The short answer
Most farms near London, Ontario that sell direct are outside the city line. Great Lakes Farms in Port Stanley runs U-pick and an Apple Barn store; Clovermead in Aylmer sells honey six days a week; Apple Land Station in Thorndale does pick-your-own apples and pumpkins; Crunican Orchards on Richmond Street sells apples seven days a week. In the city itself, Covent Garden Market is the year-round option.
- The farms are past the city boundary Thorndale, Aylmer, Port Stanley, Denfield, Strathroy, Ingersoll and St. Thomas. A map drawn to London's city limits will miss almost all of them.
- U-pick is seasonal and narrow Strawberries and peaches in summer, apples and pumpkins in autumn. Great Lakes Farms' fun farm runs August to November; by late autumn most U-pick has closed for the year.
- Farm stores outlast the picking season Clovermead's Honey Shop trades Monday to Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM with the adventure farm closed, and Great Lakes Farms' Apple Barn runs Saturdays 10 AM to 5 PM into December.
- Covent Garden Market is the constant 130 King Street, trading since 1845, open Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM to 7 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM, closed Mondays. It also runs a weekly outdoor farmers' market.
15,647
Canadian farms selling from their own stand, store or U-pick
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Agriculture (2020 reference year) — 8.2% of all farms in Canada, and 60.4% of the farms that sell direct at all.
Source4,137
farms selling through farmers' markets
Statistics Canada, 2020 data. The farm gate is the bigger channel nationally — which is why a market-only search misses most of the farms near you.
SourceLooking for farms near London, Ontario turns up a particular problem: the city is large, the farms are not in it, and the good ones are scattered across three counties with their own seasons and their own opening hours. This guide names the farms that publish both, and says plainly where the information runs out.
Everything below comes from each farm's own site, read on 11 November 2026. Farm hours are weather- and supply-dependent in a way shop hours are not — more than one of these farms says so on its own page — so check before you drive.
What farms near London, Ontario sell direct to the public?
Great Lakes Farms at 5111 Union Road in Port Stanley is the fullest operation of the group: a U-pick orchard, a fun farm, an Apple Barn store with a café, and a hard cidery. Its U-pick season covers strawberries, peaches, pears, apples and fall pumpkins, and the fun farm opens annually from August to November.
Clovermead — the adventure farm most people in the area mean when they talk about adventure farms near London, Ontario — is at 11302 Imperial Road in Aylmer. Honey is the business underneath the attractions: the Honey Shop trades Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 5 PM, and stays open after the adventure farm closes for the season.
Apple Land Station at 329 Richmond Street in Thorndale offers pick-your-own apples and pumpkins and runs a bakery known for its pies. It is a second-generation farm whose first crop was harvested in 1986 and sold from a picnic table. Crunican Orchards, at 23778 Richmond Street North, has been growing apples since 1877 and keeps the longest week of any farm here: 9 AM to 6 PM Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Saturday and noon to 5 PM Sunday.
A lavender farm near London, Ontario is a common search, and it is one this guide cannot answer honestly: lavender is not among the crops any of the farms above publish, and no lavender grower appears among the producers recorded on the map further down. If you know one, it is worth adding.
What can you pick or buy direct near London?
Picking and buying are two different errands, and conflating them is the usual mistake. U-pick is a summer-and-autumn activity on a narrow calendar; the farm stores and the market run far longer. Here is how the published seasons line up.
| Farm | Where | What you can buy | Published hours or season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Farms | 5111 Union Road, Port Stanley | U-pick strawberries, peaches, pears, apples, pumpkins; apples, hard cider, baked goods | Fun farm August to November; Apple Barn Saturdays 10 AM–5 PM into December; self-serve apple pickup daily |
| Clovermead | 11302 Imperial Road, Aylmer | Honey, from the on-farm Honey Shop | Honey Shop Monday to Saturday 9 AM–5 PM, closed Sunday; adventure farm closed for the season |
| Apple Land Station | 329 Richmond Street, Thorndale | Pick-your-own apples and pumpkins; pies, jams, jellies, chutneys | No hours published on the home page — check before travelling |
| Crunican Orchards | 23778 Richmond Street North | Ontario apples and seasonal produce | Monday to Friday 9 AM–6 PM; Saturday 9 AM–5 PM; Sunday noon–5 PM |
| Covent Garden Market | 130 King Street, London | Fresh and bulk foods, bakers, a weekly outdoor farmers' market | Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM–7 PM; Sunday 10 AM–5 PM; closed Monday |
Millar Berry Farms belongs on any London list and is the clearest example of why a printed schedule fails here. It sells berries, squash, pumpkins, honey and garden vegetables in season and has offered pick-your-own squash and pumpkins, but it publishes its sales and U-pick hours as a live notice, warns that they depend on weather and supply, and may close early once a crop is picked out. Read the farm's own page the morning you go, not the week before.
How does London's local farm scene fit together?
Plot the region's growers on Food Web's Asset Map and the shape of the thing is immediately obvious: vegetable farms, orchards, ranches, farm stands and markets ring the city, and almost all of them sit beyond the municipal boundary — in Strathroy, Denfield, Thorndale, Ingersoll, Lakeside, St. Thomas, Aylmer, Port Stanley and Melbourne. London holds the market and the customers; Middlesex, Elgin and Oxford hold the farms.
Food Web map
Farms, orchards, farm stands and farmers' markets around London, Ontario
Inside the city the picture thins to a handful: Forest City Microgreens on Coronation Drive, Thomas Brothers Produce on Colonel Talbot Road, and Covent Garden Market downtown. That is not a failure of the map so much as a fact about cities — land that grows food is cheaper where houses are not.
The embed is a live query, so it shows the records as they stand when you load it rather than a list typed into this page. A farm that is missing can be added from the map itself, which is the only way a directory like this stays worth reading.
If you are starting this weekend, pick one farm and one errand: an apple run to Crunican, or honey from Clovermead on the way through Aylmer. The London food map collects the city's records in one place. For the same question elsewhere in the province, there are our guides to farms near Ottawa, the Kitchener farmers' market and the Guelph farmers' market.
- Which farms near London, Ontario offer pick-your-own?
- Great Lakes Farms in Port Stanley runs U-pick for strawberries, peaches, pears, apples and pumpkins, with its fun farm open August to November. Apple Land Station in Thorndale offers pick-your-own apples and pumpkins. Millar Berry Farms has offered pick-your-own squash and pumpkins, but posts its hours day by day.
- Are there adventure farms near London, Ontario?
- Yes. Clovermead Adventure Farm at 11302 Imperial Road in Aylmer is the best known, about a half-hour drive from London. Its adventure farm runs seasonally and is closed over the winter, but the on-farm Honey Shop stays open Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 5 PM.
- Is there a lavender farm near London, Ontario?
- Not one this guide can point you to. None of the farms whose own sites we checked list lavender, and no lavender grower appears among the producers recorded on Food Web's map of the region. If you know of one, you can add it to the map so the next person finds it.
- Where can I buy local food in London itself in winter?
- Covent Garden Market at 130 King Street, which has traded since 1845 and is open Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM to 7 PM and Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM, closed Mondays. Crunican Orchards also sells apples seven days a week, and Great Lakes Farms' Apple Barn runs Saturdays into December.
Sources
- U-pick seasons, Apple Barn hours and address — Great Lakes Farms
- Honey Shop hours, address and season — Clovermead Adventure Farm
- Pick-your-own, bakery and farm history — Apple Land Station
- Visiting hours, address and orchard history — Crunican Orchards
- Market hours, address and vendors — Covent Garden Market
- Sales and U-pick hours — Millar Berry Farms
- Canada's farms are adjusting the ways they sell their products to consumers — Statistics Canada, Feb 9, 2023
Written by
Justin Andrews
Kitchen access and local food infrastructure, Atlantic Canada
Justin Andrews is a chef-turned-founder who has spent the last decade working across farms, markets, restaurants, nonprofits, and academic research. He’s now the CEO of Food Web, a platform built to unlock underused commercial kitchens and strengthen local food systems. Justin writes about food, entrepreneurship, and the work of building resilient local economies.
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