Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Scottsville, VA

Scottsville

High Meadows Vineyard Inn is a country inn set among vines on High Meadows Lane in Scottsville, south of Charlottesville along the James River. The property pairs bed-and-breakfast lodging with vineyard grounds. Its former web domain is no longer active, so booking details should be verified by phone.

Scottsville

A small bee supply and gift shop in Scottsville, stocking hive kits, extracting equipment, protective gear, live bees, and queens for local beekeepers. The store carries Mann Lake equipment and sells local and varietal honey, beeswax soaps, and bee-themed gifts, with a honey tasting bar to sample regional flavors. It also runs beginner and advanced beekeeping classes seasonally in the Scottsville and Charlottesville area.

Scottsville

Middle Fork Farm is on Branch Road near Scottsville, along the James River south of Charlottesville where Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Buckingham counties meet. Little is published online. Farms in this river-bottom country grow vegetables, hay, and pasture livestock.

Scottsville

Foxfire Christmas Tree Farm grows Christmas trees on Foxfire Road in Scottsville, along the James River south of Charlottesville. Choose-and-cut farms in central Virginia typically open weekends after Thanksgiving with saws, wreaths, and pre-cut trees on hand. This season's opening dates and tree varieties aren't posted online, so check ahead before making the drive.

Palmyra

Fruit Hill Orchard works more than 2,000 fruit trees on Thomas Jefferson Parkway in Palmyra, in Fluvanna County southeast of Charlottesville. Apples anchor the pick-your-own, and the farm plants thousands of vegetables each year alongside the trees. Cornhole and other yard games make it a family outing rather than a quick stop.

North Garden

Albemarle CiderWorks makes handcrafted hard cider from heirloom and vintage apples at its farm on Rural Ridge Lane in North Garden, south of Charlottesville. The tasting room pours flights Friday through Monday, and the attached Vintage Virginia Apples nursery sells heritage apple trees by catalog. The farm also runs orchard-to-bottle tours, workshops, and an InCider club, and hosts private events.

North Garden

This tasting room and orchard is the visitor side of Albemarle CiderWorks on Rural Ridge Lane in North Garden, where Virginia heirloom apples are grown and pressed into dry, English-style hard ciders. Guests taste through the current lineup, take orchard-to-bottle tours of the cidery, and browse the on-site Vintage Virginia Apples nursery of heritage apple trees. The room opens Friday through Monday afternoons.

Spring Valley Orchard opens for pick-your-own sweet cherries in a valley along Spring Valley Road in Afton, ringed by the Blue Ridge. Run by the Chiles family of Crozet's orchards, it offers a short cherry season that generally starts in late May or early June and wraps by July, weather depending. Call in season for picking conditions before heading out.

Crozet

Hive & Honeybee is based in Crozet, at the foot of the Blue Ridge in western Albemarle County. The name points to honey and beekeeping, and the mailing address suggests a small operation, so contact directly about products or availability.

Crozet

Henley's Orchard has been family-owned since 1932, off Holly Hill Farm in Crozet, apple-and-peach country west of Charlottesville. Beyond the fruit orchard, Henley's makes its own ciders and wines and hosts weddings and events at a second venue on Jones Mill Road. Seasonal pick-your-own and a farm store round out the offerings.

Nellysford

Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery makes 32 fruit wines and honey meads, all fermented and bottled on-site in Nellysford. The operation started in 1993 as a pick-your-own berry farm and added the winery in 1998, drawing on blueberries, blackberries, plums, peaches, apples and elderberries. Tasting flights and charcuterie boards are served on the patio, open daily 11 to 5. Military, veterans and law enforcement get 10 percent off.

Critzer Family Farm sells pick-your-own and pre-picked fruit through the season on Critzer Shop Road in Afton, at the foot of the Blue Ridge near Rockfish Gap: strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, and apples. It also churns ice cream from its own fruit and sells plants, cider, pumpkins, and mums. A fifth-generation family runs it, open April through October.

Free Union

Glass House Winery sits in Free Union, on the Monticello Wine Trail northwest of Charlottesville. Founded in 2006, it makes estate wines and handcrafted chocolates and has added a brewery. The property runs a bed and breakfast and books weddings and corporate events, with live music from local artists.

The Berrypatch is on Peavine Hollow Trail near Crozet, in the Blue Ridge foothills of western Albemarle County. The name points to pick-your-own berries; farms in this pocket south of Charlottesville grow blueberries and brambles that ripen through early and midsummer.

Lovingston

Drumheller's Orchard grows apples and peaches in Lovingston, in Nelson County at the base of the Blue Ridge. Beyond fresh fruit and cider, the farm store turns out apple butter, pies, jams, and ice cream. Fall brings a full harvest season with pumpkin-patch wagon rides, a corn maze, apple slingshots, crafters, and live music.

Gordonsville

Oakview Farm is an agritourism property near Gordonsville, in the rolling Piedmont where Orange, Louisa, and Albemarle counties meet. This is central Virginia wine and horse country, and small farms here often mix produce, livestock, and event hosting. Little detail is published online.

Zion Crossroads

Pick-your-own blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and no-spray strawberries near Zion Crossroads in Louisa County. No appointment is needed to pick, but the farm asks visitors to check its Facebook page for current hours and which berries are ripe. Bob also sells strawberry and blueberry plants by appointment for growers starting their own patches. Honey is part of the operation, as the name suggests.

Gordonsville

Montebello Kitchens is listed on North Main Street in downtown Gordonsville, in the Virginia Piedmont northeast of Charlottesville. The name suggests a food-production or specialty-kitchen business rather than a farm you visit. Its web domain is inactive, and little else is verifiable online.

Gordonsville

Spotswood Lodge is an 11-acre farm property in Gordonsville used as a vacation rental and outdoor wedding venue in central Virginia's wine country. The main lodge dates to 1788 and sleeps up to twelve, with a separate cottage for eight. Weeping willows, a pond, and open landscaping frame micro-weddings, reunions, and other gatherings.

Roseland

Tinkerland Farm runs a no-spray chestnut orchard in Roseland, opening for pick-your-own chestnuts through the September to October harvest at about $5 a pound with discounts by volume. Visitors walk the grounds and pick their own, and the farm also sells graded pre-picked and frozen chestnuts plus small batches of honey when available. Payment is cash or check, and orders run through email.

Roseland

Pick-your-own fruit through the seasons on Dark Hollow Road in Roseland, in Nelson County's Blue Ridge foothills. Strawberries open in May, cherries follow in mid-May, blueberries run June into July, and apples come in September. This is the fourth generation of the Seaman family to grow fruit here, going back more than 80 years. Check the season before visiting, since each crop has a short window.

Waynesboro

Bubba's Sweet Nectar sells raw, unfiltered, unpasteurized honey, with clover, wildflower, and a hot-honey squeeze bottle among the lineup, from its base in the central Shenandoah Valley near Waynesboro. The honey is bottled pure with nothing added. Orders run through the company's website, which lists current varieties and availability.

Tyro

The apple-packing house and farm market for Silver Creek & Seamans' Orchards, on Route 56 in Tyro near the base of Crabtree Falls. The stand sells a long list of apples through fall, from Gala and Jonathan to Winesap, Stayman, York, and Pink Lady, plus cider, apple butter, honey, and pumpkins. The family has grown fruit here for four generations, tracing back to the Silver Creek packing shed in 1950.

Silver Creek Orchards is a seven-generation family farm at the base of the Blue Ridge in Nelson County, growing 13 apple varieties including Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, and Pink Lady. It presses cider and fresh apple juice, grows wine grapes, and raises beef cattle and Christmas trees, with pick-your-own apples in season. The farm lies along Crabtree Falls Highway. Call for current picking and availability.

Roseland

Dickie Brothers Orchard has farmed the same Nelson County land since about 1752 — 274 years — making it one of Virginia's oldest family orchards. Off Dickie Road near Roseland, it grows apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes, with pick-your-own apples at harvest. The farm stand also sells cider donuts, apple butter, honey, pies, and peach ice cream. Reach them at 434-277-5516.

AMHERST

The Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival is Rebec Vineyards' signature event, held each fall at the winery on North Amherst Highway north of Amherst. Rebec makes Old World, European-style wines, including the Riesling-and-Pinot-Noir Autumn Glow, the herb-infused Sweet Sofia and an Alsatian-style Gewurztraminer. The tasting room pours daily 11 to 5, and the vineyard also runs a Labor Day wine and music festival, weddings and a wine club.