Farms Near Saginaw, MI

This market operates on the grounds of the Saginaw VA Medical Center at 1500 Weiss Street. Details on current vendors, products, and open days are best confirmed directly with the medical center, since the market's public footprint online is thin and scheduling for campus-hosted markets tends to shift year to year.

Saginaw

A farmers market in downtown Saginaw on South Washington Avenue. No current hours or vendor list are publicly posted — check with the City of Saginaw or the Saginaw County Chamber for this season's schedule.

Saginaw

Saginaw

Thomas Township's parks and recreation department runs this Monday-evening market at 455 South Miller Road, 4 to 7 p.m., spring through fall. Vendors sell fresh produce, baked goods, and artisan items, with a food truck typically parked on-site. Call 989-781-0151 or check the Thomas Township Market Facebook page for the week's lineup before heading over.

Hensler's Country Market LLC is an indoor farm market at 7620 Freeland Road in Freeland, just northwest of Saginaw, open seasonally. It carries produce, dairy and eggs, baked goods, and artisan goods, functioning more like a year-round country store than a weekly vendor market.

Saginaw

Saginaw Valley Sod Farm has grown Kentucky Bluegrass sod on Gratiot Road since 1970, using mineral soils and a 3D sod blend to produce a darker, denser lawn that needs less watering and mowing than standard turf. The farm also sells used lawn and farm equipment out of its Saginaw yard, and keeps weekday hours only, closing on weekends.

Freeland

Russell Blueberry Farm is a veteran-owned, family-run operation in Freeland that has grown blueberries since 1988, with up to 12 varieties across 22 acres for u-pick or pre-picked sale. The farm bakes its own muffins and pies and bottles preserves, syrup, and honey; a 10-acre lake and picnic area sit alongside a used bookstore, Russell's Blueberry Book Barn. Blueberries run July through August.

Saginaw

Saginaw

Blueberries Galore Farm sells u-pick and pre-picked blueberries on Gratiot Road in Saginaw, along with Michigan honey and a small line of blueberry products. Hours stretch long during peak season — 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, shorter on Sunday — though the farm says hours shift with how much fruit the bushes are producing that week.

Saginaw

Schantz's grows 15 blueberry varieties on 8 to 10 acres outside Saginaw, open daily 8am to 8pm through the season for u-pick or pre-picked berries. It's a family-run operation in a quiet country setting — they supply pails, though you're welcome to bring your own, and there's a portable restroom on-site for the length of a picking trip.

Saginaw

Johnson's grows more than 80 pumpkin varieties on its Saginaw farm, from one-pound minis to 70-pounders, alongside gourds, squash, and corn stalk bundles. The 13-acre corn maze runs daily through October 31, free admission, with a 2,000-square-foot craft barn stocked by more than 100 local vendors and daily hand-cranked donuts. Weekends add pony rides, a petting zoo, and live music.

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Bay City

Berry Creek Farms is a produce and agritourism operation on South Euclid Avenue in Bay City, near Saginaw Bay in Michigan's Thumb region. Specific crops and visiting details aren't published online.

Auburn

Warmbier Farms is a garden center in Auburn, north of Saginaw, stocking annuals, perennials, shrubs, hydrangeas, and hanging baskets alongside concrete statuary, indoor furniture, and gift items. The greenhouse rotates inventory through the season and runs regular sales on plants and shrubs. It's open seven days a week, with shorter Sunday hours.

Bay County Farmers Market operates on Adams Street in downtown Bay City, the Saginaw Bay port city that serves as the county seat. The Adams Street location puts it within walking distance of Bay City's riverfront and the rest of downtown.

Hemlock

Backwoods Blueberries grows five blueberry varieties across a 20-acre patch on Ederer Road in Hemlock. U-pick runs mid-July through mid-August, seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at $2.50 a pound. Berries here store well frozen for a year or more, according to the farm's own site — useful if you're picking enough for winter baking, not just a weekend snack.

Hemlock

The Berry Patch is a produce farm in Hemlock, the same Saginaw County farm town as several other small u-pick operations in mid-Michigan. Berries are the presumed draw, given the name, though no picking calendar or hours are posted online — call ahead.

Hemlock

Strawberry Fields Farm operates out of Hemlock, a farm town in Saginaw County's mid-Michigan flatlands. As the name suggests, strawberries are the draw, though picking hours and season dates aren't published online — worth a call before you head out.

Frankenmuth

Weiss Centennial Farm sits on Weiss Road in Frankenmuth, Michigan's Bavarian-themed tourist town in the Saginaw Valley. A "Centennial Farm" name typically marks a Michigan farm that has stayed in the same family for over 100 years, a status tracked by the state's official Centennial Farm program. This farm's specific crops or visiting details aren't published online.

Hemlock

Hemlock Farmers Market operates seasonally at 398 Colorado Ridge in this small Saginaw County community, spring through fall. It carries produce, baked goods, flowers, honey, herbs, and artisan goods.

Hemlock

Brenske's Blueberries opens its rows for U-pick blueberries southwest of Hemlock, between Brennan and Iva roads. Mornings are the better time to go, before the summer heat sets in over the field. It's a small, seasonal operation with a modest following on Facebook.

Saginaw

Heinlein's Berries is a family-run u-pick strawberry patch on Dehmel Road in Saginaw, open for a few weeks each June. Bring your own containers and cash — no cards here — and check their Facebook page before driving out, since picking days shift with the weather.

Midland

Apple Blossom Orchard grows apples on Wilder Road in Midland, in Michigan's Tri-Cities area. Apple season here typically runs from Labor Day through October.

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Essexville

Birch Run

At 5Heart Earthworm Farm, we’re passionate about reducing waste. The farm is set up on a family farm in Birch Run, Michigan, where food scraps from our residential and business customers are turned into nutrient-rich worm castings. These castings are packaged on the farm and ready to sell shortly after harvesting them! Sarah Archer, owner of 5Heart Earthworm Farm, has been having worms eat her food scraps for over 20 years and loves to teach about the benefits of using worm castings in your gard

Montrose

Montrose Orchards runs a working cider mill and U-pick orchard about 20 miles northwest of Flint, now in its third generation of family ownership. Pick your own apples, pears, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, or pumpkins, then stop at the bakery for cider and donuts from Debbie's Kitchen. The farm store also stocks jams, honey, maple syrup, and cherry juice, plus hayrides and a fall pumpkin patch.

Montrose

Montrose Orchards has grown apples at 12473 Seymour Rd. in Montrose since 1913, and the Hill family has run the 150-acre farm since 1926. The stand carries more than 30 apple varieties plus pears, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and sweet cherries, along with cider donuts and pies baked on site. Hours run daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. during harvest, shorter in winter.

Hemlock

Hemlock

Gary and Lynne Jacques grow more than twenty apple varieties on their family orchard outside Hemlock, including HoneyCrisp and EverCrisp alongside older standbys. The picking season runs long for Michigan — apples from July through November, with peaches, pears, and plums filling out the rest of the calendar. It's a small operation by design, run by the family that plants and prunes the trees itself.

Hemlock

Frankenmuth

Chesaning is a Saginaw County village best known for the Chesaning Showboat Music Festival held each summer. Its farmers market on Broad Street has no current website confirming vendors or season.

Frankenmuth

Frankenmuth Area Agricultural Tours operates around Frankenmuth, the Saginaw County town built on its Bavarian heritage, chicken-dinner restaurants, and year-round Christmas shopping at Bronner's. This listing connects visitors to area farms as an add-on to that established tourism trade — specific tour stops, dates, and booking details aren't published under this name.

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Frankenmuth

Grandpa Tiny's Farm sits on Weiss Street in Frankenmuth and runs as a hands-on animal farm from May through December. Visitors meet farm animals daily, and the calendar adds Santa's Reindeer Farm, the Frankenmuth Flower Festival, a fall pumpkin patch, and Farm Fright Nights depending on the season. The farm also books weddings and group field trips for schools.

Midland

Fishers Blueberry Farm's address, on North Steel Road, falls in the 48626 zip code in Michigan, though the city field is blank in current records. No independent website was found — confirm the address and season directly before visiting.

Midland

The Midland Area Farmers Market has been around for over 60 years supporting local farmers and producers while feeding the community. One of the main goals of the Market is assisting small businesses and entrepreneurs by offering them a vibrant place to sell their homemade and homegrown products while also supporting local agriculture.

Midland

Midland's farmers market sets up near the end of Ashman Street in downtown Midland, open Wednesdays and Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., from May into November. Vendors bring fresh produce, baked goods, handcrafted items, flowers and plants, with USDA Certified Organic and grass-fed options mixed in among the regular stalls. Cash, cards, and EBT are accepted.

Chesaning

Clio

Azure Acres is a small, family-run u-pick blueberry farm in Clio, open only during blueberry season — typically late July through Labor Day. Picking runs $3.10 a pound, and the family also sells pre-picked berries at the Davison Farmers Market on Saturdays during the same window. There's no farm store or bakery here, just a blueberry patch and a scale.

S & L Honey Farm LLC is registered as a Michigan honey producer, though no city, website, or contact info surfaced online. Small apiaries like this usually sell raw honey direct from the farm or at nearby markets.

Flushing

Coyner's Blueberries has grown blueberries outside Flushing since 1949, a small family farm that still runs u-pick hours from 9am to 5pm, closed Wednesdays and Sundays. The Lawrence family, who've run the operation since 2001, stick to natural growing methods on what's a modest, single-crop farm — no corn maze, no petting zoo, just rows of bushes and a bucket. Call to check on ripeness before driving out.

Flushing

Midland

Midland Berry Farm grows U-pick blueberries and strawberries on Bradford Road in Midland. No storefront or standing hours are listed publicly, so calling ahead is the best way to check what's ripe before making the trip.

Owosso Farmers Market operates out on North Seymour Road, a season-only market for Shiawassee County growers separate from the more prominent Saturday market held downtown on Exchange Street. Expect the standard Mid-Michigan lineup — sweet corn, tomatoes, and squash in season, plus baked goods — though public information on this specific location's hours is thin. Confirm current days and times locally before making the trip.

Midland

Leon and Wendy Cook run this produce and hay farm south of Midland, growing sweet corn, asparagus, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins alongside cage-free brown eggs, horse hay, and straw. What started on 40 acres has grown to 60. The self-serve farm stand at 2764 E. Gordonville Road runs daily, 8:30am to 9pm, and the family sells the same lineup — plus homemade egg noodles, maple granola, and jam — at the Midland Area Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings.

Flushing

Pixely Farm is listed in the USDA Local Food Directory at an East Kent Road address near Sanford, Michigan. No further details on crops, products, or hours were found online beyond the directory listing.

Clio

Midland

Wirbel Farms is an agritourism stop on N Eastman Road in Midland, Michigan, in the mid-Michigan farm belt along the Tittabawassee River. Crops, activities, and hours aren't confirmed online yet.

Midland

Midland

Grandma's Pumpkin Patch runs a corn maze, hayrides, pony rides, and a barnyard of bunnies, chicks, goats, and a llama on N Eastman Road in Midland, Michigan. The season runs late September through October, with pumpkin sales on weekdays and full activities on weekends and Wednesday evenings. Field trips for preschool through high school groups run throughout the fall, alongside events like a car show and a fall flea market.

Clio

Josh Raleigh grows apples, broccoli, carrots, peaches, peppers, and strawberries on a mixed hydroponic and organic farm in Clio, north of Flint. It's open Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 9am to 4pm, and Raleigh also runs JNR Landscaping and JNR Trucking out of the same address — a farm built alongside, not instead of, other work.

Brant

Sanford Farmers' Market sets up Mondays, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October, in the Long Branch Saloon parking lot at Saginaw Road and North Sanford. The tables run seasonal — flowers and early vegetables in June, pumpkins and mums by fall — with produce sourced from growers around this Midland County village, rebuilt in recent years after the 2020 dam failures reshaped the town.

Vassar

Pennell Farms grows U-pick strawberries, raspberries, and tomatoes across 90 acres on State Road in Vassar, land that also holds two ponds and a mile and a half of stream. Fall brings a pumpkin patch, corn maze, wagon rides, and a petting zoo, and the farm grows U-cut zinnias and sunflowers in summer. Camping is available on-site through Hipcamp.

Vassar

This indoor market on East Huron Avenue in Vassar runs six days a week during the season — Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday noon to 4 p.m., closed Mondays. Vendors sell fresh produce, honey, herbs, flowers, plants, baked goods, and artisan crafts. Call 989-823-8517 or visit cityofvassar.org/185/Farmers-Market for seasonal opening dates.