Farms in Placerville, CA

Placerville · Organic Farm, Produce Farm

24 Carrot Farm is an organic farm stand on Jacquier Road in Placerville, California, offering fresh, seasonal produce and u-pick opportunities with fun for the whole family. Shoppers buy local, directly from where their food is grown, with a weekly newsletter announcing what's ready.

Placerville · Agritourism Farm

The Rice family has run this u-pick cherry and berry farm off Highway 49 near Placerville since 1994. Four cherry varieties and seven berry varieties, including raspberry, boysenberry, and olallieberry, ripen from late spring into summer, with a one-acre picnic lawn and koi pond on site. Entry runs $5 a person, and some years the cherry crop fails outright to weather.

Placerville · Agritourism Farm

The American River Conservancy runs Wakamatsu Farm in Placerville, site of the 1869 Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony — the first Japanese colony in the United States. FogDog Farm now grows organic food on the land, and the Conservancy opens it for Open Farm Days on spring and fall Saturdays ($10 per vehicle) plus docent-led tours booked two weeks out.

Placerville · Agritourism Farm

Lava Cap Winery has grown estate grapes at 2,700 feet in the Apple Hill district of the Sierra Foothills since the Jones family planted the vineyard in 1986. The volcanic ash soils on the property produce Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Barbera, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah described as intensely aromatic. The tasting room opens daily from 10am to 5pm, with picnic tables set among the vines for anyone who wants to stay through lunch.

Placerville · Farmers Market

Placerville · Agritourism Farm

Pine'O'Mine is a third-generation family farm on Carson Road in the Apple Hill district above Placerville, with u-pick apples, mainly Granny Smith and Pink Lady, running late August through mid-December, plus summer u-pick blueberries, a fall pumpkin patch, and fresh-cut Christmas trees. The barn serves food and local beer with live music most weekends from May through December.

Placerville · Agritourism Farm

High Hill Ranch is part of Apple Hill, the cluster of orchards and farms above Placerville in El Dorado County. Its website highlights pie-baking instructions, consistent with the ranch's reputation for take-home pies alongside its apple orchards. No further confirmed details on cider, restaurant hours, or seasonal activities.

Placerville · Farmers Market, Organic Farm

Placerville · Farmers Market

Placerville · Agritourism Farm

Pleasant Valley Harvest is a small farm property on Bucks Bar Road outside Placerville, listed in local business directories as a market and event space for orchard products, weddings, and gatherings. Business records list around two employees. It's a modest operation — call ahead of a visit rather than showing up unannounced.

Placerville · Farmers Market

SOL CFM sets up on the Fox Lot in downtown Placerville and is certified to sell only what comes from El Dorado County farms — no resellers, no imported produce. Vendors bring fruit, vegetables, baked goods, cut flowers, and handmade woodworking through the summer season, all within walking distance of Main Street's shops.

Placerville · Farm Stand, Orchard

Placerville · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Placerville · Agritourism Farm

Smokey Ridge Farmstead & Winery is on Carson Road in Placerville, part of the Apple Hill growing district in El Dorado County. Carson Road anchors a strip of wineries, farm stands, and orchards that draw Sacramento-area visitors into the Sierra foothills each fall.

Placerville · Agritourism Farm, Flower Farm

Tomary Heirloom Tomatoes & Dahlias grows on Pleasant Valley Road outside Placerville, in the Sierra foothill farm country south of Apple Hill. The name states the crops plainly: heirloom tomato varieties and dahlia flowers, grown at an elevation that gives El Dorado County warm days and cool nights through the growing season.

Diamond Springs · Farmers Market

Diamond Springs was settled in 1848 as a Gold Rush camp in El Dorado County — miners once pulled a 25-pound gold nugget from the ground here, among the largest ever found in the county. This certified market serves the Sierra foothill community that grew up around the old diggings.

Camino · Agritourism Farm

High Sierra Iris & Wedding Gardens is on Hassler Road in Camino, California, in the El Dorado County Sierra foothills known locally as Apple Hill, the region's orchard and harvest-tourism belt.

Camino · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Camino · Agritourism Farm

Wofford Acres Vineyards sits on Hidden Valley Lane in Camino, within the Apple Hill area of the El Dorado County Sierra foothills, a region better known for apple orchards than vineyards. A working website was not reachable during research, so current tasting room hours and wine list could not be confirmed.

Camino · Agritourism Farm

Celtic Gardens sits on Canyon Road in Camino, inside the Apple Hill growing district of El Dorado County. At roughly 3,000 feet in the Sierra foothills, the area's volcanic soil and cool nights have made it one of Northern California's best-known apple, pumpkin, and wine-grape regions.

Camino · Agritourism Farm

Sun Mountain Farm sits on North Canyon Road in Camino, inside El Dorado County's Apple Hill district, the volcanic-soil, roughly 3,000-foot elevation band that supports the area's dozens of apple orchards and Christmas tree farms. No public listing yet confirms which crops this specific farm sells direct.

Camino · Agritourism Farm

Goyette's North Canyon Ranch is on North Canyon Road in Camino, inside the Apple Hill growing district of El Dorado County, a cluster of high-elevation ranches known for apples, pumpkins, and fall farm visits above Placerville. No further confirmed details on Goyette's specific crops, hours, or activities.

Camino · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Apple Hill orchard on North Canyon Road known for the Apple Ridge Express, a miniature train that's run through the fall season for over 40 years. There's a fruit stand and bake shop on-site, open Friday through Sunday from late September to Thanksgiving. Listed among UC Davis's recognized farm trails and part of the 120-plus-member El Dorado County Farm Trails.

Garden Valley · Agritourism Farm

Rome Valley Vineyards is on Traverse Creek Road in Garden Valley, part of the El Dorado wine region in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Placerville. Growers here plant at elevations up to 3,000 feet, producing wine distinct from California's flatland Central Valley vineyards.

Camino · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Argyres Orchard sits on Apple Hill in Camino, where some of the apple trees are more than 80 years old. Visitors pick their own apples and Concord grapes on weekends only, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting in late September and running until harvest is picked clean. Bring cash or a checkbook — the orchard doesn't take cards. Owner Maryann Argyres has run the place for decades.

Camino · Agritourism Farm, Apiary

Honey Bear Ranch is on Barkley Road in Camino, inside the Apple Hill growing district above Placerville, and is listed locally under both agritourism and honey. No further confirmed details on hive count, honey varieties, or visiting hours.

Coloma · Agritourism Farm

American Whitewater Expeditions ran river trips from a New River Road address in Coloma, on the South Fork American River where California's commercial whitewater rafting industry got its start. No current website was located under this name, so operating status is unconfirmed.