Farm and Orchard
Rural tourism offers a memorable experience for the whole family. Visiting a local farm or orchard is the perfect way to spend a slow day: explore, learn, and create lasting memories while you immerse yourself in a local scene of natural beauty and labours of love.
Serenity Lavender Farm
Find yourself in a winding labyrinth of over 45 different kinds of lavender plants, harvested directly for Serenity Lavender Farm's assortment of bath and body products, teas, essential oils, culinary spices, and herbs. Lavender enthusiasts can participate in a variety of classes offered in-store that include wreath-making, silk and watercolour painting, and seasonal crafts.
Blackstone Flowers
Stop by to pick up some beautiful locally grown flowers, served fresh out of Blackstone Flower Farm's road side stand. Located along the lake on a historic destination route dotted with wineries, "The Bloom Box" is usually open Thursday through Sunday during the spring, summer, and autumn seasons.
The Fruit Wagon
Since 1984, The Fruit Wagon has been offering quality home-grown fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers as “Canada’s most southerly orchard.” Their daily harvest yields an ever-changing variety of plants and produce at this roadside retail stand. While there, make sure to grab a bottle of homemade cider from sister company Carolinia Cider Co.
Hawksview Honey
Hawksview Honey is a natural farm raising bees to produce pure natural, raw honey. They are located in Harrow and sell honey products and bee supplies, including specialty items like honey, creamed honey, honey butter, chocolate honey, lemon turmeric honey, lemon honey, garlic honey and honeycomb.
Howling Hounds Farm
Howling Hounds Farm is a sustainable family-run business in Harrow, Ontario selling pesticide-free free-range chicken eggs, duck eggs, native plants/seeds, pasture raised chickens and turkeys and eco-friendly sewn items. Sunday open for appointment only. Chickens available July through September and Turkeys available in October.
The Little Cider Company
Just a few minutes away on Ridge Road, Mary-Beth Little is busy creating some of the tastiest local apple cider for The Little Cider Company. Stop by their roadside shipping container stand to pick up some tasty apple cider, both hard and fresh-pressed.
Kranicz Orchards & Windmill Ridge Acres
Growing since 1977, Kranicz Orchards is a fourth-generation fruit farm specializing in sweet, tree-ripened peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots. At their Windmill Ridge counterpart, they offer a range of craft beers and hard ciders made with the same dedication to quality and flavour that has been the Kranicz hallmark for generations.
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