Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Newark, NJ

Montclair

New Ark Apiaries is a small beekeeping operation based on Montclair Avenue in Montclair, Essex County. It produces local honey from hives in suburban northern New Jersey. Availability is seasonal; reach out directly to buy honey or ask about hive products.

Passaic

A year-round haunted attraction at 2 Brighton Avenue in Passaic, built as a large walk-through experience with live actors and film-quality effects. Beyond the main asylum it runs additional attractions including Subculture and The Bleeding Grounds, plus mini escape rooms, axe throwing, and a horror-prop museum with pieces from films like Friday the 13th. Busiest during the Halloween season but open for horror events throughout the year.

Garfield

Mountain Man Sweets is listed in Garfield, Bergen County, in densely settled northern New Jersey. The name points toward maple products or confections, but specifics aren't verified online. Contact them directly for what they make and where to buy it.

New York

Bane is a large Halloween haunted-house attraction, not a farm, once operating from a 40,000-square-foot space on West 46th Street in Manhattan. It runs more than 100 live actors through interactive scare rooms and also offers escape rooms, VR escape experiences, and laser tag. The Star-Ledger named it among the scariest haunts in the region; the brand has since been tied to a Livingston, New Jersey location.

Chatham

Crabtree Honey is a small-scale beekeeping operation in Chatham, Morris County, working from a residential address on Burgess Street. Raw local honey from nearby hives is the whole trade. There's no storefront or website; buyers reach the beekeeper directly.

Fairfield

Fairfield Farms and Greenhouses grows on Big Piece Road in Fairfield, Essex County, in the Great Piece Meadows farmland along the Passaic River. As a greenhouse grower and nursery, it's the kind of operation that raises bedding plants, vegetables, and seasonal color. Retail hours and current stock aren't posted online.

New York

The Art Farm in the City is an indoor children's petting zoo and animal-education center on East 91st Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side, not a working farm. Kids meet rabbits, chinchillas, birds, and other small animals through classes, birthday parties, and drop-in visits. It gives city families a hands-on way to be around animals without leaving the neighborhood. Check the website for class schedules and booking.

Pine Brook

Bader Farm is on Change Bridge Road in the Pine Brook section of Montville Township, Morris County. It's a local produce and garden farm in the Passaic River lowlands of northern New Jersey. Current crops, farm-stand goods, and hours aren't confirmed in public listings.

Fords

Stiles Apiaries is a honey producer and beekeeping operation on King George Road in Fords, part of Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County. Raw local honey from an apiary like this tracks the spring-to-fall nectar flow. Ordering and product specifics aren't posted online.

Scotch Plains

Parker Gardens is a family-run garden center on Terrill Road in Scotch Plains, Union County. It sells annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs, along with soil, mulch, and pottery. The stand shifts with the seasons — spring vegetable starts and hanging baskets, mums and pumpkins in fall, poinsettias and cut Christmas trees in December.

Pequannock

Suz Bee's is a small agritourism listing in Pequannock, Morris County, in northern New Jersey. Little detail is available online. Contact them directly to learn what they offer and their seasonal hours.

Bronx

Authentic Honey of New York is a small Bronx honey label operating out of the Grand Concourse area. It sells local and regional honey rather than running a farm at this address, which is a residential building. Product details are limited online; this is a neighborhood-scale honey seller in New York City.

Franklin Lakes

Campgaw Bees is a small beekeeping operation in Franklin Lakes, near Campgaw Mountain Reservation in northern Bergen County. Apiaries this size usually sell raw local honey and beeswax products directly to neighbors. No website or public listing details turned up online.

New York

The New York Haunted Hayride is a seasonal Halloween attraction on Randall's Island in Manhattan, running through October each year. The event pairs a haunted hayride with walk-through scares set up across the island's park grounds.

Wayne

A roadside farm stand on Black Oak Ridge Road in Wayne, Passaic County. Stands like this sell seasonal Jersey produce, sweet corn, tomatoes, and fall pumpkins straight from nearby fields, usually running spring through the holidays. Farmview keeps no real web presence, so stop by during growing season or call ahead to check what's in stock and current hours.

Montville

Conklin Farm runs a pick-your-own operation and farm stand on River Road in Montville, Morris County. Seasonal PYO here usually means strawberries in June and other fruit and vegetables through summer and fall, sold alongside a stand of local produce. Fields open and close with the harvest, so check current picking conditions before heading out.

Bronx

Ityopia Rootz is a small agriculture-oriented venture in the Bronx. The name suggests roots crops and plant-based, Ital or African-diaspora growing traditions inside New York City. Specific offerings and a fixed location aren't confirmed online. Reach the operators directly to learn what they grow and how to buy.

Pompton Plains

A small apiary in Pompton Plains, Morris County, producing local honey. Backyard-scale New Jersey beekeepers like Tanis typically sell raw wildflower honey by the jar and sometimes beeswax, often direct from the house or at nearby markets. There's little listed online, so reach out directly to ask about availability, since small-batch honey sells out fast after each season's extraction.

Ridgewood

Ward's Pumpkin Patch runs seasonally along Route 17 North in Ridgewood, Bergen County. Roadside lots like this one sell pumpkins, gourds, cornstalks, hay bales, and fall decorations from late September through Halloween. It's a quick pick-out (not pick-your-own) stop in a busy North Jersey traffic corridor. Hours are seasonal, so confirm before the drive.

Hillview Farms is on Meyersville Road in the Gillette section of Long Hill Township, Morris County. It's a produce farm in a pocket of preserved farmland near the Great Swamp. Contact directly for what's in season and current hours.

Hazlet

Green Meadows Petting Farm operated on Middle Road in Hazlet, Monmouth County, as a hands-on animal farm aimed at families and school groups. Visits centered on feeding and petting farm animals, pony and hayrides, and fall pumpkin picking, run as guided seasonal tours in spring and autumn. Confirm current status before planning a trip, since the location may no longer be open.

Boonton

Gooserock Farm keeps about 100 honeybee colonies across four apiaries in northern New Jersey and sells raw, minimally filtered local honey plus beeswax creams, soaps, lip balms, and candles. The beekeeper teaches classes locally, and the farm has won prizes for its honey and cosmetics at regional competitions. It is based near Boonton and Montville; find it on Facebook.

City of New York

Wilk Apiary has kept honeybees in Queens County since 2012, running 14 hives across New York City and another 35 upstate. The bees produce raw honey the family bottles and infuses into flavors like tomato, strawberry, and roasted coffee, sold through an online shop and from the Myrtle Avenue base in Glendale. It's an unusual urban beekeeping operation for a directory of rural farms.

Hillsdale

Demarest Farms is a longtime Bergen County agritourism destination in Hillsdale, known for apple and pumpkin picking, a farm market and bakery, and a garden center stocked with plants and trees. The fall season brings hayrides and a Halloween festival that draws families from across the region. Its website is demarestfarms.com.

Emerson

Old Hook Farm is a well-established farm market and garden center on Old Hook Road in Emerson, Bergen County. Alongside seasonal produce, the market runs a garden center that stocks nursery plants and flowers in spring and seasonal goods through the year, drawing on decades as a fixture in this densely settled part of North Jersey. Its website was serving an expired security certificate at the time of writing, so call ahead to confirm current hours.

Morristown

We have many opportunities at The Urban Farm and at our Early Street Community Garden. We are incredibly proud of the work that we do in educating our community and growing food sustainably. In 2021, The Urban Farm grew 30,000 pounds of produce and donated 11,000 pounds to local food pantries. We offer classes and volunteer opportunities for participants of all ages to learn about the benefits to growing your own food.

Matawan

A farm market on Route 34 in Matawan, Monmouth County, near the Cheesequake State Park area. Roadside markets like this sell seasonal produce, fall pumpkins, and garden-center plants. Offerings shift with the season, so it's worth confirming what's in stock before making a trip.

Boonton Township

Brookhollow's Barnyard is a family farm on Rockaway Valley Road in Boonton Township built around animal encounters. Goat yoga, donkey cuddles, a pony club and train and tractor rides fill the day, with a sunflower patch and a holiday light show by season. General admission runs $7.50, and it operates May through early November, closed Mondays. No pets allowed on the grounds.

Warren

Wagner Farm Arboretum is a nonprofit arboretum and community farm on Mountain Avenue in Warren, Somerset County. The grounds hold display gardens, rentable community garden plots and open green space, with hands-on horticulture and youth education programs. A seasonal farm stand sells produce grown on-site.

Flushing

Queens Botanical Garden sits at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing, where it keeps seasonal display gardens and a rose collection open to the public. It runs education programs for children, teachers, and groups, hosts events including an annual Rose Gala, and rents space for ceremonies and receptions. Admission is free from mid-December through March and $2 to $6 the rest of the year. Call 718-886-3800.

Montvale

DePiero's Farm Stand and Greenhouses was a longtime family farm market and greenhouse operation on Summit Avenue in Montvale, Bergen County. The DePiero family farmed the property for decades before it closed and the land was redeveloped, so this listing appears to be historical rather than an active farm.

Holmdel Township

Antonio Casola Farms & Greenhouse pairs a plant nursery with seasonal agritourism in Holmdel, Monmouth County. The greenhouse stocks bedding plants, hanging baskets and garden starts through spring and summer. In autumn the farm turns to pumpkin picking, hayrides, a corn maze and Halloween attractions off Schanck Road.

Morganville

A u-pick lavender farm on Pleasant Valley Road in Morganville, where visitors cut their own bundles (about $6 to $10 depending on size) during the summer bloom. The farm shop sells lavender soaps, sachets, and other goods made from the crop grown on-site. It runs Tuesday through Sunday in season, shifting to weekend and Wednesday hours in late summer. A Monmouth County stop, roughly an hour from both Philadelphia and New York.

Denville

Union Hill Farms sells its harvest through a roadside stand on Cooper Road in Denville and at farmers markets around Morris County. It bills itself as the oldest continuously run farm in the county, with roots back to 1793 and the current operation now marking 40 years. The stand carries seasonal Jersey produce.

Harding Township

Wightman's Farms sits on Mount Kemble Avenue (Route 202) in Harding Township near Morristown, Morris County. The long-running operation is known for pick-your-own apples in fall, a farm market with produce and baked goods, and a garden center. Apple season and market hours shift year to year and aren't fixed online.

Morganville

Peppadew Fresh Farms operates on Harbor Road in Morganville, Monmouth County, under the Peppadew name known for sweet piquanté peppers. The operation is part of New Jersey's fresh-produce industry. Contact the company to confirm what it grows and whether it sells directly to the public.

Morganville

Betty's Farm is a small farm on Harbor Road in Morganville, in Monmouth County's Marlboro area. Seasonal produce is the likely trade in this stretch of preserved farmland. The operation keeps a low profile, with no website found.

Rumson

A Rumson-based group tied to grape growing and winemaking in Monmouth County's Two River area, named for the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers. The Center Street address appears to be an organizer's location rather than a public vineyard or tasting room. No public website is posted online.

Marlboro

Stattel's Brookrest Farm sits on Route 520 in Marlboro, Monmouth County, selling seasonal produce from its own fields. It runs as a traditional local farm and stand in a stretch of preserved Monmouth farmland. Little detail is posted online.

Franklin Township

Wolgast Tree Farm is a small, watershed-friendly Christmas tree farm and apiary on Bennetts Lane in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, running more than 40 years. Cut-your-own and precut trees anchor the winter season, alongside handmade grave blankets. The farm also sells its own honey and beeswax, oyster mushrooms, and bluebird nest boxes. It's a genuine small family operation, so hours are limited, mainly weekends in the Christmas run plus mushroom pickups.

Colts Neck Township

A farm in Colts Neck Township, in Monmouth County's horse-and-farm country. Little is published online about its hours or products, so contact directly before planning a visit.

East Brunswick Township

A farm on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick Township, part of Middlesex County's remaining band of central Jersey farmland. The area is known for sweet corn, tomatoes, and other summer vegetables. The farm turns up in local agritourism listings but keeps little presence online, and no website or contact details are posted.

Ripple Hill Farm is on Mountain Road in the Basking Ridge area of Bernards Township, Somerset County (ZIP 07920), north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact directly for produce and seasonal hours.

Queens

Green Meadows was a seasonal petting farm in Queens that gave city families hands-on time with cows, goats, sheep, ponies, and chickens, along with hayrides and fall pumpkin picking. The New York operation has since closed. A separately run Green Meadows petting farm still operates in Florida, but it is not connected to this Queens location.

Queens

A Haunting in Hollis is a Halloween haunted-house attraction on Hollis Avenue in Queens Village, not a farm. It runs four levels of sixteen horror-themed rooms plus two 40-foot outdoor mazes, staffed by live actors playing zombies and clowns; a walkthrough takes about 30 minutes. An optional laser gun lets guests fend off the zombies. CBS News rated it among the tri-state area's top haunts.

Manalapan Township

Maple Leaf Farms sits along Route 9 in Manalapan Township, Monmouth County, in central New Jersey's remaining farm country. It's listed as an agritourism farm. Contact them for produce, seasonal activities, and hours, which change with the growing season.

Bridgewater

Full Moon Farm sits on Washington Valley Road in Bridgewater, Somerset County. Its crops and offerings aren't clearly documented online. Farms along this stretch tend to grow vegetables, flowers, and seasonal pick-your-own. Contact the farm to confirm what it grows and when it's open.

Monroe Township

Indyks Farm sits on Spotswood-Englishtown Road in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, a produce-growing area of central New Jersey. No active website was found online, so its current crops and hours aren't confirmed.

Mendham

A cut-your-own Christmas tree farm on West Field Road in Mendham, Morris County, growing Fraser, Concolor, and Canaan firs plus Meyer spruce. Along with pre-cut and choose-and-cut trees, it sells wreaths and greens and runs a $3 Christmas train ride, bonfires, and hot chocolate on weekends. The farm opens in late November and takes cash or check only, with an ATM on-site.

Manalapan Township

This listing is a Dunkin' Donuts on Gordons Corner Road in Manalapan Township, Monmouth County — not a farm. It appears in the directory by mistake; there is nothing agricultural at the location, just a coffee-and-donut franchise. The entry should be corrected or removed rather than described as a farm.

Bridgewater

Taida Orchids grows phalaenopsis and exotic orchids at a greenhouse on Foothill Road in Bridgewater, selling both wholesale and direct to the public. Beyond potted orchids in several sizes, they carry arrangements, succulents, and cut flowers. The store is open to walk-ins Monday through Saturday, unusual for a grower this size, so you can browse the greenhouse stock in person. Call ahead during holidays, when orchid demand spikes and stock moves fast.

South Brunswick

Habiak Farms grows on Deans Rhode Hall Road in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, farmland in central New Jersey's produce belt. No active website was found online, so the specific crops and hours aren't confirmed.

Mendham

Middle Valley Farms is on Pleasant Valley Road in Mendham, Morris County, in the farmland of north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact the farm for produce, seasonal offerings, and hours.

Mendham/Randolph Township

Miller's Hill Farm is on Combs Avenue near the Mendham-Randolph line in Morris County, north-central New Jersey. It runs seasonal agritourism. Reach out directly for what they grow and their hours.

Wharton

One of New Jersey's largest haunted attractions, located on West Dewey Avenue in Wharton, Morris County. The complex runs multiple walk-through haunted houses during the Halloween season plus horror-themed escape rooms open much of the year. It's an indoor scare experience rather than a working farm, drawing horror fans from across the state each October.

Randolph

Sun High Orchard is a pick-your-own apple orchard on Canfield Avenue in Randolph, Morris County. Apple picking runs through the fall harvest, and an orchard like this usually pairs it with a farm market selling cider and baked goods. Exact varieties, pricing, and daily hours shift by season and aren't fixed online.

Somerset

A small beekeeping operation on Welshs Lane in Somerset, Somerset County. Local apiaries like this produce raw honey and beeswax products from their hives. Contact directly to find out what's for sale and how to buy.

South Brunswick

Pleasant Hill Farm is on Ridge Road in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Reach out for produce, seasonal activities, and hours.

Peapack

An alpaca farm on Willow Avenue in Peapack, offering hands-on alpaca encounters, feeding, and guided farm tours by reservation. A farm store sells alpaca products including clothing and stuffed animals, and visits are booked through the farm's online system. Weekend hours run 10am to 4pm, with weekday visits by appointment. A family-friendly stop in the countryside of Somerset County's Peapack-Gladstone area.

Chester

Parks Farms is on Route 24 in Chester, Morris County, an area known for farm markets and orchards in north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact directly for produce and seasonal hours.