Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Winterville, NC

Winterville

A wedding and event barn on a working farm near Winterville, run by Brock Family Farms outside Greenville. Beyond the venue's covered patio and reception space, the farm opens for pick-your-own strawberries, a produce stand, hayrides, barnyard animals, and school field trips, with cotton in the surrounding fields. The farm stand and the barn sit on adjacent addresses along Laurie Ellis Road.

Ayden

Longstraw Farms is a farm wedding and event venue on Jolly Road in Ayden, south of Greenville in Pitt County. Couples rent the grounds for ceremonies and receptions in a working eastern North Carolina farm setting. No public storefront or produce sales are listed.

Winterville

Haddock Orchard, also known as Haddock's Fresh Market, grows peaches, grapes, strawberries, flowers, and vegetables on County Home Road south of Winterville in Pitt County. The stand is known for homemade fruit turnovers in flavors like blueberry, peach, and apple, plus fresh lemonade. Market hours run Saturday mornings, with weekday produce pickup by phone. It's a family farm operation near Greenville.

Greenville

Come fall, Briley's opens a corn maze and pumpkin patch outside Greenville, adding hayrides, games, farm animals, and a haunted field after dark. It's the autumn side of a third-generation Pitt County family farm spanning more than 90 acres, with pumpkins in a wide range of colors and sizes. The farm posts dates and hours on brileysfarmmarketnc.com and Facebook, or call 252-754-5029.

Greenville

Strawberry season kicks off in April at Briley's on Rams Horn Road east of Greenville, where the same third-generation family farm runs a produce stand seven days a week from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Depending on the week you can pick beans, cabbage, corn, squash, peppers, tomatoes, and more. It sits on Highway 264 East, about 10 miles from Washington. Details at brileysfarmmarketnc.com.

Kinston

Chocowinity

Southside Farms has grown produce near Chocowinity, in Beaufort County, since 1999, when the family shifted from tobacco and grain to fruit and vegetables. You can pick your own strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries in season, or let the crew pick for you, and the farm grows more than 50 varieties in all. Homemade strawberry ice cream and school field trips round it out. Open Monday through Saturday, 8am to 6pm.

Tarboro

Taylor Farm Vineyard grows muscadine grapes on Highway 42 East outside Tarboro, in the Edgecombe County coastal plain. Muscadines handle the region's hot, humid summers well, ripening from late August into the fall. The vineyard shows up in farm directories as a u-pick and local grape source, though little else is published about hours. Call ahead before visiting in grape season.

Walstonburg

A pick-your-own fruit and produce farm on Beaman Old Creek Road in Walstonburg, in Greene County's flat farm country. Depending on the month, you can pick blueberries, strawberries, peaches, and melons, or buy them pre-picked at the stand. The farm leans into a family day out with hay rides, a fishing pond, farm animals, and homemade ice cream. Vegetables round out the summer selection.

Kinston

A berry and produce farm near Kinston in Lenoir County, listed for on-farm pickup and locally grown fruit. Directory records disagree on the exact road — Highway 58 South versus NC 55 — so confirm directions before heading out. Eastern North Carolina's long warm season suits berries and summer vegetables. With little else posted online, a direct call is the best way to learn hours and what's ripe.

Chocowinity

A family agritourism farm on NC Highway 33 East in Chocowinity, across the Pamlico River from Washington in Beaufort County. The farm hosts on-farm activities and seasonal visits. Its website is no longer active, so current hours and offerings are best confirmed directly.

Macclesfield

Morris Strawberry Farm offers pick-your-own strawberries in spring plus cabbage, onions, and potatoes off Webbs Chapel Road near Macclesfield, in Edgecombe County. It's a small eastern North Carolina u-pick without a posted website or hours. Strawberries drive the spring season, with the other crops following. Check locally before heading out.

Robersonville

A pick-your-own farm around Robersonville in Martin County, where visitors pick strawberries in spring and blueberries in early summer, with on-farm pickup available. It's listed only in farm directories with a PO Box for mail, so the field's actual hours aren't posted online. Eastern North Carolina's mild springs give this stretch of farmland an early strawberry start.

Vanceboro

White's Farm and Greenhouses is on US 17 North in Vanceboro, Craven County, northwest of New Bern. As a greenhouse and nursery operation, it likely sells bedding plants, vegetable starts, and seasonal flowers. Contact the farm for plant availability and hours.

Snow Hill

A country inn on Mewborn Church Road outside Snow Hill, in Greene County's flat eastern North Carolina farmland. The property pairs overnight lodging with a carriage house and grounds often used for weddings and small gatherings. Public details are limited, so contact the inn directly about rooms, event space, and availability.

Tarboro

Green Acres grows pick-your-own strawberries on NC Highway 33 northwest of Tarboro, in the Edgecombe County farm country along the Tar River. Berries ripen through the spring, and the farm sells both u-pick and pre-picked flats once the rows come in. Call before visiting to check picking conditions, since a single hard rain can close the field for a day or two.

Washington

Pollocksville

Pastured pork and farm eggs sold from a stand on Ten Mile Fork Road in Pollocksville, south of New Bern. LocalHarvest and other directories list on-farm pickup across spring, summer, and fall. Jones County stays rural and farm-friendly, and small direct-sale operations like this one tend to sell out of eggs and cuts quickly. Message ahead to confirm what's in the cooler before driving over.

Stantonsburg

Martha's Vineyard is a small grape grower near Stantonsburg in Wilson County, in the eastern North Carolina farm belt. The region's climate favors muscadines, which ripen from late summer into fall. Beyond a directory listing, little is published about the vineyard's hours, wines, or u-pick options. Check locally before visiting in grape season.

Washington

Bob's Organic Blueberries grows organic blueberries on Cherry Road outside Washington, in Beaufort County. Eastern North Carolina's sandy soils and long warm season suit blueberry production, with fruit ripening from late spring into midsummer. No website or contact details were found online for the farm.

Williamston

Griffin's A-Maze-ing Corn Maze ran a seven-acre fall corn maze on Fire Department Road outside Williamston, in Martin County. One year's design cut the Maltese cross firefighter's badge into the field, and the maze took about an hour to walk. Multiple sources report the attraction closed permanently around 2024, with its website and Facebook page taken down. It is not currently operating.

Williamston

A farmstead bed-and-breakfast on Big Mill Road near Williamston, family-owned since 1920 in eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks. Five rooms and suites have private entrances and lake views, and the grounds add a vintage Airstream and two RV sites set in an orchard above the water. Guests can cook their own meals, and pecan trees planted more than a century ago still shade the yard. Long stays skip lodging tax.

Washington

R & J Farms works land on Biggs Road outside Washington, in Beaufort County along the Pamlico River in eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks. This is a flat, fertile stretch of row-crop farmland. No detailed visitor information is posted online.