Visit the Farms of Smithfield and Isle of Wight County

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Guided Tours, Arts & Culture, Markets/Sales/Promotions, Lecture/Educational Program/Workshop, Family/Children, Outdoors or Recreation

319 Main Street
Smithfield, VA 23430

Thursday, April 07, 2022
09:00am - 12:00am

Visit the Farms of Smithfield and Isle of Wight County

Guided Tours, Arts & Culture, Markets/Sales/Promotions, Lecture/Educational Program/Workshop, Family/Children, Outdoors or Recreation

319 Main Street
Smithfield, VA 23430

Thursday, April 07, 2022
09:00am - 12:00am

319 Main Street
Smithfield, VA 23430
07 April, 2022
09:00am - 12:00am
Category: Guided Tours - Arts & Culture - Markets/Sales/Promotions - Lecture/Educational Program/Workshop - Family/Children - Outdoors or Recreation
Social: Facebook
Thursday, 11 August | Smithfield, VA

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13 local farms have opened their doors (barn doors, that is!) to visitors. Take a tour, buy fresh produce or learn where your food comes from...while you spend a relaxing day outdoors in the sunshine!

PLEASE BE SURE TO CALL AHEAD BEFORE VISITING AS HOURS WILL VARY SEASONALLY!

LOCAL FARMS:

Browder’s Fresh Pickins

14489 Bethel Church Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

browdersfreshpickins@gmail.com

BrowdersFreshPickins.blogspot.com

On our small family farm, we've been growing a variety of fruits and vegetables for over a decade. This year, we'll have three different varieties of pick-your-own strawberries that'll be ripe from April - June.

Check website and Facebook for updates and hours.

Bullis Farm

6107 Windsor Blvd., Zuni, VA 23898

757-810-4669; greg@kampebullis.com

Ostrich farm – we offer tours of the farm and a chance to get up close and personal with the largest birds on the planet.

Open year round. Please call to schedule a visit.

Central Hill Farm Alpacas Plus

11322 Central Hill Rd., Windsor, VA 23487

(757) 618-3205 or (757) 434-4629

jehnay82@hotmail.com

Facebook: Central Hill Farm Alpacas Plus

Alpacas & Alpaca products & miniature Hereford cattle

Courthouse Pastures, LLC.

16156 Courthouse Hwy., Smithfield, VA 23430

(757) 879-1007, farmeracd@aol.com

Offering Alpacas for sale, breedings to outstanding Herdsires, and extensive support to new alpaca owners. Luxurious yarns made from alpaca fleece products such as socks, gloves, scarves, etc. are available. Raw fleece also available for spinners.

Tours available by appointment.

Darden’s Farm & Smokehouse

16249 Bowling Green Road, Smithfield, VA 23430

(757) 357-6791, DardensCountryStore.com

Facebook: Dardens Country Store

A working farm, growing peanuts, corn, cotton, soybeans, wheat and pumpkins, Darden’s has been curing hams and making sausage and barbecue since the early 1950s. A small grocery store on the farm sells homemade sausage, ham, cheese, peanuts and local honey. The family also enjoys telling the "farm life" story to hundreds of children (and adults!) who visit each year.

Goerger Farms Produce and Pumpkins

17302 Jolly Circle, Windsor, VA 23487

(757) 817-4388, gfarmsva@gmail.com

Facebook: Goerger Farms, LLC

During the summer months, we offer a variety of fresh produce and cut flowers. As fall begins, we also offer pumpkins – from giant to pie-sized – as well as decorative gourds, edible winter squash and classic jack-o-lanterns.

Visit our Facebook page for hours.

Hettie’s Garden Vineyard

21096 Orbit Road, Windsor, VA 23487

(757) 636-2105, myvicnic@verizon.net

HettiesGarden.webs.com

Facebook: Hettie’s Garden Vineyard

23 varieties of muscadine grapes, you pick ‘em late August through October.

Oliver Farms Produce

18222 Longview Drive, Smithfield, VA 23430

(757) 255-4563, news@oliverproduce.com

OliverProduce.com

Facebook: Oliver Farms Produce-Smithfield, VA

July and August/Summer: sweet corn, butterbeans, and crowder peas; November-February/Fall: collards, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kale, and cabbage, etc.

Please go to the website, Facebook, or call for hours and see what else we might be growing.

Serendipity Meadworks

15981 Breezy Hill Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

757-214-7494, serendipitymeadworks@gmail.com

www.serendipitymeadworks.com

Facebook/Instagram: Serendipity Meadworks

Dedicated to providing craft meads to the Tidewater Virginia area. Meads traditional, melomels and metheglins, seasonal honey, bees wax candles and wraps, honey-based soaps, salves and more.

Open Friday and Saturday: Noon to 6 p.m.,

Sunday: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment

SummerWind Vineyard

71 Eagle Nest Lane, Smithfield, VA 23430

(757) 676-5945 (business), (757) 357-2173 (tasting room)

SWVSmithfield@gmail.com, SWVSmithfield.com

Facebook : SummerWind Vineyard

SummerWind’s fall harvest includes wine grapes for commercial wine making. Tasting room and wine sales on site. Call for more information regarding hosting events. Vineyard tours and Christmas tree sales by appointment only.

Windhaven Farm

17381 Pope Swamp Trail, Windsor, VA 23487

(757) 209-1095, beef@windhavenbeef.com

WindhavenBeef.com

Facebook: Windhaven Farm Natural Angus Beef

Grass fed/grass finished and Grass fed/grain finished beef; pork; both raised naturally. No antibiotics. No hormones.

Farm Market open 2nd & 3rd Saturdays of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Online ordering with front porch freezer pick up available all month. See website for details

Zuni Tree & Alpaca Farm

19362 Tomlin Hill Drive, Zuni, VA 23898

(757) 242-4780, Cell: (757) 758-0874

Facebook: Zuni Tree & Alpaca Farm

The Christmas tree farm is open the day after Thanksgiving until the trees are sold out. Also offering alpacas for sale, breeding, and support for new owners, as well as alpaca products such as socks, gloves, scarves, and hats.

Please call to be sure the farm is open for the season or to make an appointment to see the alpacas.

Isle of Wight County Schools’ Agriculture Land Lab

20008 Courthouse Hwy., Windsor, VA 23487

(behind Windsor Elementary)

(757) 365-1611 or (757) 630-8806

djudkins@iwcs.k12.va.us; www.iwcs.k12.va.us

Facebook: Isle of Wight Schools Agricultural Land Lab

A working farm built from the ground up by high school students in the Career & Technical Education program at IWCS. Farm features chickens, goats, rabbits, pigs, cows, blackberries and a vegetable garden with broccoli, lettuce, collards, kale and spinach.

Tours available by appointment.

Admission
Free

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Visit the Farms of Smithfield and Isle of Wight County

Visit the Farms of Smithfield and Isle of Wight County

Thursday, 11 August | Smithfield, VA