Farms Near Clayton, NC

Clayton

The Clayton Farm and Community Market gathers at Horne Square, 348 E. Main Street in downtown Clayton, east of Raleigh in Johnston County. Local farmers and makers sell seasonal produce, meats, baked goods, and crafts. The downtown setting makes it as much a community gathering as a produce stop. Check current market days before visiting.

Clayton

Boyette Farms sits on Loop Road in Clayton, part of the Johnston County farm country just southeast of Raleigh. The directory lists it as an agritourism stop. Call ahead or check local listings for what's in season and whether they're open to visitors.

Clayton

Clayton

Seasonal cut flowers grown on Little Creek Church Road in Clayton and sold from a self-serve flower wagon on the honor system. Blooms rotate through the year, from spring Sweet Williams to summer gladiolus. The farm posts to Facebook whenever the wagon is stocked and open, and otherwise works by appointment. Bring cash for the honor box and follow the page to catch fresh-cut days.

Clayton

Clemmons Educational State Forest is a free NC Forest Service teaching forest in Clayton, best known for its Talking Tree Trail, where push-button audio stations narrate the life of loblolly pine, sweetgum, and other species. Trails wind through a demonstration forest with exhibits on forestry and geology, and rangers run programs for school groups. It sits at 2411 Old US 70 West and closes Mondays and over winter.

Clayton

JKLM Berries grows fruit on Loop Road in Clayton, in Johnston County east of Raleigh. Johnston County strawberry farms typically open in April, with blackberries and blueberries following into summer. The farm sells its berries in season. Whether picking is you-pick or pre-picked can change year to year, so confirm current offerings and hours before heading over.

Clayton

A miniature horse farm on Peele Road in Clayton, in Johnston County east of Raleigh. Farms like this raise and sell registered miniature horses and sometimes open by appointment for visits. Public details are limited, so contact the farm directly about availability, foals, and whether they welcome drop-ins.

Clayton

Beasley's Berries opens for pick-your-own strawberries on Peele Road outside Clayton, one of several u-pick farms clustered across Johnston County. Public details are thin beyond directory listings and a Facebook page, with no phone or website posted. Strawberry picking here runs on the usual spring-into-early-summer window for the region. Check their Facebook for opening dates and field conditions before you go.

Clayton

A small farm on Buffalo Road near Clayton, in western Johnston County east of Raleigh. Current offerings aren't documented online. Many farms in this fast-growing area sell produce, flowers, or eggs seasonally; contact Toad Song Farm to confirm what's available.

Clayton

Held at 14000 Buffalo Road in the Archer Lodge community near Clayton, in Johnston County east of Raleigh. A small-town market serving the Archer Lodge area with local produce and goods in season. Days and contact details aren't confirmed in this listing.

Knightdale

Olde Country Produce & Mulch sells produce and mulch on Poole Road in Knightdale, just east of Raleigh in Wake County. As a roadside produce-and-garden supplier, it stocks seasonal fruit and vegetables alongside landscaping mulch. Selection shifts with the growing season.

Village Farmers Market sits on NC Highway 42 East in Clayton, a fast-growing Johnston County town just east of Raleigh. Johnston County is one of North Carolina's top produce and sweet-potato counties, and markets here carry local fruit and vegetables in season. Hours aren't confirmed online.

A North Carolina country store under the Pope Farms name, likely the retail arm of the same family operation as Pope's Strawberry Farm. No verified website, address, or product list was found.

A North Carolina strawberry farm, most likely selling spring berries via pick-your-own or pre-picked, as most of the state's strawberry growers do. It appears connected to the Pope Farms Country Store listed separately. No official website or confirmed address was found.

Knightdale

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Knightdale

Pope's Strawberries grows strawberries in Knightdale, just east of Raleigh in Wake County. Piedmont strawberries ripen from mid-April through May and are usually sold pick-your-own or pre-picked at the field. The farm has no website posted, and the season is short, so confirm ripening and open days locally each spring.

Wendell

A farm and nursery on Applewhite Road in Wendell, east of Raleigh, listed for flowers and on-farm pickup. Wake County's eastern edge is old tobacco and produce ground now turning to nurseries and cut-flower growers as Raleigh's suburbs push out. Directory records list a contact of John Earp. Call ahead for availability, since a small grower's stock and open days shift with the season.

Wendell

The Wendell Farmers' Market runs on Wendell Boulevard in Wendell, a small town on the eastern edge of Wake County beyond Raleigh. Growers from the surrounding rural Triangle bring seasonal produce to the market. Current days and vendors aren't posted online.

Selma

Selma

A farm on Pine Tree Road outside Selma, in Johnston County's tobacco-and-produce country east of Raleigh. Small farms here grow seasonal vegetables and berries for roadside stands and markets. Public information for this listing is thin.

Benson

Smith's Nursery and Farm Market sells nursery plants, hanging baskets, and annuals on Sanders Road in Benson, about 25 minutes southeast of Raleigh. The farm also runs u-pick strawberries in spring, blueberries in early summer, and a fall pumpkin patch with hayrides, farm animals, and an on-site ice cream shop. School field trips and birthday parties round out the season.

Four Oaks

Middle Creek Farms works land near Four Oaks, in Johnston County south of Raleigh, close to the Middle Creek that gives the farm its name. Johnston County is strong tobacco, row-crop, and produce country. The farm's specific offerings and hours aren't well documented online. Contact them directly to find out what's growing and whether they sell on-site.

Garner

Ken's Korny Corn Maze runs a seasonal fall corn maze on Benson Road in Garner, in Wake County just south of Raleigh. The maze draws Triangle families through the autumn harvest, usually late September into early November. It's a well-known fall stop on the south-Raleigh farm scene.

Downtown Smithfield runs a fresh market in the Johnston County seat, selling seasonal fruits and vegetables from local farms plus baked items, specialty foods, and handmade products. It operates every other Saturday from 8am to noon, May through October, in the county lot near 3rd Street South and Johnston Street. Smithfield lies in the farm country southeast of Raleigh.

Smithfield

Pick-your-own blueberries in Smithfield, the Johnston County seat southeast of Raleigh. Listings note both u-pick and farm pickup, with the harvest following the usual eastern-Carolina window from mid-May into July. Details beyond the directory entry are scarce online. Because a single grower's ripe fruit can come and go within days, call or check before making the trip to fill your buckets.

DJ's Berry Patch runs a family u-pick south of the Triangle, with strawberries opening in April and picking that stretches into the fall. Alongside berries the farm sells homegrown produce and, later in the year, pumpkins and mums. It keeps long daily hours during strawberry season and has built a sizable Instagram following. Addresses vary across listings around the Apex and Willow Spring area, so check their site for the current field.

Selma

A working grist mill on Atkinson Mill Road in Selma, grinding cornmeal and grits on a site that has milled grain since 1757. The family business sells stone-ground cornmeal and grits along with hushpuppy mixes and breaders, including its Sweet Betsy onion hushpuppy mix, to home cooks, restaurants, and retailers across the region. A small museum tells the mill's long history.

Raleigh

Angier

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.

Zebulon

Zebulon

A dairy with agritourism in Zebulon, in eastern Wake County. Holly Creek's listed address sits in town on West Glenn Street. Beyond the dairy and farm-visit basics, little is posted online.

Raleigh

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.

Raleigh

Strawberry farm on Watkins Road in northeast Raleigh, in Wake County. Piedmont strawberries come in from about mid-April through June, sold pick-your-own and pre-picked when the field opens. Public details are limited, so confirm picking days and hours with the farm before visiting.

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.

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.

An agritourism farm on Mitchell Mill Road in the Wake Forest area of northern Wake County (zip 27587). Granny Pearls opens for farm visits and seasonal activities. The listing carries no city, and little is posted online.

Willow Springs

Porter Farms and Nursery grows u-pick strawberries in spring, then rolls into blackberries, summer vegetables, and fall pumpkins and mums. The family operation sells at its stand near Ten-Ten Road and Highway 42 in southern Wake County and at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh. Homemade ice cream runs from spring through fall. Pick-your-own and the ice cream draw families from the Fuquay-Varina and Garner side of the county.

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.

A North Carolina farm listed as Sunday's Farm. No city, category, or official web page turned up in research, so its crops, animals, and location stay unconfirmed.

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.

Zebulon

Riversedge Ranch runs pick-your-own on Doyle Road near Zebulon, in eastern Wake County, with a wide summer spread: corn, cucumbers, grapes, snap peas, peppers, squash, and tomatoes. Pickers can fill out a full produce haul in one stop during peak season. It's a working u-pick farm rather than a decorated agritourism attraction. Check locally for picking days.

Raleigh

Willow Spring

Willow Spring

Angier

Peach Orchard with peaches available from mid June - August. Sweet corn and other seasonal vegetables as well.

Eagle Springs & Angier

Pine Level

Hinnant Family Vineyards calls itself North Carolina's largest muscadine vineyard, working more than 100 acres in Johnston County for over four decades. The winery bottles traditional white scuppernong, blackberry wine, and its Southern Pink blends, all leaning to the sweet native-grape style. The tasting room is at 826 Pine Level–Micro Road in Pine Level, east of Smithfield.

Willow Spring

Tate's Apiaries sells honey from its own hives on Turner Fish Road in Willow Spring, and the family farm has branched into goji berries and elderberries you can pick yourself, plus elderberry and goji syrup. Seasonal produce runs to strawberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, tomatoes, and potatoes. They keep chemical and pesticide use to a minimum and offer school tours. Call ahead, since hours and u-pick run on the season.

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.

Zebulon

Moccasin Creek Muscadines grows muscadine grapes on Baker Road near Zebulon in eastern Wake County. Muscadines ripen from late August into October across the North Carolina Piedmont, sold u-pick or by the bucket for eating and winemaking. The season is short, so it's best to confirm picking days before heading out.

Angier

Porter Farms & Nursery grows u-pick strawberries in spring, fresh produce through summer, and pumpkins and mums in fall, with homemade ice cream on site. The operation, near Angier southeast of Raleigh, picks its produce fresh each morning and also sells pumpkins and mums at the State Farmers Market.

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.

Wake Forest

The Collard Patch is a small farm on Pulley Town Road in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh in Wake County. Collards are a Southern cool-season staple, so the name points toward fall and winter greens. Reach out to the farm for its current produce and hours.

Wake Forest

Selma

Flintstone Farm is an agritourism operation off Watson Road outside Selma, in Johnston County east of Raleigh. This stretch is old tobacco-and-row-crop country turning increasingly toward farm tourism. No detailed visitor information is posted online yet.

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.