Farms Near Sugar Grove, IL

Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove Pumpkin Farm opened in 2015 just off the I-88 interchange on Route 47, and the pumpkin count alone sets it apart, more than 60 varieties spanning carving, heirloom, and mini types. The farm stand runs from mid-July through pumpkin season with sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, squash, and farm-fresh eggs, then shifts fully to fall with a corn maze, mums, and gourds. Admission and parking are free.

Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove

Spring Bluff Nursery has served Kane County since 1979, running a retail garden center alongside a full landscaping arm that handles design, installation, hardscaping, and water features. Beyond trees, shrubs, and perennials, they grow heirloom vegetables and herbs on-site and run a CSA program, a produce operation layered onto what's primarily a plant nursery.

Sugar Grove

Blackberry Creek Honey Farm keeps hives on Bliss Road outside Sugar Grove, an area the local historical society traces back to farmland use since the 1850s. The farm sells honey and runs pick-your-own hours alongside its beekeeping, drawing regulars from the Sugar Grove area who stop by for both.

Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove Farmers Market ran Saturdays, June through September, 8 a.m. to noon, in the Village Hall parking lot at Route 30 and Municipal Drive. Its Facebook page currently lists the market as closed, with an open call for volunteers to bring it back — so treat this as a market on pause rather than a sure thing until it's confirmed reopened.

Grandma's Farm Fresh Eggs comes from the Ogle family's small egg operation in Illinois. The name suggests Ogle County roots and a straightforward business: fresh eggs sold direct from the farm, without the marketing layer bigger producers add.

Aurora's west-side market runs two schedules: Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. from July through early September, and Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon, at Galena Boulevard. Produce, handmade goods, and baked treats make up most of the vendor mix, with some organic growers in the rotation. It's the third leg of the city's three-site farmers market program, alongside the downtown and east-side locations.

Elburn

Elburn

You know the owners, Marc and Luis Bernard, and believe in their organic and sustainable approach to growing crops and livestock. The eggs and honey are the best you’ve ever tasted, and you can’t decide if you love the Red Wattle bacon or pork jowl more. Chances are good that if you wanted to try a particular heirloom tomato or some other special variety, they’d grow it for you.

Elburn

Elburn

We're located on just shy of 10 acres in Kaneville, Illinois. 3/4 of our land is located on high, well drained, loamy soil. The other quarter is graced with a creek that provides a premium source of sediment and organic natural material to fertilize and augment the soil nutrients in the planting beds. The Conley family has been an integral part of the Kaneville community for generations. Our roots run deep, and so does our commitment to growing the best possible products with integrity and hard

Elburn

Heritage Prairie Farm is a USDA certified organic farm in Elburn, in Chicago's western suburbs, growing produce, vegetables, and microgreens with delivery available. The working farm doubles as an all-inclusive outdoor wedding and event venue with lush gardens and a five-peak century tent, and hosts seasonal farm-to-table dinners with live music beside the organic vegetable fields.

Aurora

Geneva

Windy Acres operates in Geneva, part of the Fox River Valley's cluster of small agritourism stops. No current web listing was found describing what's currently open. Call ahead to confirm before visiting, since small operations like this often run seasonally.

Aurora

A small petting-zoo farm on Lindenwood in Aurora where visitors walk among ducks, horses, pigs, chickens, and a llama, then pick up seasonal produce and pumpkins on the way out. It's a low-key stop, more animal encounter than attraction park.

Aurora

Elburn

Shady Hill Gardens built a national reputation over more than 30 years as a specialist grower of geraniums and pelargoniums, shipping mail-order plants out of the Chicago area. The operation relocated to Elburn in 2007 under new family ownership and now runs alongside a broader nursery business — bedding plants, herbs, hanging baskets — with geraniums still the specialty that built the name.

Big Rock

Firefly Hollow Farm raises Icelandic sheep along US-30 in Big Rock, run by shepherdess Kimberly Ritchie and her daughters. The flock supplies 100% grass-fed lamb for Chicago-area pickup and delivery only, plus wool spun into yarn and roving, naturally tanned sheepskins, and breeding stock matched to a shepherd's goals. The farm also hosts seasonal dye workshops and flock walks.

Big Rock

We are committed to using sustainable, organic farming methods in every aspect of our production. We have proudly provided freshly picked produce and meat products to the Chicagoland area for twenty years. Our customers really appreciate the freshness and dedication we provide to them, and it is a difference you can taste! Our blossoming cut flower and u-pick operation has been a beloved facet of our growing farm operation. In addition to a 16 week CSA delivering to the Western suburbs, we also

Aurora

The Aurora Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is the nonprofit tourism office for Aurora and the surrounding Fox River Valley, covering Batavia, North Aurora, Oswego, and six other communities. It promotes the region's farms, orchards, and pumpkin patches through its visitor guides rather than growing or selling anything itself. Based at 43 W Galena Blvd in downtown Aurora.

Aurora

Basement of the Dead is a Halloween-season haunted house attraction at a downtown Aurora address. Independent detail beyond the listing itself is limited online — confirm current operating dates and ticket info directly before planning a visit.

Aurora

This is Illinois' oldest continuously operating farmers market — 115 seasons and counting as of 2026 — running Saturday mornings from June through October at 233 N. Broadway in downtown Aurora. Beyond the produce and baked goods, look for Dick's Mini Donuts, coffee vendors, and rotating food trucks. It's one of three Aurora Farmers Market locations the city runs; this is the original downtown site.

Batavia MainStreet's cold-weather market moved into Grainology BrewStillery at 131 Flinn Street for its current run, replacing the older First Street location, and meets Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon from November through mid-May. More than 20 vendors are required to grow or make at least 75% of what they sell — no resale tables. Grainology's brewery and Fernando's Street Kitchen handle food and drink on-site.

Aurora

An agritourism farm on Hart Road in Aurora overlooking the Fox River Valley, running a pumpkin patch and Christmas tree farm alongside a 6,000-square-foot farm store stocked with specialty foods. The Nagel Emporium is the farm's event space — 8,000 square feet with reclaimed barn wood, chandeliers, and an outdoor stone fireplace, booked mainly for weddings.

Montgomery

Massacre Haunted House is a seasonal Halloween attraction in Montgomery, a Kane County village along the Fox River. Little independent detail is published beyond the listing itself, so confirm dates, hours, and ticket pricing directly before visiting.

Batavia

Aurora

Abbey Farms runs three seasons out of the same Butterfield Road property: summer produce, a fall Pumpkin Daze with what it calls the biggest corn maze in Kane County, and a winter Christmas tree lot where visitors can cut their own or buy pre-cut. Weekend fall nights add craft beer and outdoor movies. It's a working farm built around three distinct reasons to visit rather than one.

Saint Charles

Norton's Produce farms a stretch of Illinois Route 64 in Saint Charles, best known regionally for its fall corn maze alongside u-pick produce. It shows up on Chicago-area corn maze guides as one of the longer-running mazes in the Fox Valley, with the produce stand running through the growing season before the maze takes over each autumn. Confirm hours before driving out, since small roadside farms shift with the harvest.

Aurora

Wurst Kitchen Sausage Co. is a sausage maker at 638 Second Avenue in Aurora, Illinois, crafting traditional sausages and offering deer processing, with a stand at the annual Christkindelmarket. Open seven days a week.

Oswego

Styled after an open-air French market, this Geneva staple runs Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (1 p.m. in November), from April through mid-November near the Metra station at South and 4th streets. Vendors sell produce, baked goods, flowers, plants, textiles, and local retail goods.

Oswego

Oswego

Geneva Winter Market is a seasonal indoor market that directory listings place near North Fifth Street in downtown Geneva, running the colder months with produce, crafts, and Illinois specialty foods. Listings for hours and exact address vary across sources.

Community Winter Market is Geneva's cold-weather answer to its summer farmers market, moving indoors on North Fifth Street when outdoor stalls aren't practical. Run by the same local market group behind the Bennett Street market, it keeps local produce and goods available to Geneva shoppers through the off-season.

Geneva

Geneva Green Market is a not-for-profit indoor market that fills the gap left when Geneva's summer farmers markets close and runs through Illinois winters. It sets up at First Congregational Church, 327 Hamilton St., the first and third Sunday of the month from November through April, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors bring local meats, eggs, honey, jams, baked goods, teas and coffee, and organic produce grown within driving distance of Geneva.

St. Charles

Our farms journey began in 2018 with a desire to grow food with the natural world in mind every step of the way. After 6 seasons as Fulbuschel Farms were changing our farms name to Elder Oaks Farm Market. As an homage to our homestead with some of the oldest oak trees in Kane county, we continue on the tradition of working with the land instead of against it. The 2023 season was a special one for us. We went from just being young farmers to becoming a family farm . We welcomed our daughter into

Maple Park

Kuipers Family Farm spans 230 acres in Maple Park, split between an apple orchard with u-pick and a bakery on one side of Watson Road, and a tulip festival, sunflower festival, dinosaur adventure, and Pumpkin FunFarm on the other. The farm has run these seasonal events for 25 years.

Community Farmers' Market sets up on North Bennett Street in downtown Geneva, one of two markets the local Geneva Green Market group runs in this Fox River Valley town. It's the warm-weather counterpart to the group's winter market a few blocks away on Fifth Street, giving Geneva shoppers a source for local produce most of the year.

St. Charles

The Greater St. Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau markets St. Charles as a destination along the Fox River, one of the first 21 tourism bureaus certified by the state of Illinois back in 1983. It coordinates visitor information on the riverwalk, paddlewheel boat cruises, Scarecrow Weekend, and area farm and orchard visits rather than growing anything itself. Offices sit at 2 Main Street downtown.

St. Charles

Downtown St. Charles has hosted this scarecrow tradition since 1985, drawing 85 to 100-plus handmade entries each year across mechanical, club, individual, and business categories. The 2025 event runs October 10 through 12 with live entertainment and public voting on favorite scarecrows.

Yorkville

Sucilla Farms runs a farmstand at 3201 Cannonball Trail in Yorkville on a limited, seasonal schedule. Rather than posting fixed daily hours, the farm asks customers to message ahead on Facebook or Instagram to reserve items before stopping by. It's a small operation best tracked through its active social pages, where updates on what's ready go out first.

Yorkville

In 2020 the two families, sharing the same vision, came together to form Homegrown Meat Company. They are focused on providing the best quality beef. While also partnering with other family farms to offer a wider variety of farm fresh products. Homegrown Meat Company is a way to connect the consumer with the farmers that surround them.

Yorkville

Yorkville

Sol Gardens is a family owned 20 acre USDA certified organic farm located in Yorkville IL and formed in 2012. We raise over 100 different varieties of vegetables in season, on 3.5 acres of our land. We have one heated propagation greenhouse, three standard high tunnels, and one hybrid high/low tunnel.

St. Charles Farmers Market runs Fridays, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., from the first Friday in June through the end of October. Vendors sell certified organic and natural produce, meat, dairy, flowers, honey, and nursery stock, plus baked goods and crafts from the surrounding area. It's a full-morning market rather than a quick stop — early enough for commuters, long enough for a Friday grocery run.

S. Bridge St. at S. Main St. Yorkville

Yorkville's market sets up at the Town Square, Bridge and Main Streets, with vendors selling farm-grown vegetables, fresh-roasted coffee, honey, organic eggs, meats, cheeses, and handmade soaps. Saturday mornings are the typical draw, though sources differ on exact hours, so calling (630) 253-5995 before heading over is the safer bet.

St. Charles

Plano

Heartway Farms in Plano, Illinois is a homesteading family farm selling farm-fresh and handcrafted goods — local eggs, raw honey, elderberry syrup, and handmade soap bars — through its on-site farm shop and online store, while sharing the homesteading journey on YouTube.

Camelot Farm is listed at a residential address on Chippewa Drive in Oswego. No public website, social page, or business listing could be verified, so details on activities or visiting are unconfirmed.

Maple Park

Maplepark

The east-side counterpart to Aurora's historic downtown market sets up at 701 S. Eola Road on Saturdays during the same June-through-October run. It's part of the same city-operated market network — same produce, baked goods, and artisan vendor pool as the Broadway location, just closer to Aurora's east-side neighborhoods for shoppers who'd rather skip the drive downtown.

Maple Park

An on-farm market near Maple Park selling locally grown produce direct from the farm rather than through a store. It's run under Troxel Ag, a small corn-farming operation that added the farm shop as a side outlet.

Big Rock

Bruce Phillips runs this produce stand on Chicago Road, opening for asparagus each May and switching over to sweet corn by July, with other vegetables filling the stand as they come into season. The farm also sells mulch, gravel, and sand — a sideline that keeps the operation going once the growing season slows. Reviewers point to fresh quality and to keeping their grocery money in the local economy instead of a chain store.

Bee Sweet Honey is a honey producer in Illinois. No apiary location, product list, or contact details are published online for this listing.

Oswego

As society shifts towards healthier lifestyles, we would like to make fresh produce more accessible to LaSalle and Kendall Counties. New in 2025, we are working extremely hard to launch Local Roots to make it a success. We will be offering pick your own zinnias, marigolds, and sunflowers. We also accept produce orders day before pickup to ensure quality and quantity. We look forward to meeting you.

Maple Park

Red Flower Organics is a family owned and operated farm located in Maple Park Illinois, established in 2016. We are a certified organic farm and also have certification from the Real Organic Project. This group is a family farmer driven organization with a goal of transparency in farming practices (see realorganicproject.org for more information). Know your farmer! ​ Why grow organically? There are lots of reasons, some of which can be found on the next page. We need to stop putting herbicides a

Hinckley

Kim and Jeff Wielert opened Bountiful Blessings Farm Produce in spring 2011 after Jeff's father encouraged them to bring locally grown food to the Hinckley area. The farm runs as a CSA and on-farm market, selling produce direct from their McGirr Road property.