Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Princeton, MN

Princeton

J Q Fruit Farm is listed on 33rd Street near Princeton, in Mille Lacs County north of the Twin Cities. The name points to fruit, likely orchard or berry crops common to central Minnesota, but no website or current details turned up online. Confirm what's in season directly with the farm.

Princeton

JQ Fruit Farm and Orchard grows pick-your-own blueberries on six acres of roughly 10,000 plants raised herbicide- and pesticide-free, plus u-pick apples with a half-peck minimum and raspberries. It sits on 33rd Street outside Princeton in Mille Lacs County, north of the Twin Cities. Berry picking runs midsummer and apples in early fall, and the farm makes its own products from the harvest.

Princeton

The Historic Deglman Farm in Princeton traces back to 1934, built around a dairy barn raised in 1946 that now anchors weddings and events. The barn loft holds up to 250 guests, giving the property a rustic, working-farm backdrop rather than a built-for-show venue feel. It's run as a family event business more than a produce or u-pick operation.

Saint Francis

Manahan Stables offers private, year-round horseback riding and driving lessons near Saint Francis, from first-time beginners through advanced competitors. A heated indoor arena keeps lessons going through Minnesota winters, and the barn provides lesson horses matched to each rider's level, with students starting at age six. It draws riders from Andover, Anoka, Ham Lake, Zimmerman, and Coon Rapids. Ray Manahan and Kris Brutoco run the program.

Nowthen

June-bearing strawberries are the main crop, ready mid-June for two to three weeks, sold U-pick at $3.85 a pound or pre-picked by the quart and flat. The family farm also sells rhubarb, sweet corn, farm eggs, maple syrup, and homemade jams, and brings berries to the Maple Grove Farmers Market. Buckets and take-home flats are provided in the patch near Nowthen.

Ogilvie

Sharratt Berry Farm runs a strawberry u-pick outside Ogilvie in Kanabec County, north of the metro. June is the season: pick your own in the field or arrange farm pickup of berries already picked. Yields run around a pound per plant in a good year. A June-focused berry farm with a short, weather-driven window.

Becker

Cut-your-own Christmas trees are the draw here, with short-needle spruce from four to twenty feet plus a smaller supply of white pine, balsam, and Fraser fir. The Petersons have farmed trees around Becker since 1956, and Lee later added an apple orchard, so fall brings U-pick apples before the December tree season. Trees grow naturally green. Bring a saw or borrow one at the lot off 149th Avenue.

Elk River

Beck's Elk River Greenhouse and Vegetable Farm has grown produce on 100 acres about 4.5 miles west of Elk River since 1959, now into a fourth generation. The greenhouse sells hanging baskets, patio pots, bedding plants, vegetable starts, and seeds, while the farm offers homegrown sweet corn, tomatoes, canning vegetables, and pick-your-own or pre-picked strawberries in season. It's open daily through the growing season.

Elk River

Goracke Trees is a small tree farm listed on County Road 14 near Elk River, in Sherburne County northwest of the Twin Cities. Very little about it is published online, so hours and current stock are best confirmed with the farm directly.

Big Lake

A Christmas tree grower operating near Big Lake since 1979, Tallakson's also sells at the seasonal Big Lake Farmers' Market from June through October alongside produce, plant and craft vendors. Business records list it under wholesale Christmas trees, and directory addresses conflict between Big Lake and nearby communities. Details online are thin beyond the tree business and the farmers-market presence.

Clear Lake

B&J Evergreen grows Christmas and landscape trees across a 200-acre spread in Clear Lake. In December you can cut your own or grab a pre-cut tree, plus wreaths and holiday greenery. The rest of the year the farm sells landscape-sized evergreens and shade trees. A working tree farm rather than a one-weekend lot.

St. Francis

Roselawn Stables has run summer youth horse camps beside the Rum River in Saint Francis since 1989, making it one of the Twin Cities' longest continuously operating horse camps. The stable offers horsemanship day camps, boarding, and overnight horse camping, plus horse-drawn hayrides and winter sleigh rides. It sits on Rum River Boulevard northwest of the Twin Cities.

Saint Francis

Roselawn Heritage Farms has worked land in northern Anoka County for more than a century, with the current farm market and agritourism operation dating to 1989. Sitting about a mile and a half north of Saint Francis High School, the farm sells locally grown food direct from the property and describes its mission as reconnecting visitors to the land they eat from.

Mora

Knife Lake Farm is a small agritourism operation on Jade Street in Mora, in Kanabec County's Knife Lake area east of town. Beyond its listing, little about the farm is published online, so its current crops and visiting hours are best confirmed by contacting the farm directly.

Anoka

Berry Hill Farm has picked strawberries and raspberries outside Anoka since 1991, across 100 acres. Strawberries typically ripen mid-June and raspberries around the Fourth of July, running $3.90 a pound for u-pick, with pumpkin picking and wagon rides added each fall. Hours shift with the harvest, so the farm runs a berry hotline, 763-600-4870, for daily updates.

Stanchfield

Dew Fresh Produce has grown pick-your-own and pre-picked berries near Stanchfield since 2000, with June strawberries followed by fall-bearing raspberries. Beyond the berries, the farm sells squash, pumpkins, rhubarb, seasonal sweet corn, and bulk fall carrots, and offers u-pick apples in autumn. It sits on 375th Avenue in Isanti County. Call (763) 689-2282 for current picking conditions.

Elk River

A family garden center, greenhouse and produce market on Adams Street in Elk River, running since 1980. The market sells annuals, hanging baskets, fresh produce, sweet corn and pumpkins, plus garden decor and locally made goods. Berry picking is offered in season. The family also hosts weddings on the property through a separate venue business. Call (763) 427-6023 or see riversidefarmsmn.com.

Dave Whitney's family moved to this Stanchfield farm in 1987, and it now runs as a father-son operation with son Jacob. Dave tends pick-your-own strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, while Jacob grows University of Minnesota apple varieties like SweeTango, Honeycrisp, SnowSweet, Zestar, Haralson, Frostbite, and Honeygold. Fall brings sweet corn, squash, pumpkins, potatoes, and onions. The farm sits in Isanti County, north of Cambridge.

Monticello

Fresh Acres runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, open Fridays through Sundays from early September. Two farmers left corporate careers to start the place in 2016 and added the first corn maze in 2018. The larger maze covers about 2.3 miles of paths, and a smaller one suits kids under 8. Admission also covers the pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a corn pit, and weekend wagon rides.

Monticello

Fresh Acres Farm runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, in Wright County northwest of the Twin Cities. The festival brings a corn maze, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a combine slide, and a corn cannon, with admission around $13. The farm grows non-GMO produce, opens a sunflower field in August, and raises pasture-raised animals. The corn maze reopens in mid-September.

Isanti

Broken Tree Horse and Harness is a horse and harness operation listed in Isanti, in the Anoka and Isanti County horse country north of the Twin Cities. Little public information exists online about its current hours or services. Anyone planning a visit should contact the business directly to confirm what it offers.

Isanti

Green Barn Garden Center is a third-generation family greenhouse and nursery on Highway 65 in Isanti, growing most of its annuals and perennials on site since 1957. Alongside plants it runs a small produce stand, garden workshops, and a sunflower field across the highway with food trucks and timed bloom updates. Summer brings fresh produce grown on the surrounding farm.

Monticello

Brad and Bess Munsterteiger have run this Wright County farm since 2000, opening for pick-your-own strawberries in June and blueberries in July. Picking containers and carry-home flats are provided. Garlic follows in August, and cut-your-own flowers run from late June into fall. The couple keeps honeybees too, selling honey, lip balm, lotion bars, and beeswax wraps year-round. Daily updates on what's ripe post to their site and phone line.

Sauk Rapids

Jack's Apple Farm on Highway 95 NE in Sauk Rapids grows apples without sprays or pesticides and bakes fresh bread on-site each morning. It's a small operation pairing the orchard with 'Jack's Fresh Bread,' with loaves baked early and sold alongside the fruit. Apples ripen through the fall picking season.

Andover

Ed Fields and Sons is a nursery and garden center on Round Lake Boulevard in Andover, in Anoka County north of the Twin Cities. Its website carries current plant and seasonal details; a search didn't surface a public email or set hours. Operations like this run their main season from spring planting through fall.

Dayton

Dehn's runs a 20-acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Dayton alongside a 15-acre corn maze, pumpkin cannons, and an 80-by-120-foot corn pit. Weekend hayrides carry visitors out to the field, and October Friday and Saturday nights add a flashlight corn maze. The marketplace and patch stay free to enter; a per-person fee covers the attractions. The season runs late September through Halloween. Reach them at (763) 742-3550.

Rogers

Dream Acres is a self-serve, pick-your-own pumpkin patch on a family farm in Rogers, open every day in October during daylight hours. Pumpkins run $5 each, paid by cash, Venmo, or PayPal. The family has run it since 2006 and keeps it simple: no corn maze, no petting zoo, no add-on attractions, just rows of pumpkins to walk and pick. It sits on Tucker Road.

Clear Lake

Brothers Paul and Gary Gray started Grayson's Berryland in 1983, and it grows strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries across about 10 acres near Clear Lake. Staff pick roughly 60 percent of the fields, leaving the rest open for u-pick; early morning tends to be the best time to fill a bucket. The farm sits near the junction of Highway 24 and County Road 8. Call (320) 743-3384 for what's ripe.

East Bethel

Bruce and Sharon Johnson grow vegetables and fruit on 72 acres along Highway 65 in East Bethel, without herbicides or pesticides. The farm stand carries produce, meats, and eggs, and spring brings tomato, pepper, herb, and melon plants for your own garden. They started in 2013. The stand sits on the northbound side of Highway 65, just north of Viking Boulevard, open most days but closed Mondays.

Buffalo

Woods' Edge Apples is a family orchard three miles north of Buffalo on Highway 25, growing pick-your-own and pre-picked apples in varieties like First Kiss, SweeTango, Honeycrisp, Zestar, Snow Sweet, and Haralson. It also offers u-pick raspberries, pumpkins, and squash, and manages the orchard with integrated pest management. A gift shop carries work from local artisans, and the farm runs hayrides and keeps friendly animals. Apple picking continues into late October.

Cambridge

Soulfood Alpaca Garden breeds huacaya alpacas outside Cambridge, north of the Twin Cities, and opens the farm for public education days. The owners run a Children's School of Fiber Arts teaching kids to work raw fleece, and host vintage artisan markets on the property. Fiber and hands-on learning drive the place more than animal sales.

Saint Cloud

Listed here as White Honey Tree Farm, this veteran- and family-run Saint Cloud operation goes by White Honey Bee Farm. It produces raw local honey and beeswax products alongside apples, vegetables, eggs, chickens, goats, and hogs. Its honey turns up at the Princeton, Sartell, Otsego, and Sauk Rapids farmers markets. The farm leans on natural food and low resource use across its diverse mix of crops and animals.

North Branch

Rod's Berry Farm has grown strawberries and blueberries in North Branch since Rod and Sara Elmstrand set out their first plants in 1981, offering both pick-your-own and pre-picked fruit. Bring your own containers and the farm weighs them empty first, so you pay only for berries. The Elmstrands earned a 1995 Minnesota River Friendly Farmer award for erosion control, windbreaks, and integrated pest management. The season runs mid-June into mid-July.

Clearwater

Blue Acres grows blueberries using natural methods on Franklin Road in Clearwater, selling both pick-your-own and pre-picked berries along with honey from hives on the farm. The setup includes a picnic area and restrooms for visitors during the summer picking season. The farm has operated since 2010. Blueberry ripening shifts year to year, so check the farm's updates before driving out.

St Cloud

Blueberry Summer is a blueberry farm in the St. Cloud area of central Minnesota, in Stearns County along the Mississippi River. Cultivated blueberries here ripen from mid-July through August, when u-pick farms open their rows. A search surfaced no website or specific hours, so watch local listings for opening dates during the short picking window.

Sauk Rapids

A seasonal fall corn maze on Mayhew Lake Road NE outside Sauk Rapids, in Benton County along the Mississippi River. No independent website, phone, or social page turned up in research — check local Sauk Rapids-area event listings before planning a visit.