Farms Near Omaha, NE

Omaha

Omaha

A History of It's All About Bees! Wendy & Margi Fletcher. 1930's: Fletcher beekeeping history actually dates back to the 1930's when Margi's Grandfather Rexroat, a "jack of all trades", kept his bees in Homer, Nebraska. Sugar rationing during World War II created an even bigger demand for honey. 1940's: Meanwhile Margi's other Grandfather, Pete Madison, had a produce farm by Dakota City, Nebraska and a store where they sold anything they could grow, catch or hunt. Homemade baked goods, jams and

Omaha

Omaha

Wenninghoff's has farmed its ground on the north edge of Omaha for around 70 years, running a spring greenhouse and garden center followed by a summer-into-fall farm stand of homegrown produce. The greenhouse opens in mid-April with plants and flowers; the farm stand takes over from mid-June through October 31. Reach the farm at 402-677-5312 or [email protected].

Omaha

The Omaha Farmers Market features produce, herbs, plants, fresh-cut flowers, meats, baked goods, cheese, eggs, prepared foods, crafts, and additional specialty items. The Market runs on Saturdays and Sundays from May 4 to October 13, 2024. The Holiday Market is December 7-8, 2024.

Omaha

Hello everyone! We are Michelle and Mark Brannen and have owned and operated Benson Bounty LLC since 2015. You can find us on a 1.5 acre lot in the Benson neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska where we grow a wide variety of pollinator plants, herbs, rhubarb, sunchokes, fruit trees, elderberry bushes, and some of our favorite vegetables. We are a small family-run business: it’s just us, our three wonderful kids, and a whole lot of food & pollinators in the garden!

Omaha

Omaha

Omaha

Volunteers have run this Friday-evening market at 520 N. 33rd St. in Omaha's Gifford Park neighborhood since 2006. There are no vending fees, and every item must be personally grown or handmade, so shoppers meet the gardeners, farmers, and artisans directly. The season runs June through late September, 5-8 p.m., with music and entertainment most weeks.

Omaha

Omaha

A produce-only market at 30th and Grant Streets in North Omaha, outside the Charles Drew Health Center. The Omaha Farmers Market started it in 2011 to bring fresh, local food to the neighborhood. Expect sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, green beans, and more in season. It runs Wednesdays 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and shoppers can buy SNAP tokens on site and use WIC and FMNP checks.

Held Wednesday evenings in Washington Park near Old Towne Papillion, though it has moved to E. 3rd Street between City Hall and the library during park renovations. Vendors sell vegetables, fruit, eggs, honey, baked goods, jams, coffee, flowers, and local crafts, with a playground keeping kids busy nearby. The 2026 season runs late May through mid-September, 5 to 8 p.m. The City of Papillion organizes it.

Omaha

Omaha

Omaha

Greetings from our home to yours Our homestead is nestled amongst the rolling hills and ancient oaks of northeastern Omaha, Nebraska. Here, we tend our gardens, craft seasonal goods from our harvests, and watch our children grow and learn alongside us. It is truly a privilege to support our family from this work - to the land, our customers, and our supportive community, we are grateful. Sitting at the end of our driveway, our honor-system farm stand features a seasonal rotation of goods; from b

Omaha

Fruit of Levine is an agritourism operation on Bennington Road in northwest Omaha, in the same rural pocket of Douglas County as the area's pumpkin farms. The 'fruit' in the name suggests an orchard or produce focus, though little detail is posted online.

Omaha

OMAHA

Omaha

Big Red Barn & Pumpkin Farm sits on Bennington Road in northwest Omaha, near the Bennington line. Pumpkin farms in this stretch of Douglas County typically pair a pick-your-own field with hayrides, a corn maze, and a barn market, open through the October season.

This Saturday market runs on the corner of 11th and Jackson, the same block where Omaha's City Market operated from around 1900 until 1964. Revived in 1994, it fills the Old Market district with produce growers, bakers, food makers, and artisans through the warm-weather season. It is the flagship of the Omaha Farmers Market organization.

A neighborhood market in South Omaha at 2702 S 10th St, off Bancroft Street. Local growers and makers bring seasonal produce, baked goods, and handmade items to this historically working-class, immigrant-rooted part of the city. A small warm-season market.

Omaha

The Perennial Homestead runs a seasonal honor-system farm stand at 12505 Ponca Road in north Omaha, selling homegrown produce like zucchini, cucumbers, garlic, and potatoes alongside homemade and farmer-sourced pantry goods, cut flowers, and vintage finds. The stand opens spring through the winter holidays, and a small online shop ships nationwide. See what's stocked at theperennialhomestead.com or facebook.com/perennialhomestead. Payment runs on the honor system at the stand.

Bennington

Pooley's Pumpkin Patch runs at 144th and Bennington Road on Omaha's northwest edge, in the Bennington area. Seasonal patches like this open weekends in October for pick-your-own pumpkins close to the metro.

Papillion

Bellevue Berry Farm and Pumpkin Ranch runs pick-your-own strawberries and raspberries earlier in the year, then turns the property over to pumpkins and fall events. General admission covers a hayride to the patch, a barnyard petting zoo, bounce pillows, a kiddie zip line, and a daytime walk-through of the Ranch of Terror haunted house. Four barns and around 40 campfire sites host weddings, reunions, and company outings. Find it at 11001 South 48th Street south of Papillion.

Bennington

Bellevue

Beauty and the Bees Honey runs from a Galvin Road storefront in Bellevue, just south of Omaha. The suite address points to a retail shop selling honey and honey-based body-care goods rather than an open apiary. Sarpy County sits along the Missouri River bluffs.

Bellevue

Trees, Shrubs & More is a nursery on Cornhusker Road in Bellevue, south of Omaha in Sarpy County. As the name says, it stocks trees, shrubs, and landscape plants for area homeowners and contractors.

Fort Calhoun

Country Bouquet cuts custom flower bouquets to order near Fort Calhoun, letting you choose the week's colors, and also grows fruit and vegetables. The farm works by appointment and sells at the Blair Farmers' Market. Owner contact is (402) 468-5598 or [email protected], and they post arrangements and ordering details at countrybouquet.weebly.com. It's a small, seasonal operation north of Omaha along the Missouri River bluffs.

Blair

Jeff Bledsoe started Skinny Bones from a pickup truck at the end of his driveway in 2008, and it now packs 35-plus attractions onto the property off Highway 133 north of Blair. Families ride the hayrack, bounce the jump pillows, dig into the corn pool, work through the corn maze, and visit the petting zoo. The Old West theme leans playful rather than scary, so younger kids do fine. Fire-pit sites rent by reservation for evening bonfires.

Gretna

Vala's Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard in Gretna is one of the Omaha area's biggest fall draws, spreading a pumpkin patch, apple orchard, and dozens of attractions across a large property off South 180th Street. Wagon rides carry visitors out to the pumpkin fields, and the grounds fill with food stands, storybook areas, and family activities through the September-October season.

River City Farmers Market runs Saturdays, 9am to noon, June through August, at West Broadway in downtown Council Bluffs. Vendors sell locally grown produce, eggs, honey, bedding plants, and baked goods, standard early-summer market fare timed to when Iowa gardens actually start producing. The market's Facebook page tracks weekly vendor turnout more reliably than its directory listings, which show some conflicting address details.

Council Bluffs

Hawkeye Farm is listed at an Allis Road address outside Council Bluffs in Iowa's Loess Hills region. No further details on crops, hours, or contact are published online.

Crescent

Kennard

Stary Family Farm is a family operation near Kennard in Washington County, northwest of Omaha. Verified details are thin online. The surrounding countryside is rolling cropland between the Elkhorn and Missouri rivers.

Tyler and Pam Nelson farm more than 1,600 acres near Valley, northwest of Omaha, and rank as Nebraska's largest watermelon growers. Beyond the produce stand, they opened the farm to visitors in 2019 with U-pick fields, a corn maze, and seasonal festivals for tulips, strawberries, sweet corn, sunflowers, and fall harvest. The family has supplied the Omaha area with fresh produce for more than 15 years.

Crescent

Hello! Iowana Farm has 40 beautiful acres just east of Crescent, Iowa, in the Iowa Loess Hills. We grow vegetables in the field and high tunnels. Iowana Farm vegetables are Certified Organic by OCIA (Organic Crop Improvement Association). North Field asparagus in foreground Iowana Farm is divided into a north field and a south field. The north field is located in our grandfather’s barn yard. There are thee high tunnels and a packing shed in the north field. South field ready for spring plantings

Kennard

Waterloo

The Little Red Barn is listed as an agritourism stop on South 252nd Street in Waterloo, just west of Omaha in the Elkhorn River valley. Little verified information is posted online for it. Waterloo is known regionally for sweet corn and small farm operations along the river bottoms.

Council Bluffs

The Pumpkin Barn sits on Highway 92 outside Council Bluffs, in Iowa's Loess Hills area. Beyond the name and address, details on hours and what's grown on-site aren't published online.

Council Bluffs

Welch's Orchard grows five apple varieties alongside pumpkins and gourds on its Council Bluffs farm, and keeps its own bees for honey sold on-site. Visitors can pick apples straight from the trees or take a honeybee tour before browsing the farm stand. Hours run 4 to 7pm weekdays and 9am to 7pm on weekends during picking season. Cash only.

Gathers at 103 S 12th Street in Blair on Saturday mornings, with as many as 25 vendors at peak season. Local growers bring vegetables, fruit, flowers, homemade pies, jellies, and jams, plus eggs, cheese, honey, and meat. Everything is grown or made locally. The season runs May through October, 8 a.m. to noon.

UNDERWOOD

Valley

Honey Creek

Council Bluffs

Ditmars Orchard and Vineyard has grown apples outside Council Bluffs since 1994 and calls itself one of the largest orchards in Iowa. Beyond apples, the farm grows pumpkins, strawberries, apricots, peaches, and cherries, and presses some of its own fruit into wine under the vineyard side of the operation. It's a rare Iowa farm running both a u-pick orchard and a working winery on the same ground.

Honey Creek

Doe's and Diva's Dairy is a small dairy farm in Honey Creek, in the Loess Hills of western Iowa near Council Bluffs. The operation is listed under the region's agritourism circuit for visitors touring area farms.

Plattsmouth

Blair

Council Bluffs

Pioneer Trail Orchard & Pumpkin Patch is located on Chestnut Road in Council Bluffs. Current details on what's grown, hours, and contact information aren't available online — the name suggests a combined orchard and pumpkin operation typical of the area's fall circuit.

A small family dairy-goat farm near Ashland that turns its goats' milk into handmade Darn Good Goat Soap in scents like lavender. The farm also sells free-range eggs and runs a small campground on site; soap ships or can be picked up by arrangement. Online orders go through circlepfarmne.com and the Darn Good Goat Soap shop.

Valley

Ewesfull Cowllectables and Harellooms is a country store on Ida Street in Valley, west of Omaha, its punny name playing on ewes, cows, and hares. It shows up among area agritourism stops but keeps little information online. Valley sits near the Platte River recreation corridor.

Plattsmouth

Kiser Orchard runs a pick-your-own operation outside Plattsmouth in southeast Nebraska. Depending on the season, you can pick apples, sour cherries, sweet corn, cucumbers, cabbage, beans, onions, tomatoes, and pumpkins. The sour cherries are the standout draw for pie and preserves, ripening in early summer before the fall apples come in. Call (402) 298-8132 to check picking conditions, since availability shifts with the weather.

McClelland

John and I went to high school together but never dated. John was a senior and I was a freshman so our paths didn’t really cross much. Fast forward 10 years and you’ll find John and my dad in the same place at the same time. John asks my dad about me and my dad replies with “She’s living in Omaha, you should give her a call.” It was the one match-making effort my dad made that actually worked. John reached out on Facebook, we hung out on Halloween of 2010 and have been together ever since. We le

Glenwood

Lone Star Meadow is located in Glenwood, seat of Mills County in the loess hills of southwest Iowa. No independent listing describes its current offerings or hours — worth a call before visiting.

This market sets up at the Harrison County Welcome Center on Monroe Avenue in Missouri Valley, a rest-stop landmark just off I-29 in western Iowa. It gives area growers access to interstate travelers, not just local foot traffic.

Ashland

We believe the best way to provide good care and nutrition to our family is to take pride in providing excellent animal care and nutrition to our cattle. From our ranches and farms to our processing partners, we are involved in every step of the process. There’s nothing fake or alternative about what we’re doing, we simply put quality and excellence first. Our cattle are grass fed, grain finished, and always hormone free. We offer 100% Nebraska born and raised American Wagyu beef.

Mead

Maizingly Sweet farms near Mead in Saunders County, between Lincoln and Omaha. The corn pun in the name fits a sweet-corn and seasonal-produce operation in a county thick with corn ground.

logan

Hodge Greenhouse and Orchard grows vegetable and bedding plants in its own greenhouse and sells them on-site in Logan, alongside orchard fruit, annuals, perennials, and vegetable starts. The shop also carries gardening supplies and decorative planters for home growers. It's a working greenhouse-and-orchard combination rather than a pure retail nursery, so what's on the shelves shifts with the growing season.

Missouri Valley

Loess Hills Lavender Farm grows lavender across walking trails cut into western Iowa's Loess Hills, with a craft store carrying goods from more than 40 local vendors alongside the farm's own bath and body products. Admission is free. The farm is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday afternoons, closed Mondays and Tuesdays, and also hosts weddings on-site.