Farms Near Cary, NC

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Raleigh

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Raleigh

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Apex

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.

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.

Raleigh

Durham

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.

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.

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.

Raleigh

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.

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.

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.

Durham

Durham

Ganyard Hill Farm runs a fall pumpkin patch on Sherron Road in east Durham, drawing families for pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides, and a corn maze through October. The rest of the year it operates as a working family farm. Fall is the main public season, so check current dates and admission before visiting, as agritourism hours vary year to year.

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.

Durham

Xtreme Haunt is a seasonal haunted attraction listed on Wake Forest Road in Durham. Attractions of this kind run on fall weekends leading up to Halloween. No current website, schedule, or contact information turned up online, so dates are best confirmed locally.

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.

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.

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.

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

Durham

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.

Farm to Fork Meat Riot is a members-only Community Supported Farming program in North Carolina founded by Niti Bali — a private "food church" educating eaters about food freedom and health independence through regenerative meats, animal fats, eggs, wild-caught seafood, raw dairy, and herbs. New members join by interview, with produce, dry goods, workshops, and coaching alongside the freezer shares.

Durham

Durham

Farmer Foodshare is a Durham-based nonprofit food hub that buys fresh produce from North Carolina growers year-round, then moves it two ways: donated to hunger-relief groups and sold wholesale to local institutions, with revenue routed back to farmers. It works across the Triangle from an office on North Mangum Street. Reach the team at [email protected] or 919-701-2543.

Raleigh

Boyce Farms works land on Mount Vernon Church Road in northwest Raleigh, in Wake County near the Durham line. It's an agritourism farm in a quickly suburbanizing part of the Triangle. Current crops and hours aren't posted online.

Raleigh

Mail-order and on-site nursery in south Raleigh specializing in rare, unusual, and native perennials, with over 1,500 varieties including hostas, agaves, and hardy natives. Founded in 1986 by plantsman Tony Avent, it has introduced more than 1,550 new plants and funds the adjacent Juniper Level Botanic Garden. The nursery opens to the public during scheduled open-garden weekends each season.

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 Spring

Willow Spring

Raleigh

Raleigh City Farm is a nonprofit urban farm founded in 2011 on a formerly vacant 1.2 acre lot in downtown Raleigh. We believe in the power of urban farms to create healthier communities and reconnect city dwellers with healthy food production through more frequent encounters with agriculture. We believe that turning vacant lots into productive, nourishing farmland can create something from nothing – an amenity from an eyesore.