Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Ojai, CA

Ojai

Friend's Ranches has grown citrus in the Ojai Valley for more than 140 years, now cultivating over 50 varieties with a focus on Ojai Pixie tangerines. The family sells at farmers markets in Santa Barbara on Saturdays, Santa Monica on Wednesdays, and Hollywood and Ojai on Sundays, plus a farm stand open Tuesday and Friday mornings from 7am to noon. The stand also carries fresh-squeezed juice and local honey alongside the citrus.

Boccali Vineyard belongs to the Boccali family, better known around Ojai for the pizza-and-pasta restaurant on East Ojai Avenue that's run buffets and takeout since the 1980s. Father-and-son winemakers DeWayne and Joe Boccali grow and bottle their own wine on the Ojai Santa Paula Road property, and the Tomato Festival pairs the harvest with tastings each year.

Ventura

Love House Farm is an agritourism property on Santa Ana Road outside Ventura, in the coastal farm country between the Santa Clara River and the Santa Monica Mountains foothills. Details on what's grown or open to visitors aren't published online yet — check with the farm directly for current offerings.

Santa Paula

The Painted Pony Farm is in Santa Paula, in Ventura County's citrus and avocado valley along Highway 126.

Ventura

The Ventura Meat Company operates on East Main Street in downtown Ventura, California, within blocks of the city's Mission-era commercial core and the Pacific coastline.

Ventura

Big Wave Dave's second pumpkin patch sets up at Pacific View Mall in Ventura, next to Target, running the same late-September-through-Halloween season as the Santa Barbara lot. Both locations sell pumpkins from mini to giant along with corn stalks, gourds, and straw bales for fall displays. The company switches over to fresh-cut Christmas trees at the same lots once pumpkin season ends.

Ventura

McGrath Street Pumpkin Patch sits on McGrath Street in Ventura, California, in the farmland between Highway 101 and the coast, flat, sandy-loam ground that has supported truck farms and seasonal pumpkin patches for generations.

Ventura

McGrath Brothers Great Pacific Pumpkins farms land off Olivas Park Drive in Ventura, in Santa Clara River bottomland that has grown strawberries, lima beans, and row crops for generations. The seasonal pumpkin patch runs each fall on ground within Ventura's coastal farm belt.

Somis

Underwood Family Farms' Somis location is a working farm center on East Los Angeles Avenue in Ventura County, selling fresh produce and gift baskets year-round alongside an animal center set among citrus trees. Pick-your-own fields rotate through tangerines from January to May, strawberries into mid-June, then raspberries and blackberries through mid-November. The farm has supplied Southern California farmers markets for more than 45 years.

Oxnard

The California Strawberry Festival takes over the Ventura County Fairgrounds for two days each May, timed to a region that grows 36 million trays of strawberries a year. The 2026 event marks its 40th anniversary, with strawberry shortcake, chocolate-dipped berries, live music, and vendor booths built around the county's signature crop. It started at Channel Islands Harbor before moving to its current fairgrounds site in 1991.

Camarillo

Peace Lutheran's Pumpkin Patch & Fest runs seasonally on Loma Drive in Camarillo as a fundraiser tied to the church, a common model for pumpkin patches across Ventura County congregations each fall. No public listing confirms this year's dates or activities.

Fillmore

On-farm market on Old Telegraph Road in Fillmore selling pumpkins, strawberries, peaches, and honey from hives kept on the property. Look for the strawberry painted on top of the barn. There's a concessions stand, picnic tables, and school tours by arrangement.

Fillmore

This standard-gauge line was built in 1887 through the Santa Clara River Valley and later ran the Heritage Valley's scenic and murder-mystery passenger trains for decades. Public passenger excursions ended, and the operation now works primarily as a film and television train-equipment rental outfit. Reach the office in Santa Paula weekdays, 10am-6pm.

Fillmore

The Pumpkinliner and Christmas Tree Train were seasonal excursions on the Fillmore & Western Railway, the heritage line running through the Santa Clara River Valley that's also worked as a movie train for film and TV productions. Passenger excursion offerings have shifted over the years — confirm current seasonal train schedules directly before planning a visit.

Moorpark

Ellie's Persimmons grows persimmons in Moorpark, part of the Ventura County farm belt long associated with Fuyu persimmon orchards alongside avocados and citrus. Harvest typically runs fall through early winter. No further confirmed details on hours, sales format, or additional crops.

Newbury Park

Christ the King Lutheran Church runs this pumpkin patch as a fundraiser on West Kimber Drive in Newbury Park, selling pumpkins from around October 11 through the 31st. The season wraps with a one-day, free-admission Pumpkin Fest for families, with proceeds going back to support the church and its preschool. Call the church office to confirm exact dates each year.

Moorpark

Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark runs a working u-pick operation with a rotating seasonal lineup that includes strawberries and roma tomatoes, plus an Animal Center with weekend animal shows and tractor-drawn wagon rides included with admission. Admission runs $8 weekdays and $12 weekends, with a $2 discount for seniors and military and free entry under age 2. Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (5 p.m. starting November 1), closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

Santa Barbara

Big Wave Dave's runs a seasonal pumpkin patch at La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara, open daily from late September through Halloween. Pumpkins range from minis to giants, alongside straw bales, corn stalks, and gourds for fall décor. The same family business runs Christmas tree lots up and down the coast come December.