Limburg

De Groene Bloem is a self-picking flower garden located in Vilt, South Limburg, Netherlands. In 2025, there will be fewer activities due to planning for the next year. In 2025, the garden offers: Limited availability of spring bouquets with tulips and daffodils from April. Free flower picking for “Friends” of the garden. Spontaneous flower picking moments when there are many flowers available (sign up for the newsletter to stay informed). Special flower arrangements, such as funeral arrangements or festive bouquets (contact for options). Volunteer mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays to help maintain the garden. You can support the garden by becoming a “Friend” for €15, which includes one free picking session in 2025. You can also give a “Friendship” as a gift. The garden focuses on sustainable practices, local and natural flowers, biodiversity, working without pesticides, healthy soil life, and organic flower bulbs. The owner is Berbke Brouwer.

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.

Bloementuin Plukgeluk is a self-picking flower farm located in Bingelrade. Open from April to October, the 2000 m2 garden features around 150 varieties of colorful flowers grown without chemical pesticides. The selection changes throughout the season, offering variety. Visitors can pick their own bouquets, with a standard bouquet of approximately 20 stems costing €12. The season begins with tulips in April, followed by a range of summer flowers. The farm is family-friendly, with a playground and small football field located next to the garden. Stay up-to-date on the farm’s news via Facebook and Instagram.

Handje Gezond is a family-run farm in the Netherlands offering a variety of fresh, locally sourced products. They are known for their blueberries, which can be purchased fresh, or used in homemade products like jam, juice, wine, and desserts. Visitors can experience farm life firsthand with self-picking of blueberries available for €4 per kilo during the season (July and August). The farm also grows other produce like rhubarb, radicchio rosso, celery, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, salanova lettuce and iceberg lettuce.

Blauwebessenland is a blueberry farm located in America, Netherlands, on the Limburg side of the Mariapeel. It focuses on the sale of fresh, preserved, and processed blueberry products, tourism, and the promotion of blueberries. The farm has about 10 hectares of blueberry fields and 25 hectares of blueberry parcels. Visitors can pick their own blueberries on the farm’s U-Pick field, which features multiple varieties. The farm store sells a wide range of blueberry products. It’s located in a tourist area with many activities. The farm had a webshop, but they had to close it due to issues with shipping companies.

The Fruit Farm is a family-run business located on the banks of the Meuse river, where they have been growing fruits for over 150 years. They offer holiday accommodations for groups of 16 to 30 people, including a Wine House, a Farm, and a Sheep’s Hut. During the harvest season, the farm organizes “plukdagen” (picking days) where visitors can pick their own morellen (sour cherries), mirabellen (yellow plums), and/or blue plums. They also offer the option to adopt a fruit tree (apple or pear) and harvest its fruit.

Zelfgeplukt is a self-picking flower farm located in the kitchen gardens of the Mookerheide estate. They offer a variety of seasonal, organically grown flowers for customers to pick and create their own bouquets. Available flowers include cornflowers, larkspur, dahlias, cosmos, and sunflowers, among others. The website also features a webshop where customers can purchase ready-made bouquets, discounted picking passes, and gift certificates. Dried flowers are available for purchase outside of the blooming season. The farm participated in events such as the Slowflowers on Landgoederen meeting and Open Landgoeddag with tours.

Akkerwikke is an organic self-picking farm located in Maastricht, in the South of Limburg, Netherlands. It offers a wide range of organic vegetables, herbs, strawberries, and cut flowers that you can harvest yourself for about 36 weeks of the year. You can get an subscription for a harvest share. You can pick a bouquet of field flowers weekly for about 20 weeks. The farm is SKAL-certified for organic agriculture. What visitors say The LOCO gardens in Maastricht are a beautiful and timely community initiative, praised for its sustainable and conscious approach to farming and community interaction. Visitors appreciate the friendly atmosphere and the opportunity to harvest fresh, healthy, and biologically grown vegetables, thanks to the expertise of the farmer, Freek, and his wife. It’s considered a valuable and cherished place, hoped to be replicated elsewhere. The gardens are not only a source of food but also a scenic route for walking, particularly to the nearby sculpture garden. Members enjoy the cooperative farming model, despite a potential learning curve regarding unfamiliar vegetables and harvesting techniques. The diverse and easy-going community adds to the appeal, making it a pleasant place to spend time, especially on nice days. A minor suggestion involves adding English translations to the signage for better accessibility. Overall, LOCO gardens is considered a great value for money.

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.