Farms & Orchards (Apple Picking)

Bryant Family Farm is a fourth generation, Century Farm, located in the Piedmont region in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Nelson County, VA. In addition to tending a herd of Black Angus cattle, we raise farm chickens and supply eggs to fellow small businesses in the area. Our farm and local orchards are full of berries and other gifts from Mother Nature. We use these ultra fresh flavors to make a number of small-batch jams and jellies..

Educating consumers, turning them on to new foods and giving them the opportunity to connect and contribute not only to our local economy, but to global efforts re-building war torn communities around the world is what Big Arms Farm is all about. Market farm known for cut flowers, heirloom produce, and grass-fed beef with bouquets and specialty goods at the Nelson Farmers Market.

Appointment-only U-pick flower farm in Stagebridge offering curated seasonal blooms with private design sessions.

We strive to work in harmony with our surroundings by growing and producing spray free crops..

Holistic Davis Creek Farm raises heritage livestock on 60 mountain acres with farm stays, workshops, and by-appointment experiences. Davis Creek Farm is a sixty-acre working family farm located in a pristine hollow in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Schedule a farm visit with Deep Sea Pete to see how log inoculation, shade houses, and raised beds turn oak bolts into fresh culinary mushrooms. Orders can be picked up right on Perry Lane, making it easy to take chef-ready harvests back to your Nelson County kitchen.

Family cattle and lamb farm in Lowesville providing custom beef and lamb shares by whole, half, or quarter.

Dickie Brothers Orchard—one of Virginia's Century Farms—offers pick-your-own berries and apples, fresh-pressed cider, pumpkins, and farm goods, with varieties ripening from June raspberries through November harvest weekends. Century Farm orchard growing heirloom apples alongside berries, pumpkins, cider, and farm-made goods with pick-your-own seasons from summer through fall.

Family orchard and bakery showcasing classic Virginia apple varieties, house cider, and fall festivals with hayrides, baked goods, and pet-friendly grounds.

Located high in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, you'll find plants and trees that produce edible food – berries, nuts, fruits, herbs; items that we distribute worldwide. Nursery specializing in edible landscaping plants—fruit trees, berries, vines, and herbs—grown without herbicides and shipped nationwide.

Eventide Farm operates a farm stand in Afton offering seasonal flowers, produce, baked goods, eggs, herbs, soaps, and candles.

Fitzgerald Farms roadside stand offering summer sweet corn, fall pumpkin picking, and wholesale produce from the Rockfish Valley. Pick-Your-Own Pumpkins during the fall season and sweet corn during the summer.

Family orchard near Tyro selling bushels of classic Virginia apples including Fuji, Rome, and Pink Lady each harvest season.

Nutrition, fitness, stress management, communication and relationship-building, body-wise approaches to alignment, sovereignty and empowerment; horse-wise sessions to become more aware of your persona. Galleywinter Farm in Afton hosts health retreats, equine therapy, horsemanship lessons, yoga, and creative residencies on a pastoral horse farm.

Gathered Threads is a six-acre family farm growing sustainably raised flowers and botanicals without pesticides, supplying markets and workshops in Nelson County. Gathered Threads is a small family farm-based business located on 6 acres in Nelson County, Virginia.

Our farm is open year around for visitors and groups. Honey-centric Hungry Hill Farm offering raw honey, bee supplies, mushroom workshops, and farm tours by appointment.

Small herb and produce farm perched over the Tye River supplying chemical-free harvests to the Arrington community by appointment.

Mars Knob Farm produces small-batch, chemical-free pantry goods and apothecary items from a historic Roseland homestead.

For over 25 years, the Nelson Farmers' Market Cooperative continues to support our local farmers, processor producers and craft vendors to bring a wonderful variety of products to our community.

Historic 1814 Pharsalia estate hosting weddings, group tours, and floral workshops amid working orchards at the foot of de Priest Mountain. Built in 1814 at the foot of de Priest Mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, by William Massie, Pharsalia commands stunning views and is surrounded by original outbuildings and lovely gardens.

Owned and operated by Lauren Shifflett and her husband, L&B Farms is a small homestead offering sourdough baked goods and handmade goat milk soaps. Lauren is Food Handler certified and operates a home bakery featuring a variety of sourdough items. The farm is home to three Nigerian Dwarf goats—Mikko, Poppy, and Ellie Mae—who provide fresh milk used for soap making and household use.

Robinia Institute at Timshel Wildland offers regenerative agriculture education, grazing intensives, and consulting on a 400-acre conservation site.

Rose Isle Farm partners with Blue Mountain Barrel House to raise 'beer-fed' beef on pasture, offering direct sales by appointment. The cattle at Rose Isle Farm are fed spent mash from Blue Mountain Barrel House Brewery, a perfect marriage of recycling and animal husbandry for Rose Isle Farm and this local Nelson County brewery.

Saunders Brothers' farm market pairs homegrown peaches, apples, and nursery stock with a country shop featuring meats, baked goods, peach ice cream, and weekend events.

Nestled at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Seamans' Orchard is a fourth generation farm. The farm grows the finest apples, blueberries, cherries, and strawberries mother nature will allow.

The packing shed offers Empire, Gala, Jonathan, Red and Golden Delicious, York, Winesap, Red Rome, Stayman, Pippin, Jonagold and Pink Lady apples. Silver Creek & Seamans' Orchards packing shed selling heirloom apple varieties plus cider, apple butter, honey, and pumpkins.

Silver Creek Orchards is a seventh generation family owned farm that offers over 20 varieties of apples, as well as wine grapes and beef cattle. Seventh-generation Silver Creek Orchards opens for pick-your-own apples on select weekends with more than 20 varieties and scenic mountain views.

Our annual Lavender Festival will be held in June when our lavender field is in full bloom! Silver Fox Lavender Farm hosts June lavender festival weekends, farm workshops, yoga, and a barn venue for micro weddings and events.

Get fresh, local apples and pumpkins.

Our story is deeply rooted in our love for nature and sustainable farming practices. The county is conveniently located between Lynchburg and Charlottesville, so every year thousands of people pass through Nelson to rest.

Tinkerland Farm is a family farm located across the road from Bryant Ln on Rt 151 in Nelson County, Virginia.

Our small farm business is owned and operated by Shane and Beverly Spanninger. Turnip the Beets Farm grows chemical-free flowers and produce, offering CSA deliveries, farmers market booths, and event florals.

We're providers of quality, Virginia-grown chestnuts, located in beautiful Nelson County. Our orchard is maturing and so is our production.