Farms Near Muscatine, IA

Muscatine

Seeded Earth grows specialty cut flowers on a few acres just outside Muscatine and sells them through a floral CSA rather than a vegetable box. Subscribers pick up bouquets Tuesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. or Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The farm also does floral design for weddings and runs workshops for anyone who wants to learn arranging. It's a flower farm first, not a produce operation.

Muscatine

Where the Flowers Are Farm grows cut flowers at 1692 Tucker Ave in Muscatine, offering a CSA subscription along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa.

Muscatine

Red Barn Pumpkin Farm is located on New Era Road outside Muscatine, near the Mississippi River. Current hours and contact information aren't published in any listing found — confirm before visiting.

Muscatine

Muscatine

Anderson Farm sits outside Muscatine along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. No independent listing describes current products, hours, or season — a call ahead is the best way to confirm before visiting.

Muscatine

A second, smaller market in Muscatine sets up in the Calvary Church parking lot on US-61, open seasonally from May through October. Vendors here sell the usual fruits, vegetables, honey, and baked goods, plus a couple of less common finds for an Iowa farmers market: raw wool and locally made wine. It's a different crowd and a different lot than the downtown Saturday market across town.

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The Muscatine Area Farmers Market runs two locations each week from May through October: Saturday mornings, 7:30 to 11:30, at 3rd and Cedar downtown, and Tuesdays at the Muscatine Mall parking lot. Vendors bring fresh produce and handcrafted goods, and the Saturday market adds live music plus the occasional cooking or exercise demo. Senior and WIC nutrition vouchers are accepted through the state's Farmers Market Nutrition Program.

Muscatine

Pearl City Farmers Market is Muscatine's second Saturday market, set up on West Second Street rather than the riverfront or mall lot where the town's other markets gather. Like the rest of Muscatine's markets, it runs the spring-through-fall growing season with local growers and food artisans selling direct off the truck. Three separate farmers markets in one Mississippi River town says something about how seriously Muscatine takes local produce.

Durant

Durant's market sets up at Pythias Park next to the fire station on 5th Street, a small-town gathering spot for area growers in this Cedar and Scott County line community between Davenport and Iowa City.

A family-run greenhouse in Illinois City, in the Quad Cities area, growing its own flowers, vegetables, and premium hanging baskets on-site since Maria and Chris McCalley started it from a single backyard greenhouse in 1995.

Buffalo Prairie

Reason's Prairie Pride Meats has run a full-service meat locker in Buffalo Prairie for more than 70 years, custom-processing beef, pork, buffalo, lamb, seafood, and game. The property also runs Prairie Creek Market & Deli, with made-to-order sandwiches, soups, and salads, plus fruits and vegetables sold alongside the meat counter. Open six days a week.

Buffalo

Buffalo Pumpkin Patch doubles as an event center on Front Street, running pumpkin sales alongside a petting zoo, pony rides, and carnival-style rides through the fall. The event-center side means the grounds get booked for private gatherings too, not just walk-in pumpkin picking. Cash and check only per its business listing.

Oak Hill Acres grows organic vegetables and cut flowers, per its listing name, though no city, address, or website for this Iowa farm turned up in research. Specific crops, season, and sales format are unverified.

Bennett

Walcott

West Liberty

West Liberty Downtown Farmers' Market sets up at 100 Spencer Street in this Muscatine County town, one of Iowa's few majority-Hispanic communities. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

Aledo Main Street Farmer's Market & Bake Sale runs downtown in Aledo, the Mercer County seat in northwestern Illinois, pairing produce vendors with a bake sale. Mail contact is listed as PO Box 209, Aledo, IL 61231. No vendor list or season dates are published online for this listing.

S. College Avenue Aledo

Aledo's Main Street Farmers Market takes over Central Park on the 200 block of South College Avenue every Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m., from mid-June through late September. Homegrown produce and fresh-baked goods anchor the tables, and Aledo Main Street — the downtown group behind it — often adds live entertainment to the evening.

Donahue

Cinnamon Ridge Farms milks a Jersey herd through robotic milking systems on their Donahue dairy and turns part of that milk into artisan cheese made on-site. The farm has ranked first in the nation for milk production and sells cheese, beef, and raw milk through its farm store. Group tours run $17 per person, with youth and camp options by appointment.

Lowden

Lincolnway Flower Farm grows cut flowers along the Old Lincoln Highway in Lowden, in Cedar County in eastern Iowa. The farm takes its name from the historic road, one of the first transcontinental highways in the country.

Davenport

Davenport

Quad Cities Food Hub runs a year-round CSA grocery and multi-vendor farmers market out of its River Drive location in Davenport, carrying organic produce alongside other local goods from area growers. It functions as a standing indoor market rather than a seasonal outdoor stand, open through the winter months. Call (563) 265-2455 for current vendor hours.

Rock Island

Donahue

Miss Effie's Country Flowers and Garden Stuff sits on 130th Avenue outside Donahue in Scott County, on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities region. As the name suggests, it's a flower and garden goods stop rather than a produce farm.

West Branch

Davenport

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West Branch Farmers Market sets up at Main and Downey streets in this small Cedar County town, birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. Local growers sell seasonal produce direct to area shoppers.

Columbus Junction Community Farmers Market sets up at the fairgrounds off Highway 92 in this Louisa County town, built where the Iowa River meets the Cedar River in southeast Iowa. The junction gave the town its name and its rail history; today it's better known for its Tyson pork plant, and the market serves the surrounding farm families and plant workforce alike.

Bloom and Keep appears to be a small Illinois flower business, though verifiable details are scarce online under that name. The name points toward cut flowers or floral arrangements, worth confirming directly what's grown or sold and where.

Bettendorf

Trinity Farmers' Market sets up at 4500 Utica Ridge Road in Bettendorf, part of the Quad Cities along the Mississippi River in Scott County. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

The Indoor Farmers' Market at the Isle is held inside the Isle Casino Hotel complex on Lady Luck Parkway in Bettendorf, part of the Quad Cities riverfront. Taking the market indoors is a common move for Iowa vendors once the outdoor season ends, giving small growers and home bakers a stop through the colder months. Bettendorf sits directly across the Mississippi from Illinois.

Bettendorf Farmers' Market is run by the Mississippi Valley Growers' Association, the same nonprofit behind the Davenport Farmers' Market across the river, bringing local growers, bakers, and craft vendors together for fresh produce, flowers, and baked goods. The market operates at 2850 18th St. in Bettendorf; the association can be reached at 563-332-5529.

Long Grove

Pride of the Wapsi runs a fall festival about 20 minutes north of the Quad Cities, built around a corn maze, wagon rides, and a working pumpkin patch with more than 30 attractions total. The farm keeps Friday-through-Sunday hours through October rather than staying open daily, so visitors plan around a weekend trip. It's grown into one of eastern Iowa's larger seasonal draws for pumpkin picking and hayrides.

Coal Valley

East Moline

Happy Hollow U-Pick has grown vegetables in the Quad Cities area since 1995. The fields yield asparagus, green beans, beets, blackberries, broccoli, carrots, sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, snap peas, peppers, and pumpkins, with the main picking season running early August through October. It's a working produce farm rather than an entertainment stop — bring a bag and expect to do the harvesting yourself.

East Moline

Quad Cities Growers' Markets operates at Avenue of the Cities and 11th Street in East Moline, running multiple days a week through the growing season. It serves the wider Quad Cities region spanning the Illinois-Iowa border along the Mississippi River, pulling vendors from both sides of the river. Confirm the current week's hours with the City of East Moline before visiting.

Open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon, May through fall, this East Moline market fills its lot with fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, plants, jam, soap, baked goods, and cut flowers. It's a straightforward Quad Cities-area market — arrive early for the best pick of produce.

Lone Tree

Lone Tree

Sand Road Farm operates under a new name on Sand Road SE in Lone Tree, on ground long known as Bock's Berry Farm & Country Gifts for u-pick apples, blueberries, and strawberries plus a gift shop and fresh eggs. Some directories list the u-pick operation as no longer active, so confirm current status before planning a visit.