Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Michigan City, IN

La Porte

Blue Spruce Alpacas is a small family operation outside La Porte raising Huacaya alpacas for fiber and breeding stock. Visitors can buy raw fiber and finished alpaca goods right off the farm, and the herd includes a registered herdsire available for outside breeding. It's a niche stop for fiber-farm tourism in northern Indiana rather than the usual pumpkin-and-corn-maze circuit.

Michigan City

Radke's has grown apples in Michigan City since 1894, with more than 20 varieties available u-pick or ready-picked, plus donuts and tractor rides on weekends. The season opens Labor Day weekend and runs daily 8:30 to 5:30, with no admission or parking fees. It's an easy stop off I-94 at Exit 34A.

Michigan City

Stateline Blueberries has grown fruit on the Indiana-Michigan border since 1942, now spanning 30 to 35 acres and 11 to 12 blueberry varieties. Pick your own from late June into mid-August, or grab berries already picked at the stand along with the farm's raw honey, maple syrup, jam, and stranger specialty items like blueberry BBQ sauce and blueberry jerky. There's parking and a picnic area if you want to stay and eat what you just picked.

Pavolka Fruit Farm in Michigan City grows more than 20 apple varieties, with u-pick running mid-September through October and cider pressed fresh on site during the same window. The orchard also grows pears, plums, grapes, raspberries, and sour cherries. Open daily 9 to 5 during the season.

Michigan City

Pavolka Fruit Farm is a family-owned apple orchard in LaPorte County growing over 20 apple varieties, plus u-pick grapes, pears, plums, raspberries, and sour cherries. The farm presses its own apples for fresh cider on site. U-pick apple season runs mid-September through late October, daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with fruit priced by the pound. It's a straightforward roadside operation off Wozniak Road, not a big production — just apples done well.

LaPorte

McClure Christmas Tree Farm has been cutting Fraser, Canaan, and Concolor firs outside LaPorte since 2007, now run by three generations of the same family. Visitors cut their own tree from more than 9,000 planted, ride a hayride, warm up at the bonfire pit, and shop wreaths and ornaments in a restored century-old dairy barn. The season opens the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Michigan City

Stateline Blueberries has picked berries a few miles from the Lake Michigan shoreline for decades, across 30 to 35 acres kept walkable with grass mowed between the rows. U-pick runs late June through mid-August, and the sales shed sells ready-picked berries alongside local honey, jam, and blueberry-based condiments like a barbecue sauce. Call ahead for picking conditions before making the drive.

Westville

Coulter's has run a roadside stand in Westville selling sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, and garden plants through the growing season, then shifts into fall mode with a pumpkin patch, corn maze, and hayrides come September. It's a smaller, family-run operation rather than a big event destination; cider and a play area for kids round out the autumn visit. Jean Coulter has handled the farm's day-to-day for years.

LaPorte

Blueberries of Indiana has grown organic blueberries in LaPorte since 1948 and holds USDA Certified Organic status. U-pick runs alongside ready-picked orders, and the farm stand adds local honey, juice, preserves, and baked goods. Weekend hours run Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., through the season.

New Buffalo

Mike's Blueberries is a cash-only, U-pick blueberry farm on Farina Road in New Buffalo, running from July through early August. Visitors describe the picking as a quiet, unhurried break despite the nearby highway, with several pounds of fruit typical for an afternoon in the rows.

Alger Acres is a produce farm in the La Porte area, listed in regional produce trade directories. Beyond that, specifics on crops and hours aren't published online — this is a working farm more than a public-facing agritourism stop, so a phone call is the best way to check what's available before visiting.

Westville

Valmere Farms has stayed in the Matthys family since 1948, when Achiel and Suzanne Matthys started it as a dairy, mint, and vegetable farm. Three generations later, the operation has shifted toward grass-fed black angus beef, pasture-raised elk, maple syrup, and honey, all raised without antibiotics. They also keep a herd of Gelbvieh cattle alongside the angus.

Fischer Farm has grown sweet corn and pumpkins across three generations near La Porte, opening seasonally from August through October for hayrides, apple sales, and a corn maze. The rest of the year, the land grows field corn, wheat, and soybeans. Hours run 9 a.m. to dusk during the open season.

Valparaiso

Anderson's Orchard & Winery has poured wine in Valparaiso since 1927, working through Cabernet, Marquette, Red Zinfandel, Concord, Rose, and sparkling varieties alongside wine slushies. The remodeled tasting room opens Friday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m., with flatbreads, sandwiches, and charcuterie on the menu and live music and weddings booked through the venue.

Westville

Coburg Flower Depot grows daylilies across three acres in Westville, with more than 500 varieties open for pick-your-own picking through the growing season. The stand also sells local honey alongside cut flowers. Updates on what's currently blooming go out on Facebook rather than a fixed weekly schedule, so a call ahead is worth it before driving out on County Road 600 East.

Merrie Acres sits on US 35 in La Porte, where a fall festival draws families for a tractor-pulled hayride and a pumpkin patch each October. The property once housed racing horses decades before it turned to seasonal farm activities. Some evening events call for bringing your own flashlight, so check current hours before visiting.

Valparaiso

Wyckoff Hybrids has bred corn and soybean seed out of Valparaiso since George Bayard Wyckoff bought 200 acres here in 1903. The company now supplies regional growers with hybrid corn and soybean varieties, backed by its own yield trial and plot data. Office hours run Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed weekends. This is a seed supplier, not a pick-your-own stop.

Union Mills

This small, family-run u-pick farm on US Highway 6 grows red raspberries and blueberries, with raspberries typically ready by late June and blueberries following around July 1. It runs daily 8 to 6 through the June-to-September season and keeps a following for how clean and well-kept the rows stay all summer.

Kingsbury

Blank's Nursery, Garden & Pet Center in Kingsbury covers two things most nurseries don't combine — plant starts, trees, and garden stock from local growers, plus a pet supply counter. It's a small local operation rather than a chain garden center, worth a call ahead for current stock.

Three Oaks

Wanatah

Guse Christmas Trees in Wanatah lets visitors choose and cut their own tree from the field, with staff on hand to shake, wrap, and load it into the car. The farm runs weekday afternoons and full weekend days starting the Friday after Thanksgiving, closing whenever the trees run out. Nearly 5,000 people follow the farm's Facebook page year to year.

New Carlisle

Todd's has run a two-acre pumpkin patch outside New Carlisle for more than 30 years, the kind of down-home operation where you walk the field and pick your own instead of choosing from a pre-sorted bin. Gourds and squash round out the selection alongside pumpkins in every carving size. The field opens 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. during pumpkin season, a few minutes from New Prairie High School.

Valparaiso

Valparaiso's Fall Harvest Festival takes over Central Park Plaza for one Saturday each October, timed to land on the final day of the Valparaiso Farmers Market. Kids paint pumpkins and get their faces painted while everyone else works through caramel apples and cider. It's a few hours, not a full day — the 2025 event ran 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sawyer

Blueberry Patch operates in Sawyer, deep in Berrien County's fruit belt along Lake Michigan's southwest shore — the same sandy soil that makes this corner of the state one of the country's top blueberry-growing regions. Hours and picking details for this specific farm aren't posted online; call ahead.

This Northwest Indiana u-pick blueberry patch has changed hands and now operates as The Berry Patch at Mitzner Farms, though longtime visitors still know it by its old name. The new owners kept the u-pick and pre-picked blueberry setup that built the place's following in the first place.

Three Oaks

LeRoy and Elaine Dinges turn their Three Oaks farm into a fall destination every September and October, growing winter squash, pumpkins in every size, and gourds alongside a corn maze and hayrides. It's a seasonal operation only, timed to the Halloween and harvest-season visitors passing through Michigan's southwest corner.

Galien

Springhope Farm grows apples, peaches, and pumpkins on Cleveland Avenue outside Galien, in Michigan's southwest corner near the Indiana line. Both u-pick and ready-picked fruit are available depending on the week, and the farm sits along the US-12 Heritage Trail, a straight shot from South Bend. Call ahead to check what's ripe before making the drive.

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.

Hobart

Johnson's has grown fruits and vegetables in Northwest Indiana since the 1940s, with u-pick strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and vegetables running June through October. The adjoining Johnson's Fun Farm adds more than 30 family activities, and the calendar fills out with strawberry, blueberry, pumpkin, and sunflower festivals through the season.

Hobart

County Line Orchard grows Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Braeburn, EverCrisp, Melrose, Golden Delicious, and several other apple varieties on its Hobart property, with u-pick rows open through fall. Beyond picking, the farm runs barnyard activities, a full seasonal menu, and hosts more than 50,000 student visitors a year on school tours — a scale most u-pick operations in the region don't match.

Bridgman

Rambo Blueberries grows blueberries on Gast Road in Bridgman, deep in Berrien County's fruit belt along Lake Michigan. No hours, u-pick details, or contact information were found online.

Bridgman

Starbucks Blueberry Farm — no relation to the coffee chain, formerly known as Jones' Blueberries — grows more than six blueberry varieties, including Blue Crop and Jersey, for u-pick in Bridgman. Buckets are provided, there's a picnic area for a break between rows, and berries go home in plastic bags or a purchased box. Updates on opening dates run through Facebook, Instagram, and an email newsletter rather than a fixed schedule.

Walkerton

End of the Trail Riding Stable, near Koontz Lake in Walkerton, is a family-owned outfit offering hourly horseback rides across open fields and wooded trails. Beyond trail rides, the stable books pony parties, group camping trips with campfire cookouts, hayrides, sleigh rides in winter, and horse-drawn carriages for weddings and proms.

Hobart

Merrillville Farms has run a farm market out of Hobart since 1999, serving Lake and Porter counties with apples, blueberries, cabbage, eggplant, grapes, peaches, sweet corn, pumpkins, and raw honey depending on the season. Winter visitors can still get eggs, livestock grain, and straw bedding by appointment. Pick-your-own is available and there's no admission charge.

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.

Merrillville

De Jong Farm is a working family farm in Merrillville where the kids handle real chores — animal care, planting, weeding, harvesting, irrigation, egg washing and candling — and sell what comes off the ground at an on-farm stand. It's produce and eggs first, agritourism second, with pick-your-own available depending on the season.

North Liberty

The Apple Patch is a u-pick orchard on Sycamore Road in North Liberty, growing a wide variety of apples alongside pumpkins for the fall pick season. The farm also presses cider and sells honey, running seasonally before closing up each year once the crop is picked through.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Walkerton

Andrew and Nathan Matanic started this Walkerton patch in 2011 after getting tired of scrawny grocery-store pumpkins. It's grown to a 7-acre corn maze plus 4 acres of u-pick. Beyond traditional jack-o-lanterns, the patch grows heirloom Cinderella pumpkins and the pale Blue Moon and Casper varieties. There's no general admission charge, and popcorn and coffee are free.

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.

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.

Merrillville

DeJong Farm is a family farm stand in Merrillville where the kids handle real work — animal care, planting, weeding, harvesting, irrigation, egg washing and candling, alongside running the stand itself. The farm sells produce, eggs, and other farm goods directly, with updates posted regularly on Facebook.

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.

Crown Point

Hidden Creek is a small, kid-scaled pumpkin farm near Crown Point with hayrides, a corn maze sized for little legs, and its own honeybee apiary supplying farm-fresh honey. Birthday parties and school tours round out the fall season alongside the pumpkin patch itself, and pumpkins sell both at the on-site shop and a roadside farmstand. Facebook reviewers rate it a full 5 out of 5.

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.

South Bend

New Road Natural Farm in South Bend grows a wide pick-your-own vegetable lineup — beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, eggplant, onions, peppers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, and watermelon. It's a working produce farm rather than an event destination, so call first to check what's ready before making the trip.

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.