Picnic Spots

  • Blue Ridge Growers

    Perched on a bluff overlooking the fertile Mann Valley near River Falls, Blue Ridge Growers invites visitors to slow down and enjoy a peaceful day in the country.. There are nearly 800 blueberry bushes representing six varieties, each with its own size, flavor and ideal culinary uses. Limited quantities of tart cherries may also be available in season. Jill follows organic growing practices as a non-certified producer and enjoys helping visitors learn about the fruit they are harvesting.

  • White Pine Berry Farm

    White Pine is a family-friendly berry farm offering both U-pick and pre-picked strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and currants, along with seasonal agritourism fun like a corn maze, pumpkin patch, wagon rides, and flower patch. The farm also features a store with homemade jams, fudge, and local treats, plus a beautifully remodeled wedding barn that hosts weddings and craft fairs throughout the year.

  • Meadow Hill Farm

    Meet David and Justine and see how regenerative agriculture works in real life. Tour rotationally grazed pastures, learn about grain-free lamb production, explore silvopasture plantings, and discover how livestock, trees, and healthy soil work together on this first-generation family farm.

    A diversified small farm producing grain-free lamb meat on rotationally grazed pasture and silvopasture, organically fed pork and chicken eggs, as well as garlic, winter squash, popcorn, culinary herbs, and small nuts and fruits including elderberry, hazelnut, black currants, and gooseberries.

  • Northwood Mushrooms

    Northwood Mushrooms is a certified organic mushroom farm growing 8–10 different varieties of mushrooms both outdoors on logs and indoors in carefully managed growing spaces. In addition to fresh mushrooms, the farm also creates value-added products from mushrooms that are not quite pretty enough to sell fresh, helping reduce waste while offering delicious and creative mushroom-based foods and goods.

  • Whetstone Farm

    Whetstone Farm is a collaborative farm project, in which multiple families and enterprises raise a diversity of products, from organic vegetables, to grass-fed beef and lamb. As well as working alongside Cultivating the Commons farm growing organic vegetables and flower seeds. They have horses, and an event farm in which they do host a variety of events.

  • Z-Orchard

    Honey Bee Day at Z-Orchard Z-Orchard is a small, family-run orchard in Amery where visitors can experience the layered beauty of a diversified farm: apple trees, pollinators, honey, maple syrup, and seasonal farm goods all rooted in care for the land. Farmer Bill Zager brings a hands-on, welcoming spirit to the Apple River Farm Tour,…