Explore the Farms
Scroll down to browse through the 33 Farms and 6 Heritage Sites featured in the 21st annual Kaw Valley Farm Tour.
Click into each profile to learn more, then plan your route with our digital map. Discover amazing Kansas products, and meet the farmers behind everything from pumpkins and poultry to wildflowers and wine!
39th Parallel Nursery & Orchard
U-Pick orchard growing over 300 cultivars of fruit trees in this experimental orchard and nursery. Rare opportunity to sample uncommon fruit varieties.
Baldwin Family Farm, The “Patch”
Enjoy our 8-acre pumpkin patch and corn field maze, climb the large straw palace, dig in the corn pit, and pet the baby goats. Catch the hay ride to our farm at The Clinton Store.
Bowlin Farms
We are a third-generation, family-owned produce and row crop farm, established in the early 1940s.
Bramble Rose Farm
We are a first-generation farm producing high-quality fruits and vegetables using Square Foot, Mittleider, Permaculture, Hugelkultur, and Back to Eden methods.
Clearfield School 58
The Clearfield School 58, a historical interpretative site from 1909, showcases rural community life as it transitioned from German to English. It aims to unite Southeast Douglas County residents and hosts annual open houses. This National Historic Register site is one of fewer than 10 remaining one-room schools in Douglas County open to the public.
Compass Prairie Art Farm
We are a cut flower farm with a 10-acre prairie and art studio, featuring local artists’ work and remnant prairie tours.
Crescent Moon Winery
We are a Kansas Farm Winery and vineyard, producing award-winning wines since 2011. Visitors can tour the vineyards and sample our wines.
Dancing Cow Farms
We raise Scottish Highland cows for grass-fed beef and cow sales. Enjoy a barrel train ride and wagon tour to feed the cows.
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We offer unique gardening styles, vegetables, pollinator flowers, milking goats, mini donkeys, colorful chickens, and farm-art programs.
The Garden at Dogwood Forest
Enjoy hiking through our 35-acre, paw paw rich forest and medicinal herb garden. Learn about our organic and regenerative practices, and see 100 logs inoculated with mushroom spawn and mycorrhizae around orchard trees.
Happy Kids Farm
Visit our collection of livestock and poultry, including grass-fed beef, Nigerian Dwarf and Fainter goats, honeybees, free-range chickens, and Guinea Hens. Hike well-groomed trails around our 40-acre farm and stop at the farm store.
Irvine’s Just Beyond Paradise
We make fine wines from local grapes and fruits. Tour our winery and vineyards for a delightful farm experience.
JET Produce and Meats
Explore our pumpkin patch, mums, fall produce, and meats. Enjoy our new animal interactive area with baby animals, ducks, and guineas.
Juniper Hill Farms
We offer a diversified family farming operation with a farm-to-table experience. Tour, enjoy, and taste our products.
KC Farm School
Explore this inspirational urban farm school with orchards, native plant gardens, production fields, 6000’ greenhouse, wildlands, farm incubators, a community garden, and a small flock of chickens and bee hives.
Lumberyard Arts Center
The Lumberyard Arts Center enhances community wellbeing through visual, performing, literary, and textile arts. Designated by the Kansas Senate as the Quilt Capital of Kansas, it partners with Quilters’ Paradise to offer classes, open sew sessions, artist talks, and exhibits, fostering connections through stories of families and quilting traditions.
Pendleton’s Country Market
We are a diversified family farm growing vegetables, bedding plants, and cut flowers.
The Territorial Capital Museum
The Territorial Capital Museum educates visitors about the history of Territorial Kansas and Lecompton during the Bleeding Kansas era (1854-1861). It features exhibits on the Civil War and early life in Lecompton, housed in the historic Lane University building, named after key figure James Lane, who helped launch the fight for Kansas to be a free state.
Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum
The Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum is located inside Bloomington Park on the west side of Clinton Lake. The museum highlights the history of the Wakarusa River Valley communities and brings to life the stories of the families who participated in the Underground Railroad in the 1860s.
Watkins Museum of History
The Watkins Museum of History, located in the historic 1888 Watkins National Bank Building, features three floors of exhibits showcasing local history, including people who worked for change in our community. It highlights diverse stories from Native American roots, through the founding of Lawrence in the Bleeding Kansas era, to the tumultuous 1960s and 7Os.
October 4-5, 2025
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Your Ticket for a Weekend Full of Fun!
One $15 ticket per carload grants entry to everything for the entire weekend.
Purchase a ticket online, then show your email receipt at the first farm you visit to receive a beautiful physical ticket/guidebook that you will present at the other farms that you visit.
Physical tickets/guidebook can be purchased in person beginning August 14 at the following locations:
901 Iowa St, Lawrence, KS 66044
1832 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044
1606 N 600 Rd, Baldwin City, KS 66006
2110 Harper St, Lawrence, KS 66046
Tips for a Great Tour
What to expect, bring, and avoid for an amazing experience at the Kaw Valley Farm Tour.
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Tour hours are: Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Plan your route with our digital map so you can visit as many farms as possible. A realistic goal is to visit four or five farms per day.
Keep in mind that cell phone and internet services can be unreliable outside of major cities. Look for roadside signs to direct you as you approach a farm.
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We would love for everyone to visit all 33 Farms and 6 Heritage Sites on the tour this year, but realistically, you will only be able to see 4 or 5 farms per day.
Browse through each Farm’s listing here for more information to help you choose your destinations.
Remember that the tour locations are spread across the Kaw Valley! Plan your route with the help of our digital map.
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The event is rain or shine. Come prepared with what you might need.
Some secondary roads may not be paved.
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Many farms will sell fresh produce or seasonal items that you can bring home.
Also, be sure to pack your own water & snacks. Some farms will have these items for sale, but it’s always good to be prepared just in case they run out!
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Although we love our pets, they are not allowed on the farm tour for safety reasons.
Please respect the farm rules and do not bring them on the tour!
We hope you stay safe and have fun!