Farms Near Waynesboro, VA

Waynesboro

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.

A Virginia produce farm whose name points to berries as the main crop. Growers of this kind often sell strawberries in late spring and blueberries or blackberries through summer, sometimes as pick-your-own. The listing doesn't include a location or picking schedule, so its operators could add where and when to visit.

Waynesboro

Waynesboro

Waynesboro

Troyer Nursery grows and sells plants on Conner Road in Waynesboro, at the edge of the Shenandoah Valley. It's listed as a nursery and agritourism stop, but specifics aren't posted online. Call ahead for current stock and hours.

Waynesboro

Hermitage Hill Farm & Stables sits on Livery Lane in Waynesboro, in the Shenandoah Valley below the Blue Ridge. The name points to a farm and equestrian property that stables horses and hosts events. Public details online are thin, so contact the farm directly to confirm what it offers.

Afton

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.

Waynesboro

Wenger Grapes grows grapes on Stuarts Draft Highway in Waynesboro, in the Shenandoah Valley. The name and setting point to a small u-pick or table-grape operation. No website is posted, so contact the grower directly for picking season and availability.

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Fishersville

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Staunton

Faintingberry Farm sits on Tinkling Spring Road southeast of Staunton, in the farmland of Augusta County's Shenandoah Valley. It is listed as a small agritourism operation. Little detail is posted publicly, so calling ahead is the surest way to confirm what the farm offers and when it opens to visitors.

Stuarts Draft

Sunrise Farms works land on Tinkling Spring Road in Stuarts Draft, in Augusta County's Shenandoah Valley farm country. The listing marks it for agritourism, but details aren't posted online. Contact the farm directly to find out what's open to visitors and when.

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MainStreet Farmstead is on Draft Avenue in Stuarts Draft, an Augusta County community in the Shenandoah Valley south of Staunton. Its website is no longer active, and little current information is posted online. The valley around Stuarts Draft is dense with family farms, orchards, and Mennonite-run produce and bakery operations known across the region.

Verona

Crozet

Verona

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.

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.

Weyers Cave

Weyers Cave

A family-run cut-flower farm in Weyers Cave, in the Shenandoah Valley between Harrisonburg and Staunton. Harmony Harvest grows field flowers for bouquets and wedding work, part of Virginia's locally grown flower movement.

Staunton

A producers-only market at the Wharf parking area near Byers and Johnson Streets in downtown Staunton, in the Shenandoah Valley. Vendors sell what they grow or make themselves, so shoppers find Valley-grown produce, meats, eggs, and baked goods from Augusta County farms. It is a long-established market set among the brick warehouses of Staunton's historic Wharf district.

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 Avenue is the setting for this market in the Albemarle County town of Crozet, at the foot of the Blue Ridge just west of Charlottesville. The area is orchard and vineyard country, and local farms bring seasonal fruit, vegetables, and other goods through the growing season. Crozet has grown fast as a Charlottesville commuter town while keeping its small main street intact.

Crozet

Grottoes

Middle River Farms lies on Weyers Cave Road near Grottoes, close to the Middle River that gives the farm its name in the central Shenandoah Valley. It is listed as an agritourism operation, with no public details posted online. Reach the farm directly to learn its offerings and visiting hours.

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.

Grottoes

The Golden Kernel is an agritourism stop on Weyers Cave Road in Grottoes, in the Shenandoah Valley. The name points to corn, likely a corn maze or sweet-corn stand, though no details are posted online. Contact the farm directly for hours and what's growing.

Weyers Cave

Pebble Hall grows wildflowers and herbs on Pebble Hall Lane in Weyers Cave, in the Shenandoah Valley between Harrisonburg and Staunton. The operation centers on cut flowers and culinary or medicinal herbs suited to the valley's growing season. Online information is thin, so reach out ahead for what's available and whether they sell on-farm or at area markets.

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Lovingston

Mount Crawford

Hobbit Hill Farm grows USDA-certified organic blueberries for pick-your-own in Mount Crawford, south of Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley. The season runs through June, with daily picking hours posted by 5 p.m. the day before. On-farm extras include blueberry mint lemonade, blueberry buckle, jam, and farm merchandise.

Staunton

An estate vineyard in North Garden, Virginia, in the Monticello Wine Region on the Blue Ridge foothills south of Charlottesville. Pippin Hill pours its own whites, reds, and rosés and runs a garden-to-table kitchen built around produce from its gardens. Visitors come for vintner's tastings, estate tours, and cooking classes, and the property books weddings and private events. A restored 1820s inn sits next door for overnight stays.

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.

This market meets on Rural Ridge Lane in North Garden, the rural stretch of Albemarle County along Route 29 south of Charlottesville. Farms and vineyards fill this part of the piedmont below the Blue Ridge. Area growers bring seasonal produce and other local goods to the market through the growing season, drawing shoppers from the southern Charlottesville area.

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.

North Garden

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.

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.

Charlottesville

Staunton

Sunrise Orchard grows fruit on Mt. Tabor Road in Staunton, in Augusta County in the central Shenandoah Valley, long one of Virginia's strongest apple-growing regions. Valley orchards like this sell apples and cider through the fall harvest. Specific varieties, u-pick availability, and hours aren't confirmed online, so contact the orchard before visiting.

Staunton

Little Hat Creek Farm grows vegetables using soil-health practices and runs a bakery turning out breads alongside the harvest. In spring the farm sells more than 10,000 pots of herb, flower, and vegetable starts for home gardeners. It's a Nelson County, Virginia operation; follow @littlehatcreek on Instagram or Facebook for bread days, market schedules, and what's ready to pick up.

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Churchville

Cestari Sheep & Wool Co. is a sheep and wool operation on Churchville Avenue in Churchville, in the Shenandoah Valley west of Staunton. The farm has raised sheep and produced yarn from its own flock. Its former website is now offline, so confirm current retail hours or mill tours before visiting.

Harrisonburg

Majesty Farm is a Virginia farm. Its former website is no longer active, and current product and contact details couldn't be verified, so search local market listings or reach the owners directly before relying on older information.

Swoope

In 1961, William and Lucille Salatin moved their young family to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, purchasing the most worn-out, eroded, abused farm in the area near Staunton. Using nature as a pattern, they and their children began the healing and innovation that now supports three generations. Disregarding conventional wisdom, the Salatins planted trees, built huge compost piles, dug ponds, moved cows daily with portable electric fencing, and invented portable sheltering systems to produce all the

Mt. Crawford

Mt. Crawford Creamery milks a herd of Holstein and Holstein-Jersey cows twice a day on roughly 70 acres between Mt. Crawford and Bridgewater in the Shenandoah Valley. Depending on the season they run 60 to 80 cows and bottle cream-line milk from their own animals. Milk and dairy products are sold direct to local customers off the farm.

Harrisonburg

A 10-acre lavender farm in the Shenandoah Valley near Harrisonburg, growing lavender that becomes more than 100 handmade products: bath and body goods, aromatherapy items, culinary lavender, and lavender wine. The grounds add interactive gardens, a butterfly nursery, farm animals, and a tasting room pouring wine, cider, and craft beer. An on-site ice cream shop and summer live music round out a visit.

Harrisonburg

White Oak Lavender Farm spreads across ten acres on Cross Keys Road south of Harrisonburg, growing lavender that feeds a shop of more than 100 handmade products: soaps, oils, lotions, teas, and dried bundles. The attached Purple WOLF Vineyard pours wine, and the farm adds cider, beer, garden tours, tastings, animal encounters, and a butterfly nursery. It's family-run, with live music and craft classes on the calendar through the season.

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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.

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.

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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.

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