Farms Near Apex, NC

Apex

A pick-your-own farm on Holland Road in Apex, open since 1996, with three acres of strawberries and a smaller blueberry patch. The stand adds homemade jams, local honey, shiitake mushrooms, garden vegetables, cut flowers, and homemade ice cream through the season. A cash-only roadside stand runs on the honor system when the pickers aren't staffed. Spring strawberries are the main draw for Wake County families.

Held every Saturday at The Depot in downtown Apex, on North Salem Street. Hours run 8 a.m. to noon from April through October and 9 a.m. to noon through the winter. Local growers and makers fill the stalls, and the market posts each week's vendor lineup on Facebook and Instagram.

Apex

Apex

Neighbor Boy Farm and Country Store operates in Apex, on the western edge of Wake County near Research Triangle Park. The listing pairs farm activities with an on-site retail store for local goods. Current crops and hours aren't published online, so call ahead or stop in to see what's in season before making the drive.

Apex

Apex

Green Level Gourd Farm grows gourds on Green Level Road West in Apex, along the fast-growing western edge of Wake County. Hard-shell and ornamental gourds like these get cured for crafts, birdhouses, and fall displays. The Green Level community keeps a rural footprint even as Apex and Cary expand around it.

Apex

Apex

Jean's Berry Patch is a seasonal u-pick berry stand on NC Highway 751 in Apex, in fast-growing western Wake County. Strawberries lead the spring season, the peak window for the Triangle's pick-your-own farms. Picking days depend on the weather and the crop, so hours are worth confirming before a visit.

Holly Springs

Hughes Honey manages apiary locations around Holly Springs, in southern Wake County, with a home base on Oakhall Drive. Local beekeepers here produce raw honey whose flavor shifts with each season's bloom. Honey like this usually sells by the jar direct from the beekeeper and at nearby markets.

Apex

Mrs. Ruth's Farm is on Green Level Road in Apex, along the fast-growing western edge of Wake County. Small produce farms in this part of the Triangle sell strawberries, vegetables, and flowers in season, often by the roadside or pick-your-own. Details are thin online, so it's best to confirm what's available before a visit.

Apex

Cary

Phillips Farms is a family agritourism farm on the west side of Cary in Wake County, minutes from Raleigh. Its website bills the place as family fun for everyone, in line with the pick-your-own and seasonal-visit farms common along the Triangle's edge. Check the site for current crops, events, and open days.

Cary

The Waverly Farmers' Market meets at Waverly Place on New Waverly Place in west Cary, a Wake County suburb in the Research Triangle. Triangle-area growers and food vendors sell seasonal produce and local goods at the shopping-center market. Its current schedule isn't confirmed online.

Cary

The Western Wake Farmers Market runs Saturdays year-round in Morrisville in the western Research Triangle, 8am to noon April through November and 9:30 to noon in winter. It takes SNAP/EBT with Double Bucks matching, hosts a CompostNow drop-off, and features live music while local farms and food makers sell. The market has moved from its earlier Cary location.

Cary

Agritourism farm on Morrisville-Carpenter Road in Cary, tucked into the Cary-Morrisville edge of Wake County near Research Triangle Park. Online detail is limited for this listing. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it opens for seasonal produce or visits.

Cary

Good Hope Farm is a historic farm owned by the Town of Cary and run as an incubator for beginning small-scale farmers on Morrisville-Carpenter Road. Several independent growers raise vegetables, flowers, and herbs on the land and sell through CSA shares and area markets. The site keeps working farmland going inside fast-growing western Wake County.

Holly Springs

The Holly Springs Farmers Market runs every Saturday morning year-round, 8 a.m. to noon, hosted by the town's Parks & Recreation department. Weekly vendor lineups bring farm-fresh produce, pasture-raised meats, free-range eggs, NC coastal seafood, local honey, baked goods, and artisanal foods — even sustainably raised ostrich.

Morrisville

Phillips Strawberries runs a spring strawberry operation on Good Hope Church Road in Morrisville, on the western edge of the Research Triangle between Cary and the airport. North Carolina berries usually ripen from late April into June, when growers open their rows to pickers. Picking conditions shift day to day during the short season.

Apex

A choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm on Marthas Chapel Road, right beside Jordan Lake southwest of Apex. Piedmont growers like this one field-grow Leyland cypress, Carolina sapphire, and white pine, and usually stock pre-cut Fraser firs trucked down from the North Carolina mountains. The season runs the weekends after Thanksgiving into mid-December. Bring a saw or borrow one at the barn.

The Cary Downtown Farmers Market is a producer-only market in downtown Cary, west of Raleigh, meaning vendors sell only what they grow, raise, or make themselves. Shoppers find Piedmont produce, meats, eggs, honey, bread, and plants from Wake County and nearby farms. It runs Saturday mornings through the growing season, in the walkable blocks around Cary's downtown park and arts center.

3 Kids Farm is a small family farm in North Carolina. No confirmed city, website, or product details were found — the obvious domain redirects to an unrelated cattle business — so what it grows or raises isn't verified here.

Apex

Agritourism farm at 970 Martha's Chapel Road in Apex, set in the wooded country near Jordan Lake in fast-growing western Wake County. Little detail is published online for this listing, so visitors should confirm crops, hours, and any pick-your-own or event openings with the farm directly before making the drive.

Fuquay-Varina

Vaughan's Farm opens its strawberry fields for pick-your-own each spring on Wilbon Road, on the line between Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs. The operation ties to Vaughan Farms, a longtime growing family in southern Wake County. Berries typically ripen from April into June, weather depending. Phone ahead to confirm the fields are open before you drive out.

Old Mill Farm sits along NC Highway 751 south of Durham, in the rolling Piedmont near Jordan Lake. This stretch of 751 runs past small farms and horse land between Durham and Chapel Hill. Information about the farm's crops, events, or hours isn't posted online, so contact them directly to learn what they offer and whether they're open to the public.

Fuquay-Varina

A downtown market on North Main Street in Fuquay-Varina, a fast-growing town in southern Wake County below Raleigh. Growers from the surrounding Triangle farmland bring produce and homemade goods to sell. Fuquay-Varina formed from two once-separate towns and keeps a walkable historic downtown that anchors weekend foot traffic.

Raleigh

Durham

Vendors within a 50-mile radius — qualified farmers, prepared-food makers, and craftspeople — sell produce, meats, and other goods at this Saturday market on the south side of Durham. Summer hours run 8am to noon from April through October, and winter hours 9am to noon. It draws shoppers from the Research Triangle Park side of the city.

Durham

Parktown Food Hub works across southern Durham to get fresh, nutritious food to local families, running distributions, community events, and volunteer days from a site on Revere Road. It's built on partnerships with neighborhood groups and doubles as a gathering place rather than a single storefront market. Reach them at 984-484-8475 or on Facebook and Instagram.

Chapel Hill

Oakley Farm sits on its namesake road southeast of Chapel Hill, in Orange County. The land here is Piedmont farm country on the edge of a fast-growing college town, where small farms sell produce, hay, or host seasonal events. There's little about the operation online, so reach out directly to confirm what it offers and whether visitors are welcome.

Durham

Durham

Agritourism farm on Massey Chapel Road in Durham, on the southern edge of the city near Jordan Lake and Southpoint. Public details are limited for this listing. Contact Herndon Hills Farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it opens to the public.

Durham

Perkins Orchard is the largest and oldest produce market in Durham, North Carolina — 56 seasons and counting — selling thousands of pounds of produce a week from over 300 mostly North Carolina farms plus the family's original fruit orchard. Open seven days a week, it's a one-stop shop for local eggs, cheese, meats, honey, greens, flowers, fruits, vegetables, pumpkins, and Christmas trees, with seating areas to unwind.

Fuquay Varina

The Maze at Hector's Creek runs a fall corn maze on Old Mill Road in Fuquay-Varina, in southern Wake County. Cut into a working field, mazes like this open on weekends through the harvest season alongside pumpkins and hayrides. Hector's Creek is a longtime rural community name in this part of the county.

Willow Springs

A farm stand on Kennebec Road in Willow Springs, the rural stretch south of Raleigh where Wake and Johnston counties meet. Hilltop sells seasonal produce. Nothing further is posted online.

Willow Spring

Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill

A small CSA vegetable farm on Mount Carmel Church Road south of Chapel Hill, in southern Orange County. Members sign up for a weekly share of seasonal vegetables through the growing season. Details beyond that are not posted online.

Raleigh

Raleigh

TPB started in 2008 (when there were almost NO subscription or delivery businesses) out of a garage working with 1 farmer. Since then, The Produce Box has grown to 11,000 members, 50+ corporate and nonprofit partnerships that support more than 40 farmers and 60 artisan food businesses as well as many food-insecure families across North Carolina. And the TPB staff has grown too – from one stay-at-home mom in her garage to more than 150 moms and dads delivering boxes in the neighborhoods they live in.

Raleigh

Raleigh

Page Farms is an agritourism farm on Mt. Herman Road in northwest Raleigh, near the Brier Creek area of Wake County. The farm's former web domain is no longer active. Seasonal farm activity in this part of the Triangle centers on fall, with pumpkins and choose-and-cut Christmas trees common draws — confirm current offerings locally.

Raleigh

Earp's Seafood Market on South Saunders Street in Raleigh carries an extensive selection of fresh North Carolina fish and shellfish — Stump Sound and Belhaven oysters from the Pamlico Sound, plus seasonal Chesapeake bushels. Ready-to-cook steamer pots pile shrimp, little neck clams, snow crab legs, lobster tails, and scallops with corn, potatoes, and crab boil.

Raleigh

The Campus Farmers Market runs on the NC State University campus at 2205 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. It brings local farmers and food vendors to students, staff, and neighbors along the Hillsborough Street corridor. University markets like this usually operate one weekday during the growing season. Verify the current schedule before you go.

Raleigh

Porter Farms & Nursery is a family farm in southern Wake County, at Ten-Ten Road and Highway 42 south of Raleigh. Spring brings u-pick strawberries and fresh produce picked each morning; summer and fall add vegetables, ice cream, pumpkins, and mums, some sold at the State Farmers Market. It's a straightforward roadside farm, open seasonally to the public.

Moncure

Broke Hen Farm in Moncure, North Carolina breeds quality homestead livestock — ADGA-registered Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats, heritage free-range chickens, and ducks — plus farm-fresh eggs. The farm's mission is empowering the community with locally, organically, and humanely raised breeding stock and the education to keep it.

Pittsboro

Fitch Creations developed and runs Fearrington Village, a former dairy farm south of Pittsboro now built around the Relais & Châteaux Fearrington House Inn, Restaurant, and Spa. The pastures are grazed by the farm's signature Belted Galloway cattle—black-and-white 'Oreo cows'—alongside goats, and the grounds hold gardens, shops, and the Belted Goat café. It's at 2000 Fearrington Village Center.

Chapel Hill

A small farm on Old Lystra Road south of Chapel Hill, in the Orange County countryside near Jordan Lake. Little is documented online about its current offerings. Chapel Hill-area growers commonly sell produce, flowers, or eggs through the Carrboro and Chapel Hill farmers markets; contact the farm to confirm what it grows and how to buy.

Willow Springs

A farm near Willow Springs on Kennebec Road, in the southern Wake County countryside toward Fuquay-Varina. Small farms in this stretch grow produce and berries and keep livestock for area markets. Public details for this listing are limited.

Willow Spring

Willow Spring

Chapel Hill

The listing pairs the Serenbe name with 201 South Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, which looks like a data mix-up: the Serenbe Farmers Market belongs to the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. The Estes Drive address is a longtime Chapel Hill market site near University Place. Treat the two as separate places until the record is corrected.

Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill Farmers' Market runs year-round at University Place, 201 S. Estes Drive, with Saturdays 8am to noon and Tuesdays 3pm to 6pm. Every vendor farms or makes their goods within 60 miles of Chapel Hill, selling fresh produce, value-added farm products, and crafts. Staying open all year sets it apart from most Orange County tailgate markets.

Chapel Hill

Durham

Agritourism farm on Holder Road in Durham, on the city's east side near the Research Triangle. Little is published online about its crops or visitor activities. Reach out to Holder Hill Farm directly for details on what it offers and when it opens.

Willow Springs

Ogburn Berries and Produce grows berries and seasonal vegetables on Old Stage Road in Willow Springs, south of Raleigh. The name points to fresh-picked berries in early summer alongside a produce stand. Little more is posted online.

Durham

Happy Dirt is a farmer-owned organic produce company based in Durham that grows, packs, and ships certified-organic fruits and vegetables across the Southeast and beyond — from sweet potatoes and broccoli to strawberries and citrus. Farmers sit on its board, and the business grew out of the earlier Eastern Carolina Organics grower network. Wholesale ordering runs through market.happydirt.com.

Angier

The Trustman family has run this pick-your-own berry farm on NC-210 in Angier since the late 1980s, specializing in thornless blackberries alongside blueberries and raspberries. Picking runs from early June into early August, open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. They also sell blueberry plants from spring through fall for growers starting their own bushes.