Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Princeton, NJ

Princeton

Princeton Lavender grows lavender, plus sunflowers in season, at 3741 Lawrenceville Road in Princeton. Its gift shop sells fresh-cut lavender, handmade soaps, local honey, and seasonal farm goods. The farm has shifted away from pick-your-own to focus on private events and celebrations. Reach them at (973) 978-8311.

Princeton

Terhune Orchards is a working fruit farm and winery on Cold Soil Road in Princeton, growing apples, peaches, blackberries and vegetables across the property. Pick-your-own runs through the seasons, and the farm store sells cider donuts, pies, apple cider and estate wines made on-site. Weekends bring festivals, wagon rides and tastings with live music. School trips, farm tours and birthday parties fill out the calendar.

Lawrence Township

Village Farms is a farm in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, between Trenton and Princeton along the Route 1 corridor. It's listed for agritourism, though crops, farm-stand details, and hours aren't posted online.

Hopewell Township

Little Acres Farm sits on Lawrenceville-Pennington Road in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, farmland between Princeton and the Delaware River. No active website was found online, so the farm's current crops and hours aren't confirmed.

Skillman

A lavender and alpaca farm on Route 601 in Skillman, growing 15 lavender varieties that bloom from mid-June to mid-July and distilling its own essential oil on-site each July. It does not offer u-pick lavender; instead the shop sells farm-made soaps, sachets, dream pillows, and culinary lavender. Reservations are available year-round for Saturday alpaca walks. Open weekends 10am to 4pm, with added Friday hours from mid-November through late December.

Hopewell Township

Oasis Garden Center is on Federal City Road in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, central New Jersey. It's a garden center and nursery. Contact directly for plants, seasonal stock, and hours.

West Windsor

Tindall Farms works land on Old Trenton Road in West Windsor, Mercer County, an area with a strong farmland-preservation program southeast of Princeton. It's listed as an agritourism farm; specific crops and any visitor offerings aren't posted online.

Lawrence Township

Cherry Grove Farm makes award-winning farmstead cheese from its own herd on nearly 500 preserved acres along Route 206 in Lawrence Township. The daily farm store sells raw-milk and fresh cheeses — aged wheels, mozzarella, burrata, ricotta — plus grass-fed beef, whey-fed pork, and heritage eggs. A kitchen turns out mac and cheese, hand pies, and soups, and the farm runs cheese-making classes and foraging walks.

Cranbury Township

A farm on Eiker Road in Cranbury Township, Middlesex County, an area still dotted with working cropland between Princeton and the Turnpike. Details on Blossom Hill are thin online. Farms in this stretch of central Jersey generally grow field crops, sweet corn, and seasonal vegetables. Contact the farm to confirm whether it sells retail, runs a stand, or offers any pick-your-own before visiting.

South Brunswick

Brown's Berry Farm grows berries on Rowland Road in South Brunswick, Middlesex County. Pick-your-own strawberries are the classic draw for a farm of this name in central New Jersey's late-spring season. No website surfaced with picking dates, so it's best to check locally before heading out.

Hillsborough

Hillsboro Farm sits on Hillsborough Road in Hillsborough Township, Somerset County — a stretch of central New Jersey still worked for row crops and produce. Public information about the farm is limited. Contact it directly to learn what it grows and whether it sells to the public.

Cranbury

Dey Farm works land on Dey Road in Cranbury, Middlesex County, one of the state's preserved-farmland towns of flat, fertile soil. The farm's specific crops aren't documented online. Reach out directly to learn what it grows and whether it sells produce locally.

Hillsborough Township

Doyle's Unami Farm works land along Mill Lane in Hillsborough, Somerset County, and opens to the public mainly in fall. The season centers on a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkins, and hayrides out to the fields, with a stand selling the farm's own produce. It's a working family farm that turns its acreage over to agritourism once the harvest comes in.

Robbinsville

Oasis Family Farm supplies landscaping materials in Robbinsville, Mercer County: dyed and natural mulches, nutrient-rich topsoil, and seasoned firewood, sold retail or wholesale with pickup or delivery. The business cites more than 20 years serving local homeowners and landscapers, and runs occasional farm events through the season. Call to arrange a delivery.

Hamilton Township

Evergreen Farm sits on Yardville-Allentown Road in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, in the Yardville farming area south of Trenton. No website or public listing details were found online, so its current crops and hours aren't confirmed.

Morrisville

Somerset

A small beekeeping operation on Welshs Lane in Somerset, Somerset County. Local apiaries like this produce raw honey and beeswax products from their hives. Contact directly to find out what's for sale and how to buy.

Hillsborough Township

Sunhaven Farms is a farm in Hillsborough Township, a large agricultural township in Somerset County crossed by the Millstone River. It's listed for agritourism, but its crops, activities, and visitor hours aren't detailed in public listings.

Hillsborough Township

A family farm and market on South Branch Road in Hillsborough, selling its own beef, pork, lamb, goat, eggs, and seasonal poultry. Through the year it runs farm events like Touch-A-Tractor days and outdoor line dancing. In fall it becomes Scare Farm, its Halloween attraction with a haunted hayride, corn maze, and haunted barn after dark. The farm store keeps weekday daytime hours and shorter weekend hours.

East Windsor

Field of Terror is a Halloween-season haunted attraction on K&S Farms along Windsor-Perrineville Road in East Windsor. It packs four separate walk-through experiences into one ticket, built around a backstory of a farmer's genetic experiments gone wrong, with haunted trails, buildings, and after-dark scares. The daytime side of the same farm runs pick-your-own and a pumpkin patch as Sunshine Acres.

East Windsor Township

K&S Farm's Sunshine Acres sits on Windsor-Perrineville Road in East Windsor, the daytime family side of the same property that hosts the Field of Terror haunt after dark. Sunshine Acres offers pick-your-own vegetables and a farm market through the growing season, plus a fall pumpkin patch and hayrides. It's a working central-Jersey produce farm in Mercer County.

East Amwell Township

Willow Creek Nursery and Country Store is on John Ringo Road in East Amwell Township (Ringoes), Hunterdon County. Combined nursery-and-store operations like this typically sell trees, shrubs, and perennials alongside local farm goods and seasonal items. Contact them to confirm current stock and hours.

Flemington

Burjan's Pumpkin Festival is a seasonal fall event at a farm on Old York Road in Flemington, Hunterdon County. The pumpkin patch and autumn activities run through October. Beyond the location and the festival name, little about the operation appears online.

Neshanic Station

Sun Meadow Farm is on Old York Road in Neshanic Station, part of Hillsborough in Somerset County. The area is a mix of small produce farms and horse farms along the South Branch of the Raritan River. Little is published about the operation, so reach out directly for details on crops or farm products.

South Brunswick

Pleasant Hill Farm is on Ridge Road in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Reach out for produce, seasonal activities, and hours.

Ringoes

Pumpkin Junction is a fall corn maze and pumpkin patch on Toad Lane in Ringoes, Hunterdon County. It opens seasonally in autumn for maze-goers and pumpkin pickers. Contact directly for this year's dates and hours.

Ringoes

The Black River & Western is a volunteer-run heritage railroad running scenic trains along 16 miles between Ringoes and Flemington in Hunterdon County. Themed rides fill the calendar: the Pumpkin Train with pumpkin picking, the Santa Express, an Easter Bunny egg-hunt run and the Hunterdon Wine Express. It has served central New Jersey for more than 50 years. Trains board at the Ringoes and Flemington stations.

Chesterfield Township

Strawberry Hill Farm grows produce on Ellisdale Road in Chesterfield Township, farmland in Burlington County near Crosswicks and Bordentown. The sandy loam here supports strawberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, and other Jersey vegetables through the warm season. Crop details and farm-stand hours aren't posted online.

South Brunswick

Habiak Farms grows on Deans Rhode Hall Road in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, farmland in central New Jersey's produce belt. No active website was found online, so the specific crops and hours aren't confirmed.

Franklin Township

Wolgast Tree Farm is a small, watershed-friendly Christmas tree farm and apiary on Bennetts Lane in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, running more than 40 years. Cut-your-own and precut trees anchor the winter season, alongside handmade grave blankets. The farm also sells its own honey and beeswax, oyster mushrooms, and bluebird nest boxes. It's a genuine small family operation, so hours are limited, mainly weekends in the Christmas run plus mushroom pickups.

Chesterfield

An orchard and farm on Extonville Road in Chesterfield, Burlington County, near Allentown in central New Jersey's farmland belt. Growers in this area are known for tree fruit and mixed vegetables. No website or verified contact details are posted online for the farm.

Upper Freehold Township

Westhaven Farm is in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, in the Cream Ridge and Allentown farm belt of rural western Monmouth. It's listed for agritourism; the farm's crops, products, and visitor hours aren't detailed online.

Monroe Township

Cranbury Brook Farm is on Federal Road in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, near the Cranbury line. Public information about the operation is limited. The surrounding area grows sod, grain, and vegetables and hosts several horse farms. Contact the farm directly to learn what it produces or offers.

Hopewell Township

Howell Living History Farm is a county-owned working farm that recreates New Jersey agriculture as it was around 1900, and admission is free. The Mercer County Park Commission runs it. Staff and volunteers plow with horses, harvest ice, and thresh wheat while visitors watch or lend a hand. Seasonal draws include a corn maze, the annual fiddle contest, sheep-shearing days, the 4-H fair, and school field trips. It sits in the Delaware River valley near Titusville.

East Amwell Township

A farm on Rosemont-Ringoes Road in East Amwell Township, a rolling agricultural corner of Hunterdon County between Ringoes and Rosemont. Vineyards, horse farms, and vegetable growers share the surrounding countryside. No website or further detail about this farm is posted online.

Newtown

Chesterfield

Windy Farm Alpacas raises alpacas on White Pine Road in Chesterfield, in the Burlington County farm belt. Alpaca farms like this one typically sell fiber, yarn, and finished goods and open the barn to visitors during events such as National Alpaca Farm Days. Contact the farm to confirm current hours and what's for sale.

Newtown

Flemington

Schaefer Farms runs a daily farm stand at 1051 County Route 523 in Flemington, Hunterdon County, stocking its own eggs plus milk, butter, cheese, local honey, jams, and ice cream. The farm raises beef, pork, chicken, duck, and quail for its meat freezer, sells laying pullets in more than 30 breeds and Nutrena feed, and grows annuals and perennials. It also offers class trips and hayrides.

Stockton

WoodsEdge Farm raises llamas and alpacas on Bowne Station Road in Stockton, Hunterdon County, and spins their fiber into designer yarns and finished luxury goods. It's one of the longer-running fiber-animal breeding programs in the region, working from its own herd rather than imported wool. Products sell online and, at times, at the farm. Contact them to arrange a visit or ask about yarn and fiber stock before stopping by.

Lambertville

A certified-organic vegetable farm on Rock Road in Lambertville, Hunterdon County, growing field crops along with hoop-house tomatoes, microgreens, and pastured poultry. Much of the harvest is sold at the West Windsor Community Farmers Market, held Saturdays at the Princeton Junction train station, with fresh and preserved organic products available in season. The farm has long promoted organic growing as a way to produce safe food and support the local environment.

Cream Ridge

A large u-pick flower farm in Cream Ridge, best known for spring fields of more than eight million tulips and a fall festival with pick-your-own sunflowers, dahlias, and gladiolus. A winter walk-through pairs tulips with holiday light displays. The Dutch family operation adds food vendors and family activities during each event. It sits off Rues Road in the Monmouth County countryside, an easy drive from Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore.

Chesterfield

A sheep farm on Sykesville Road in Chesterfield, Burlington County, in the preserved farmland belt of central Burlington. As the name suggests, Laurie's Lambs raises lambs, likely selling freezer lamb and possibly breeding stock, wool, or 4-H animals, the pattern for small flocks in this area. Little is posted online, so contact the farm directly to ask about lamb availability, which is seasonal, and how to order.

East Brunswick Township

A farm on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick Township, part of Middlesex County's remaining band of central Jersey farmland. The area is known for sweet corn, tomatoes, and other summer vegetables. The farm turns up in local agritourism listings but keeps little presence online, and no website or contact details are posted.

Chesterfield Township

Grossman Farms works land on Sykesville Road in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, near Wrightstown and the Fort Dix area. The farm is recorded as agritourism, but its crops and any visitor offerings aren't posted online.

Bridgewater

Taida Orchids grows phalaenopsis and exotic orchids at a greenhouse on Foothill Road in Bridgewater, selling both wholesale and direct to the public. Beyond potted orchids in several sizes, they carry arrangements, succulents, and cut flowers. The store is open to walk-ins Monday through Saturday, unusual for a grower this size, so you can browse the greenhouse stock in person. Call ahead during holidays, when orchid demand spikes and stock moves fast.

Birds and Bees Farm sits on West Main Street in Columbus, a farming section of Burlington County. The name points to a small diversified operation, possibly honey and eggs, though no website or listing details were found to confirm its products.

Cream Ridge

Bullock Farms is a family farm on Emleys Hill Road in Cream Ridge, in Monmouth County's Upper Freehold farmland. It's known for a fall season of pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides, a corn maze and farm animals. Seasonal festivals and group visits round out the year.

Clarksburg

Trappers Honey sells raw honey from Clarksburg, in Millstone Township, Monmouth County, including a Gourmet Honey Spread that has taken Best in Show at state honey competitions. The lineup runs to beeswax, candles, and gift baskets alongside the extracted honey. It's a small direct-sale operation on Olde Noah Hunt Road rather than a storefront, so order or arrange pickup through their site. Fresh honey supply follows the season's extraction.

Millstone Township

A small organic farm on Olde Noah Hunt Road in the Clarksburg section of Millstone Township, western Monmouth County. The name signals chemical-free or organic growing methods, though the farm keeps a low profile online. It sits on the same quiet rural lane as Trappers Honey, a few doors down. Hours and any pick-your-own for small Monmouth County farms like this shift with the season, so check locally or call before visiting.

Bridgewater

Full Moon Farm sits on Washington Valley Road in Bridgewater, Somerset County. Its crops and offerings aren't clearly documented online. Farms along this stretch tend to grow vegetables, flowers, and seasonal pick-your-own. Contact the farm to confirm what it grows and when it's open.

Monroe Township

Etsch Farms works two sides of the business on Buckelew Avenue in Monroe Township: a hay, straw, and grain supply operation, and a fall agritourism season built around a large corn maze. Autumn weekends bring hayrides, group tours, and party bookings. It's a working Middlesex County farm rather than a polished attraction, so call ahead for corn-maze dates and hours.

Flemington

Acres Away is an agritourism farm at 926 County Road 579 in Flemington, Hunterdon County. Operations tagged this way in central New Jersey usually center on farm visits, with animals, seasonal activities, and group or party bookings rather than a produce stand. The rural Route 579 setting fits that kind of visit-the-farm experience. Contact the farm directly for what it offers, current hours, and booking, since agritourism programs run by season and appointment.

Ripple Hill Farm is on Mountain Road in the Basking Ridge area of Bernards Township, Somerset County (ZIP 07920), north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact directly for produce and seasonal hours.

Manalapan Township

Happy Day Farm runs pick-your-own by season on Iron Ore Road in Manalapan: blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries in summer, then lavender, sunflowers, and zinnias. Fall brings a corn maze and pumpkins, and the farm store carries its own maple syrup and honey. School field trips are offered. The picking calendar shifts week to week, so check the site first, and the farm posts daily updates on Facebook and Instagram.

Jobstown

Mr. McGregor's Garden is a farm on the Jacksonville-Jobstown Road in Jobstown, Burlington County, in southern New Jersey's farm belt. Named for the garden in Peter Rabbit, it runs seasonal agritourism. Check directly for pick-your-own, produce, or fall activities and current hours.

Monroe Township

Indyks Farm sits on Spotswood-Englishtown Road in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, a produce-growing area of central New Jersey. No active website was found online, so its current crops and hours aren't confirmed.

Wrightstown

Edward's Christmas Tree Farm is a cut-your-own tree farm on Jacobstown-Cookstown Road in Wrightstown, Burlington County. Farms like this open for the weeks after Thanksgiving, letting families walk the rows to cut their own spruce, fir, or pine, and usually sell pre-cut trees, wreaths, and stands as well. Hours are seasonal, so confirm the opening weekend before visiting.

Jackson Township

Dracula's Domain is a Halloween-season haunted attraction on Monmouth Road (Route 537) in Jackson Township, Ocean County. It runs on farm property and typically combines a haunted hayride, a walk-through haunted house, and a corn maze under one admission. Like most Jersey haunts, it opens Friday and Saturday nights through October after dark.

Manalapan

Happy Day Farm in Manalapan, Monmouth County, runs pick-your-own raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, lavender, sunflowers, and zinnias through the growing season, plus a fall corn maze and field trips. The farm also sells maple syrup and honey, and admission tickets are required for the pick fields. Reach it at [email protected] or 732-977-3607.