Farm stands in California

🌽 Staffed · Alta, CA

Christmas trees · u-pick · seasonal

U-cut Christmas tree farm in Alta, established in 1958, growing silver tip and white fir. Visitors choose and cut their own tree, and a Christmas gift shop on site sells ornaments and home decor. Opens for the season on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

🌽 Staffed · Brentwood, CA

Fruit · u-pick · seasonal

U-pick cherry orchard in Brentwood (Harvest Time stop #35) growing Brooks and other varieties. The season starts in May; opening day is announced on its social media.

🏠 Farm store · Camino, CA

Baked goods and fruit · open year-round

Apple Hill family farm run for over 60 years, open year-round 10am-5pm. Joan's Apple Bakery sells baked goods made with products grown on the farm, alongside Edio Vineyards wine and Henrietta Stich hard cider.

🏠 Farm store · Camino, CA

Fruit and baked goods · seasonal

Longest family-owned Apple Hill farm, with an apple barn and bake shop open in season. Sells its own apples (Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Fuji, Honeycrisp and more), peaches, nectarines, grapes and pears, plus pies and turnovers. Open Sunday-Friday 9am-4pm; closed Saturdays.

🌽 Staffed · Camino, CA

Fruit and pumpkins · u-pick · seasonal

Apple Hill farm since 1968 selling apples by the bin or u-pick (all varieties one price), Bosc, El Dorado and Bartlett pears in season, and pumpkins in fall. Call ahead for pear availability and ripening information.

🏠 Farm store · Camino, CA

Fruit, pumpkins and baked goods · seasonal

Third-generation Apple Hill grower since 1977 with an apple barn open for the fall harvest. Sells mountain-grown apples, pears, peaches, nectarines and pumpkins, made-to-order apple cider donuts, and pies, cobblers and crisps baked from the orchard's fruit.

🏠 Farm store · El Sobrante, CA

Fruit, vegetables, flowers, plants and 1 more · u-pick

Certified organic u-pick farm and market in El Sobrante. Visitors pick their own seasonal fruit, vegetables, herbs and flower bouquets, buy nursery plants and the farm's raw honey during open hours or by appointment. Accepts cards, PayPal, Venmo and EBT; free parking.

🏠 Farm store · Escondido, CA

Vegetables, fruit and pumpkins

Escondido farm stand at Summit Dr and Hwy 78, open daily noon-5pm, with a sister stand, Fran's Original Farm Stand, at 2115 Miller Avenue (760-738-9014). Both run pumpkin patches in fall and sell seasonal produce.

🌽 Staffed · Fairfield, CA

Fruit, vegetables, sweet corn and pumpkins · seasonal

Suisun Valley produce stand serving customers since 1986, open in season 9am-5pm daily except Wednesdays. Sells local peaches, apricots, plums, pears, sweet corn, melons and tomatoes in season, with a pumpkin patch in fall.

🏠 Farm store · Fresno, CA

Fruit and vegetables · open year-round

Farm market southeast of Fresno operating since 1901, open daily 9am-5:30pm. Sells fresh fruit and nuts in season, including grapes, plums, pluots, persimmons, Asian pears, pomegranates, apples, yams and onions. Free antique display barn open Sundays 11am-4pm.

🌽 Staffed · Granite Bay, CA

Berries and vegetables · u-pick · seasonal

Strawberry farm on Auburn Folsom Road in Granite Bay with a farm stand open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or until sold out, selling pre-picked berries and fresh produce. U-pick strawberries with tickets are offered in some seasons; check the site before going.

🌽 Staffed · Healdsburg, CA

Fruit, vegetables and preserves · seasonal

Organic peach orchard in Dry Creek Valley with a farm stand next to the trees selling peaches, just-picked produce, peach jam and cobbler mix. The stand is typically open in summer on Wednesdays and Sundays starting at noon and stays open until supplies run out.

🏠 Farm store · Irvine, CA

Vegetables, berries, pumpkins and flowers · u-pick

Family farm in Irvine with a produce market stand, u-pick vegetable patch and seasonal pumpkin and flower fields. Fall pumpkin patch open daily into early November (admission includes wagon rides, barnyard and corn maze); also sells weekly produce boxes.

🌽 Staffed · Loomis, CA

Pumpkins and fruit · seasonal

Family farm on Horseshoe Bar Road in Loomis with a fall pumpkin patch, corn maze and hay rides, open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during pumpkin season starting in mid-September. The farm also opens for mandarin season.

🏠 Farm store · Mission Hills, CA

Vegetables, sweet corn, berries and pumpkins

San Fernando Valley family farm since 1966 with a farm market open daily 8am-6pm (4pm on holidays), a quarter mile east of Sepulveda Blvd. Known for its tomatoes from summer to late fall, plus pumpkins in fall.

🏠 Farm store · Moorpark, CA

Fruit, vegetables and pumpkins · u-pick

Ventura County farm with a farm market, animal center and pick-your-own fields, open daily 9am-6pm (5pm from November). Hosts a fall harvest festival from late September through October with admission on weekends; a second farm operates in Somis.

🌽 Staffed · Newcastle, CA

Fruit · seasonal

Family mandarin orchard in the Newcastle foothills, open to visitors since 1998, selling tree-ripened satsuma mandarins and mandarin products in person at the ranch each fall. The ranch opens in November and closes on Christmas Eve, with morning hours of 9 a.m. to noon.

🌽 Staffed · Newcastle, CA

Fruit · seasonal

Fourth-generation Newcastle orchard selling hand-picked, tree-ripe fruit at its farm stand, open Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the season. Weekly sale updates are posted on the farm's What's Happening page. Recognized as a Slow Food farm.

🌽 Staffed · Penngrove, CA

Vegetables, fruit, berries, meat and 1 more · u-pick

Biodynamic family farm in Penngrove with a farmstand open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., selling its produce and local goods, with online orders picked up at the stand. Saturday u-pick runs at 10 a.m. for flowers and berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries).

🌽 Staffed · Penryn, CA

Fruit, vegetables and flowers · seasonal

Family farm in Penryn operated for nearly a century, selling its own produce from the farm. Late spring to early fall brings melons, heirloom and cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet onions and summer squash; mandarins follow in winter, with navel oranges around late December. Local pick-up on the farm and shipping are offered.

🏠 Farm store · Placerville, CA

Fruit, berries, pumpkins and baked goods · open year-round

Fifth-generation Apple Hill farm with a market and bakery open daily 7:30 AM to 6 PM, closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sells its own apples, Asian pears, berries, peaches, grapes, pears and plums in season, plus baked goods and cider; pumpkin patch in fall.

🏠 Farm store · Placerville, CA

Fruit and baked goods · seasonal

155-acre Apple Hill orchard open 7 days a week, 9am-5pm, through Christmas Eve. Sells apples from its orchard, large apple pies, apple donuts and fritters, fresh-pressed cider and caramel apples; also has a restaurant and craft vendors.

🏠 Farm store · Placerville, CA

Fruit and pumpkins · u-pick · seasonal

Third-generation Apple Hill farm (grower #41) open May through December: Monday-Thursday 10am-6pm, Friday-Saturday 9am-8pm, Sunday 9am-6pm. Bags of apples in the barn once u-pick closes, plus a daily pumpkin patch until Halloween and weekend petting zoo.

🌽 Staffed · Placerville, CA

Fruit, flowers and preserves · u-pick · seasonal

Apple Hill farmstead and boutique winery with a roadside farmstand open Fridays through Mondays through November. Grows 17 apple varieties, chestnuts, wine grapes and flowers; sells u-pick apples and chestnuts, preserves and condiments made from its produce, plus wine and hard cider tastings.

🧺 Self-serve · Sebastopol, CA

Vegetables, fruit, plants and meat · seasonal

Honor stand in downtown Sebastopol run by Badger Ranch, restocked with fresh vegetables through the week. The ranch also sells veggie starts and houseplants at a spring plant sale on Gravenstein Hwy S, seasonal citrus and peaches, and reservable pork shares.

🌽 Staffed · Sebastopol, CA

Christmas trees · u-pick · seasonal

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm in Sebastopol opening the Friday after Thanksgiving. Cut your own Douglas fir, white fir, Monterey pine, cypress and others (saws provided), or buy fresh-cut noble, Nordmann and silver tip firs. Open weekends 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday afternoons; closed Mondays.

🌽 Staffed · Sebastopol, CA

Fruit · u-pick · seasonal

You-pick peach orchard between Forestville, Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, open Saturdays 9am-1pm from the start of July through the end of August. Cash and debit/credit cards accepted; no dogs except service animals.

🧺 Self-serve · Tomales, CA

Dairy and flowers · open year-round

Goat and sheep dairy near Tomales with an honor-system farm shop in an Airstream to the right of the front gate, open 24/7. It stocks the farm's cheeses plus lavender bundles and hydrosol sprays. Walk through the side gate marked Cheese Shop; there is no full farm entrance.

🧺 Self-serve · Turlock, CA

Fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and flowers · seasonal

Self-serve summer produce stand on a Turlock farm, open June through September: walk into the cold box, choose produce and pay at the honor box. Restocked daily with watermelon, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cantaloupe and zucchini grown on site. Pumpkin patch and u-pick flowers in fall.

🌽 Staffed · Watsonville, CA

Vegetables, fruit and berries · u-pick · seasonal

Certified organic family farm in Watsonville farming for 30 years, with a farm stand and u-pick open Saturdays and Sundays 10am-3pm from mid-May to late October. Also runs a CSA and sells at farmers markets.

🌽 Staffed · Watsonville, CA

Fruit, berries and vegetables · seasonal

Certified organic family farm in Watsonville since 1945 selling its own apples, pears, specialty berries and vegetables at the farm on Fridays 12-3pm, or another day by phone arrangement. Not a u-pick farm.

🏠 Farm store · Windsor, CA

Vegetables, sweet corn, berries and pumpkins · open year-round

Sonoma County vegetable farm with a farmstand off Hwy 101 at the Airport Blvd/Fulton Rd exit, open Thursday and Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday 10am-5pm. Sells its own seasonal produce, from greens and asparagus in spring to sweet corn, chiles, winter squash and pumpkins in fall.