Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Vermillion, SD

Vermillion

Certified organic herb farm on 11 acres northwest of Vermillion, growing culinary and medicinal herbs, lettuce, cut and edible flowers, and blending them into teas. Its first and most popular blend, Vermillion Sunset, is a mint tea colored by herbal flowers; the farm now offers seven blends. It has grown organically for over 25 years, with greenhouses, hoophouses and a drying shed.

Vermillion

Heikes Family Farm runs a CSA selling roughly 100 shares of organically grown produce each season, with vegetables delivered weekly through the growing season. Sam and Heidi Heikes returned to the family's Vermillion farm in 2010, ground that's been worked since 1946. The state named them 2022 South Dakota Specialty Crop Producer of the Year, and the operation has won national recognition for its pollinator habitat. It sits northeast of Vermillion in the Siouxland corner of the state.

Vermillion

Fall festival on the historic Ufford farm at 3691 East Main Street in Vermillion, busiest the first two October weekends. The farm presses its own apple cider and taps its trees for maple syrup. Visitors get a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkins, horse-drawn and tractor hayrides, a petting zoo and fresh eggs. Maze offerings vary year to year, so call ahead.

Burbank

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm near Burbank in the state's southeast corner, growing Scotch pine for the U-cut. The gift shop carries wreaths and hand-crafted figurines, and Santa's sleigh is set up for photos. Open weekends 9 to 5 from the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas. Call ahead to check supply.

Burbank

Blue Tin Ranch is an agriculture-themed event venue and hunting lodge in the Missouri River Valley, a mile and a half east of Burbank. Mother and daughter Noreen and Kelly Jorgensen run it as fifth-generation landowners, with a two-bedroom farmhouse that sleeps eight to ten. The grounds hold corn crib swings, a lit pavilion, and a path to a gazebo through fields of corn and beans. A 1909 barn saved from demolition was lost to a 2025 tornado and rebuilt as the new 605 Barn.

Yankton

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm at 265 Antler Drive in Yankton, growing Scotch, white and Austrian pine plus Colorado blue and Black Hills spruce. Cut your own, have them cut it, or buy precut and living trees. The same ground yields fresh asparagus each spring. Open weekends 9 to 6 and weekday afternoons in season.

Mission Hill

Garritys' Prairie Gardens has grown apples near Mission Hill since 1984. The orchard was later bought by the neighboring Hebda family, who folded it into their own fruit and vegetable operation and now turn the harvest into jams, jellies, made-from-scratch fruit pies, fresh salsa, home-canned goods, and sauces. The orchard sits in Yankton County in the state's southeast corner. Call ahead, since ownership and hours have changed since the Garrity family ran it.

Southeast South Dakota

The Southeast South Dakota Wine Trail links a string of family wineries along the Interstate 29 corridor near Sioux Falls. The self-guided route runs from Vermillion and Beresford in the south up through Garretson and Renner and on toward Rosholt in the northeast. Many of the stops grow their own fruit and grapes and host grape stomps, concerts, and tastings through the season. Southeast South Dakota Tourism publishes the trail map and a beer, wine, and spirits guide.

Ireton

Diane's Pumpkin Patch ran south of Ireton for 17 years before owners Denny and Diane Ten Napel retired and closed the farm, according to the Hawarden Independent/Ireton newspaper. In its run, visitors picked pumpkins and squash straight from the field on Highway C-12. The listing stays here as a record of what operated at this address, not as an invitation to visit.