Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Oceanside, CA

Oceanside

Son Rise Ranch raises grass-fed and grass-finished beef, pasture-raised pork, and free-range chicken using regenerative grazing methods, selling direct from its Oceanside location. The farm favors humane, organic practices over commodity feedlot production, with meat sold in shares and cuts to local families.

Oceanside

ABC Tree Farms' Oceanside lot on Vista Way, part of a family-run chain that has worked pumpkin and Christmas tree seasons across California since 1983. Pumpkins come pre-picked, with a gift shop and snacks on-site through October.

Carlsbad

Witch Creek Winery poured wine near the Carlsbad waterfront on Carlsbad Blvd, part of San Diego County's small-producer urban winery scene. No active website was found under the winery's name, so current operating status is unconfirmed.

Carlsbad

Carlsbad Strawberry Company is a fourth-generation family farm on Cannon Road in Carlsbad, California, known for u-pick strawberries each spring and a fall pumpkin patch with a corn maze and tractor rides. Fresh berries are also sold from roadside stands around North County San Diego during the spring harvest window, and the farm anchors much of the region's strawberry season.

Carlsbad

Fifty-five acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus bloom each spring at The Flower Fields, a working farm a half-mile from the Carlsbad coast. The rows open to the public for roughly eight to ten weeks, from around March 1 through early May, drawing more than 200,000 visitors a season. The operation has grown ranunculus commercially here for over 60 years, selling bulbs alongside the flower show.

Encinitas

Weidners' Gardens has grown flowers on Normandy Road in Encinitas since 1974, when Bob and Evelyn Weidner started the nursery as a retirement project built around their love of begonias. The retail and wholesale operation grows roughly 90% of what it sells, including begonias, fuchsias, succulents, herbs and fruit trees, and ships begonia and fuchsia cuttings to florists across California.

Encinitas

Nice2eetu runs a small biodynamic garden operation out of Orpheus Avenue in Encinitas, pairing urban food growing with pet care services. It's a modest agritourism stop rather than a destination farm — call ahead if you want to see the gardens or arrange a visit.

Fallbrook

A Fallbrook operation on East Mission Road combining lavender growing with a fall pumpkin patch, in keeping with North San Diego County's mix of flower farms and agritourism along that corridor. A current website couldn't be confirmed separate from a same-named lavender farm in Michigan, so hours and offerings are unverified.

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

Gourd & Pumpkin Fest runs each fall on De Luz Road inside Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Access typically requires base clearance or a sponsor, which sets it apart from the region's other patches.

Escondido

Archi's Acres grows certified organic, hydroponic produce on Lilac Road in Escondido and supplies it to San Diego County businesses year-round. Since 2006 the farm has also trained military veterans in sustainable agriculture through its VSAT program, now run under the Archi Institute, and hosts guests on-site.

Del Mar

The Scream Zone is a Halloween haunted-house event at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, not a farm — three attractions on one ticket, including a haunted house, a hayride, and a carnival-style scare walk called KarnEvil. The operator has announced a hiatus for 2026, pointing visitors instead to its sister attraction, the Haunted Trail of Balboa Park. Check back for whenever the fairgrounds event returns.

Del Mar

Pumpkin Station has run its Del Mar pumpkin patch at the fairgrounds since 1999, with free parking and free admission year after year. The lot fills with mechanical rides, inflatables, a petting zoo, and rows of pumpkins for fall visitors, plus party packages for schools and birthdays. Sister locations operate in Mission Valley and Rancho Bernardo under the same family business.

Fallbrook

Kenny's Strawberry Farm runs a seasonal u-pick strawberry operation on Rainbow Valley Boulevard near Fallbrook, open roughly February through July, plus a farm stand selling pre-picked berries and a small farm shop that runs classes and events through the season. The family has grown strawberries there for more than a decade, picking each variety at peak ripeness rather than shipping green.

Fallbrook

Temecula Valley Strawberry Farms grows its berries hydroponically on 5th Street in Fallbrook, a family-owned operation built around a growing system that skips soil beds for raised, irrigated troughs. The approach lets the farm extend its picking season beyond what dirt-grown strawberries in the area typically manage. Contact details are limited online — check local farm-trail directories for current hours before visiting.

Escondido

Farm Stand West sells produce from a stand on Miller Ave in Escondido, in the North County San Diego growing region known for citrus, avocados, and small produce operations.

Escondido

A farm stand on Miller Avenue in Escondido selling local produce alongside jams, jellies, and pickles, with fall and winter selections rotating through. It's one of a handful of small stands scattered through this stretch of North County San Diego growing land.

Temecula

Temecula

Sunmist Fruit is on Via Escalo in Temecula, in southwest Riverside County's wine and citrus corridor near the Temecula Valley AVA. Small fruit operations in this area typically grow citrus alongside the vineyards that dominate the region's agritourism reputation.

Valley Center

The Lavender Fields sits on Keys Creek Road in Valley Center, part of the North San Diego County backcountry known for small flower and lavender growers. The business's old web domain is now parked for sale, so current operating status, hours, and offerings could not be confirmed.

San Diego

Seabreeze Organic Farm delivers organic vegetables, fruit, flowers, herbs, and eggs to homes across Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe, La Jolla, and Coronado through a year-round CSA subscription. Run by Stephenie Caughlin on Arroyo Sorrento Road, the farm calls itself the last family-owned and -farmed land inside San Diego city limits.

Murrieta

Escondido

Fran's Original Farm Stand operates on Summit Drive in Escondido, part of inland San Diego County's citrus and avocado belt. No working website, social page, or product list turned up in research, so specifics beyond the name and address could not be confirmed.

Valley Center

Eric's Valencia Orchard grows Valencia oranges at the corner of Cole Grade and Tyler roads in Valley Center, part of San Diego County's inland citrus and avocado belt. Valencias are a late-season variety, typically picked from spring into summer after the navel crop finishes. No contact info is listed online.

San Diego

Rancho Bernardo Pumpkin Farm, part of San Diego's Pumpkin Station and Pinery group operating since 1999. This is one of the group's farm sites, on Highland Valley Road, with sunflower fields, a corn maze, tractor rides, and a petting zoo.

San Clemente

A fall community event at San Clemente's civic center on Calle Seville, built around Halloween activities rather than a working farm or patch. Likely city- or community-run given the location — check with the city for current dates.

San Diego

Wholesome Heritage Farms Pumpkin Patch operates on San Pasqual Road in the San Pasqual Valley, a working agricultural valley east of San Diego known for its dairies and seasonal farm stands. As the name suggests, it's a fall pumpkin-patch operation. No hours, admission, or contact details are posted online yet.

San Diego

Salem Haunts isn't a farm — it's a free Halloween haunted house a Mira Mesa couple has built in their front yard for more than a decade, drawing lines around the block every October 31st. It's listed here as a seasonal San Diego attraction rather than an agricultural operation. Check local listings for the exact dates it runs each year before making the trip.

Temecula

Temecula Valley Honey Company has packed and bottled raw honey since 2005, sourcing from local Temecula Valley beekeepers rather than running its own hives. It wholesales hand-packed honey, creamed honey, infused varieties, bee pollen, and comb to farmers markets, restaurants, and grocers across the region, with a Ynez Road shop that restocks as new batches come off the line.

San Diego

Tom's Adventures runs a seasonal pumpkin patch and Christmas tree lot in the Mira Mesa neighborhood of San Diego. Like most single-season city lots, it operates on Marauder Way only during October and the weeks around Christmas, switching from pumpkins to cut trees between seasons.

Murrieta

Meljess Bees keeps hives around Murrieta, in southwest Riverside County, where citrus groves and wildflower hillsides still border the area's newer subdivisions.

Temecula

Pumpkinland has run as Temecula's pumpkin patch out of the Promenade Mall parking lot, with free admission and parking, and pumpkins sold individually rather than bundled into an entry fee. The lot adds bounce houses, a petting zoo with goats and baby pigs, carnival games, and a separate haunted attraction called Mansion of Lost Souls, open annually from late September through Halloween.

Temecula

Big Horse Feed & Mercantile, the Temecula Valley's equine and livestock supply store, turns 11-plus acres behind the shop into Southern California's largest corn maze every fall. The Harvest Festival runs through October with evening hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Visitors who show up for tack and feed year-round come back in autumn for the maze, hayrides, and pumpkin patch.

Murrieta

Seasonal Adventures operates on Murrieta Hot Springs Road in Murrieta, in southwest Riverside County's Temecula Valley corridor — an area known for seasonal farm attractions such as corn mazes, pumpkin patches, and holiday tree lots timed to the fall and winter calendar.

San Juan Capistrano

South Coast Farms has grown strawberries and seasonal vegetables without pesticides or GMOs since 1996, run by farmers George and Rebecca. The u-pick strawberry, pumpkin, and heirloom tomato operation relocated to the Tree of Life Nursery site on Ortega Highway in 2024, and the farm still runs a CSA program with weekly pickup baskets around Orange County.

Temecula

Doughty Apiaries keeps hives in Temecula, within Southern California's Temecula Valley wine country. The mix of vineyards, citrus groves, and wild sage scrub in the surrounding hills is well known among regional beekeepers for producing sage and citrus-blossom honey.

Temecula

Temecula Berry Co grows pick-your-own blueberries on Cantrell Road in Temecula, alongside olive trees, roses, and a small menagerie of goats and chickens visitors can feed. Farmer Mike runs educational tours on blueberry cultivation and sustainable growing each June, and the farm hosts a Friday Night Movie series in summer. Blueberry season typically wraps by mid-summer, with a holiday pop-up shop in December.

San Diego

Mr. Jingles Christmas Trees sells cut trees each December in San Diego, one of the seasonal lots that spring up on corner properties across the city between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Temecula

Mount Palomar Winery has poured wine in Temecula since 1969, one of the valley's founding estates. Tastings happen in the underground Cava di Vino, with red, white, sparkling, and dessert wines on the list, and Bistro 1969 serves a full menu with happy hour Monday through Friday from 3 to 6pm. The tasting room runs shorter hours Monday through Thursday and stays open later on weekends. Wine club membership carries no enrollment fee.

Peltzer Farms is the working homestead behind Peltzer Family Cellars, a fifth-generation farming operation on Calle Contento in Temecula wine country. The property carries 25 acres of vineyard alongside free-range chickens and a century-old tractor collection the family still maintains. Each fall the farm opens for pumpkin season — pony rides, a petting zoo, mini John Deere carts, and gem panning alongside the pumpkin picking.

Temecula

Fifth-generation Peltzer family operation running its pumpkin farm on Calle Contento in Temecula since 1996, after starting out in Orange County. Fall brings pumpkins, pig races, pony and train rides, gem mining, and a petting farm, with wine and beer from the family's own Peltzer Winery served on-site.

San Juan Capistrano

The Ecology Center is a nonprofit regenerative farm in San Juan Capistrano running a working farm stand, a farm-to-table Campesino Cafe (open 9am-2pm), and a Harvest Box CSA. It also hosts a summer camp for ages 7-12 that pairs farming instruction with cooking and nature-based art, plus wellness programs at its on-site Peace Dome.

San Juan Capistrano

The fall pumpkin event at what's now River Street Ranch, a working petting zoo on Los Rios Street with roughly 80 animals — horses, goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, even an emu. Regular offerings include pony and tractor rides, a mini train, and mining and digging activities, with pumpkins added to the mix each October. Billed as the only petting zoo in South Orange County.

San Juan Capistrano

Mountain Pines Christmas Tree Farm, run under the Farmakis Farms name, sells cut trees each holiday season in San Juan Capistrano, one of several seasonal lots that open across south Orange County between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

Ramona

Farmhouse Getaways rents out two agritourism properties in Ramona: the four-acre Red Barn Ranch, with a pool, on-site market, game barn, and farm animals, and the eight-acre Mountain Retreat, with hiking trails and a private hot tub. Both operate as eco-focused vacation stays for individuals, families, and events like weddings and reunions.

California

Harbour Farm & Vineyard is on Highway 67 in Ramona, inside the Ramona Valley AVA, a designated wine-grape appellation in San Diego County's inland backcountry. No further confirmed details on what Harbour Farm grows, bottles, or sells directly.

Ramona

A seasonal fall pumpkin patch in the Ramona area of San Diego County's wine-country backcountry, roughly 30 minutes northeast of downtown San Diego. Like most patches in the region, expect pick-your-own pumpkins and family activities concentrated in the weeks around October. Current operator and hours weren't confirmable online this round.