Johns Island farms: farm stands, pumpkin patches, u-pick and farmers markets

Johns Island’s farm stands sit along Main Road, River Road and Betsy Kerrison Parkway, and two of its farms open pumpkin patches in October. Here’s where to buy straight from a farm, meet the goats or join a CSA, with hours checked on Oct. 29, 2026. Farm hours change with the season and the weather, so call before you drive out.

How we built this list

We searched the SC Department of Agriculture’s agritourism, roadside-market and CSA directories, the state’s senior farmers market lists for 2025 and 2026, Lowcountry Local First’s market list and LocalHarvest. Then we checked each farm against its own website or social page and recent news. Every address went through OpenStreetMap’s outline of Johns Island, the same test our restaurants guide uses, and all 11 places in the island list passed.

Two u-pick farms next door on Wadmalaw are listed separately. We left out a flower farm that books its workshops only through Airbnb, because we couldn’t confirm where it is. If we missed a farm or a stand, tell us. We update this page as stands open, move and close, and log the changes on our openings and closings page.

Where can you pick a pumpkin on Johns Island?

At two farms, both in October.

Legare Farms, 2620 Hanscombe Point Road, runs a pumpkin patch on its 300-acre farm on the Stono River. The farm dates its founding to 1725, and descendants of its founder still run it. Its pumpkin patch page lists weekends in October: Friday 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. Its contact page says Fridays start at 1 p.m., so call 843-559-0788 if you’re planning a Friday visit.

Gate admission is $5 per car. Pumpkins and most activities cost extra, including a hayride to feed the cows ($5), horse rides ($6), a scarecrow kit ($12) and gem mining ($5 or $10 a bucket). The barnyard and playground are free. No outside food, and no pets. In 2026 the farm also brought back a haunted forest walk, Timber Scares, which runs through October.

Full Circle Farm, 3014 River Road, opened its pumpkin patch Oct. 1. It’s open during regular farm hours, Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free in October if you buy a pumpkin. Its Halloween at the Farm night is Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, 6:30 to 8 p.m.: $20 a person and no more than $60 a family, with stories by the fire, s’mores, pumpkin decorating and a hayride. Buy tickets ahead.

For carving instead of picking, The Goatery at Kiawah River runs Gourds & Goats, pumpkin carving with its herd, from August through the fall. Register in advance.

Is there a farmers market on Johns Island?

Yes. The Sea Island Farmers Market runs every Saturday, year-round, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Charleston Collegiate School campus, 2024 Academy Road. It’s rain or shine, and it’s a producers’ market: vendors can sell only what they grow or make. Expect produce, locally raised meat, eggs, mushrooms and honey, plus breads, desserts, crafts and lunch. Leashed, well-behaved pets are allowed.

Searching for the Johns Island Farmers Market? This is it. When that market’s founders stepped away in early 2020, its vendors kept it going under the new name, the Charleston City Paper reported. Some listings call it the Sea Islands Farmers Market. Its 2026 holiday market is Saturday, Dec. 19, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; our Christmas guide has more December events.

The island’s other market, St. John’s Farmers Market, met on Wednesday afternoons at St. John’s Grove, 3673 Maybank Highway. Lowcountry Local First still lists it for Wednesdays 3 to 6 p.m., with its 2026 dates “coming soon.” The church’s market web page is no longer online, and we found no sign the market ran in 2026.

Which farm stands are open on Johns Island?

Five. Three are on or just off Betsy Kerrison Parkway near the Kiawah River entrance, toward Kiawah and Seabrook.

• Rosebank Farms, 5018 Kiawah River Drive. Sidi Limehouse and Louise Bennett moved their stand in 2024 to the entrance of Kiawah River, a neighborhood that calls itself Charleston’s first “agrihood,” on land where Limehouse grew up. It sells the farm’s produce and flowers, plus local seafood, honey and grab-and-go dishes. Kiawah River says Limehouse grows carrots, lettuce, cabbage, okra, watermelon, artichokes and tomatoes there, along with zinnias and hydrangeas. The stand also stocks The Goatery’s goat cheese and milk in season. Its January 2025 listing said it was open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. We couldn’t confirm 2026 hours, so call 843-768-0508.
• The Market at Storey Farms, 4104 Betsy Kerrison Parkway. It’s across the road from Kiawah River. Jeremy Storey left Chicago’s three-Michelin-star Alinea to raise chickens on Johns Island, and his market sells the farm’s eggs, poultry and pork plus produce and goods from neighboring farms. It’s open Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Freeman Produce, 3801 Betsy Kerrison Parkway. A produce stand with no website we could find. The state’s 2025 senior farmers market list gave its hours as Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and it’s on the 2026 list too. Call 843-697-2612 before you go.
• Joseph Fields Farm, 3129 River Road. A staffed stand on the 50-acre farm of Joseph Fields, a third-generation Gullah Geechee farmer. His grandson, CJ Dillahunt, is set to take it over, Live 5 News reported in 2025, and the farm gives tours. The state’s farm-stand directory lists more than two dozen crops, including strawberries, blueberries, collards, okra and muscadine grapes. That directory gives hours of daily 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., while the state’s 2025 senior-market list says Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., so call 843-729-9606.
• Stono Market & Tomato Shed Café, 842 Main Road. The Ambrose family’s farm market and café, open since 1989. It sells produce from Ambrose Family Farm on Wadmalaw, fills in with produce shipped from elsewhere out of season, and stocks local honey, stone-ground grits, jams and baked goods. The market is open Tuesday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lunch is served Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and supper Thursday to Saturday, 4 to 9 p.m.

Which farms can you visit on Johns Island?

Five welcome visitors. Of these, only Full Circle Farm takes walk-in visitors outside Legare’s October pumpkin patch, so book the others ahead.

• Full Circle Farm, 3014 River Road. Peter and Mary Conway started it in 2016 on fields that were for sale as one-acre lots. Stop by Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., pick up a map at the welcome booth and walk the farm for $5 a person, age 5 and up. A guided “inside the pens” tour with the goats, donkeys and ducks is $10 a person by appointment, and the farm doesn’t recommend it for children under 5. It sells duck eggs ($10 a dozen), seasoned firewood and, from Thanksgiving, Christmas trees. In December, admission is free if you buy a tree.
• The Goatery at Kiawah River, 2574 Mullet Hall Road. A grade-A goat dairy run by Ray and Missy Farkouh. Visits are by appointment and cost $20 a person; children under 2 are free. It also holds goat yoga classes and birthday parties, and it makes raw goat milk, chèvre and pimento cheese.
• Jeremiah Farm & Goat Dairy, 3853 Platt Road. A homestead and grade-A raw goat milk dairy that teaches cheese- and soap-making classes. Its state listing gives hours of Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with tours by appointment. Harvest Hosts calls it a seasonal dairy, so call 843-276-3115 before you go for milk.
• Blackwater Acres, 2515 Breakaway Trail. An alpaca farm that sells yarn and fiber goods. Tours are by appointment, Wednesday to Sunday, per its state listing, and it posts tour dates on Instagram.
• Legare Farms books school field trips year-round, including Thanksgiving on the Farm in November ($10 a child), and runs weeklong summer camps. In 2026 they ran in June and July for ages 6 to 11, at $300 a week. On weekdays outside October, call 843-559-0788 for an appointment.

Which Johns Island farms have a CSA or delivery?

• Legare Farms. Its 2026 CSA is a weekly bag of six or seven vegetables for 15 weeks: 12 in spring and summer, then three in the fall after a midsummer break. Its online store lists a half share at $400 and a full share at $505. Pick up at the farm on Tuesdays, 1 to 6 p.m., or at stops on James Island and in West Ashley, North Charleston and Mount Pleasant; delivery costs extra. An egg share is available, and a six-week winter season runs January and February. For meat, its Butcher’s Club sells prepaid memberships of $250, $500 or $1,000 that take 20% off its beef, pork, lamb and eggs. Its Rolling Market sells vegetables, beef, pork, eggs and jams at stops around Charleston; call 843-559-0788 for the current schedule.
• Rosebank Farms. Its CSA ran from April through December in 12-week seasons, with bags to pick up or boxes delivered, according to the farm’s January 2025 listing. Ask at the stand about 2026.
• Spade & Clover Gardens. A small Johns Island farm that grows tomatoes, cucumbers and kale alongside turmeric, ginger and galangal. It started in 2013 in Lowcountry Local First’s Dirtworks incubator, and it now farms several fields at Full Circle Farm. Its website lists no farm stand: order online, or ask about the 19-week spring and summer CSA share in its state listing.
• Ambrose Family Farm, Wadmalaw Island. Its year-round CSA delivers to Johns Island, according to its state listing. Its 2026 LocalHarvest listing puts shares at $25 to $55 a week.
• Vital Mission Farm, Wadmalaw Island, delivers pasture-raised poultry, pork, beef and eggs, and Johns Island is in its delivery area.

What’s in season on Johns Island, month by month?

This calendar uses only what the farms themselves post. Ambrose Family Farm, which supplies the Stono Market, publishes the most detail. Weather moves every date, so call ahead.

When	What’s in	Where
January and February	Winter roots and greens: beets, carrots, radishes, turnips, cabbage, broccoli, kale, collards, lettuces and sugar snap peas	Ambrose Family Farm and the Stono Market; Legare Farms’ six-week winter CSA
March	The first strawberries, which Ambrose says can be ready “as early as March”	Ambrose Family Farm u-pick, Wadmalaw
Spring	Strawberry picking, plus peas, squash, cucumbers, potatoes, beans, peppers, eggplant, flowers and herbs	Ambrose Family Farm
June	Tomatoes, which Ambrose says “typically ripen in June”	Ambrose Family Farm and the Stono Market
Summer	Blueberries and blackberries (u-pick into early summer), sweet corn, melons, okra, figs, pears, and muscadine and scuppernong grapes	Ambrose Family Farm
August	Pumpkin carving with goats begins	The Goatery’s Gourds & Goats
October	Pumpkin patches	Legare Farms on weekends; Full Circle Farm from Oct. 1, Tuesday to Sunday
Fall	Pumpkins and winter squash, then salad greens and the winter roots and greens again	Ambrose Family Farm
Thanksgiving through December	Christmas trees	Full Circle Farm

Ambrose closes when it rains, so check the forecast before a picking trip.

Where can you pick strawberries near Johns Island?

Next door on Wadmalaw Island. We didn’t find a pick-your-own berry farm on Johns Island itself.

• Ambrose Family Farm, 2349 Black Pond Lane, Wadmalaw Island. Pete Ambrose and his family have farmed 135 acres of the old Selkirk Plantation since 1976. Pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and flowers run in spring and early summer, with staff on hand to help. The farm stand is open year-round and runs on an honor system in the off-season. It takes cards but prefers cash or Venmo, and it closes when it rains. Call 843-709-8295.
• Bugby Plantation U-Pick, Bugby Plantation Road, Wadmalaw Island. It’s just across the bridge from Johns Island, off Maybank Highway, with strawberries and seasonal vegetables to pick. The state’s listing gives Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., cash only. We couldn’t find its 2026 season dates, so call 843-209-3246 first.

What’s planned at Grayson Oaks?

Farm stands, eventually. In January 2025 the Lowcountry Land Trust announced it had acquired Grayson Oaks, 94 acres off Main and Humbert roads, which stays an active farm under a lease to local regenerative farmers. Its plans include walking trails, community events, field trips and farm stands, but it gave no dates, and we found none when we checked. We’ll add the farm here when it opens to the public.