Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Kansas City, KS

Kansas City

Wine Barn Winery & Vineyard has poured handcrafted wine from its 16-acre property near the Legends shopping district in Kansas City since 2009, with a pond and vineyard view from the tasting room. Wines range from sweet and fruity to dry, full-bodied reds, with flights and bottles available Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. The venue also books private events.

Kansas City

Cider Hill Family Orchard grows 1,500 apple trees across 18 varieties on 38 acres in Kansas City, Kansas. Apple season runs August through November, with cider donuts, kettle corn, hayrides, and train rides alongside the picking. The orchard also rents out an Event Barn that holds up to 250 guests, plus a guest house on the property.

Basehor

Faircrest Farm Produce runs a seasonal farm stand on Highway 7 just north of Parallel Road in Basehor, with a picking calendar that tracks the Kansas growing season: tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelon and sweet corn in July, peaches and peppers in August, then pumpkins, gourds and winter squash by September. The indoor market also carries fresh eggs, baked goods, and homemade jams and jellies. Open every day of the week, mid-July through mid-November.

Overland Park

Holy Cross Pumpkin Patch runs each fall on West 95th Street in Overland Park, with a corn maze, hayride, and yard games alongside the pumpkins. Pumpkins are priced by weight rather than an admission fee at the gate, so the cost scales with what you carry out.

Kansas City

A community orchard planted near Troost Lake in central Kansas City, at 29th and Highland Avenue. Community orchards like this one grow fruit trees on neighborhood land, tended by volunteers, with the harvest shared among nearby residents. Picking follows the season rather than fixed retail hours. Check with Kansas City's community garden network before visiting, since access and harvest days vary from tree to tree and week to week.

Kansas City

Young Family Farm KC is a family farm at an address on Wayne Avenue in Kansas City (64109), placing it among the city's urban farming projects rather than out in the country. The listing doesn't detail crops or whether it sells to the public. Reach out directly to learn what they grow and how to buy or visit.

Kansas City

Paula Winchester Enterprises is registered at a Kansas City address in the Kenwood Avenue area south of downtown. It's listed under agritourism, but no public farm website or listing details turned up. Contact the business directly to confirm what it offers.

Leavenworth

Lamborn Farm centers on an 1890s barn listed on both the Kansas and National Register of Historic Places, now hosting weddings, reunions, and military ceremonies near Leavenworth. In fall, the working farm adds a corn maze, a mini train ride, and a kids' play area alongside seasonal craft and harvest festival events.

Bonner Springs

Kerby Farm runs a pumpkin patch in Bonner Springs, just west of the Kansas City metro in Wyandotte County — one of several fall stops in the area drawing families each October. Specific hours, activities, and pricing aren't listed publicly; call ahead before a visit.

Kansas City

The Urban Farming Guys is a Kansas City nonprofit that teaches aquaponics, urban agriculture, and job skills from a base on the city's east side. Its projects have spanned mushroom growing, solar power, biodigesters, and international development work in India and Mexico, under the tagline "Sharing Knowledge, Feeding Nations."

Leavenworth

Hildebrandt Farm operates on 159th Street outside Leavenworth as a registered Kansas agritourism property. Public details on what's grown or sold here are limited online. Note: this is a separate operation from the larger Hildebrand Farms Dairy elsewhere in the county — don't confuse the two when verifying.

Overland Park

The City of Overland Park has run Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead since 1978, recreating a turn-of-the-century Kansas farm across 12 acres. Kids can ride ponies, take a horse-drawn wagon around the grounds, and watch dairy barn demonstrations alongside a one-room schoolhouse exhibit. The farmstead also offers sensory-friendly early admission on the first Tuesday of the month from May through August, 8 to 9 a.m., before general crowds arrive.

Leavenworth

Salt Creek Valley Farms spans roughly 300 acres along the Santa Fe Trail, with U-pick strawberries, sweet corn, and pumpkins depending on the month. Fall visitors get a corn maze, hayrides, a bakery, and farm animals to feed. The farm runs seasonally, open May through October, and closes for winter. It's a working farm first — the agritourism side grew up around actual row crops and produce, not the other way around.

Leavenworth

Ken and Cindy Devan started Oregon Trail Farm after 28 years in the Army, settling near Fort Leavenworth to grow u-pick blueberries, blackberries and raspberries along the historic Santa Fe Trail. They built the soil with horse manure, more than 10,000 pounds of spent coffee grounds, and over 70 tons of diverted wood chips for weed control and water retention. The veteran-owned farm also sells free-range eggs and honey.

Platte City

Spanish Garden Berry Farm is a berry grower on Highway 92 near Platte City, in Platte County north of Kansas City. Strawberries and summer berries would be the seasonal draw, with picking through late spring and early summer. No working website or listing was available to confirm picking days or contact details.

Kansas City

David Bird grows thousands of orchids and tropical plants underground, inside the Interstate Underground limestone caverns on Kansas City's east side. He started keeping orchids at 16 and opened the nursery here in 2001, using the caves' steady temperature and humidity as a natural greenhouse. The space works as grower, retail shop, and lab in one. Visitors can walk the aisles of blooming plants during open hours.

Kansas City

Great Pumpkin Fest is the daytime fall family event at Worlds of Fun, the amusement park at 4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue in Kansas City. Geared toward younger kids, it adds a trick-or-treat trail, pumpkin displays, and harvest-themed activities to the park on select autumn weekends. It's the non-scary, kid-friendly counterpart to the park's evening Halloween event and is included with regular admission.

Platte City

Pumpkins Etc. keeps admission free at its you-pick patch outside Platte City, north of Kansas City. Beyond the pumpkins, the farm grows thousands of mums and stocks Indian corn, gourds, and bittersweet for fall decorating. Kids climb on dump trucks and an excavator, run a hay maze and corn maze, and play in a playhouse. It's open Friday through Sunday during the season.

Kansas City

Benny's Berries is a small pick-your-own berry farm on Kenneth Road in far south Kansas City, listed across regional u-pick and agritourism directories. Details on crops and hours are thin online, and the farm offers on-farm pickup during its season. Anyone planning a visit should confirm current hours and what's ripe before driving out.

Overland Park

Aubrey Vineyards calls itself Overland Park's first winery, pouring red, white, rosé, sparkling, and fruit wines from a red-barn tasting room. Hours run Wednesday through Friday 1-8 p.m., Saturday noon-7 p.m., and Sunday noon-6 p.m., though private events can shift the schedule, so calling ahead helps. Reach them at (913) 909-2926 or [email protected].

Kansas City

Faulkner's Pumpkin Farm is the fall side of Faulkner's Ranch, a longtime event venue on Raytown Road in south Kansas City. Through October the ranch runs a pumpkin festival with more than 30 activities: hayrides, a petting farm, a field maze, pony rides, a corn cannon, a zip line, and a mechanical bull, plus locally grown pumpkins. The rest of the year it hosts weddings, corporate picnics, and birthday parties.

Kansas City

An event ranch on Raytown Road in south Kansas City that runs a fall pumpkin season with wagon rides, corn pits, field mazes, and yard games. Beyond autumn, Faulkner's hosts company picnics, weddings, field trips, and holiday pop-ups like its Easter Spring Round Up and the Christmas JOLLY bar, with food and coordination handled on site. The office runs weekdays, 9 to 5.

Smithville

Duncan's Berry Farm grows blueberries and blackberries for picking, with the season running June into July. Mornings are the time to go; pickers report the farm opens around 7 a.m. and closes by noon. It sits on County Road F in Clay County, north of Kansas City, and has been a registered farm here since 2006. Call ahead, since ripe fruit and open days shift with the weather.

Leavenworth

Schwinn Produce Farm traces back to Jerry Schwinn's family garden, planted after watching his father grow a legendary crop of cantaloupe. The farm now runs u-pick fields from early asparagus and strawberries through fall pumpkins and mums, plus an on-site market. A 4,500-square-foot event barn on the 50-acre property hosts weddings by the pond, in the prairie, or under the tree canopy.

Belton

Johnson Farms lets visitors pick pumpkins straight from the field or grab pre-gathered ones, backed by a corn maze, picnic grounds, and concessions. Weekend wagon rides pass the farm animals. The operation runs on South Route D at Holmes Road in Belton, Cass County, south of Kansas City. It's a popular fall stop for families across the metro.

Spring Hill

Hickory Creek Ranch runs a pumpkin patch and fall festival in Spring Hill, on the Johnson County line southwest of Kansas City. It's one of several fall agritourism stops that have grown up along that corridor. Details on specific attractions, hours, and pricing aren't published; contact the ranch directly for current-season plans.

Lees Summit

Rising Star Ranch is a 60-acre horse boarding facility on NW Chipman Road in Lee's Summit, established in 1992, with indoor and outdoor arenas, paddocks, and stall boarding. It also opens seasonally as Pumpkin Valley with fall activities on the grounds. The ranch offers both full-care and self-care boarding just southeast of Kansas City.

Spring Hill

Cricket's Farm is a small agritourism operation in Spring Hill, in the fast-growing edge of Johnson County southwest of Kansas City. We couldn't find a working website or listing with specifics for this one — reach out directly for current offerings and seasonal hours.

Gardner

Wagon Wheel Orchard is an orchard operation in Gardner, on the western edge of the Kansas City metro in Johnson County, one of the fastest-growing suburban counties in the state. No specific fruit varieties, hours, or contact details are publicly listed; call ahead to check what's in season.

Gardner

KC Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze started when the Berggren family began the patch outside Gardner in 2003, two years after settling in the Kansas City area. The corn maze is cut each year into a new design — past years have included the KU Jayhawk — and the grounds add a jumping pillow, a rock-climbing wall, a petting zoo with piglets, and the Yellow Brick Road train ride on weekends.

Liberty

Carolyn's Country Cousins is a fall pumpkin patch on NE 52nd Street in Liberty, north of Kansas City in Clay County. Patches like this open in autumn with pick-your-own pumpkins plus family activities such as hayrides, mazes, and farm play areas. Its spot in the northland keeps it within easy reach of the Kansas City metro.

Liberty

Liberty Corn Maze has run its fall attraction in Liberty, northeast of Kansas City, since 2004. Each season the farm cuts several corn mazes alongside silo slides, a grain-bin zipline, a jumping pillow, campfire pits, yard games, and a country store. It's a full weekend-outing setup rather than a single maze. Check the website for this year's dates, themes, and hours.

Liberty

Crazy Craig's A-Hwy ran a u-pick pumpkin and mum patch on Highway A near Liberty for 24 years, but the family has since shut down that side of the business. The property now operates as A-Hwy Fireworks, and the pumpkins and mums are no longer sold. Anyone with this listing on a fall route should plan on the seasonal patch being closed.

Smithville

A dairy-goat farm near Smithville, north of Kansas City, running since 2015. Storm Dancer keeps milk goats and sells fresh goat milk and pastured meats, and opens up for farm visits with a petting zoo and pony rides. The farm also hosts classes and events built around hands-on agriculture. Contact them through their website to check visit days and what is currently available.

Edgerton

Frank and Melanie Gieringer planted their first peach trees in Edgerton in 2001 and picked their first crop in 2004; blackberries, strawberries, sweet corn and pumpkins followed, and their son Brice now runs the u-pick fields alongside them. The season moves from strawberries in May through blackberries and peaches in summer to sunflower fields and pumpkins each fall. The farm market sells jams, frozen pies, local honey and doughnuts.

Spring Hill

Pickings & Pumpkins has been a registered Kansas farm business since 2002, growing pesticide-free vegetables and small fruit a couple of miles east of Spring Hill. Their own description keeps it simple: farm-fresh food, homegrown the old-fashioned way. Find current picking availability and hours through their Facebook page rather than by dropping in unannounced.

Lee's Summit

Paradise Park is a family entertainment center at 1021 NE Colbern Road in Lee's Summit, southeast of Kansas City. It pairs an indoor play area built for younger children with outdoor attractions that open in the warmer months, and it hosts birthday parties, camps, and school field trips. This is an indoor-outdoor activity park rather than a working farm. Check current hours and pricing on their site before going.

Cleveland

Tubby Fruits Peach Orchard grows more than 50 varieties of tree-ripened peaches near Cleveland, south of Kansas City toward Belton. The farm also runs about an acre of pick-your-own thornless blackberries and offers U-pick cherries, apples, and home-grown tomatoes as they come in. Run by Mark Angermayer, it goes by ripeness rather than a fixed calendar, so check its Facebook page before going.

Lawrence

Schaake's grows its pumpkin patch on 28 acres carved out of a working 1,400-acre family farm, an operation that started as a 4-H project and just marked its 50th season. Admission and parking are free, and so is the hayride out to the patch — you pay only for the pumpkins you pick. There's a hay maze and playground for kids who'd rather not do the picking themselves.

Edgerton

White Tail Run Winery pours Kansas table wines from a tasting room in Edgerton, alongside an 18-hole disc golf course and a mobile "Winery On The Go" service for events. Summer hours run Friday and Saturday noon to 6 p.m., Sunday noon to 4 p.m. The winery also hosts small gatherings and sells through select area liquor stores. Call (913) 893-4003.

Lawrence

Wohletz Farm Fresh has grown u-pick strawberries and blueberries in Lawrence since 1996, after 19 years selling at area farmers markets. Buckets run $35 for a gallon or $20 for a half-gallon, cash or check only, and picking requires an appointment. Call (785) 331-3468 to schedule a time before heading out.

Kearney

Fun Farm runs a fall pumpkin patch in Kearney with both u-pick and pre-picked pumpkins. The lineup leans toward families: a corn maze, hayrides, pony rides, a petting zoo, a jumping pillow, and face painting. Bring cash, since that's all they take. The farm is on North Jefferson Street in Clay County, just off Interstate 35 north of Kansas City.

Blue Springs

Colonial Gardens, now operating as Colonial Farms, is a large garden center and agritourism destination on East Wyatt Road in Blue Springs, serving the Kansas City area. Garden Center Magazine ranked it the top garden center in Missouri. Shoppers find annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, and houseplants, while the farm side runs u-pick berries and flowers, a fall pumpkin patch, a farmers market, and the Whistle Stop coffee shop. Concerts and workshops fill out the calendar.

Buckner

A farm on East Burgess Road near Buckner, in eastern Jackson County on the rural edge of the Kansas City metro. This Missouri River bottomland is long-standing farm country. Public details on Milo Farm are thin, so reach out directly to learn what they grow or raise and whether they welcome visitors.