Farms in Richmond, VA

Richmond · Farmers Market

One of the country's oldest market sites, at 100 North 17th Street in Richmond's Shockoe Bottom. A public market has stood on this ground since the late 1700s. The restored open-air pavilion now hosts a seasonal farmers market plus community events, with vendors bringing produce, plants, and prepared food a few blocks from the James River.

Richmond · CSA Farm, Organic Farm

Richmond · Farmers Market

Richmond · Farmers Market

La Plaza Market sits on Hull Street Road in South Richmond, an area with a strong Latino community along the Route 360 corridor. Markets like La Plaza pair fresh produce with Latin American groceries, meats, and prepared foods aimed at nearby households. It is on the city's Southside, south of the James River.

Richmond · Farmers Market

Richmond · Farmers Market

Held at 109 Governor Street, this market sits beside Capitol Square in downtown Richmond, a short walk from the Virginia State Capitol. Vendors set up within the government and business district, drawing state workers and city residents to shop for local produce and goods during market hours.

Richmond · Farmers Market

A market on Maplewood Avenue in Richmond's Carytown district, the walkable mile of independent shops and restaurants along West Cary Street. The market places local growers and food vendors in one of the city's busiest retail neighborhoods, giving Carytown shoppers a stop for regional produce and prepared foods.

Richmond · Farmers Market

This year-round market was run by Tricycle Gardens, a Richmond urban-agriculture nonprofit, at 31st Street Baptist Church, 823 North 31st Street in the Church Hill neighborhood. The 'four season' name reflected its indoor winter operation, unusual for the area. Tricycle Gardens grew food on city lots across Richmond before winding down operations. Verify whether the market still runs, since the organizing nonprofit is no longer active.

Richmond · Farmers Market

This neighborhood market runs along West Brookland Park Boulevard in Richmond's North Side, part of a historic commercial corridor that local groups have worked to revive. It's a small community market bringing local produce and food vendors to a walkable stretch of shops and restaurants north of downtown.

Richmond · Farmers Market

Byrd House Market runs on the grounds of the William Byrd Community House, a nonprofit settlement house in Richmond's Oregon Hill neighborhood. The market brings local growers and food vendors together through the warm months as part of the organization's community and youth programming.

Richmond · Farm Stand, Produce Farm

Richmond · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Richmond · Agritourism Farm, Apiary

Sam Honey is a honey seller listed on Libbie Avenue in Richmond's west end. Little about the operation appears online beyond the honey trade in its name. Near-city apiaries around Richmond bottle local wildflower honey drawn from backyard and community hives across the metro area.

Henrico · Farmers Market

Chesterfield · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Montrose · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Gallmeyer Farms runs a fall pumpkin patch in the Montrose area of eastern Henrico County, just outside Richmond. The family grows its own produce and plants sweet corn in ten-day successions through the season. The pumpkin patch adds group visits, summer field trips, free picnic areas, and a children's play area, alongside a veggie stand with homegrown vegetables and local unpasteurized honey.

Glen Allen · Agritourism Farm, Flower Farm

Lavender Fields Herb Farm is a small herb and lavender nursery on Winfrey Road in Glen Allen, just north of Richmond in Henrico County. Growers of this type usually sell potted culinary herbs, lavender, and other ornamental plants suited to central Virginia gardens. Its former website is no longer active, so current hours are worth confirming.

Chesterfield · Farmers Market

Mechanicsville · Agritourism Farm

Windy Knoll Farm works land near Mechanicsville in Hanover County, just outside Richmond. It's marked for agritourism, though specifics aren't posted online. Reach out to the farm directly to learn what's open to visitors and when.

Chester · Farmers Market

The Chester Farmers' Market sets up in the village center of Chester, a community in northern Chesterfield County between Richmond and Petersburg. It's a seasonal market with local produce, plants, and food vendors serving the surrounding suburbs.

Mechanicsville · Farm Stand

Mechanicsville · Farmers Market

New Highland Baptist Church hosts this market on New Ashcake Road in Mechanicsville, in Hanover County just north of Richmond. Hanover is tomato country, home of the prized Hanover tomato, so summer produce leads the tables. Church-grounds markets like this one give nearby growers a weekly spot to sell vegetables, baked goods, and other local food.

Henrico · Farmers Market

This West End market sets up near Gayton Road and Ridgefield Parkway in Henrico County, in the western suburbs of Richmond. The shopping-center location off Gayton draws neighborhood shoppers for seasonal produce and local vendors. Henrico's West End is a dense residential area, and the market serves that everyday crowd rather than tourists. Confirm the current day and season before going.

Ashland · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

King's Fruit & Vegetables is Karl King's produce operation on Sliding Hill Road in Ashland, Hanover County, north of Richmond. Growers here sell sweet corn, strawberries, and other Hanover-area vegetables in season. The county is well known for its tomatoes.

Chesterfield · Agritourism Farm, Apiary

Bright Hope Farm & Apiary keeps bees on Spring Run Road in Chesterfield County, southwest of Richmond. The apiary in its name points to honey; small Chesterfield beekeepers bottle local wildflower honey and sometimes sell beeswax or candles alongside it. Little else about the farm is documented online, so a call or visit is the way to learn what's for sale.

Mechanicsville · Agritourism Farm

Locally grown peaches from Hanover County, sold at a seasonal farm market on Elder Ridge Lane near Mechanicsville. The orchard grows roughly 25 peach varieties and handles both pick-your-own and wholesale, with picnic areas set aside for visitors. Peach season is short and variety-dependent, so timing a visit to the ripe fruit is worth a quick check of their Facebook page first.

Ashland · Agritourism Farm, Plant Nursery

Ashwood Gardens and Nursery grows and sells plants on Ashcake Road in Ashland, in Hanover County just north of Richmond. As a nursery it stocks the trees, shrubs, and garden plants suited to central Virginia's climate. Current hours and inventory are not detailed online.

Ashland · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Farming the same Ashland ground since 1902, Hanover Vegetable Farm sells fresh produce, bedding plants, and garden-center goods like mulch, topsoil, and statuary. The pumpkin patch opens September 27 for the fall season, and the family also hosts festivals and weddings at nearby Sears Farms. The market runs daily 8 to 5 from March through November. Free delivery on 15 or more yards of mulch or soil.

Ashland · Farm Stand, Produce Farm

Mechanicsville · Agritourism Farm

Dodd's Acres Farm works land on Market Road in Mechanicsville, in Hanover County just northeast of Richmond. It's a family agritourism farm, and specifics on current crops and hours aren't well documented online. Hanover is known for its produce, and the county's tomatoes are a Virginia byword. Small farms here typically sell seasonal fruit and vegetables and open the fields for picking in summer and fall.

Ashland · Farmers Market, Produce Farm

Colonial Heights · Farm Stand, Flower Farm

Colonial Heights · Agritourism Farm, Flower Farm

Boulevard Flower Gardens is a garden center on Ruffin Mill Road in Colonial Heights, just off I-95 south of Richmond. The Ruffin Mill site serves as its growing and retail grounds, selling annuals, perennials, and seasonal plants. Check the website for current stock and hours.

Chesterfield · Agritourism Farm

Hanover · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Pick-your-own strawberries on Gould Hill Road in Hanover County, with an on-site stand selling fruit and vegetables. Strawberry season runs from May into the first half of June, with rows open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. or until the day's ripe berries are gone. The farm posts daily picking updates, worth checking since a busy morning can clear the field early.

Powhatan · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

The Powhatan Pumpkin Patch is a seasonal fundraiser run by the local Knights of Columbus council on Anderson Highway in Powhatan. It sells pumpkins each October, with proceeds going to the council's charitable work. Check locally for opening dates each fall.

HOPEWELL · Farmers Market

Hopewell's Third Thursday Marketplace is a monthly evening market on East Broadway Avenue in downtown Hopewell, the small industrial city where the Appomattox River meets the James east of Petersburg. Third-Thursday markets bundle local produce and food vendors with sidewalk activity to draw people downtown. Nearby City Point served as Ulysses Grant's headquarters during the Siege of Petersburg.

Moseley · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Swift Creek Berry Farm has grown Certified Naturally Grown blueberries on Genito Road in Moseley since 1983, in Chesterfield County southwest of Richmond. The family operation also runs a greenhouse full of annuals and hanging baskets in spring and a fall pumpkin patch with free-admission yard games, plus firewood. A crop loss has paused pick-your-own blueberries this season, so check before planning a picking trip.

Moseley · Farmers Market

A community market at 17320 Hull Street Road in Moseley, held within the Magnolia Green planned community in western Chesterfield County. Magnolia Green is a large master-planned neighborhood along the growing Route 360 corridor southwest of Richmond, and the market gives residents there a local outlet for produce, food, and crafts.

Petersburg · Farmers Market

A blend of arts, produce, and culture in Petersburg, the River Street Market offers fresh produce picked that morning plus handmade goods including jewelry, honey, jams, meats, seafood, soaps, and baked goods from local producers.

Halifax Street and Harding Street Petersburg · Farmers Market

POP! Market sets up at Halifax and Harding Streets in Petersburg, an older industrial city on the Appomattox River south of Richmond. Neighborhood markets like this bring fresh produce to city blocks that can sit a distance from a full grocery store. Local growers and food vendors sell in season.

Hanover · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Moseley · Farm Stand, Produce Farm

Mechanicsville · Agritourism Farm

Blue Eden Farm sits on Piping Tree Ferry Road in Mechanicsville, in Hanover County near the Pamunkey River just north of Richmond. The directory lists it as an agritourism farm; with little online, contact the owners directly about visits or products.

Powhatan · Farmers Market

Powhatan Farmers' Market runs along Anderson Highway (Route 60) in Powhatan, a rural county west of Richmond that has held onto its farmland. Growers from the surrounding countryside sell vegetables, eggs, meat, and baked goods. Markets here track the Virginia Piedmont season from late spring through fall.

Moseley · Farmers Market, Farm Stand

Skinquarter Farm Market stands on Hull Street Road (Route 360) in Moseley, in the rural Skinquarter area of western Chesterfield County southwest of Richmond. Roadside farm markets along this stretch sell local produce, seasonal fruit, and plants. The Piedmont growing season runs from late spring into fall here.

Rockville · Agritourism Farm

Lloyd Family Farms runs a fall pumpkin patch with a petting zoo and hay rides on Pinhook Road in Rockville, in western Hanover County near Richmond. The farm hosts birthday parties, weddings, and corporate events, sells hay, and offers pasture management and construction work. It's a family operation built around seasonal farm visits.

Moseley · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Chesterfield Berry Farm is a pick-your-own berry farm on Skinquarter Road in Moseley, in western Chesterfield County southwest of Richmond. Strawberries anchor the spring picking season, and the farm is known locally for a fall festival with pumpkins. Its website blocks automated access, so check there or call for current picking conditions and event dates.

Montpelier · Farmers Market

The Montpelier Center Farmers Market is hosted at the Montpelier Center for Arts and Education, 17205 Mountain Road in Hanover County, north of Richmond. The center is a former schoolhouse turned community arts venue, and the market shares its grounds. Local produce, plants, and handmade goods are the usual draw at this rural Hanover market. Smaller community markets adjust their calendars year to year, so confirm days and season directly.

Providence Forge · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Barry's Berries and Jan's Jams grows berries and puts up homemade jams on Cool Hill Road in Providence Forge, in New Kent County between Richmond and Williamsburg. The listing marks it as an agritourism produce farm; contact the owners directly for picking season and jam availability.

Montpelier · Farm Stand

Beaverdam · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Ashland Berry Farm runs a 30-acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch with hayrides each fall on Old Ridge Road in Beaverdam, north of Richmond, plus an all-you-can-carry pumpkin hayride and a shop with donuts and candy. After dark it becomes Terror on the Farm, a haunted attraction with several themed haunts. In spring it sells hanging baskets, annuals, and vegetable plants. Open daily 9 to 5.

Aylett · Agritourism Farm

Oak Hill Farms sits on Smokey Road in Aylett, in King William County between Richmond and Virginia's Middle Peninsula. The listing marks it as an agritourism stop in a rural stretch of the Mattaponi River watershed, farm country long worked for row crops and livestock. Little else is published online about its current hours or offerings, so call ahead before visiting.