Sonoma County Farm Tours are Delicious Adventures
Sonoma County’s rich agricultural heritage is alive and well, offering visitors a variety of engaging, memorable farm tours to top off a beautiful country drive. Pick produce, pet goats, milk a cow, and learn a thing or two about this beautiful and bountiful area.
Here’s a round-up of a few of our favorite farm experiences in Sonoma Wine Country.
Achadinha Cheese Company, Petaluma
Tour the cheese plant, milking parlor, and barns, and then taste the cheese on a fun farm tour at Achadinha Cheese Company just outside the town of Petaluma. This family-run, 230-acre ranch is home to roughly 250 goats and 60 cows, as well as pigs, sheep, horses, chickens, dogs, cats, and ducks.
750 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, 707-763-1025
Preston Farm & Winery, Healdsburg
Taste estate wines, homegrown olive oil, just-baked bread, and fresh and pickled vegetables at Preston Farm & Winery north of Healdsburg. Operated by the Preston family for 45 years, this 125-acre organic and biodynamic property is nestled between a meandering salmon-spawning stream and a former wagon trail. It features a tasting room, farm store, picnic tables, and bakery with a wood-fired oven.
9282 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, 707-433-3372
Lavender Bee Farm, Petaluma
Take a private tour of Lavender Bee Farm in Petaluma, a wonderfully scenic spot spanning three acres of lavender fields and gardens against a backdrop of rolling hills. It’s chemical-free (no pesticides or chemical fertilizers) and hosts more than 5,000 lavender plants and multiple beehives. The farm store offers gourmet honey, lavender bouquets, sachets, hydrosols, essential oils, linens, and other gifts.
764 Chapman Lane, Petaluma, 707-789-0554
Redwood Hill Farm – Capracopia, Sebastopol
Sebastopol’s Redwood Hill Farm-Capracopia is a thriving goat dairy farm offering farm tours by reservation. Cuddle a baby goat, learn how to milk, taste olive oil, browse artisan food products, and get a fun feel for farm life at this sustainable, Certified Humane farm. The cutest kids (baby goats!) are usually frolicking in spring and Fall. You’ll also find chickens, beehives, olive and fruit orchards, and more.
5480 Thomas Road, Sebastopol, 707-827-3366
Garden Valley Ranch, Petaluma
Tour the grounds of Petaluma’s rose-filled Garden Valley Ranch, producer of garden roses grown totally outdoors. Explore this magical rose farm and book an opportunity to forage, cut your own favorites, and take home a bucket of fresh flowers and full hearts. Bring a picnic, delight in spotting free-range farm animals, and marvel over the 220-foot-long artful display of roses with other flowers arranged in color sequence as in the Gertrude Jekyll style of old.
498 Pepper Road, Petaluma, 707-795-0919
Visit Farms for Seasonal Produce
- Get your peaches at Dry Creek Peach & Produce in Healdsburg
- Shop for ripe and local goodies at Oak Hill Farm in Glen Ellen
- Fill your baskets with the freshly harvested treats at Tierra Vegetables in Santa Rosa
Plan your Sonoma farm tour with this free, downloadable map from Sonoma County Farm Trails.
Written by Sonoma County Insider Suzie Rodriguez
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