Almere is the youngest major city in the Netherlands, built on the Flevopolder — the world’s largest artificial land reclamation project and at the same time one of Europe’s most fertile agricultural regions. The rich black marine clay of the Flevopolder produces exceptional harvests of vegetables, fruit and flowers year after year. What began as bare seabed has grown into a farming paradise where organic farms and innovative fruit-growing businesses flourish side by side. Just outside the city you’ll find vast fields and pick-your-own farms that prove it: new land, age-old farming wisdom.
U-Pick Farms near Almere
Around Almere, Lelystad, Zeewolde, Dronten and Biddinghuizen you’ll find a variety of pick-your-own farms and fruit gardens where you are very welcome. You can pick strawberries, raspberries, flowers and fresh vegetables on plots that were once seabed. You can also search among all u-pick farms in Flevoland .
The best u-pick farms near Almere: our picks
Almere stands on land that fifty years ago was still seabed. The Flevoland polder is an agricultural miracle: black marine clay, wide plots and a fertility that makes farmers from other provinces envious. Around the city — towards Zeewolde, Biddinghuizen and ’s-Graveland — lie picking gardens that turn this polder wealth into a visitor experience.
In ’s-Graveland, fifteen kilometres from Almere, Biologische Tuinderij Land en Boschzigt stands as the oldest biodynamic self-harvest garden in the Netherlands, founded in 1947. Leek, pumpkin, beetroot, beans and sunflowers on historic ground that justifies a visit regardless of what you bring home.
In Zeewolde, deep in the polder at eighteen kilometres, MMM Zorgboerderij | Triade Vitree combines organic fruit picking — grapes, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries — with animal contact and a woodland play area. Good for a family day that offers more than just filling the basket.
In Weesp, seventeen kilometres from Almere, Pluk me! is ready with organic field bouquets and flower picking in the warm months — a picking farm with the character of a small grower who knows every plant personally.
In Abcoude, the Tuinen van Hartstocht offer organic vegetables and flowers: a CSA garden supplying members with a weekly harvest from May to November on the most complete organic farm in the region.
Eighteen kilometres from Almere, in Amersfoort, Tuinpark Laakzijde provides flowers, vegetables and herbs on a certified organic plot in the Vathorst neighbourhood — an example of how urban and agricultural can coexist.
Tip: the polder soils around Almere are exceptionally suited for tomatoes and courgettes. Visit in August when the summer harvest is at its peak.