Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Pescadero, CA

Pescadero

Jim Cochran and Mark Matze founded Swanton Berry Farm in 1983, and it became the first certified-organic strawberry grower in California. The farm still markets itself as organically grown by union labor, a distinction it's held for decades. U-pick strawberries and olallieberries run seasonally at the Coastways Ranch fields on Highway 1 in Pescadero, with a year-round farm stand up the coast in Davenport.

Small organic farm on the Half Moon Bay coast, started in 1998 by Joanne Andreotti and her sons Richard and David Holtz. No synthetic pesticides or fertilizers here — they grow pumpkins, beans, corn, squash, and garlic, and raise grass-fed Angus cattle and goats along a stretch of coastline with real ocean views.

Davenport

Swanton Pacific Ranch sits on Swanton Road north of Davenport, on the Santa Cruz County coast, a stretch of California better known for redwood forest and dairy ranching than for row-crop farmland.

Half Moon Bay

Arata's Pumpkin Farm has grown pumpkins on Verde Road in Half Moon Bay since 1932, one of the oldest patches on the San Mateo County coast. Beyond the pumpkin fields, the farm runs a two-acre hay maze, a haunted barn, a petting zoo, and train, pony, and hay rides. It's open daily 9am–6:30pm through most of the season, with later Friday-Saturday hours in October.

Half Moon Bay

Bob's Pumpkin Farm sits on Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay and keeps its patch old-school: haystacks, farm animals, and a hunt for the season's biggest pumpkin rather than a haunted-maze setup. It's one of the original stops on the coast's fall pumpkin route.

La Honda

Skyline Chestnuts is a gather-your-own chestnut orchard on Skyline Boulevard above La Honda, open Wednesday through Sunday during the October–November harvest. Chestnuts run $10.50 a pound with a cash discount, and morning visitors need an advance parking reservation since the mountain lot is small. It's a pick-them-off-the-ground operation, not a pick-from-the-tree one.

Davenport

An organic strawberry farm on Highway 1 near Davenport, one of the first in California to grow strawberries without synthetic pesticides and to unionize its field workers. The honor-system farm stand sells berries, jam, and merchandise, and the u-pick fields open seasonally for anyone willing to bend over a row and fill a basket.

Portola Valley

Webb family land in Portola Valley worked since 1922, now roughly 250 acres of horse boarding, riding lessons, and CCOF-certified organic farming minutes from Stanford. The u-pick berry fields — olallieberries, marionberries, and blackberries — open for six to eight weeks each summer starting around mid-June, and fall brings pumpkins and organic compost sales, with Christmas trees closing out the year.

Davenport

Seaside Pumpkin Farms sits along Highway 1 near Davenport, California, on the Santa Cruz County coast, a stretch of bluff-top farmland known for artichokes, Brussels sprouts, and fall pumpkin patches with ocean views.

Half Moon Bay

The marquee event of Half Moon Bay's Art and Pumpkin Festival, where growers haul in giant pumpkins — some pushing past a ton — to be weighed on Main Street in front of a crowd chasing a world record. Organized by the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee, the weigh-off runs the Monday before the main festival weekend each October on the IDES Grounds.

Half Moon Bay

The Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival takes over Main Street every October (the 54th edition runs October 17-18, 2026) with juried art, live music, a parade, and pie-eating and costume contests. It's built around the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, held a few days earlier at the IDES Grounds, and is put on by the nonprofit Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee.

Santa Cruz

Third-generation family farm on Coast Road two miles south of Davenport, growing Brussels sprouts, leeks, artichokes, beets, peas, beans, and strawberries across roughly 300 acres. The farm stand runs May through October with fresh produce, flowers, and local goods like honey and soap, and a u-pick pumpkin patch with a corn maze opens late September through Halloween. School field trips available by request.

Half Moon Bay

Doniga Markegard runs a regenerative cattle operation along Highway 1 south of Half Moon Bay, moving herds of cattle, pigs, sheep, and chickens across pasture the way wild grazing animals once did. The ranch sells grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and lamb through weekend farmers markets and pickup points in Half Moon Bay, Pescadero, and La Honda. No feedlots, no grain finishing — everything eats grass and moves.

Half Moon Bay

Cozzolino's traces back to the floral farm Alex and Sharon Cozzolino started in Half Moon Bay in 1970, and the family now runs several seasonal stands along the Highway 92 corridor selling colored pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, and cut Christmas trees. The San Mateo Road location is one of a few Cozzolino family stands in town.

Half Moon Bay

4-C's Pumpkin Patch sits on Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, part of a corridor growers have farmed since the 1930s after two brothers first sold pumpkins to passing motorists. The town now calls itself the pumpkin capital of the coast, and 4-C's is one of several family-run patches along that stretch each October.

Half Moon Bay

G. Berta's Pumpkin Patch farms a stretch of Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, the same coastal corridor where Bay Area families have picked pumpkins each October since local growers began selling roadside in the 1930s.

Half Moon Bay

Pastorino Farms is a longtime farm stand on Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, part of the coastal produce corridor between Half Moon Bay and San Mateo known for pumpkins, artichokes, and Brussels sprouts.

Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay Lavender has grown lavender on San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay, California, since 1995, one of the longest-running lavender farms on the coast. The family grows English, French, Spanish, and hybrid varieties, harvests fields each July, and sells dried lavender year-round alongside handmade bath and body products. Hours run daily, with weekends opening earlier and closing later than weekdays.

Half Moon Bay

Repetto's Pumpkins is a family pumpkin patch on San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay, part of the Highway 92 farm corridor that turns into one of the Bay Area's busiest pumpkin stretches every October.

Half Moon Bay

Family-owned working farm on Highway 92 above Half Moon Bay, in operation since 1942. October turns it into a full fall outing with pony rides, a train, a petting zoo, hayrides, and even goat yoga, alongside the pumpkin patch itself.

Half Moon Bay

A pumpkin farm on the Half Moon Bay coast, part of San Mateo County's well-known pumpkin-growing belt along Highway 1, where fog-cooled soil produces some of the giant pumpkins the region is famous for each October. No independent website turned up in research beyond the listing itself.

Saratoga

Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards farms hillside grapes on Garrod Rd in Saratoga, in the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation above Silicon Valley. The property has grown fruit since the early 1900s and now produces estate wine from that same land.

San Carlos

ABC Tree Farms' San Carlos lot along El Camino Real at Arroyo Street, part of a family-run network of roughly 15 seasonal pumpkin and Christmas tree sites across the Bay Area dating to 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and sold through October, with a gift shop on-site.

Belmont

Honey by the Bay keeps hives and sells honey out of Belmont, on the San Francisco Peninsula, closer to a small urban apiary operation than a traditional farm. No working website confirms current products, harvest season, or where to buy.

Felton

Roaring Camp runs two historic narrow-gauge railroads out of Felton in the Santa Cruz Mountains — steam locomotives dating to the 1890s, among the oldest still in regular passenger service in the country. The Redwood Forest Steam Train climbs through old-growth redwoods to the summit of Bear Mountain; the Beach Train runs the other direction, down to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. The grounds also recreate an 1880s logging camp.

San Mateo

The Honeyverse is a honey shop in San Mateo, on the Peninsula between San Francisco and the South Bay.

Mountain View

Shoreline Lake Boathouse & American Bistro sits on the water at Shoreline Park in Mountain View — a boat rental and cafe operation, not a working farm despite its agritourism listing. The Boathouse serves espresso and snacks with lake-view patio seating; kayaks, paddleboards, and sailboats are available to rent on the lake.

San Mateo

ABC Tree Farms' San Mateo lot near Fashion Island Boulevard, part of the family company's roughly 15 seasonal sites across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and sold through Halloween; the company also runs a Summer Fun Zone with inflatables at a separate San Mateo address.

Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz's Center for Agroecology manages this 25-acre certified-organic farm and 3-acre Chadwick Garden, internationally known training grounds for organic horticulture since master gardener Alan Chadwick founded them roughly 50 years ago. The grounds are open daily 8am-6pm with no admission charge, and organic produce sales run Tuesdays and Fridays, noon to 6pm, with blueberry u-pick in June and July.

San Jose

A seasonal Halloween pumpkin patch and haunted trail on Doyle Road in San Jose, one of several neighborhood pop-up patches that open each October in the South Bay. No independent website turned up in research, so confirm current hours before visiting.

Los Gatos

Not a farm at all — this is an annual glass-art fundraiser held on the lawn of Los Gatos High School, where Bay Area glassblowers sell thousands of handmade glass pumpkins starting around $25 each. The one-weekend sale has raised more than $250,000 for the high school's programs since it began, drawing collectors as much as families out for a fall outing.

Los Gatos

Patchen California grows Christmas trees and pumpkins on Old Santa Cruz Highway in Los Gatos, on land the narrow gauge railroad once crossed on its 1880 run from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz. The farm sells fresh local produce alongside its seasonal crops. Call ahead for current hours before making the trip up into the hills.

Santa Clara

Juniper Meadow Farms is listed on Calabazas Boulevard in Santa Clara, an address in dense Silicon Valley where farmland has largely given way to housing and office parks. No working website or social page turned up in research to confirm whether the operation is still active.

Homeless Garden Project trains people experiencing homelessness through paid work on its organic farm near Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz, growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers alongside a handmade crafts program. The nonprofit runs a seasonal CSA and a farm stand selling what the crew grows, plus a retail shop and online store built on the same job-training model.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Monroe Street site in Santa Clara, one of the family company's roughly 15 Bay Area lots running since 1983. Pre-picked pumpkins are on sale through Halloween, followed by Christmas trees in the same spot come November.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Santa Clara lot on Benton Street, one of about 15 seasonal patches the family-run company has operated across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and ready for carving, with school tours and birthday parties booked on-site through October.

Santa Clara

A seasonal pumpkin patch on El Camino Real in Santa Clara, one of the pop-up lots that fill vacant South Bay parcels each October. No independent website surfaced in research — confirm current hours before visiting.

San Jose

Pick of the Patch Pumpkins, run by third-generation ABC Tree Farms, has operated its Hillsdale Blvd location in San Jose for more than 70 years. The seasonal lot includes an inflatable park, giant slides, an inflatable maze, and a small petting zoo alongside the pumpkin selection, with Christmas trees sold at the same site later in the season.

Fremont

Ardenwood Historic Farm is a working 19th-century farm at 34600 Newark Boulevard in Fremont, California, centered on the restored 1857 Patterson House. Run by the East Bay Regional Park District, it operates a narrow-gauge railroad, blacksmith shop, and cultivated fields, and hosts seasonal events including pumpkin patches. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Newark

Fear Overload Scream Park is a seasonal Halloween haunt at Newpark Mall in Newark, part of the wave of mall-lot and parking-structure scare attractions that open across the Bay Area each October.

San Jose

Pick of the Patch Pumpkins runs a fall lot on Canoas Garden Avenue near Curtner Avenue in South San Jose, one of two seasonal locations the operator runs in the city. No hours or pricing are published online for this listing; call ahead before visiting.

San Jose

Wendy Towner manages more than 600 hives across Santa Clara County under The Honey Ladies name, bottling raw, unfiltered honey while also running a round-the-clock bee removal service for homeowners with unwanted swarms in walls and chimneys. The honey sells through their Campbell storefront and online. It's less a farm stand than a working apiary business, built on relocating bees rather than just harvesting from them.

San Jose

This Pick of the Patch Pumpkins lot sits on Tully Road on San Jose's east side, the second of the operator's two seasonal city locations alongside the Curtner Avenue patch. No hours or pricing are published online for this listing; call ahead before visiting.

San Jose

ABC Tree Farms' Blossom Hill Road lot in San Jose, one of about 15 seasonal pumpkin and Christmas tree sites the family business has run across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and ready to carve through October.