Farms Near Lafayette, IN

Lafayette

Lafayette

Wea Creek Orchard grows more than 20 apple varieties, including Honeycrisp and Fuji, alongside three types of peaches, pumpkins, and fields of sunflowers near Lafayette. The farm presses its own cider and makes jams, jellies, honey, preserves, and salsa from what it grows. U-pick season runs alongside tractor rides and on-site events, open Thursday through Sunday when in season.

Lafayette

Exploration Acres bills itself as Northwest Indiana's largest corn maze, cutting 22 to 23 acres of trail — about 10 miles worth — into the field each fall alongside a u-pick pumpkin patch. In spring, the same ground grows tulip gardens shaped into butterflies and birds. Extras include hayrides, corn cannons, a straw-diving pit, and a barn that rents for events up to 250 people.

Lafayette

Wea Creek Orchard is a seventh-generation family farm that turned part of its 162 acres into a u-pick apple and peach operation in 2008. Roughly 5,000 fruit trees supply the pick-your-own fields, and the market sells honey, cider, jellies, and preserves alongside lavender products from the neighboring Lavender Bee Company. Entry to the orchard is free; you pay for what you pick or buy at the stand.

Lafayette

Rainbow Hill is a daylily nursery Brad and Natasha Best built out of Brad's hobby breeding, which started in 1994. The farm hybridizes its own cultivars — Jerry Nettles, Lavender Blue Baby, and Spacecoast Starburst among them — while also working with stock from well-known breeders like Stamile, Bob Carr, and Munson. It's a specialty stop for gardeners chasing specific daylily genetics, not a general nursery.

Lafayette

Lafayette

Lafayette

Prelock Blueberry Farm is a family-run u-pick operation on E 350 S outside Lafayette, picking blueberries from June through August. The Prelocks grow the berries without pesticides and also sell fresh-roasted coffee on site. It's been registered as a family business since 2010. Hours shift with the weather and picking conditions, so calling ahead before the drive is worth it.

Lafayette

Lafayette

Fruit Haven runs a roadside stand off State Road 28 selling fruit and vegetables grown on 5 acres without chemicals or GMO seed. It's a small operation, closer in scale to a family garden than a commercial farm, and what's for sale depends entirely on what's ripe that week. The Dickinson family keeps it simple: grow it, pick it, sell it at the stand.

Lafayette

Despite the name, Huffman Berry Farm is a row-crop operation first: this fifth-generation Tippecanoe County family farm grows tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, and banana peppers under contract with Red Gold, the Elwood, Indiana tomato processor, alongside grain and seasonal strawberries. The Huffmans sold their hog operation in 2009 and shifted into vegetable production. Strawberries are the seasonal draw for visitors.

Lafayette

Huffman & Hawbaker Farms has worked land in Tippecanoe County near Lafayette since 1971, now run by the fifth generation of the family. The operation grows grain alongside vegetables and strawberries, with u-pick access to the produce fields during the growing season each year.

West Lafayette

Battle Ground

The Farm at Prophetstown recreates 1920s farm life next to Prophetstown State Park, with heritage-breed horses, cows, sheep, pigs, donkeys, and poultry cared for daily by staff in period dress. Visitors can watch blacksmithing, baking, and canning demonstrations, and the farm sells grass-fed beef, pork, eggs, and seasonal produce directly — call ahead to confirm what's in stock. It's open daily, 10am to 5pm, admission free beyond the state park's entry fee.

Battle Ground

Prairie View Farms grows sweet corn picked fresh daily on its White and Benton county land near Battle Ground, with an on-farm market stocking broccoli, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, onions, peppers, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes. Pick-your-own is available for pumpkins and tomatoes. Cash only.

Battle Ground

West Lafayette

Martin Acres is a small u-pick blueberry farm in West Lafayette built around families with kids — bushes are kept low and manageable, and the rows are laid out for grandparents and toddlers alike, not commercial-scale picking. Check the farm's Facebook page for the season's opening date and picking hours before you drive out.

Frankfort

Westpoint

Flint Creek Orchard runs two u-pick seasons in Westpoint — strawberries from late May through June, then apples from late August through November, with blackberries added more recently. Bring your own containers or cash, since the farm doesn't take cards and has no restroom on site. It's a bare-bones, working orchard rather than a full agritourism destination.

West Lafayette

Petite Provence Farm grows a labyrinth of more than 200 lavender plants — 80 feet across — on a small plot in West Lafayette, an ambitious project for a climate that isn't easy on lavender. The farm also keeps bees for honey and sells lavender coffee, sundries, and custom gift baskets built for weddings and other events.

Colfax

Rossville

Colfax

Rossville

Brookston

The Kent family has farmed ground around Brookston for more than 150 years, and for the last 30-plus they've turned part of it into pumpkins, squash, gourds, and Indian corn each fall. It's billed as the longest-running agritourism stop in the Lafayette and West Lafayette area, with a 3- to 4-acre corn maze alongside the pre-picked pumpkin selection. Open Tuesday through Sunday, closed Mondays, with weekend hours running 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

West Lafayette

Annie's Orchard in West Lafayette runs its picking calendar by fruit: strawberries in May, cherries and blueberries in June, peaches in August, and apples through August and September. Visitors pick their own or buy fruit already harvested — the farm's own line puts it plainly: "We pick or you pick."

Frankfort

Anderson Flower Farm in Frankfort is a pick-your-own flower operation in Clinton County, about 45 minutes from downtown Indianapolis — walk the rows, cut your own stems, and build a bouquet on the spot. It also runs as a small nursery on the side, growing seasonal blooms that change through spring and summer.

Frankfort

Smith Farms has offered free admission to its pick-your-own fields since 1988, no ticket booth, no gate fee. Strawberries come first in May and June, then asparagus, blackberries, and apples through summer, with pumpkins and cut-your-own sunflowers taking over in fall. It's a working farm the family opened up because they wanted their neighbors picking food, not just buying it.

Crawfordsville

Clinton County Farmer's Market sets up at 1111 S. Jackson St. in Frankfort, the county seat in Indiana's corn-and-soybean belt north of Indianapolis. Current vendor lineup and hours were not independently confirmed online.

Crawfordsville

Hoosier Grassfed Beef has raised cattle on certified organic pasture outside Attica, Indiana since 2000. Cattle are rotationally grazed and finished on 100% grass — no grain, no hormones — with beef sold as individual cuts or by the quarter, half, and whole animal through the farm's online store. Farm visits are by appointment only.

Monticello

Attica

Thorntown

Dull's Tree Farm opened in 1985 on 40 acres and has since been named Indiana's best Christmas tree farm by the state's tourism office. Choose-and-cut Scotch pine, white pine, and Canaan fir cover the winter season, while fall brings a pumpkin patch, corn maze, and pumpkin cannon alongside more than 45 other activities. Fire pit rentals and photography sessions run outside both seasons for anyone who wants the property without the crowds.

Frankfort

Cutler

Fowler

RDM Shrimp raises Pacific White shrimp indoors in Fowler using a recirculating aquaculture system that's run on the same water since the farm opened in 2010 — no ocean, no antibiotics, no frozen product. Owners Darryl and Karlanea Brown sell shrimp live off the farm and run hour-long tours for anyone curious how saltwater shrimp get farmed in landlocked Indiana.

Fowler

RDM Aquaculture raises saltwater shrimp indoors in Fowler using a recirculating system that reuses the same water with zero exchange — only the third indoor shrimp farm built in the U.S. when it started in July 2010. The shrimp are raised without antibiotics or hormones, and the farm offers tours alongside direct sales. It's aquaculture, not a produce farm, so don't expect fruit or vegetables here.

Jamestown

Oxford

Russiaville

Lazy AA runs a working bed-and-breakfast built around horses, about 10 miles west of Kokomo. Guests get trail rides, a stocked fishing pond, nature walks, and hands-on horse care lessons alongside programs on Howard County history. It's aimed at city dwellers who want a real ranch weekend rather than a theme-park version of one.

Lebanon

Russiaville