Tuinderij De Groenteboer in Kamerik is a pick-your-own organic vegetable and flower garden where visitors harvest their own produce directly from the field. The farm grows around 60 types of vegetables, herbs and soft fruit, including spinach, broad beans, peas and turnip greens in spring; carrots, beetroot, broccoli and strawberries in summer; parsnips and pumpkins in autumn; and kale and leeks in winter. The season runs from May to December, with roughly 30 weeks of harvest.

To pick here, you buy a harvest share, which gives access to the garden for the entire season. A full share costs €355, additional shares €230, and half shares for children (ages 5–15) €115. Each week, you can harvest a set variety of vegetables—typically 4 to 10 different crops—based on what’s ready. The farm sends a weekly email listing what’s available, and signs in the garden show where to find each crop. You’re free to take what you need, following the farm’s guidelines to leave enough for others.

From June to mid-September, the farm also has a pick-your-own flower field with varieties like phlox, cornflowers, sunflowers, asters, poppies and amaranth. Shareholders can pick flowers weekly; non-shareholders can buy a plucking pass for one or more visits.

The garden is wheelchair-accessible, with accessible parking available. Volunteers help maintain the farm, and visitors are welcome to join in with tasks like sowing, planting and weeding. The farm is run on organic principles, avoiding synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, and works with crop rotation and natural pest control to support biodiversity.

What visitors say

Visitors pick a wide variety of vegetables they wouldn’t normally try—raapstelen, snijbiet, Russische bladkool, koolrabi and bleekselderij—straight from the land each week. The farm marks which crops are ready, so you just harvest what’s indicated. People enjoy the challenge of cooking with ultra-fresh produce; one visitor made vegan dolmadakia from koolrabi leaves and snijbiet. The season starts small but builds over months, and most find the experience rewarding rather than overwhelming. The groenten are consistently described as heerlijk and lekker.

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Bloemenhof

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