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Natuurboerderij KipEigen is a farm in the Netherlands that offers fresh eggs, vegetables, herbs, fruit, and meat. Customers can participate by purchasing egg shares, vegetable packages, or adopting a rooster. The farm also hosts events like fruit-picking days, where visitors can harvest their own apples, pears, berries, and raspberries. The website details the farm’s regenerative agricultural practices, focusing on natural restoration, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability. It provides information on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), egg-shares, vegetable boxes, and the “Adopt a Rooster” program.

Cultura Fruit is a fruit farm in Puth, South Limburg, Netherlands, run by the third generation of the Houtvast family. They grow apples, pears, and plums using environmentally conscious methods, including natural pest control. They are a member of FruitMasters Margraten and adhere to GlobalGAP standards for food safety, sustainability, and quality. Besides growing fruit, they also produce pure pressed juice without additives from part of their apple and pear harvest.

De Lekbongerd is a historical orchard located on the Lekdijk West 85 in Schoonhoven, Netherlands. It offers a resting point for hikers and cyclists, along with local products and educational opportunities. Elize, Joost, and their children have owned the orchard since June 2016. The orchard, established around 1937, features plum, apple, pear, and walnut trees. Visitors can make an appointment to view the orchard or attend the Open Blossom Days in the spring or the Self-Picking Days in the fall. The orchard is located behind the owner’s house, and the farm shop/resting point is open to visitors while respecting their privacy.

Fruitbedrijf Masteling is a Dutch company specializing in the cultivation, storage, and sorting of apples and pears. They produce high-quality fruit from Dutch soil. The company was founded in 1958 and has grown from a small horticultural business to a full-fledged fruit-growing operation. They grow various apple varieties, including Elstar, Jonagold, Golden, Delbare, Fuyi, Magic Star®, Rubens®, and Junami®. Their pear selection includes Conference, Doyenné du Comice, Beurré Alexander Lucas, Sweet Sensation®, Gräfin Gepa® (hand pears), and Gieser Wildeman (stew pears).

The Groenteschuyt is a community garden initiative in Schuytgraaf, founded in 2013 by local residents as the “Biologische Buurtmoestuin Groenteschuyt” association. It consists of individual garden plots for members and a shared community garden. The garden is located between the De Buitenplaats care farm and the Nuon heat transfer station. The “Hoogstambrigade Schuytgraaf,” a volunteer group, maintains the fruit trees in the area, originally planted in 2007. They prune the trees from October to February and the community is welcome to freely pick the fruit. The orchard includes apple and pear trees.

Fruitbedrijf Horstink is a fruit farm located in Rha, near Steenderen in the Achterhoek region of the Netherlands, run by the Horstink family. They grow apples, pears, plums and cherries which they sell at their farm shop along with a range of other locally sourced produce. In the summer, the farm has an outdoor terrace where visitors can enjoy coffee, homemade cake and other drinks. There is also a cider brewery on site.

’t Keetje is a multifaceted business focused on making people happy through enjoyment of their farm. It features a fruit farm, care farm, farm shop with regional products, a lunchroom with a terrace, and an adventure garden. They offer activities such as excursions and children’s parties. The farm shop sells a variety of products, including fresh apples, pears, berries, and brambles, as well as fruit trees and shrubs for purchase. The shop also stocks locally sourced items like mustard, nuts, candy, and flour. They create gift baskets with regional products. They also have options to enjoy coffee and cake, lunch, or high tea, using local and artisanal ingredients.

Siem Entius Fruit Farm offers self-picking days for Wellant apples on October 26th, November 2nd, and November 9th, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own containers to fill with apples. The farm also cultivates cherries, with the harvest season running from early July to late August. They grow various cherry types, including Merchant, Folver, Vanda, Kordia, Karina, Regina, Lapin, and Final. In addition to self-picking, the farm sells kersen (Cherry) products in their store, such as juice, liquor, wine, jam, gluhwein, and other cherry-based refreshments. They also sell apple-pear syrup. Apples and pears are available for sale from November to February. They grow conference pears for long keeping, and Doyenne du Comice. Gieser Wildeman is another pear variety available from the beginning of October. In summer there is also a terrace to enjoy your pickings with icecream, cake and coffee. They also grow Opal plums, which are available from the end of July to the beginning of August.

Schorre is a unique location on the Zeeland coast near Vrouwenpolder, Netherlands, offering a campsite, vacation rentals, a farm shop (“Landwinkel”), and an orchard. The owners are Martin and Carien Duvekot. The campsite has 25 spacious pitches with electricity, a playground, and allows dogs (limited quantity). The heated sanitary building includes facilities for disabled guests, as well as washing machine and dryer. The campsite is open from March 22nd to November 1st in 2025, and reservations can be made online starting December 2, 2024.

Lekkerder bij de Boer is a platform that connects consumers with local farms in the Netherlands, offering fresh, local products directly from the source. The platform lists various farm shops, farmer’s markets, and other agricultural vendors in your vicinity, allowing you to buy produce like vegetables, fruit, meat, dairy, eggs, and other farm-fresh items. Some farms provide “self-picking” activities, with which you can harvest your own produce, like strawberries or flowers.

Boerderij de Kikkershoek (Farm Kikkershoek) offers a variety of activities and fresh, local products. The farm shop sells seasonal produce, including vegetables, fruits, potatoes, homemade jam, and regional products, striving to minimize food miles by sourcing mainly from their own land. Visitors can enjoy activities like canoeing, farmer’s golf (Boerengolf), and polder sports. The farm also caters to children’s birthday parties and offers fruit baskets and gift packages with local products. Custom gift packages are also available for birthdays and Christmas.

De Woerdt is a family-run fruit farm located in Ressen, between Arnhem and Nijmegen. They cultivate a variety of fruits, including apples (twelve different varieties), pears, cherries, morello cherries, walnuts, and plums. The farm offers visitors the chance to experience their operations through activities such as tours, tastings, and fruit-picking days. They have a farm terrace where visitors can enjoy coffee, homemade apple pie, juices from their own fruit, and lunch. They also offer facilities for meetings and gatherings, with two well-equipped rooms available.

Stadstuin Kweekland is a green oasis in Arnhem, Netherlands, located on a south-facing slope near Sonsbeek Park. This urban farm spans 8,200 square meters and features two greenhouses and a landscape design inspired by the English countryside. The farm aims to be an ’edible landscape’ with a diverse selection of edible trees, shrubs, crops, flowers, and vegetables. As a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm since 2020, Kweekland relies on members who pay an annual fee for the right to harvest their own produce. CSA membership allows access to the garden from April 1st to December 1st, from sunrise to sunset.

Boer Erik is a fruit farm located between Amsterdam and Utrecht. Visitors are welcome to see how the fruit grows. In the spring, you can view the blossoming trees and bees. In the summer, you can pick and eat cherries directly from the trees. You can also enjoy ripe strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and red berries. In September, the farm holds apple-picking days where people can pick their own apples. School children visit annually to pick apples as well. The farm has a Landwinkel (farm shop) located between Utrecht and Amsterdam, offering products like self-picked apples and homemade honey. The Landwinkel is open year-round on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. In the winter, the orchard is quiet, and the trees are pruned to ensure sunlight and wind reach all parts of the tree. Visitors are welcome to walk around the farm in winter, especially when it is covered in snow or frost. During the summer, Boer Erik also sells produce at different locations that are open during the cherry season, and some locations are only open on Saturdays. They also offer custom-made gift baskets with regional products.

Fruitbedrijf De Marwijkshof is a farm shop offering a variety of fresh produce and homemade delicacies. They sell items like carrots, leeks, beans, kale, potatoes, soft fruits, apples, fruit juices, krentjebrij, yogurt, milk, honey, cheese, eggs, jam, syrup, wine, beer, sausages, meat, fruit chocolates, and farm-made ice cream. They also create custom gift baskets. The farm offers a “Pick Your Own” experience during the harvest season. Previously, customers could pick dahlias, green and red gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, whitecurrants, blueberries, blackberries, Santana apples, sunflowers, and pumpkins. However, as of December 1, 2024, everything in the picking garden has been harvested. Frambozen are available for sale at the shop in harvest season but not for self picking.

Fruittuin van West is an organic-dynamic pick-your-own farm in Amsterdam. The farm is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 to 18:00. There is a farm shop, a garden café and an orchard where visitors can pick their own fruit. The farm focuses on sustainability and circularity, and regularly hosts events. The orchard grows various types of fruit, such as apples, pears and berries. What visitors say Fruittuin van West is a delightful destination just outside Amsterdam, offering a rural escape with a focus on organic, sustainable practices. Visitors can immerse themselves in nature by picking their own fruits and vegetables (seasonal availability varies, so check the website beforehand), gathering fresh eggs, and interacting with farm animals like chickens and pigs. The venue includes a charming organic market with a wide selection of locally sourced products, plus a cozy café where guests can enjoy delicious homemade pastries, sandwiches, and coffee.

Fruittuin Verbeek is a family-run fruit farm located near Zwolle and Elburg. They focus on sustainably growing various fruits like apples, pears, cherries, plums, and berries, selling them directly in their farm shop. Their motto is that flavor should develop in the orchard, not in cold storage. Visitors can enjoy a walk through the orchards with information boards or participate in an interactive scavenger hunt to learn about fruit cultivation.

Nieuw Slagmaat Farm in Bunnik welcomes visitors to its farm store, terrace, and playground on Fridays and Saturdays. The farm grows kiwis, apples, pears, plums, cherries, and kiwiberries, as well as vegetables in a large garden, including beets, pumpkins, and zucchini. It is known for its innovative and environmentally conscious fruit cultivation, which has received awards. All produce is sold fresh in the farm store and is also processed into jam and juice without additives. Visitors can see farm animals and enjoy coffee/tea or farm-made juice with a view. The farm is located in the Kromme Rijn area, bordering Nieuw Wulven forest and Fort Vechten, offering opportunities for cycling, walking, and skating.

The Philips Fruittuin, or Philips Fruit Garden, is a green oasis located in Eindhoven, Netherlands, offering a space for relaxation, recreation, and events. Founded in 1928 by Anton Philips, the fruit garden is a local landmark in the region. Visitors can enjoy activities like walking, tasting local products, meetings, playing, photography. The garden is part of the ‘de Wielenwaal’ estate and is easily accessible by bike, car, or public transportation.

Landwinkel Weststrate is a farm shop in Middelburg, Netherlands, with a rich history. Founded in 1959 as a mixed farm, it specialized in fruit cultivation in 1990, now boasting 13 hectares of orchards. The shop sells their own fruit alongside a wide range of artisanal farm and regional products from other local producers. They offer gift packages, artisanal meats from a local butcher, and various regional products. They also sell Berg Toys trampolines and have a terrace where visitors can enjoy refreshments.

Pluktuin Het Platteland is a self-picking farm located in Putten, Netherlands, since 2000. Visitors can enjoy a relaxing atmosphere and pick their own produce, with tools provided. The farm offers a variety of seasonal vegetables, including salad, peas, and pumpkins, all grown naturally. You can also pick your own flowers and various fruits, such as apples, pears, plums, raspberries, and berries. Honey from the farm’s beehives is also available for purchase.

Très Jolie is an ecological small fruit farm located in De Glind, Netherlands. The farm cultivates various types of small fruit, including berries, blackberries, and raspberries. It aims to be a “sensory garden” where visitors can relax and enjoy nature. Très Jolie offers a wide range of berries, available for self-picking on designated days or for purchase in various health food stores during the season. They also process the berries into products such as fruit preserves, syrup, vinegar, juices, chutney, jelly, and dried fruit, which are sold at markets and in shops.

De Woerdt is a family-run farm established in Ressen, a village in the Betuwe region between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Since 1977, they have been growing various fruits, including apples (twelve varieties), pears, cherries, morello cherries, walnuts, and plums. These and other products are sold in their modern and well-stocked farm shop. De Woerdt offers visitors a chance to learn about their farm through activities such as tastings and pick-your-own days. Visitors can enjoy coffee and homemade apple pie, juice from their own fruit, or lunch at the farm terrace. They also offer extensive high tea options. The farm is also equipped with two well-equipped and comfortable rooms for meetings or gatherings.

Landwinkel Ol Diek is a fruit and arable farm in the Oldambt region, known for its grain fields. In their orchard, they grow apples, pears, and cherries. The Landwinkel (farm shop) sells their own fruit, as well as regional products, farm delicacies, gifts, and Christmas packages. They offer gift baskets and fruit baskets. Visitors can enjoy coffee, tea, apple pie, or ice cream on their terrace. In September, they organize apple-picking days where visitors can pick their own apples. You can self-pick apples in the orchard. They have 10 different varieties of cherry trees, and you can pick cherries in July and August. They also have pear trees and pick pears in September.

Moestuin Leyduin is a community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm located on the Leyduin estate, on the border of Heemstede and Vogelenzang. On this one-hectare historical kitchen garden, about fifty different vegetables, twenty kinds of herbs, soft fruit, apples, pears, and a beautiful sea of flowers are grown in an environmentally friendly way. During the harvest season, members can come to the garden every week to harvest their own produce and enjoy the atmospheric surroundings. They may pick, various vegetables, herbs, soft fruits, apples, pears and flowers. By purchasing a share in the garden and through their involvement, they make the farm possible.

Pluktuin de Bosrand is a self-picking farm located on the Dorskampweg in Wageningen, Netherlands, open from mid-May to November. Visitors can harvest their own fruit and pick their own bouquets of flowers while enjoying the scenic view. The farm offers a wide variety of summer flowers, including peonies, dahlias, cosmeas, zinnias, heleniums, and sunflowers. The selection of fruit includes raspberries, grapes, thornless blackberries, plums, apples, pears, and various types of berries. The availability of specific produce varies depending on the season. The farm also offers green workshops.

Stichting #FRUIT is an organization focused on pruning, picking, tasting, and enjoying fruit. They maintain a public self-picking garden with the help of volunteers and organize events and activities, which are listed in a calendar. You can find them at local markets, such as the ‘Made with love markt’. They also host a “Sapdag” where apples and pears are pressed into juice. Their orchards are located in Sittard-Oost (Haagsittard and Europapark), and one of their orchards, the “De Lahrhof” high-stem orchard, is located near the De Lahrhof farm. The self-picking garden itself is situated at the Luxemburghof (Europapark) since 2021. The organization was founded in 2021 with the primary goal of [unspecified]. Donations to support Stichting #FRUIT are welcomed.

Ús Hôf is a permaculture farm that aims to restore the relationship between producer and consumer. They grow vegetables, fruit trees, berry bushes, and flowers without pesticides. They offer a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model where members pay at the beginning of the season based on their income and harvest their own vegetables weekly. If members don’t have time to harvest, they can subscribe to a vegetable bag delivered to Sibrandabuorren, Sneek, or Bolsward. Restaurants and institutions can also order vegetables.

De Woerdt is a family-run fruit farm located in Ressen, between Arnhem and Nijmegen, Netherlands. Since 1977, they have been growing a variety of fruits, including apples (twelve varieties), pears, cherries, morello cherries, walnuts, and plums. Visitors can purchase these products in their modern farm shop, participate in activities like tastings and self-picking days. The farm also features a farm terrace where guests can enjoy coffee, homemade apple pie, fresh juice, and lunch. They offer high tea and rent meeting rooms.

Zelfplukboomgaard ’t Straatje is a self-picking orchard located between Zaltbommel and Gameren. They offer an “Adopt a Bommelse Apple Tree” program, which will continue in 2025, with self-picking only available for those who adopt a tree. The orchard is working on improving crop yields by installing an irrigation system and planting more pollinator trees, while also reducing the use of synthetic pesticides. In the past, the orchard offered workshops on pruning fruit trees and held contests for the largest apple and most creative photo collage. They also facilitated apple pressing into juice.

Landwinkel van Wagenberg is a farm shop and fruit-growing business located in Overasselt, Netherlands. They offer a variety of regional products, with a focus on fruits and vegetables sourced directly from their farm and other local producers. Visitors can explore the shop, pick their own apples during the apple picking season (check the agenda for dates), and purchase pre-made fruit baskets. The farm’s history is rooted in fertile river clay deposited after a dike breach in 1926. Initially a mixed farm, it transitioned to fruit cultivation in the 1990s. The shop is part of the Landwinkel organization, emphasizing regional quality and sustainable practices. The farm shop typically reopens in mid-August when the Delbare apples are ripe.

De Woerdt is a family-run fruit farm located in Ressen, Netherlands, between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Since 1977, they have been growing various types of fruits, including apples, pears, cherries, morello cherries, walnuts, and plums, with twelve varieties of apples. The farm offers visitors a farm shop (Landwinkel) with their produce and other regional products, a farm terrace (Boerderijterras) for refreshments and meals, and activities like fruit picking days (plukdagen). On the fruit-picking days you can pick apples. They also offer facilities for meetings, campervan parking, and guided tours.