Farms Near Placerville, CA

Placerville

SOL CFM sets up on the Fox Lot in downtown Placerville and is certified to sell only what comes from El Dorado County farms — no resellers, no imported produce. Vendors bring fruit, vegetables, baked goods, cut flowers, and handmade woodworking through the summer season, all within walking distance of Main Street's shops.

Placerville

Placerville

Placerville

Placerville

Smokey Ridge Farmstead & Winery is on Carson Road in Placerville, part of the Apple Hill growing district in El Dorado County. Carson Road anchors a strip of wineries, farm stands, and orchards that draw Sacramento-area visitors into the Sierra foothills each fall.

Placerville

Pine'O'Mine is a third-generation family farm on Carson Road in the Apple Hill district above Placerville, with u-pick apples, mainly Granny Smith and Pink Lady, running late August through mid-December, plus summer u-pick blueberries, a fall pumpkin patch, and fresh-cut Christmas trees. The barn serves food and local beer with live music most weekends from May through December.

This four-generation family ranch on Carson Road sits in the Apple Hill growing region and opens Labor Day weekend through Christmas Eve. Visitors pick up apple-barn goods, bakery items, and candy, plus a mining sluice activity and a life-size maze for kids. Standard hours run 8:30am to 5:30pm, with shortened hours on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

Placerville

24 Carrot Farm is an organic farm stand on Jacquier Road in Placerville, California, offering fresh, seasonal produce and u-pick opportunities with fun for the whole family. Shoppers buy local, directly from where their food is grown, with a weekly newsletter announcing what's ready.

Placerville

Lava Cap Winery has grown estate grapes at 2,700 feet in the Apple Hill district of the Sierra Foothills since the Jones family planted the vineyard in 1986. The volcanic ash soils on the property produce Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Barbera, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah described as intensely aromatic. The tasting room opens daily from 10am to 5pm, with picnic tables set among the vines for anyone who wants to stay through lunch.

Placerville

Placerville

Camino

High Sierra Iris & Wedding Gardens is on Hassler Road in Camino, California, in the El Dorado County Sierra foothills known locally as Apple Hill, the region's orchard and harvest-tourism belt.

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Placerville

High Hill Ranch is part of Apple Hill, the cluster of orchards and farms above Placerville in El Dorado County. Its website highlights pie-baking instructions, consistent with the ranch's reputation for take-home pies alongside its apple orchards. No further confirmed details on cider, restaurant hours, or seasonal activities.

Diamond Springs

Diamond Springs was settled in 1848 as a Gold Rush camp in El Dorado County — miners once pulled a 25-pound gold nugget from the ground here, among the largest ever found in the county. This certified market serves the Sierra foothill community that grew up around the old diggings.

Placerville

Tomary Heirloom Tomatoes & Dahlias grows on Pleasant Valley Road outside Placerville, in the Sierra foothill farm country south of Apple Hill. The name states the crops plainly: heirloom tomato varieties and dahlia flowers, grown at an elevation that gives El Dorado County warm days and cool nights through the growing season.

Placerville

The Rice family has run this u-pick cherry and berry farm off Highway 49 near Placerville since 1994. Four cherry varieties and seven berry varieties, including raspberry, boysenberry, and olallieberry, ripen from late spring into summer, with a one-acre picnic lawn and koi pond on site. Entry runs $5 a person, and some years the cherry crop fails outright to weather.

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Apple Hill orchard on North Canyon Road known for the Apple Ridge Express, a miniature train that's run through the fall season for over 40 years. There's a fruit stand and bake shop on-site, open Friday through Sunday from late September to Thanksgiving. Listed among UC Davis's recognized farm trails and part of the 120-plus-member El Dorado County Farm Trails.

Camino

Celtic Gardens sits on Canyon Road in Camino, inside the Apple Hill growing district of El Dorado County. At roughly 3,000 feet in the Sierra foothills, the area's volcanic soil and cool nights have made it one of Northern California's best-known apple, pumpkin, and wine-grape regions.

Camino

Goyette's North Canyon Ranch is on North Canyon Road in Camino, inside the Apple Hill growing district of El Dorado County, a cluster of high-elevation ranches known for apples, pumpkins, and fall farm visits above Placerville. No further confirmed details on Goyette's specific crops, hours, or activities.

Camino

Sun Mountain Farm sits on North Canyon Road in Camino, inside El Dorado County's Apple Hill district, the volcanic-soil, roughly 3,000-foot elevation band that supports the area's dozens of apple orchards and Christmas tree farms. No public listing yet confirms which crops this specific farm sells direct.

Camino

Wofford Acres Vineyards sits on Hidden Valley Lane in Camino, within the Apple Hill area of the El Dorado County Sierra foothills, a region better known for apple orchards than vineyards. A working website was not reachable during research, so current tasting room hours and wine list could not be confirmed.

A family-run market at 3400 Carson Ct. in Camino, in the Apple Hill fruit-growing region of El Dorado County. Owner Doug Alberts sells flowers, vegetables, honey, maple products, and nursery trees, with hours that shift by season — call ahead before driving up the hill.

Camino

Honey Bear Ranch is on Barkley Road in Camino, inside the Apple Hill growing district above Placerville, and is listed locally under both agritourism and honey. No further confirmed details on hive count, honey varieties, or visiting hours.

Camino

Argyres Orchard sits on Apple Hill in Camino, where some of the apple trees are more than 80 years old. Visitors pick their own apples and Concord grapes on weekends only, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting in late September and running until harvest is picked clean. Bring cash or a checkbook — the orchard doesn't take cards. Owner Maryann Argyres has run the place for decades.

Placerville

Pleasant Valley Harvest is a small farm property on Bucks Bar Road outside Placerville, listed in local business directories as a market and event space for orchard products, weddings, and gatherings. Business records list around two employees. It's a modest operation — call ahead of a visit rather than showing up unannounced.

Camino

Ralph's Apple Ranch is a pick-your-own orchard on Larsen Road in the Apple Hill district of Camino, growing apples exclusively rather than mixed fruit. It's a small, single-crop u-pick stop within El Dorado County's fall apple region.

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Larsen Apple Barn has stayed in the same family since the 1860s, making it the longest continuously family-owned farm on Apple Hill. Eight generations later, the ranch still grows apples, pears, and nectarines, and sells them alongside baked goods from its own bakeshop and a small farm museum. The barn opens Sunday through Friday from Labor Day through December, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and stays closed on Saturdays during the season.

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Rockney Farms is a family farm in Camino, California, in El Dorado County's Apple Hill country, selling fresh produce, cut flowers, and eggs directly to the community.

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Rainbow Camino Ridge is on Snows Road in Camino, inside El Dorado County's Apple Hill growing district in the Sierra foothills east of Placerville. The area is known for apple orchards, cider presses, and u-pick and fall-harvest operations packed into a few square miles.

Denver Dan's sits on Bumble Bee Lane in El Dorado County's Sierra foothills near Placerville, a region thick with Apple Hill orchards and seasonal tree lots along Highway 50. No verified specifics on this operation's current offerings or hours turned up online this session — confirm before making the drive.

Camino

Apple Hill Growers Association represents more than 50 family farms in the Sierra Nevada foothills around Camino, near Placerville. What started in 1964 with 16 apple ranches has grown into a district of u-pick orchards, wineries, cideries, bakeries and Christmas tree farms, all mapped through the association's seasonal harvest calendar.

Camino

Bolster's Hilltop Ranch sits in the Apple Hill region of El Dorado County, where visitors pick their own blueberries and pumpkins in season. A small winery operates alongside the orchard, and the ranch throws an annual summer blueberry festival with local arts, crafts, and live music — a fixture in Camino's cluster of hilltop farms.

Camino

El Dorado County Farm Trails represents farms and orchards along Carson Road in Camino, California, the Sierra foothill area known as Apple Hill. The trail groups growers across the Camino-Placerville corridor who open for fall apple picking, cider, and harvest-season visits.

Garden Valley

Rome Valley Vineyards is on Traverse Creek Road in Garden Valley, part of the El Dorado wine region in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Placerville. Growers here plant at elevations up to 3,000 feet, producing wine distinct from California's flatland Central Valley vineyards.

O'Halloran's Apple Trail Ranch sits on Cable Road near Camino, in the Apple Hill growing district — El Dorado County's cluster of apple orchards, cider presses, and fall farm stands in the Sierra foothills.

Placerville

The American River Conservancy runs Wakamatsu Farm in Placerville, site of the 1869 Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony — the first Japanese colony in the United States. FogDog Farm now grows organic food on the land, and the Conservancy opens it for Open Farm Days on spring and fall Saturdays ($10 per vehicle) plus docent-led tours booked two weeks out.

Camino

Hangtown Kid Apple Orchard is on Mace Road in Camino, part of the Apple Hill growing district above Placerville, "Hangtown" being the old Gold Rush name for the area before it became El Dorado County's apple country. No further confirmed details on varieties, u-pick access, or hours.

Coloma

American Whitewater Expeditions ran river trips from a New River Road address in Coloma, on the South Fork American River where California's commercial whitewater rafting industry got its start. No current website was located under this name, so operating status is unconfirmed.

Coloma

American River Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust headquartered in the historic Kane House at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma. Since 1989 it has protected more than 30,000 acres and built 35-plus miles of trail across the upper American and Cosumnes River watersheds. Its working farm, Wakamatsu Farm, hosts public tours and partners with local growers.

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Goodness Orchard has been certified organic since 1990, a rarity on Apple Hill where most neighbors still spray. Visitors pick heirloom apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, blackberries, and tart cherries, plus 15 vegetable varieties including sweet corn and winter squash, with picking stretched from May through December. Call ahead for what's ready that week.

Garden Valley

A small mountain-town market at Garden Valley Park, at the corner of Marshall Grade and Garden Valley roads in the El Dorado foothills. Online details are thin beyond the address and phone number, which fits a market this size and this local — call ahead if you're coming from out of the area.

Garden Valley

Also known as Rustic Dream Farmstead, Berry Heaven is a family-run u-pick operation in Garden Valley near historic Coloma, growing eleven varieties of blueberries alongside blackberries, raspberries, apples, and strawberries from May through November. A petting zoo and school tour program round out visits, with an on-farm market selling what didn't get picked.

Garden Valley

Garden Valley

Somerset

Granite Springs Winery sits in Somerset, within El Dorado County's Fair Play AVA, a granite-soil wine region in the Sierra foothills known for Zinfandel and other warm-climate reds. A working website was not reachable during research, so current tasting hours and wine list could not be confirmed.

Michael's Vineyard grows old-vine Zinfandel grapes on Fairplay Road in the Sierra foothills' Fair Play wine country, and opens the rows for U-pick rather than selling exclusively to wineries. The grapes lean toward home use — jelly and syrup more than juice — given the character of old vines. Hours run 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends during harvest.

Noel's Pumpkin Patch sits on Fairplay Road in the Fair Play area of El Dorado County, a Sierra foothill district better known today for its wineries under the Fair Play AVA than for its pumpkins. Pockets of orchard and row-crop ground still line the road alongside the vineyards.

Pollock Pines

Harris Tree Farm has stayed in the same family for seven generations, dating back to 1853, on Blair Road in the El Dorado County town of Pollock Pines. Pick-your-own fruit season starts in June, with blackberries among the regulars, and the property is also known locally for u-cut Christmas trees come winter.

Pollock Pines

Pollock Pines

Harris Family Farm works Sierra foothill ground on Blair Road in Pollock Pines, with u-pick apples, berries, and mulberries alongside farm-baked pies and donuts. The farm also runs pie-making classes, orchard yoga, high tea, and camping from late May through Christmas Eve. Open Thursday through Sunday, 9am-4:30pm. Call ahead or check Instagram for which crops are ready to pick.

Plymouth

Amador Flower Farm in Plymouth grows more than 1,200 daylily varieties across 4 acres of demonstration gardens, plus a nursery and gift shop. They ship plants online March through November and are open daily 9am-4pm in season (Thursday-Sunday in winter).

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It all started with the idea to give our family dog, Sonny, what every dog deserves: the wind in his ears, rich soil beneath his paws, and nature’s nourishing energy. Built from a love for community, healthy food, and creating abundance together, Sonny’s Farm strives to liberate nature’s power to heal the land, its animals, and our bodies. Life thrives when you let nature lead the way. Sustainability and renewal are important values to our team. We have long felt that traditional commercial farm

Fiddletown

DAMAS Vineyards farms two acres of Zinfandel on a southwest-facing slope in Fiddletown, one of California's smallest designated AVAs and home to some of the state's oldest Zinfandel plantings, first put in the ground by Gold Rush-era immigrants. The estate has been growing grapes here since 1998. Reach the winery by mail or at [email protected].

Shingle Springs

El Dorado Honey bottles raw, unfiltered honey sourced from bee yards across El Dorado County, in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento. Rather than selling from a single farm stand, the honey moves through more than a dozen regional retailers, including Boa Vista Orchards and Nugget Market. No heat-processing or additives, a standard several small foothill apiaries use to set themselves apart from imported honey blends.

Fiddletown

Casa de la Pradera is a European-style bed and breakfast built on a working organic farm outside Fiddletown, in California's Sierra foothills. The property grows its own vegetables, herbs, apples, and olives, and keeps goats on the grounds. Rooms look out over an open meadow, and reviewers consistently single out the breakfast and the quiet — it's currently the only bed and breakfast listed in the Fiddletown area.

Plymouth

Amador Country Acres sits on Fiddletown Road outside Plymouth, in Amador County's Shenandoah Valley wine and orchard district. No further details on crops, hours, or products turned up online at the time of this listing.

Pilot Hill

Enchanted April Inn sits on a hillside in the Sierra Foothills between El Dorado Hills and Pilot Hill, with gardens planted around the property and views over the surrounding hills. Rooms come with fireplaces, daily housekeeping, and a full breakfast included in the stay. It's a small operation — TripAdvisor lists it as the only bed and breakfast in Pilot Hill — and reviewers consistently mention the quiet and the grounds over anything flashy.