Agritourism & Farm Experiences near North Branch, MN

Harris

Sunrise River Alpacas keeps a full-color herd in Harris, along the I-35 corridor north of the metro, with many animals for sale as breeding stock. The farm sells fiber products and teaches classes on preparing and spinning alpaca fleece. Visitors can arrange to meet the herd and shop the farm store.

North Branch

Rod's Berry Farm has grown strawberries and blueberries in North Branch since Rod and Sara Elmstrand set out their first plants in 1981, offering both pick-your-own and pre-picked fruit. Bring your own containers and the farm weighs them empty first, so you pay only for berries. The Elmstrands earned a 1995 Minnesota River Friendly Farmer award for erosion control, windbreaks, and integrated pest management. The season runs mid-June into mid-July.

Taylors Falls

Wild River Ranch Alpacas covers the full range of alpaca work, from shearing to husbandry and everything between, on a farm near Taylors Falls along the St. Croix River. The ranch sells animals and fiber and shares husbandry know-how with new owners. One listing flags it as closed, so check ahead before planning a visit.

Cambridge

Soulfood Alpaca Garden breeds huacaya alpacas outside Cambridge, north of the Twin Cities, and opens the farm for public education days. The owners run a Children's School of Fiber Arts teaching kids to work raw fleece, and host vintage artisan markets on the property. Fiber and hands-on learning drive the place more than animal sales.

Chisago City

Westlake Vineyard grows grapes near Chisago City in the lake country of Chisago County, northeast of the Twin Cities. Vineyards this far north work with cold-hardy varieties like Marquette and Frontenac bred at the University of Minnesota. A search didn't surface a website or tasting details, so contact the vineyard directly before visiting.

Wyoming

Sunrise River Apple Farm is an apple orchard on Wyoming Trail in Wyoming, in Chisago County's lake-and-orchard belt north of the Twin Cities. Apples in this area come on from late August through October. No active website could be confirmed, so check picking availability with the farm directly before visiting.

Wyoming

Pick your own pumpkins straight from a 40-acre field here, priced around $5 each, along with gourds, squash, Indian corn, giant pumpkins, straw bales, mums and raw honey. The patch runs seven days a week, 9 a.m. to dusk, from the third Saturday of September through October 31. Kids get a play area and corn pit; hayrides run on weekends. Bring cash or a check, since cards aren't accepted, though there's an on-site ATM.

Rush City

Treasured Haven is a 450-acre century farm north of Rush City that runs chemical-free. Late summer brings its main draw: fields of sunflowers open for walking and photos during the August bloom. The family also runs a CSA vegetable share and hosts cross-country trail-running races across the property's woods and open ground. Same family, same land, over a hundred years.

Wyoming

Pinehaven Farm runs a fall festival with more than 35 attractions on Kettle River Boulevard in Wyoming, about 30 minutes north of the Twin Cities off I-35. The pumpkin patch has been voted best in Minnesota, and the season also brings haunted hayrides, bonfire rentals, and school field trips. The family farm dates to 1950 and opens its 2026 fall run on September 12.

Rush City

Anderson's Rock Creek Relics runs a corn maze on Forest Boulevard outside Rush City, with a second puzzle course laid out beside the main field. Weekend visitors get hayrides, a barrel train, and face painting for kids, plus a threshing and sawing show with antique tractors and working gas engines. The maze typically opens weekends from late September through mid-October, noon to 6 p.m., $5 admission.

Forest Lake

Covered Bridge Farm is a choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm north of Forest Lake, selling Balsam, Canaan, and Fraser fir along with Meyer and Norway spruce, plus wreaths and garland. In late summer and fall it also offers pre-picked apples such as Honeycrisp, Zestar, Haralson, Honeygold, and Oriole, and Summer Crisp and Luscious pears. The farm has run since 1995. It sits about four miles north of Hugo on US 61.

Shafer

Terra Nue Farm is a country wedding and event venue in Shafer, with red barns, wildflower and sunflower gardens, berry patches, indoor and outdoor dance floors, farm animals, campfires, hay rides, and old-fashioned yard games. It has hosted more than 150 weddings on a flat-rate model with no hidden costs, providing tables, chairs, and buildings; couples bring their own caterer and beverages. The style leans vintage.

Lindstrom

Tom and Teresa grow pumpkins near Lindstrom, priced at $3.99 for any size you pick, with an eight-acre corn maze, gourds, decorative corn, and cornstalks alongside. The farm opens late September through October 31, staying open to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. It grew out of a wholesale operation after the couple started inviting kindergarten classes out for cookies and pumpkin lessons. Find it on Panola Drive.

Scandia

This Scandia farm sells bedding plants, fresh produce and homemade soup mix directly on-site, and hosts farm tours plus sweet-corn roasting for parties and events. A Mother's Day event and a May 'Potting Weekend' anchor the spring calendar. The produce carries Food Alliance Midwest certification. It sits on Oakhill Road in the farm country north of Stillwater near the St. Croix River.

Isanti

Green Barn Garden Center is a third-generation family greenhouse and nursery on Highway 65 in Isanti, growing most of its annuals and perennials on site since 1957. Alongside plants it runs a small produce stand, garden workshops, and a sunflower field across the highway with food trucks and timed bloom updates. Summer brings fresh produce grown on the surrounding farm.

Isanti

Broken Tree Horse and Harness is a horse and harness operation listed in Isanti, in the Anoka and Isanti County horse country north of the Twin Cities. Little public information exists online about its current hours or services. Anyone planning a visit should contact the business directly to confirm what it offers.

Shafer

Slattengren Farms has made maple syrup for five generations on Saint Croix Trail in Shafer, and sells it pure alongside infused batches like bourbon-barrel, black walnut, lavender, and hot pepper. The farm store scoops homemade ice cream made with local Autumnwood Farms dairy and stocks candles, soaps, and pottery from area artisans. Fall adds a corn maze, hayrides, and pumpkins.

Pine City

A true pick-your-own pumpkin patch a couple miles from downtown Pine City, where any size pumpkin is one price and the kids' activities are free, including a small corn maze, bounce houses, and a corn pit, with no parking or admission charge. Apples grow on-site alongside squash and mini pumpkins. Honey and beeswax lip balm are made on the farm and sold at the stand. It runs late September through October.

Dave Whitney's family moved to this Stanchfield farm in 1987, and it now runs as a father-son operation with son Jacob. Dave tends pick-your-own strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, while Jacob grows University of Minnesota apple varieties like SweeTango, Honeycrisp, SnowSweet, Zestar, Haralson, Frostbite, and Honeygold. Fall brings sweet corn, squash, pumpkins, potatoes, and onions. The farm sits in Isanti County, north of Cambridge.

Stanchfield

Dew Fresh Produce has grown pick-your-own and pre-picked berries near Stanchfield since 2000, with June strawberries followed by fall-bearing raspberries. Beyond the berries, the farm sells squash, pumpkins, rhubarb, seasonal sweet corn, and bulk fall carrots, and offers u-pick apples in autumn. It sits on 375th Avenue in Isanti County. Call (763) 689-2282 for current picking conditions.

Taylors Falls

This orchard overlooks the St. Croix Valley just south of Taylors Falls, with pick-your-own strawberries from mid-June into mid-July and pick-your-own apples starting Labor Day weekend. Fall weekends bring hayrides, a pumpkin patch and live music, and a market barn sells produce and treats. A nature trail winds the grounds and a few farm animals round out the visit. Email [email protected] or call 651-257-9159.

Osceola

Hugo

Down on the Farm brings pony rides and a traveling petting zoo to birthdays, festivals, and private events around Hugo and the northeast metro. The farm also offers equine therapy sessions and books party entertainment through the season. Animals come to your event, or groups visit the Keystone Avenue farm directly.

East Bethel

Bruce and Sharon Johnson grow vegetables and fruit on 72 acres along Highway 65 in East Bethel, without herbicides or pesticides. The farm stand carries produce, meats, and eggs, and spring brings tomato, pepper, herb, and melon plants for your own garden. They started in 2013. The stand sits on the northbound side of Highway 65, just north of Viking Boulevard, open most days but closed Mondays.

Scandia

Natura Farms is on Manning Trail North in Scandia, in the St. Croix valley country of Washington County northeast of the Twin Cities. The listing marks it as an agritourism farm, but no working website could be verified, so current crops and any pick-your-own hours are best confirmed with the farm directly.

Renee grows cut flowers on this small farm near Marine on St. Croix, north of Stillwater, and has since 1995. You can buy blooms by the pail to arrange yourself or order finished arrangements. The stand sits on May Avenue North in the St. Croix valley, where the season runs from late spring through first frost.

Lino Lakes

Mike Bees is a small beekeeping operation in Lino Lakes, in Anoka County north of the Twin Cities. The name points to a local honey producer working hives for raw honey and related products. No website or contact details were verifiable online, so reach out directly about honey, which usually comes off the hives from late summer into fall.

Grantsburg

Osceola

Lino Lakes

Waldoch Farm is a family-run garden center and fall adventure farm about 20 minutes north of the Twin Cities in Lino Lakes. The garden center stocks hundreds of annuals, perennials, vegetable and herb plants, shrubs, and accessories, alongside farm-fresh produce. From April through October the Joyer Adventure Farm side adds a pick-your-own pumpkin patch, corn maze, wagon rides, a low ropes course, and barnyard animals. Closed Tuesdays.

Centuria

White Bear Lake

This is the strawberry side of Pine Tree Apple Orchard at 450 Apple Orchard Road near White Bear Lake. Pick-your-own strawberries run a short window from mid-June into early July, before the orchard closes to prep for apple season. The same farm reopens in mid-August with 25 apple varieties, a bakery, and fresh cider.

Dellwood

Pine Tree Apple Orchard grows 25 apple varieties on Apple Orchard Road northeast of the Twin Cities, with apple season running mid-August into February. The on-site bakery draws people for pies, fresh cider, and caramel apples. Fall weekends add a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and wagon rides. Generations of White Bear Lake area families have made it a fall tradition.

Saint Croix Falls

Mora

Knife Lake Farm is a small agritourism operation on Jade Street in Mora, in Kanabec County's Knife Lake area east of town. Beyond its listing, little about the farm is published online, so its current crops and visiting hours are best confirmed by contacting the farm directly.

Saint Francis

Roselawn Heritage Farms has worked land in northern Anoka County for more than a century, with the current farm market and agritourism operation dating to 1989. Sitting about a mile and a half north of Saint Francis High School, the farm sells locally grown food direct from the property and describes its mission as reconnecting visitors to the land they eat from.

St. Francis

Roselawn Stables has run summer youth horse camps beside the Rum River in Saint Francis since 1989, making it one of the Twin Cities' longest continuously operating horse camps. The stable offers horsemanship day camps, boarding, and overnight horse camping, plus horse-drawn hayrides and winter sleigh rides. It sits on Rum River Boulevard northwest of the Twin Cities.

Andover

Ed Fields and Sons is a nursery and garden center on Round Lake Boulevard in Andover, in Anoka County north of the Twin Cities. Its website carries current plant and seasonal details; a search didn't surface a public email or set hours. Operations like this run their main season from spring planting through fall.

Saint Francis

Manahan Stables offers private, year-round horseback riding and driving lessons near Saint Francis, from first-time beginners through advanced competitors. A heated indoor arena keeps lessons going through Minnesota winters, and the barn provides lesson horses matched to each rider's level, with students starting at age six. It draws riders from Andover, Anoka, Ham Lake, Zimmerman, and Coon Rapids. Ray Manahan and Kris Brutoco run the program.

Anoka

Berry Hill Farm has picked strawberries and raspberries outside Anoka since 1991, across 100 acres. Strawberries typically ripen mid-June and raspberries around the Fourth of July, running $3.90 a pound for u-pick, with pumpkin picking and wagon rides added each fall. Hours shift with the harvest, so the farm runs a berry hotline, 763-600-4870, for daily updates.

Nowthen

June-bearing strawberries are the main crop, ready mid-June for two to three weeks, sold U-pick at $3.85 a pound or pre-picked by the quart and flat. The family farm also sells rhubarb, sweet corn, farm eggs, maple syrup, and homemade jams, and brings berries to the Maple Grove Farmers Market. Buckets and take-home flats are provided in the patch near Nowthen.