animals, herbs, flowers, and an array of fruits and vegetables. Kelly is the proud owner of Gaw Family Farms, located in Archer, FL. A decade ago, Kelly was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, which ignited her quest for

Starke

Ford's Farm sits in the rural stretch of Bradford County outside Starke, land better known for timber, cattle, and small produce operations than for tourist traffic. No verified details on crops, hours, or public access turned up online. The listing reflects a working agritourism property rather than a marketed attraction.

Hawthorne

South Moon Farms is a pick-your-own blueberry operation on South County Road 325 in Hawthorne. It's a small, seasonal stop — call ahead before driving out, since availability depends entirely on that week's harvest.

Micanopy

A Micanopy farm that's stayed in the same family for five generations, known for its fall corn maze, hayrides, playground, and pumpkin patch. Some recent listings show it operating field trips under a new name, Red House Ranch, so confirm the current program before booking a group visit.

Micanopy

Hawthorne

Hawthorne

Hawthorne

Hilltop Vineyard is listed in Hawthorne, a small Alachua County town in the rolling hill country east of Gainesville. The name points to a small winery or grape-growing operation, though current wines, tasting hours, and sales details weren't confirmed online.

Archer

Top Flora is a wholesale foliage and plant nursery in Archer, supplying greenery and shrubs to the trade rather than selling direct to walk-in visitors. The business has operated in Alachua County's nursery belt for close to three decades. Reach the office at (352) 495-7340.

Alachua

Grassy Springs Farm and Retreat sits in Alachua, part of the horse-farm belt that rings Gainesville in Alachua County. It's billed as a combined farm-and-retreat property, though no live site spells out lodging, activities, or booking.

Melrose

Meadowmere Farm is in Melrose, in the same Putnam County lake country that grows a number of small blueberry and produce operations. A website exists under the farm's name but would not load at last check, and no phone or social page was confirmed either.

High Springs

High Springs Orchard & Bakery grows orchard fruit and bakes goods for sale in High Springs, a small Alachua County town known for its spring-fed rivers and small farm stands along SR 45.

Micanopy

Century Oaks Nursery & Grove operates on NW 219th Street Road in Micanopy, a small Alachua County town known for its live oak canopy and antique shops south of Gainesville. As a nursery-and-grove listing, expect trees and plants rather than a farm stand. We couldn't verify current stock or hours, so call ahead.

Hawthorne