Farms Near Olympia, WA

The Olympia Farmers Market has run since 1975 and fills an open-air, barn-style building at 700 Capitol Way N in downtown Olympia, where more than 120 vendors set up. Everything is grown or made in Thurston, Mason, Lewis, or Grays Harbor County, from pastured meats and dairy to plant starts, cut flowers, and baked goods. South Puget Sound seafood means fresh oysters, crab, and smoked fish. Peak season runs Thursday through Sunday, April to October.

Olympia

Olympia

A neighborhood Saturday market at the West Central Park project, 1919 Harrison Avenue NW in west Olympia. It runs Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., roughly May through September, with local produce, prepared foods, baked goods, flowers, plant starts, and crafts. Food trucks, live music, and kids' activities round out the day.

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A blueberry farm on Gull Harbor Road NE in Olympia, on the wooded shoreline north of the city in Thurston County. South Sound's climate favors blueberries, and small u-pick farms here open through July and August. Pickers fill their own containers straight from the bushes.

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The Nelson Family Our family owned farm is about ten miles south of Olympia and one of the oldest ranches in the county still owned by the original family. We have dedicated ourselves to providing our customers with the most wholesome, best tasting beef available. We are committed to sustainable farming practices and providing our community with a locally grown, quality product. This has been a tradition in the family for five generations and we hope that you enjoy it too. Our Practices We belie

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Friendly Grove Blueberry Farm grows u-pick blueberries on Friendly Grove Road NE, on the northeast edge of Olympia. Western Washington's cool, damp summers favor the highbush varieties picked here. The season generally opens in July and runs through August, weather depending. Call ahead for daily picking hours and berry availability.

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Carr's Certified Organic Blueberry Farm grows on Gull Harbor Road northeast of Olympia, along Budd Inlet in Thurston County. As a state-certified organic grower, it offers u-pick blueberries through the summer. No website or contact surfaced online.

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A blueberry farm on Gull Harbor Road NE in Olympia, on the wooded uplands above Budd Inlet in Thurston County. South Sound blueberry farms trade on the acidic, well-drained soil the crop wants, opening for July u-pick. This corner northeast of downtown keeps a rural feel close to the state capital.

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Running since 2006, this market sets up Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., mid-April through September, in the Parks and Recreation lot at the southwest corner of Capitol Boulevard and Israel Road SW in Tumwater. Shoppers find fruit, vegetables, flowers, plants, baked goods, and prepared foods geared toward lunchtime. It also goes by the Tumwater Town Center Farmers Market.

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This Olympia berry stand is one of Spooner Farms' seasonal locations, on Hamptons Street NE off Interstate 5. Spooner, a Puyallup Valley grower, brings strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and boysenberries to roadside stands across the South Sound each summer. The stands open when the fruit ripens, running from strawberry season in June through late-summer raspberries and blackberries.

Olympia

Olympia

Olympia

Rutledge Corn Maze runs a fall corn maze, pumpkin patch and haunted maze from mid-September through October at 302 93rd Ave SE near Olympia. Earlier, from mid-August into September, the farm opens a sunflower festival with wagon rides and photo spots. A produce stand sells farm-grown vegetables, and firepit rentals round out the fall visit. Reach them at 360-357-3700 or [email protected].

The Evergreen State College Organic Farm is a working USDA-certified organic teaching farm on the college's Olympia campus, reached by two forest trails at 2712 Lewis Rd NW. Students run the five-acre operation, growing fruit, vegetables, herbs, cut flowers, and plant starts and keeping chickens and beehives. A student-built 1970s farmhouse, greenhouses, and a composting facility anchor the site. Market stands sell produce April through November, Tuesdays on campus and Thursdays at the farm.

Lattin's Country Cider Mill presses fresh apple cider on Rich Road SE south of Olympia and bakes cider doughnuts that draw regulars year-round. The family-run farm keeps a bakery and a farm store, with animals on the grounds, and turns to pumpkins and apples in the fall. It has been a fixture of the Tumwater-Olympia area for decades.

Lost Peacock Creamery is a solar-powered goat dairy on the edge of Olympia, milking 44 goats twice daily and making small-batch farmstead cheese three times a week. The herd lives in stable family groups, and the owners weight animal welfare and land stewardship heavily. A wandering flock of peafowl, including a white peahen that turned up and stayed, gave the farm its name. It also hosts goat yoga and a kids' summer camp.

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Olympia

Hunter Family Farm sits on Yelm Highway SE in Olympia, in the Thurston County farmland south of the state capital. The listing marks it for agritourism. Current offerings and open days are best confirmed with the farm directly.

Olympia

Olympia

Olympia

Olympia

Olympia

Pigman's Organic Produce Patch grows vegetables on Steilacoom Road SE southeast of Olympia, on the mild, wet prairies of Thurston County. Small organic growers in this area raise seasonal crops like greens, roots, squash, and berries for local sale. The patch's exact offerings and hours aren't posted online, so contact it directly to find out what's ready and when it's open.

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Tracking Y Ranch is the Yancey family's operation in Olympia, Washington — Jake, April, Kaidence, and Cloey raising beef sold through their online store with delivery across Washington and Oregon, butcher pickup, and ranch visits by appointment.

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Endicott Ranch sits on Endicott Road SW in the rural Black Hills country southwest of Olympia, Thurston County. The directory files it as an agritourism farm. What the ranch raises or offers visitors wasn't posted online. The surrounding area runs to pasture, hay ground, and small livestock west of the state capital.

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Teddie's Berries is a small u-pick berry grower on 123rd Avenue SW in the Olympia area of Thurston County. The name points to seasonal summer berries, the kind of pick-your-own patch common across this corner of southwest Puget Sound. Check locally for current picking conditions and hours before driving out.

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Pigmans Produce is a produce farm and stand on Steilacoom Road SE in Olympia, in the eastern Thurston County farmland toward the Nisqually. Expect seasonal Washington vegetables and fruit sold direct. Specific crop lists and stand hours weren't posted online, so it's worth calling ahead during the growing season.

Tenino

Hercules Farm is a small family farm in South Thurston County owned and operated by Faith, Doug, Nora, and Connor. Our farm sits on the historic Hercules Number 2 Quarry and the Indigenous Lands of the Nisqually People. We have been raising registered Gotland and Gotland cross sheep since 2010. Our flock produces fleece, breeding stock, lamb meat, and skins. We process all our fleece into value added products which include: quilting batts, yarn, socks, and one of a kind art pieces. It has afford

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The Colvin Ranch is a family owned and operated grass fed cattle ranch located in south Thurston County, Washington, near the small town of Tenino. The ranch was homesteaded by Ignatius Colvin, who came to Washington on the Oregon Trail in 1851 from Boone County, Missouri, and is one of the oldest ranches in the county still owned by the original family. Four generations later, the Colvin Ranch family heritage continues through our humane livestock handling, stewardship of the land and sustainab

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Schilter Family Farm calls its pumpkin patch the largest in the South Sound, paired with a 5-acre corn maze open from late September through October at its Nisqually-area site south of Olympia. The season starts earlier with u-pick blueberries in August and five acres of sunflowers into September, then closes with choose-and-cut Christmas trees. Cider donuts, fudge, wagon rides and farm animals fill out the visit. Call 360-459-4023.

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Kingfisher Organic Farm has grown certified-organic vegetables in a river valley south of Olympia since 2006. Teva Grudin and Jacob Wilson, who met at Evergreen State College's organic farm, run the place, formerly called Calliope, building fertility from animal manures, minerals, and cover crops. They grow specialty crops like radicchio and artichokes alongside high-volume staples such as carrots, potatoes, and salad mix. The farm sells through a CSA and supplies Olympia-area restaurants including Basilico, Chelsea Farms Oyster Bar, and Parkside.

Shelton

Lynch Creek Farm grows dahlias and holiday greenery in Shelton, in Mason County near the south end of Puget Sound. The dahlia side sells tubers in dozens of varieties, while the farm ships fresh Christmas wreaths, centerpieces, and garland across the country each winter. Amaryllis bulbs and smoked salmon round out the catalog. Most sales run through the online shop and phone orders.

Shelton

Shelton

Shelton

A produce farm on East State Route 3 in Shelton, the seat of Mason County at the south end of Hood Canal. Small farms in this South Sound area grow the local staples — salad greens, squash, beans, and berries — for roadside and farmers-market sale through the summer and fall. Shelton sits in the timbered lowlands where the Olympic foothills meet the water.

Rochester

Bone Dry Ridge Farm is Selma and Keith's two-farm, "little bit of everything" operation south of Olympia — Selma's 40 acres in Independence Valley raising Wagyu-cross cattle, Icelandic sheep, heritage pigs, and laying hens, and Keith's 95-acre Fagernes Dairy on the Chehalis River, whose mixed-breed cows supply Flying Cow Creamery. Rotational grazing keeps pastures and animals healthy, with pre-order harvests selling out within weeks and drop-offs in Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle.

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Big Willow Beef raises top-quality, all-natural grass-finished beef in the Nisqually Valley between Lacey and Yelm, Washington — pastures maintained to boost livestock health and nutrition rather than degrade it, in an organic, stress-free atmosphere.

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Legacy Built on Sustainability. As a company whose product relies on clean water and healthy ecosystems, we have long been stewards of the marine environment. Our Sustainability

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Shelton

Riverbird Farm is a small first-generation farm raising pastured poultry on Kamilche Point Road in Shelton, Washington — birds outside on fresh grass daily, supplemented with Washington-grown feed that's corn-free, soy-free, and non-GMO. Guided by regenerative pasture management and deep respect for animals, land, and community, the farm sells through a CSA and local outlets.

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A Brief History of Hungry Hollow By Grant Jones Prior to Colonial Settlement These lands were home to the Squaxin Island Tribe, the native "People of the Water" who lived and prospered along the shores of the southernmost inlets of the Salish Sea for many thousands of years. In 1854, over 2.5 million acres were taken by the United States from the Squaxin Island, Nisqually, and Puyallup Tribes in the Treaty of Medicine Creek, including the land where Hungry Hollow now sits.1 The Early Days of Far

Centralia

The Pumpkin Patch runs a seasonal fall field on Goodrich Road near Centralia, in the Chehalis River valley of Lewis County. Pick-your-own pumpkins are the October draw. Season dates change year to year, so confirm hours with the growers.

Rochester

Rochester

Rochester

A blueberry farm on Moon Road SW in Rochester, in southern Thurston County near the Black River. Growers in this area commonly offer u-pick and pre-picked blueberries through July and August. Specific varieties and hours for this farm aren't confirmed online.

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Also known as the Centralia Farmers Market, this Lewis County market runs Fridays 10am to 3:30pm from the first Friday in May through September, at Pearl and Maple in downtown Centralia. It has indoor space, so it keeps going in wet weather. Vendors bring farm-fresh fruit and vegetables, homemade jams, baked goods, flowers, and handmade crafts from around the county. Most stalls take cash and card, and some accept SNAP and WIC.

Allyn

A shellfish grower on State Route 3 at Allyn, along Case Inlet in Mason County's North Bay. The clean tideflats of southern Puget Sound make this stretch prime oyster and clam country. The company farms oysters in those waters; retail and hours aren't posted online.

Yelm

Stiebrs Farms has produced local freshness in Yelm, Washington since 1953 — cage-free, organic, free-range, and pasture-raised chicken eggs plus duck eggs, all GMO-free, from tenderly cared-for hens with outdoor access. From their family to yours.

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Tahoma Vista Fiber Mill, part of La Vida Alpaca in Yelm, processes raw fleece into roving and yarn, a mill service for alpaca and other fiber producers across the south Puget Sound. The operation also raises its own alpacas. Contact the mill directly to confirm turnaround times and any farm-store hours.

Gig Harbor

Astrid's Lavender Farm grows and sells lavender on Thomas Road NW near Gig Harbor, on the Key Peninsula side of Pierce County. The small farm focuses on lavender products, and the plant does well in the Puget Sound's dry summers. Peak bloom on Washington lavender farms runs late June through July. Check the farm's website for shop hours and whether they open the rows for cutting.

Gig Harbor

Graham's Blackberry Farm sits on Thomas Road NW near Gig Harbor, on the Key Peninsula side of Pierce County. Blackberries ripen across western Washington from midsummer into early fall, and small U-pick patches like this one are a fixture of the season. No website or listing turned up in research, so contact the farm directly to confirm when the canes are ready to pick.

Union

A vermiculture farm at 14741 Lawrence Lake Road SE in Yelm, in business since 1991, raising red worms and producing worm castings, worm tea, and its own Barefoot Soil potting mixes. The property also hosts a small market where local vendors sell handmade and garden goods, with live art demos and book signings.

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Cosmic Carrot Farm grows flowers, produce, and plants on Blueberry Hill Lane in Yelm, using no-till, polyculture methods. Beyond the field, the farm rents a guesthouse and offers camping and RV parking, and it hosts music nights and markets through the season. The on-site shop sells cut flowers, plant starts, and home goods.

Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor grown fresh veggies and plant starts, soap & lotion, candles, jam & pickles, and other farm crafted goodies. Open Friday-Sunday from 11am-5pm, April through Christmas.

Chehalis

Open Tuesdays and Fridays at NE Boistfort Street and N Market Boulevard in Chehalis, run by a 501(c)(3) cooperative of local farmers and artisans founded in 2005. Vendors sell produce, cheese, eggs, herbs, jams, teas, flowers, baked goods, and hot food, with weekly kids' activities and live music. Its EBT match doubles benefits: spend $40 and get $80 to use at the market.