Noord-Holland farms

Pluktuin Amstelveen is a self-picking farm located at Amsteldijk Zuid 183 b in Nes a/d Amstel. Their phone number is 06 13 59 40 50. They are open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The farm offers a variety of activities, workshops, and arrangements for all seasons, including children’s birthday parties centered around Dutch themes. Examples of activities include making wooden shoes, creating mirrored mosaics, learning to make flower crowns, painting mugs, crafting fairy tale trees, painting and mosaicking garden panels, and assembling robots from recycled materials. One popular activity is painting vases, picking flowers to fill them, and creating a flower arrangement with the self-picked flowers. They also provide instruction on how to properly pick flowers.

Jordens Flora en Fauna B.V. is a mixed organic/ecological agricultural business in Heemskerk. They strive for small-scale and sustainable production without chemicals or fossil fuels, with regional sales and corporate social responsibility as their goals. The company grows vegetables and palm trees and keeps sheep and laying hens. Consumers can purchase fresh organic free-range eggs directly from the organic kiosk on the farm. Fresh strawberries are available from May to October. Seasonally, tomatoes, bell peppers, yardlong beans, and palm trees are also available. The company strives for a closed-loop system and minimizes waste by feeding crop residues to the sheep and composting the rest. Chickens are used for snail and weed control. Reuse is key, for example, by giving rope from the riding arena a second life and reusing strawberry boxes. The company also offers agritourism/accommodation and daytime activities in ““De Pluktuin”” (The Pick-a-Look Garden).

The Buurtboerderij is a self-picking farm and meeting place established in 2020, where art and culture intersect with sustainable agriculture. It aims to connect people with each other and the food they grow and eat together, contributing to a healthy and local food supply in and around the city. The farm offers affordable, ecologically grown vegetables, fruits, and eggs from chickens, along with artistic and social activities. The farm is open for visits on Sundays from 12:00 to 17:00. Supporters can sign up for a newsletter to stay informed.

De Wickevoorter Stadsboeren is an urban farm located in the Wickevoort neighborhood that practices organic agriculture with care for people, animals, and the earth. They participate in the NLDoet event. The farm operates as a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) or ““self-picking garden.”” Customers can become members and share in the harvest for the duration of a season. Members pay a participation fee before the start of the season and then can harvest weekly. The harvest follows the seasons, starting in May with lettuce and radishes, then beans, cucumbers, onions, carrots, zucchini, and pumpkins. As winter approaches, they offer sprouts, kale, and lamb’s lettuce. They grow about 50-60 different types of vegetables throughout the year.

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.

Bloemfontein Bergen is a self-picking farm located in Bergen, North Holland, at Groeneweg 8a. The farm is run by a family and friends. It opens at the end of March/beginning of April 2025. Visitors can pick their own flowers, including: Tulips: Available from April to mid-May. These are pulled from the ground with the bulb. Peonies: Bloom for a short period at the beginning of May. Summer Flowers: Including peonies, lupines, alliums, irises, and more, available from mid-May to July. Irises are pulled from the ground with the bulb, other should be cut with your own scissors. Dahlias, Gladiolus, and Sunflowers: Available at the end of summer, from July to September. Scissors are recommended. Upon arrival, visitors can park on the premises and will receive instructions from a team member. Dogs must be kept on a leash. After picking, flowers can be counted and wrapped at the packing table. Refreshments are available for purchase on weekends.

Stadstuinderij NoordOogst is a self-picking farm located in Amsterdam-Noord, where members can harvest their own vegetables, fruits, and herbs every week. The farm includes a 4000 m2 vegetable garden and a 2000 m2 food forest. They practice natural farming methods, avoiding artificial fertilizers and pesticides, while prioritizing nature conservation. The farm also organizes workshops and educational activities for children, serves as a neighborhood composting site, and strives to be a community hub.

Wereld Groente Tuintjes, located on the Osdorperweg in Amsterdam, offers garden plots in an unheated greenhouse (cold kas) to rent. Renting a plot gives you a longer growing season compared to outdoor gardening. During the warmer months, you can grow exotic vegetables such as sopropo, kousenband (yardlong beans), and aubergine until early November. As temperatures drop, the farm shifts to more local produce like cabbage, sprouts, and fresh herbs. A 25m² plot costs €64 per month, and you can rent multiple plots. Yearly contracts are used.

Natuur Goed is an edible nature garden and food forest located on Texel, Netherlands, at Koningsweg 4 Oosterend. This park-like garden features both ornamental and edible trees, shrubs, and herbs, showcasing the bounty of nature. Visitors can experience and learn how to create lunch or tea from foraged ingredients. The garden is a result of 30 years of experience in garden design, construction, and maintenance. Conradine utilizes her extensive knowledge of plants, trees, and ecology on this land. Siem, a Texel native, welcomes visitors to the land where he grew up.

Wij Telen Groente is an organic urban farm where you can harvest your own fresh vegetables, herbs, and berries. There’s also a beautiful flower picking garden. Everything is organically certified, grown with care and love by professional gardeners together with enthusiastic and involved volunteers. They also offer day care in the greenhouse under the name Telen met Zorg. You can buy harvest shares of the products from the greenhouse or the land. The greenhouse’s produce includes winter vegetables such as carrots, leeks, yacon, romaine lettuce, and shiitake mushrooms.

Wij Telen Groente is an organic urban farm where visitors can harvest their own fresh vegetables, herbs, and berries. There is also a flower garden for picking. Everything is organically certified and grown with care by professional gardeners and volunteers. The farm organizes the BioMarkt in the Haarlemmer Kweektuin and offers daytime activities in the greenhouse under the name Telen met Zorg. Visitors can purchase a share in the harvest, either from the greenhouse (Kas) or the field (Land), allowing them to pick produce during specific hours. The greenhouse offers a longer harvest season, roughly from March to November, while the field’s season runs from about May to November.

De Boterbloem is an organic farm in Amsterdam at Lutkemeerweg 262b. They have a shop selling organic products. They also organize an annual potato harvesting day, usually in early September. The Carolus potatoes are sold for €1.00 per kilo, or €0.75 for donors. Potato snacks and drinks, including their own fries, are available. They also sell products from their vegetable garden. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, they offer takeaway meals for €12.50, which can be reserved by phone or email, and picked up between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM. The meals always offer a meat and vegetarian option.

’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.

Zorgboerderij Blij op de Boerderij is a small-scale care farm with a creative focus, situated among bulb fields in a rural setting. Established in 2012 in partnership with Stichting Landzijde, the farm offers diverse activities for its participants, fostering a lively and home-like atmosphere. The goal is to challenge individuals to develop, discover, learn, and maintain their abilities, prioritizing work satisfaction through meaningful tasks like maintaining the picking garden, chopping wood, and creating crafts. The farm also provides a space for relaxation and recharging.

By Broersen is a third-generation family farm located in Warmenhuizen, near Alkmaar and Schagen in North Holland, specializing in Dutch produce for 50 years. They cultivate and sell asparagus from late March to June, and strawberries from early April to November. In addition to their own produce, they offer related and other local fresh products in their farm shop. The farm features a self-picking garden where customers can pick various soft fruits and cut flowers. During the summer vacation period for the northern region, strawberries can also be picked in their greenhouse.

LandinZicht is a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm located on the border of Hilversum and Loosdrecht in the Netherlands. They offer the opportunity to harvest your own organic vegetables for a season by purchasing a ““harvest share””. As a member, you can harvest approximately 5-10 types of vegetables weekly from mid-April to mid-November. The vegetables are grown naturally, without pesticides or artificial fertilizers. All plants and seeds are of organic origin.

Hoeve Hazerswoude is a farm with a farm shop in Lijnden, Netherlands. The farm’s history dates back to 1854 when Gerrit Visser bought land in the newly reclaimed Haarlemmermeer. The Gijzenberg family has farmed the land since 1926, spanning four generations. Visitors could previously pick their own apples until 2009, however, currently, self-picking is limited to sugar maize (corn) and sugar beet leaves. The website also offers recipes using the farm’s products.

Natuurboerderij Plassendaal is an organic farm and care farm located on Texel, Netherlands. It prioritizes nature, people, and animal welfare. The farm is managed with respect for nature, implementing practices like delaying grazing until after the breeding season of meadow birds, postponing mowing until after flowers have seeded, and allowing calves to stay with their mothers. It is fully certified as an organic farm, avoiding artificial fertilizers and pesticides. The farm provides day care for people with intellectual disabilities or psychological vulnerabilities, allowing them to participate in farm activities. Natuurboerderij Plassendaal leases land from Natuurmonumenten and collaboratively manages the land to increase biodiversity.

Van Reeuwijk is a family-run farm offering a self-picking experience, typically starting around June, depending on the weather. The farm is expanding its self-picking garden. Stay updated through their Facebook or Instagram pages. The self-picking process is straightforward: grab a picking basket with containers in the shop, receive a brief explanation of what’s available, and head into the garden to harvest your own produce. Strawberry plants are conveniently raised to standing height. You can pick as much as you like, ensuring the fruit is ripe. All picked fruit must be paid for; no returns are accepted. The strawberries, cherries, and raspberries are sheltered, making it a fun activity even in rainy weather. However, old shoes or boots may be useful after prolonged heavy rain. No reservations are required for self-picking.

Boerderij Zorgvrij, part of Boerenerf Spaarnwoude, offers visitors an opportunity to learn about sustainable food production. Together with the Het Groene Leven garden center and Onder de Platanen restaurant, it forms a farm complex centered around a historic farmhouse. The farm caters to families, children’s parties, school classes, and companies, providing fun and educational activities. Children can run around, play with animals, and enjoy the playground. Educational programs, children’s parties, and events are organized. Fresh milk is available from a tap, and visitors can participate in cheese making or help in the self-harvesting garden with a variety of fruits and vegetables. You can also take a walk in the various gardens of Boerenerf Spaarnwoude, including a scent garden for the visually impaired and a Spinnenbos play area for older children. There is also an old orchard along an unpaved road through the Uilenbos, decorated with birdhouses. Art exhibitions featuring local artists are often held in the gallery. A newsletter is available for those interested in staying informed about activities.

De Bosmantel in Andijk is a farm shop and nursery that cultivates in and with nature, without pesticides and artificial fertilizers. They offer fresh, locally grown vegetables and fruit, as well as dairy, meat, herbs, and other products in their shop. They also have a flower-picking garden. What visitors say De Bosmantel is a highly recommended farm shop known for its wide range of fresh, healthy, and organic produce, creating a haven of natural products amidst conventional agriculture. Customers praise the friendly and helpful staff, the relaxed atmosphere, and the opportunity to wander through the gardens. The shop offers a diverse selection of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and bread, all presented with care and attention to detail. Visitors appreciate the opportunity to buy locally sourced, high-quality products, and the staff is praised for taking the time to answer questions and provide information. The shop is a pleasure to visit and some people visit almost every day. In addition to the farm shop, there is also a pick-your-own garden where customers can select flowers. While not the cheapest option, the quality and experience make it a worthwhile destination. A negative point was an unfriendly person who did not allow dogs on a leash.

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.

Land en Boschzigt is the oldest biodynamic farm in the Netherlands, cultivating vegetables, fruit, and herbs since 1947. Located near Hilversum and ’s-Graveland, it features a natural food store within an old garden shed, offering freshly harvested produce. They also have a restaurant in a modern greenhouse where the chickens used to live. The farm offers a self-harvesting program where you can purchase a share (€425) for a season and harvest your own vegetables. You can pick vegetables directly from the farm.

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 Amstelveen (Nes a/d Amstel) is a self-picking farm located at Amsteldijk Zuid 183 b. They are open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Contact them at 06 13 59 40 50 or 06 204 345 41. The farm offers a variety of activities, workshops, and arrangements for all seasons. These include children’s birthday parties centered around Dutch themes, and creative workshops like making flower crowns, painting mugs, building fairy tale trees, creating mosaic garden panels, and assembling robots from recycled materials. There are workshops dedicated to teaching people how to select and arrange flowers.

Sloterland, located near Amsterdam, offers individuals the opportunity to rent plots of land to grow their own vegetables and flowers. Managed by the ““Vereniging Vrienden van Sloterland””, the farm is one of the oldest agricultural lands in the Netherlands. Sloterland practices, as much as possible, biological-dynamic agriculture, with a focus on creating a self-sustaining ecosystem, where the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is avoided. Tuinabval (garden waste) is composted and used as a fertilizer.

Kwekerij Marty is a self-picking farm located in Heemskerk in the North-Holland dune area. It offers flower sales, workshops, a self-picking garden, and location rentals. The self-picking garden is open from August through the end of October, where visitors can pick their own flowers, primarily Dahlias and Cosmeas. All necessary equipment is provided. The farm also hosts seasonal workshops and rents out the location for events like birthdays, baby showers, family days, reunions, and children’s parties.

Voedselbos Texel is a self-picking farm located on the island of Texel, Netherlands, at Middellandseweg 4, 1792CG Oudeschild. Founded in 1994, the farm spans over 6 hectares and features a diverse ecosystem with 3,000 trees, 5,000 shrubs, and 25,000 plants. They harvest around 20,000 kg of over 100 varieties of fruits, vegetables, flowers, nuts, and herbs. The farm aims to enhance Texel’s biodiversity and promote sustainable agriculture through organic fertilization, biological pest control and professional fruit cultivation.