Zuid-Holland has just over forty pick-your-own farms on our list. Flowers most of all, then apples, pears, pumpkins and a number of self-harvest vegetable gardens. The farms we mention below are on the edges of the province: near the Westland, in the Hoeksche Waard, on Goeree-Overflakkee.
Five pick-your-own farms in Zuid-Holland up close
Weidetuin in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel opened in 2023 and isn’t finished. There are plans for a food forest, beekeeping and a tea room, but those aren’t there yet. It is a biodynamic self-harvest garden for members, from early April to the end of November, with about 100 kinds of vegetables, herbs and flowers in total. Free parking. Four reviews.
Zelfoogsttuin De Groentemeester in Maassluis is on the site of the old natural ice rink. Harvesting vegetables is for members, from mid-May through November. The flower picking garden is open to everyone though: sunflowers, dahlias, cosmos, zinnias. There is a toilet and you can pay by card.
Pluktuin Schipluiden is run by about 25 volunteers. Open Saturdays only, 10:00 to 13:00, from mid-March to the end of October. In bad weather the garden may be closed. You pay a voluntary contribution with a QR code. There are raspberries, blackberries and currants, and a few odd trees: pawpaw, black mulberry, Chinese toon. For children there is a barefoot path.
Bloemenliefde is a florist with its own picking garden in Ouddorp. That is on Goeree-Overflakkee, almost an hour’s drive from Rotterdam. Handy if you are on holiday there anyway. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:30, June to the end of October. Closed Sunday and Monday. We don’t have details on which flowers they grow.
Beleef Het En Eet Het in Strijen is only open at the weekend: Saturday 10:00 to 17:00, Sunday 12:00 to 17:00, from March through November. You go out onto the field to harvest potatoes and vegetables. They make chips from their own potatoes. Free parking, card payment. With over 140 reviews (4.9) this is the only one here we can really read much about.
Most are only open on certain days, and two are partly for members. Around here that is more the rule than the exception.