Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Smithville, MO

Smithville

Duncan's Berry Farm grows blueberries and blackberries for picking, with the season running June into July. Mornings are the time to go; pickers report the farm opens around 7 a.m. and closes by noon. It sits on County Road F in Clay County, north of Kansas City, and has been a registered farm here since 2006. Call ahead, since ripe fruit and open days shift with the weather.

Smithville

A dairy-goat farm near Smithville, north of Kansas City, running since 2015. Storm Dancer keeps milk goats and sells fresh goat milk and pastured meats, and opens up for farm visits with a petting zoo and pony rides. The farm also hosts classes and events built around hands-on agriculture. Contact them through their website to check visit days and what is currently available.

Liberty

Crazy Craig's A-Hwy ran a u-pick pumpkin and mum patch on Highway A near Liberty for 24 years, but the family has since shut down that side of the business. The property now operates as A-Hwy Fireworks, and the pumpkins and mums are no longer sold. Anyone with this listing on a fall route should plan on the seasonal patch being closed.

Platte City

Pumpkins Etc. keeps admission free at its you-pick patch outside Platte City, north of Kansas City. Beyond the pumpkins, the farm grows thousands of mums and stocks Indian corn, gourds, and bittersweet for fall decorating. Kids climb on dump trucks and an excavator, run a hay maze and corn maze, and play in a playhouse. It's open Friday through Sunday during the season.

Plattsburg

Windy Ridge Greenhouse sells bedding plants chosen to perform in the region, plus its own produce starting in mid-June, on SW Middle Road outside Plattsburg, in northwest Missouri north of Kansas City. The greenhouse runs seasonally and closes over winter, reopening in spring.

Gower

Comanche Acres Iris Gardens grows more than 2,000 named tall bearded iris varieties, plus over 200 spuria irises, across about 8 acres near Gower in northwest Missouri. Owner Jim Hedgecock has run the nursery for more than four decades, shipping rhizomes and a specialty iris fertilizer nationwide. The display gardens bloom in spring, when visitors can walk the rows and mark favorites to order for late-summer shipping.

Plattsburg

Honey Timbers sells honey from hives kept on its own land near Plattsburg, offering raw, strained, and ultra-filtered jars along with pollen and beeswax candles. It's a small beekeeping operation in Clinton County, north of Kansas City, listed on regional and national honey locators. The farm keeps a Facebook page for updates. Reach out there to check what's in stock.

Kearney

Fun Farm runs a fall pumpkin patch in Kearney with both u-pick and pre-picked pumpkins. The lineup leans toward families: a corn maze, hayrides, pony rides, a petting zoo, a jumping pillow, and face painting. Bring cash, since that's all they take. The farm is on North Jefferson Street in Clay County, just off Interstate 35 north of Kansas City.

Platte City

Spanish Garden Berry Farm is a berry grower on Highway 92 near Platte City, in Platte County north of Kansas City. Strawberries and summer berries would be the seasonal draw, with picking through late spring and early summer. No working website or listing was available to confirm picking days or contact details.

Lathrop

Jingle Bell Trees and Pumpkins opens its pumpkin patch on October weekends in Lathrop, selling pumpkins from the field, the farmstand, and a pre-gathered pile. As the name suggests, Christmas trees follow later in the season. Hours run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through October. The farm is on SE 240th Street in Clinton County, north of Kansas City off Interstate 35.

Kansas City

Great Pumpkin Fest is the daytime fall family event at Worlds of Fun, the amusement park at 4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue in Kansas City. Geared toward younger kids, it adds a trick-or-treat trail, pumpkin displays, and harvest-themed activities to the park on select autumn weekends. It's the non-scary, kid-friendly counterpart to the park's evening Halloween event and is included with regular admission.

Holt

Looper Farms opens as Jed's Jack O'Lanterns each fall, a pumpkin patch on NE 172nd Street near Holt in Clay County, north of Kansas City. The season brings pick-your-own pumpkins and family activities through October. Beyond the seasonal patch, little is published about the farm's other crops or hours, so check before a weekday visit.

Liberty

Carolyn's Country Cousins is a fall pumpkin patch on NE 52nd Street in Liberty, north of Kansas City in Clay County. Patches like this open in autumn with pick-your-own pumpkins plus family activities such as hayrides, mazes, and farm play areas. Its spot in the northland keeps it within easy reach of the Kansas City metro.

Liberty

Liberty Corn Maze has run its fall attraction in Liberty, northeast of Kansas City, since 2004. Each season the farm cuts several corn mazes alongside silo slides, a grain-bin zipline, a jumping pillow, campfire pits, yard games, and a country store. It's a full weekend-outing setup rather than a single maze. Check the website for this year's dates, themes, and hours.

Kansas City

The Urban Farming Guys is a Kansas City nonprofit that teaches aquaponics, urban agriculture, and job skills from a base on the city's east side. Its projects have spanned mushroom growing, solar power, biodigesters, and international development work in India and Mexico, under the tagline "Sharing Knowledge, Feeding Nations."

Lathrop

Mule Barn Berries is a berry farm on NE Mule Barn Road near Lathrop, in Clinton County north of Kansas City. Strawberries and summer berries are the likely draw, with picking through late spring and early summer. No website or listing turned up to confirm hours or contact details.

Kansas City

A community orchard planted near Troost Lake in central Kansas City, at 29th and Highland Avenue. Community orchards like this one grow fruit trees on neighborhood land, tended by volunteers, with the harvest shared among nearby residents. Picking follows the season rather than fixed retail hours. Check with Kansas City's community garden network before visiting, since access and harvest days vary from tree to tree and week to week.

Kansas City

David Bird grows thousands of orchids and tropical plants underground, inside the Interstate Underground limestone caverns on Kansas City's east side. He started keeping orchids at 16 and opened the nursery here in 2001, using the caves' steady temperature and humidity as a natural greenhouse. The space works as grower, retail shop, and lab in one. Visitors can walk the aisles of blooming plants during open hours.

Kansas City

Young Family Farm KC is a family farm at an address on Wayne Avenue in Kansas City (64109), placing it among the city's urban farming projects rather than out in the country. The listing doesn't detail crops or whether it sells to the public. Reach out directly to learn what they grow and how to buy or visit.

Turney

TTL Farms sells pumpkins from a shop and farmstand on North Ridge Road in Turney, in northwest Missouri's Clinton County. Alongside the stand, the farm offers a pumpkin patch with pumpkins already gathered from the field. It's a small seasonal operation, so hours can shift year to year; contacting the farm directly is the surest way to confirm it's open.

Lawson

Crooked River Farm sits on Highway C near Lawson, in Ray County northeast of Kansas City. It's listed as an agritourism stop; no website or public details turned up to confirm crops, activities or contact information.

Agency

Schweizer Orchard is a fruit orchard near Agency, just southeast of St. Joseph in northwest Missouri. Orchards in this region pick apples and peaches from late summer into fall. The farm keeps a website at schweizerorchards.com, though the page was unreachable when checked to confirm current crops and hours.

Leavenworth

Salt Creek Valley Farms spans roughly 300 acres along the Santa Fe Trail, with U-pick strawberries, sweet corn, and pumpkins depending on the month. Fall visitors get a corn maze, hayrides, a bakery, and farm animals to feed. The farm runs seasonally, open May through October, and closes for winter. It's a working farm first — the agritourism side grew up around actual row crops and produce, not the other way around.

Leavenworth

Ken and Cindy Devan started Oregon Trail Farm after 28 years in the Army, settling near Fort Leavenworth to grow u-pick blueberries, blackberries and raspberries along the historic Santa Fe Trail. They built the soil with horse manure, more than 10,000 pounds of spent coffee grounds, and over 70 tons of diverted wood chips for weed control and water retention. The veteran-owned farm also sells free-range eggs and honey.

Kansas City

Paula Winchester Enterprises is registered at a Kansas City address in the Kenwood Avenue area south of downtown. It's listed under agritourism, but no public farm website or listing details turned up. Contact the business directly to confirm what it offers.

Easton

Pinetree Lane Berry Farms grew pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries on State Route C southeast of Easton in northwest Missouri. Several farm directories now flag the operation as likely closed, so confirm it's still running before planning a picking trip. No current website or phone is published for the farm.

Kansas City

Wine Barn Winery & Vineyard has poured handcrafted wine from its 16-acre property near the Legends shopping district in Kansas City since 2009, with a pond and vineyard view from the tasting room. Wines range from sweet and fruity to dry, full-bodied reds, with flights and bottles available Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. The venue also books private events.

Leavenworth

Lamborn Farm centers on an 1890s barn listed on both the Kansas and National Register of Historic Places, now hosting weddings, reunions, and military ceremonies near Leavenworth. In fall, the working farm adds a corn maze, a mini train ride, and a kids' play area alongside seasonal craft and harvest festival events.

Kansas City

Cider Hill Family Orchard grows 1,500 apple trees across 18 varieties on 38 acres in Kansas City, Kansas. Apple season runs August through November, with cider donuts, kettle corn, hayrides, and train rides alongside the picking. The orchard also rents out an Event Barn that holds up to 250 guests, plus a guest house on the property.

Basehor

Faircrest Farm Produce runs a seasonal farm stand on Highway 7 just north of Parallel Road in Basehor, with a picking calendar that tracks the Kansas growing season: tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelon and sweet corn in July, peaches and peppers in August, then pumpkins, gourds and winter squash by September. The indoor market also carries fresh eggs, baked goods, and homemade jams and jellies. Open every day of the week, mid-July through mid-November.

Leavenworth

Schwinn Produce Farm traces back to Jerry Schwinn's family garden, planted after watching his father grow a legendary crop of cantaloupe. The farm now runs u-pick fields from early asparagus and strawberries through fall pumpkins and mums, plus an on-site market. A 4,500-square-foot event barn on the 50-acre property hosts weddings by the pond, in the prairie, or under the tree canopy.

Leavenworth

Hildebrandt Farm operates on 159th Street outside Leavenworth as a registered Kansas agritourism property. Public details on what's grown or sold here are limited online. Note: this is a separate operation from the larger Hildebrand Farms Dairy elsewhere in the county — don't confuse the two when verifying.

Sibley Orchards & Cider Mill is a family grower on North Buckner-Tarsney Road near Sibley, northeast of Kansas City, selling peaches (Glo Haven and Loring), blueberries, blackberries, apples, and garden produce like watermelon, tomatoes, and cantaloupe. The farm stand also carries local honey, preserves, pickles, and Mexican vanilla, and visitors can pick apples, blackberries, and pumpkins in season. It's closed Tuesdays and takes cash, check, and cards.

Buckner

A farm on East Burgess Road near Buckner, in eastern Jackson County on the rural edge of the Kansas City metro. This Missouri River bottomland is long-standing farm country. Public details on Milo Farm are thin, so reach out directly to learn what they grow or raise and whether they welcome visitors.