Den Haag sits on the boundary between two completely different landscapes: the coastal dunes of the North Sea and the fertile polder landscape of Midden-Delfland. To the north, the famous bulb-growing region stretches out, where in spring endless rows of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths burst into bloom. To the west lies Westland, the heart of Dutch greenhouse horticulture, but beyond it you’ll find open fruit farms and pick-your-own gardens that welcome visitors. Less than half an hour’s drive from the political capital you can pick the finest strawberries and summer flowers straight from the field.
U-Pick Farms in and around Den Haag
Around Den Haag, Delft, Naaldwijk, Wateringen and Monster you’ll find a variety of pick-your-own farms and flower gardens where you are very welcome. You can pick seasonal flowers, strawberries and fresh vegetables and enjoy them straight from the land. You can also browse all u-pick farms in South Holland .
The best u-pick farms near The Hague: our picks
The Hague has a striking quality: the city ends abruptly where the dunes begin, and that transition from asphalt to sand takes minutes. South and east of the city a polder landscape stretches out where greenhouse horticulture and open picking gardens exist side by side — a contrast you see nowhere else quite so sharply.
In Delft, seven kilometres from The Hague, Buitenkweek has its ecological base: an organic nursery of native plants and seeds with biodiversity as its starting point. Not a classic u-pick farm, but a botanical experience for those who want more than a basket of flowers.
Nine kilometres away, in Schipluiden in the Westland, Het Veldatelier offers CSA members the chance to pick their own seasonal flowers from a certified organic plot. Larkspur, sunflowers, amaranth — the variety shifts week by week with the season, like a flower calendar that is never the same twice.
In Zevenhuizen, twenty-one kilometres from The Hague, Natuurluck shows what large-scale organic vegetable growing means: forty varieties, Skal-certified, sold directly from the field without a middleman.
Sixteen kilometres away, Natuurtalent Rotterdam demonstrates that agriculture thrives inside city fabric — a good destination to combine with a trip to Rotterdam.
Hoeve Avondrust in Zuidbuurt combines organic produce from its own soil with the tranquillity of Midden-Delfland, the protected green buffer between The Hague and Rotterdam.
Tip: the Westland has more to offer outside the greenhouses than you might expect. Always check in advance whether a farm is open — the picking season varies considerably between operations.