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Biologische Tuinderij De Overkant, located in Deventer & Twello, offers a variety of ways to enjoy fresh, seasonal produce. They specialize in organic growing methods, avoiding chemical pesticides and artificial fertilizers, focusing on soil health and biodiversity. One option is a weekly vegetable box, customized to your household size, containing 5 different seasonal vegetables, with recipes included. The vegetables are sourced primarily from their own fields, supplemented by regional organic growers or Odin in the winter. These boxes are available in small (1 person), medium (2-3 people), and large (3-4 people) sizes, and are picked up on Thursdays at designated locations in the area. They also offer a weekly seasonal fruit box.

Dahlia Pluktuin op de Grenshof is a self-picking garden located on the Grenshof farm in Groesbeek, Netherlands. Jenny Albers, the owner, started the dahlia garden in 2017, with the dahlia blooming season approximately from July to October. The garden also has other flowers, like Pampas Grass and Sunflowers. The farm is closed, and will reopen around July 2025. The website encourages visitors to pick their own bouquets of flowers. It showcases the beauty of dahlias, which come in various colors and forms, and provides tips for picking the best blooms for longer enjoyment.

De Tovertuin (The Magic Garden) in Epe is a self-picking farm offering fresh, organically grown vegetables. The farm opens to members at the beginning of May, with new members welcome to join by contacting them via email. The garden has a wide variety of produce that can be picked by its members, including: Potatoes Strawberries Endive Basil Beets Kale Garlic Onions Broccoli Brocollini Chinese Cabbage Zucchini Kapucijner Kohlrabi Cucumber Turnip Pak Choi Palmkool Parsnip Peas Leek Raapsteel Radicchio Radish Red Cabbage Lettuce Spinach Pointed cabbage Beans Sprouts Corn Fava Beans Fennel Winter Purslane Yacon The farm emphasizes community, sustainable agriculture, and transparency, inviting people to connect with nature and share in the experience of growing, harvesting, and enjoying food together. They do not have an organic certification due to the high costs, but welcome visitors to learn about their growing methods.

Gelukkige Groentes is a self-picking farm with ecological vegetables in Ooij, Netherlands. You can harvest your own vegetables weekly through a picking subscription. They focus on local food production to reduce CO2 emissions, restore biodiversity, reduce plastic waste, and minimize food waste. They have a location in Ooij and Malden and offer guided tours. With the picking subscription, you can harvest seasonal vegetables, herbs, and flowers from May to December. They grow over 60 different crops, including familiar vegetables like leeks, onions, carrots, and cauliflower, as well as less common ones like hakurai turnips and trombochini. You can also pick herbs like oregano, coriander, and dill.

Pluktuin de Kikvors is a private self-picking flower garden, open during specific hours or by appointment. From July to September in odd weeks, the garden is open on Fridays from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, excluding August 15th. For a fee, visitors can pick their own bouquets depending on the available flower selection. Custom arrangements, like bridal bouquets outside opening hours, can be arranged. The garden also offers flower arranging workshops for groups, including instructions, flower picking, and bouquet arrangement, complete with refreshments. Individual workshop dates are to be announced. A flower cart is sometimes placed by the road with available flowers, even outside regular opening times.

Waalwortel is a regenerative self-picking farm located in Nijmegen-West, Netherlands, operating on the grounds of the former Sancta Maria convent in Hees. The farm focuses on sustainable food production using the no-dig method, which minimizes soil disturbance to improve soil structure and preserve beneficial soil organisms. This approach is described as exceeding organic practices. The farm cultivates over 50 varieties of vegetables and herbs on approximately 900 square meters. Participants can harvest around 5 to 6 different seasonal vegetables each week, including both familiar and forgotten varieties, as well as occasional flowers or fruits from the surrounding woods. The produce is grown in open ground, relying on sunlight, water, and a rich soil ecosystem to enhance its flavor.

Wij-Gaarde is a meeting place where learning, working and staying come together in a green environment. The principles of regenerative agriculture and permaculture are central to the self-picking garden, harvest festivals and, above all, in shaping the site. This makes the insights and knowledge of regenerative agriculture and permaculture accessible to a wider audience. Wij-Gaarde offers a diverse range of seasonal organic vegetables. It also provides a space for events, self-development, and practical challenges.

De Tuinderij IJzendoorn is a self-picking farm located between Echteld and IJzendoorn. From July 1st, the “Pluiktuin” (picking garden) is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The garden features colorful annual summer flowers that visitors can pick themselves. The site has accessible paths, a nostalgic terrace for refreshments, and offers workshops in the fall. Group visits, photo shoots, and custom events are possible by appointment. What visitors say This place is a delightful oasis, a must-visit for garden enthusiasts and families alike. It’s a beautifully arranged garden center with a huge variety of plants and flowers that offers a great experience for everyone. You can wander through the grounds, picking your own bouquet for a reasonable price, or simply relax and enjoy the scenery. The atmosphere is welcoming and the staff are friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable about their plants. They provide clear information regarding plant placement and care.

Van As is a soft fruit farm in Tricht, Netherlands, run by the Van As family. They sell a variety of soft fruits, including strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, red currants, plums, and cherries. These are available fresh in their vending machine and shop. The shop is open on Saturday mornings from April to mid-December. The vending machine offers the same fruit daily, along with jam, fruit juices, and eggs. They also offer wholesale options.

Eetmeerbosch Farm is a regenerative and agro-ecological community farm in Nijmegen. They grow tasty, honest and local food with the aim of strengthening biodiversity in the area. Members, called harvesters, can fill a bag with fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers every week. The farm also offers company outings and tours in their eight-year-old food forest. Eetmeerbosch uses a solidarity payment system. The farm’s mission is to contribute to a healthy, local and vibrant food system.

The Horsterhof is an organic farm near Arnhem, Netherlands, aiming to reconnect people with nature by growing a variety of local and seasonal vegetables using 100% organic and regenerative methods. They offer vegetable packages in small, medium, large, and combination (vegetables and fruit) sizes, which include seasonal produce like winter purslane, sauerkraut, carrots, parsnip, endive, green cabbage, onions, celery, celeriac, broccoli, kohlrabi, and various fruits. Customers can also subscribe to a self-harvesting program, allowing them to pick their own vegetables and flowers that are ripe for the picking from Monday to Saturday.

Landgoed de Brouwketel is a self-picking farm located in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands, near Huissen. The farm offers a variety of fresh, ecologically grown vegetables, herbs, and flowers that visitors can harvest themselves throughout the season. The website provides an agenda of events and activities, including open podiums, landgoedweekends (work weekends), cacao ceremonies, concerts, fermentation workshops, and more. It also features news and newsletters about the farm. Produce available for self-picking includes over 60 different vegetables, such as peas, radishes, lettuce, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, beans, corn, kale, onions, potatoes, beets, parsnips, celery, leeks, cabbage, spinach, and pumpkins. There are also herbs and flowers.

Stadslandbouw Mooieweg is an urban farming initiative in Arnhem-Zuid, Netherlands, where volunteers cultivate various fresh produce, including vegetables, herbs, and small fruits, primarily for donation to Voedselbank Arnhem (Food Bank Arnhem). A portion of the harvest is also for the volunteers themselves. The website lists information and events such as open days, self-harvest Saturdays, and plant markets. During self-harvest Saturdays, customers can pick their own fresh vegetables, herbs, and small fruits. In July, flowers and tropical vegetables are also available for picking.

De Boschhoeve is a nursery and garden that is open to the public. In March 2025, it’s open on Saturdays. They sell perennials, spring bulbs, seeds, and other items. They also have a tea room. Details for activities in April and May will be announced in mid-March. The nursery sells a variety of plants and bulbs, including snowdrops, dahlias, peonies, spring bulbs and vegetables and herbs. The garden features colorful summer and autumn borders, a shady lane, an orchard with spring bulbs, and a decorative vegetable garden.

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.

HenksPluktuin is a self-picking farm that is closed in January and will return in February 2025 with new plans. You can stay updated via their newsletter, website, and Instagram. The flower picking garden is open from June 1st, Wednesday to Sunday, roughly from 10 AM to 5 PM, weather permitting. You’ll be provided with a basket, scissors, and a small board, and they’ll explain what and where you can pick. Various flowers are available, and you can create your own bouquet starting from €5.

De Sfeer van Willems is a sustainable vegetable and fruit harvest garden of one hectare in Wijchen. As a ‘harvest partner’ (subscriber), you can harvest seasonal vegetables, herbs and small fruits yourself. The assortment varies with the seasons. The garden works without artificial fertilizers or pesticides and, in addition to the harvest, also offers an attractive environment with benches, animals and an insect hotel. There is also a barefoot path that is open from April to October. It is also possible to rent the gazebo for meetings.

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.

De Jachthoeve is a self-picking farm and care farm located in Wekerom, Netherlands. The farm offers a variety of activities, including: Self-picking: From June to November, visitors can pick their own fruit and flowers in the Fruithof (fruit garden). Fruits include strawberries, red currants, black currants, kiwiberries, gooseberries (kruisbessen), raspberries, blackberries, tayberries, boysenberries, plums and honeyberries. Farm Shop: The farm shop sells a variety of homemade and local products, including jams, dessert sauces (made from fruit from the Fruithof), honey, sausages, Bunzlau Castle pottery, and baking mixes. They also sell the fruit picked in the Fruithof as well as fresh apples and pears. Care Farm: De Jachthoeve offers day care activities for adults with learning disabilities or psychological problems. Activities include working in the Fruithof, the kitchen, the shop, or on various farm tasks. Specials: The farm offers special packages such as high tea, and walking with coffee and pie. The farm also offers the possibility to order cakes, including photo cakes if you supply a picture, which is currently unavailable.

Gelukkige Groentes is an initiative with two self-picking gardens located in Malden and Ooij, near Nijmegen, Netherlands, focused on growing vegetables ecologically. They aim to positively impact CO2 reduction, biodiversity restoration, plastic waste reduction, and food waste. They offer self-picking subscriptions, courses on ecological gardening, sustainable company outings, and educational programs for primary schools. You can pick a variety of over 50 different vegetables, herbs, and flowers yourself. Customers praise the concept, the relaxing atmosphere of the garden, the quality of the produce, and the educational aspect of harvesting their own food. There is currently a waiting list to become a member.

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.

Streeckerij de Betuwe is a farm located in the Betuwe region that offers local produce, with a focus on fruit. The farm provides seasonal experiences in and around its orchards. During winter, the shop remains open, selling apples, pears, and other local products. A skating rink is available on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Visitors can enjoy skating or have a coffee with apple turnover on the terrace. The website also features news articles related to fruit picking and recipes, specially kersen recipes, likely indicating that cherry picking is one of the self-picking options.

De Warmoes is a historical market garden in Lent, near Nijmegen, Netherlands. It aims to preserve and share the knowledge of the former market gardeners (“warmoezeniers”) of Lent, who supplied the city of Nijmegen with fruits and vegetables. The garden cultivates over a hundred different varieties of vegetables year-round without pesticides, prioritizing circularity and biodiversity. Visitors can harvest their own produce during the growing season. You can pick your own beetroots, raspberries, kohlrabi, berries, and field flowers. There is also a museum about the history of market gardening in Lent and a garden café that serves food made with produce from the garden. The farm is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM. It is closed on Monday and Tuesday, although it is open for groups and rentals on those days. It is possible to rent the garden café with boomgaard. They are planning on rebuilding the varkensschuur, which broke down in 2023. They also organize activities and workshops.

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.

Hof Bredelaar is a self-picking farm located in Elst, Netherlands. It operates within Park Lingezegen, between Arnhem and Nijmegen. The farm cultivates a wide range of fresh, organically grown vegetables, fruits, herbs, and edible flowers, all without pesticides. Customers can purchase a harvest subscription allowing them to pick their own produce whenever they like. The farm emphasizes sustainability, investing in healthy soil, biodiversity, and natural balance. This results in flavorful, nutritious crops.

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.

Pluktuin is a self-picking flower garden that prioritizes biodiversity by using only natural methods and organic seeds. In 2025 the garden will be scaled down and will only be open by appointment, with a possible partnership with a similar garden in Doornenburg. Visitors can pick their own bouquets from a variety of flowers, including dahlias (relocated to other borders but still available), and other annual flowers, from July 1st to the end of September. The price of the bouquet depends on its size. The garden also offers workshops on flower arranging and a course on creating your own flower paradise.

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.

De Fruitschuur is a farm located on the Peppelmansdijk 24 in Gaanderen, near Doetinchem, on the road through the Slangenburg from Doetinchem to Westendorp. During the fruit season, they offer the opportunity to pick your own fruit. The farm started in 1973 with strawberries and field vegetables, and in 1977 they started growing blueberries. They have a farm shop with fresh, local products. Currently they offer fresh and frozen blueberries and potatoes for sale. The farm also has a resting point (Rustpunt) with a picknick table, coffee machine and water boiler.

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.

Erf Janz is a self-picking farm located in Voorthuizen, Netherlands. Visitors can enjoy picking flowers, fruits, and tea herbs in the garden. The farm also features an orchard for relaxing. Besides self-picking, Erf Janz includes a shop selling gifts and other items, a day care program focused on gardening, an ice cream shop offering artisanal ice cream, and a tea room. The farm is open from Tuesday to Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, until November 1st, 2024. They have social media pages on Instagram and Facebook. The farm is located on Rijksweg 67, 3781 LT Voorthuizen and its website is www.erfjanz.nl.

De Hommelhoeve is a small-scale mixed farm in the Netherlands that aims to produce healthy food in a nature-inclusive way, providing habitat for wildlife. The farm offers a self-picking garden with a subscription for weekly fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits. Also they offer grass-fed Brandrode beef, Duroc free-range pork, free-range chicken eggs and meat for sale. The farm is located in the northern part of Brummen, between Zutphen and Apeldoorn. An open day takes place on Whit Monday, June 9. The farm is connected to Voedselnetwerk IJsselmarke, a collaboration for local food from a healthy landscape.

Landgoed Grootstal, near Nijmegen, is a family-owned estate with a focus on sustainability, hospitality, and innovation. They aim to bridge the gap between urban and rural life by showcasing sustainable food production and land use practices. The estate serves as a living example of transition and invites visitors to participate in building a sustainable future. The estate offers various locations for rent, including a modern Paviljoen (pavilion) suitable for small groups and an innovative LandgoedLAB (estate LAB), which serves as a workshop for agricultural transition and is suitable for education, meetings, and celebrations.

Kwekerij Eeuwhorst is a farm located in Emst, Netherlands (Eeuwhorstweg 5, 8166 KP Emst). Owned by Annemarie van Eek and her husband Gerrit, the farm cultivates trees, plants, shrubs, vegetables, and fruits without the use of artificial fertilizers, chemical pesticides, or GMOs. Customers can pick their own produce in the pluktuin (picking garden), including various types of potatoes, onions, and a wide variety of flowers during the summer months. Free-range eggs are also available for purchase. The farm prioritizes natural growth and ripening, resulting in products with enhanced flavor and nutritional value. In addition to the farm, “De Eeuwhorst” also offers a general odd-job man for small tasks. The farm is open by appointment, and contact can be made by phone, app, or email. They are affiliated with Boerderijwinkel, Boerenwinkel and Rijdende Winkel.

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.

Hoveniersbedrijf Rozendaal, led by Niels Jas, offers garden design, construction, and maintenance services with over 20 years of experience. They focus on sustainable practices, avoiding pesticides and working in harmony with nature. They offer advice, customization and sustainable garden management. Their services include weekly, monthly and quarterly garden maintenance. Annually they also provide pruning work and the maintenance of paving and borders. In addition to their core gardening services, they operate a self-picking garden (Pluktuin) located on the edge of the Koningsberg, next to Rozendaelselaan 7 in Rozendaal. Throughout the summer, visitors can pick their own flowers or purchase plants. The company also offers storage for black soil, compost, sand, and various fertilizers. They also provide waste disposal services for pruning waste, green waste, rubble and soil.

Tuinderij Geworteld is an organic vegetable and flower farm where customers can harvest their own produce or pick up vegetable bags. Located in Bruchem, Netherlands, the farm cultivates vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers on 6000 square meters of land and a 300 square meter greenhouse. They offer several subscription options: Self-Harvest Subscription: Allows year-round harvesting of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. A “Self-Harvest without winter” option is also available if you don’t want to harvest in the winter. Subscribers receive updates via WhatsApp about available produce. Twice a year, there are celebratory events on the farm. Vegetable Bag Subscription: From May to November, customers can pick up a weekly bag of vegetables (small, medium, or large). Flower Picking: Open from the first weekend in July to the last weekend in September on Saturdays. Customers can pick their own bouquets. Bouquets can be packaged by the visitor. In winter, you can typically harvest items such as lamb’s lettuce, winter purslane, pumpkin, carrot, Jerusalem artichoke, spinach, Asian leafy greens, lettuce, kohlrabi, beets, leeks, kale, red cabbage, white cabbage, palm cabbage, sprouts, and parsley.

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 Groenerie is a farm that offers a variety of activities and products. The farm has a farm shop selling local produce, including vegetables grown on the farm, as well as meat. For entertainment, De Groenerie has an indoor playground and a butterfly garden. Visitors can also explore a maze in a corn field, and activities for families and companies such as, survival track, farm golf, farm tour, workshops and even school trips.

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.