Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Palmer, AK

Palmer

Garcia's Alaska Farm grows vegetables and herbs along the Old Glenn Highway corridor near Palmer, with seasonal berry picking open to visitors. It's a small operation — business filings list owner Steven Garcia and one employee — selling direct off the farm rather than through a distributor.

Palmer

Alaska Farm Tours takes small groups, capped near four people, through working farms in the Palmer area — stops have included dairy operations, beef cattle, barley fields, and flower growers, plus tastes of local products like Alaskan beer and syrup. Guides walk visitors through the Mat-Su Valley's homestead history between stops. Tours run seasonally, June through September.

Palmer

The Williams family has run Reindeer Farm on Bodenburg Loop Road in Palmer for years, letting visitors walk in without reservations to feed and photograph reindeer and other farm animals. Summer hours run 10am to 6pm daily through early September, with last admission at 5pm. Book tours, parties, or weddings by phone or email.

Pyrah's Pioneer Peak Farm is a u-pick vegetable farm on Bodenburg Loop in Palmer, in the shadow of Pioneer Peak. Visitors harvest their own produce by hand, or sign up for a weekly CSA box or online Pick-n-Click ordering with farm pickup. The farm also runs a Healthy Roots course on growing food at home. Open Monday-Saturday, 9am-6pm.

Palmer

The Musk Ox Farm in Palmer raises a domestic herd for qiviut, the animals' ultra-soft undercoat, hand-combed each spring and spun into yarn. Guided public tours run daily, 10am to 6pm, and the farm has operated for roughly 40 years, with calves typically born in early summer.

Wasilla

Fire Apple Orchard & Gardens grows 58 apple varieties and a dozen cherry varieties on a u-pick orchard in Wasilla, along with berries and fruit trees for sale, all without pesticides. They also teach grafting classes for home growers. Open seasonally from Mother's Day through the first hard freeze; closed Mondays.

Wasilla

Sundog Orchard grows haskap berries — also called honeyberries — alongside pie cherries, apples, and red, black, and white currants on North Douglas Drive in Wasilla, all without pesticides. The haskap season runs roughly July through September, and the orchard recommends calling ahead for an appointment rather than dropping in.

Wasilla

Grandma's Alaskan Honey is a small Mat-Su Valley beekeeping operation based in Wasilla, part of a growing cluster of honey producers working the valley's long summer daylight hours. Confirm current hours and products directly before visiting.