Take home some Rideau Lakes bounty! From sweet honey to veggies to maple syrup, berries and beef, Rideau Lakes is bursting with local food producers. Stop by local farm stands or travel around to family farms and discover all the ingredients for a fresh meal during your stay in Rideau Lakes. Scroll to find a google map of locations to plan your farm gate adventure!
Looking for the Farm to Fork experience? Harlem Stonegate Bed & Breakfast offers wonderful locally-sourced foods, cooked to perfection! Revolve Farms in Lombardy offers an elevated created with freshly harvested produce from the farm and other local producers, vegetable forward meals are prepared by Matt, a le Corden Bleu trained chef. Enrich your experience of the farm with your choice of a 3-course farm to table dinner or a healthful picnic lunch. Farm to Table and Wendy’s Country Market connects farm to table with more than 60 producers in one place! Watch for fun agricultural events for the whole family here throughout the summer. Read on to meet the growers of Rideau Lakes.
Farm Stands & Markets
Clover Gardens
Crosby Market
Doucet Farm
A popular local spot for both seasonal vegetables and antiques! Located at 8525 County 42 Road in Newboro, look for the sign,"Old World Country Antiques" on your way.
Old World Country Antiques Photo by Levi Doucet
Gunnebrooke Farms
Family owned and operated! In addition to milking about 60 cows and cash-cropping, Gunnebrooke Farms produced maple syrup, maple butter and maple candy year round. From their family to yours, Gunnebrooke Farms puts love and careful attention into what they produce and create. Give Joyce a call to order or stop by the farm to pick some up (to guarantee someone being there, give Joyce a call first at 613-359-5071.) Online ordering is easy, check out their retail site here.
Henhouse Harvest
Little Rideau Farm
Home of epic maple vinegar! The year-round farm stand at Little Rideau Farm is the perfect stop for single-source honey and world champion maple products. You can’t miss the little red barn at 8929 Highway 42 near Westport.
Little Rideau Farm's Maple Vinegar photo by Marie White
Luna Moth Blooms and Bounty
This small-scale hobby farm in Rideau Lakes specializes in seasonal blooms and garden veggies. The roadside stand is located at 4775 Briton Houghton Bay Road, Portland.
Luna Moth Blooms and Bounty Facebook page
Magill Family Farm Services
Magill Family Farms and Services Facebook PageMaple Hill Farm Stand
Maple Hill Farm Stand Facebook PageMiller's Bay Farm
This fourth generation family farm in Rideau Ferry is a local staple for fresh produce. The strawberries are amazing (mid-June) and the veggies are devine. Miller’s Bay Farm Market Garden & Berry Patch also offers a weekly produce basket program to keep up with everything that's in season. Wondering what's available on the stand and when? Miller Bay Farm has made it easy! Don't forget their fabulous pumpkin patch in the fall.
Millers Bay Farm photo by Tom Graham and Associates Newboro Farm Gate Gardens
Where colourful blooms and delicious herbs combine! Get ready to grow with the greenhouse at Newboro Farm Gate Gardens. This garden centre in Newboro specializes in plants, flowers and herbs. Check out their annuals, perennials, herbs, vines, hanging baskets, potted containers, garden features, top soil, garden mix, black loam, and container mix.
Newboro Farm Gate Facebook Page
Otter Lake Farm Stand
Palmers Vegetable and Berry Farm
Fresh berries alert! Palmers Berry Farm on Salem Road near Westport has a great pick your own or ready-picked selection of strawberries when in season – but don’t drive away without checking out the other seasonal produce available from May to October!
Palmers Vegetable and Berry Farm photo by Matthew Liteplo
Revolve Farms
Open Sundays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This small scale, regenerative, vegetable farm located at 4 Moran Road at Old Kingston Road in Lombardy, Ontario. Permaculture principles and sustainable practices are our core values. Connect to fresh, healthful, veggies, herbs, and occasionally fresh or dried flowers. The farm stand will be open May to October, every Sunday plus popups! More information and photos can be found on their Facebook Page.
Photo: Revolve Farms Facebook Page
Scheuermann's Vineyard
This garagiste winery will have you becoming a regular! Atop a hill overlooking Westport’s Sand Lake, Scheuermann’s Vineyard and Winery creates magic in a glass – and on a plate. Soak in the ambiance at the winery during the summer season with outdoor dining and dig into scrumptious steaks or incredible woodfired pizza while savouring a bottle of wine and overlooking the vines. Check out their Facebook page for updates!
Photo: Scheuermann Vineyard and Winery Website
Scotty's Garden Centre
Take time to smell the flowers! Across the road from Rideau Vista Public School near Westport, you will find a collection of red buildings including Scotty's Garden Centre offering bedding plants and hanging baskets. Lots of plantables!
Stealing the Bloom Farm Tours and Barnyard Zoo
The Garden Shop
Dreaming of beautiful gardens? Fuel your obsession at Ridgecraft near Newboro, with beautiful garden products and planters at the garden shop. This space will have what you need to plan an epic flower or vegetable garden this sunny season – or landscaping products to take your green thumb to the next level. The back bone of Ridgecraft's garden shop is in garden centre supplies, carrying over 2500 products. Check out their online store, too.
Three Sisters Market
At the Emmanuel Heritage Centre (2767 Highway 15 in Portland) three sisters organize a market in the parking lot.
Stealing the Bloom Farm
Whether it's fresh produce, eggs, flowers, livestock, meat or the skills it took to grow them, Stealing the Bloom Farm wants to share it all with you! Look for a new farm stand at 28 Sunnyside Road near Westport, as well as immersive workshops and educational farm tours offering a firsthand glimpse into the workings of a small-scale farm. Meet the animals and learn about biodynamic gardening, rotational grazing, animal husbandry, farm systems, and more! See cows, pigs, rabbits, peacocks, sheep, donkeys, chickens, ducks, geese and many more friendly farm faces. You’ll fall in love with life on the farm!
Stealing the Bloom Farm WebsiteWendy's Country Market
A trip to Wendy’s Country Market is an outing unto itself! Whether revelling in the local food, marvelling at the location in a reimagined historic schoolhouse, or seeing the animals up close and personal, Wendy’s Country Market is a feel-good local stop. When shopping at Wendy’s Country Market, you’re supporting more than 60 local producers who sell their products through Wendy’s. It's a one-stop shop for meat, produce, baking, preserves, mushrooms, and even donkey milk soap!
Wendys Country Market photo by Tim Forbes RTO9
Farms
Beverley Shores Honey
Local sweetness! Beverley Shores Honey will bee-witch your taste buds. Give a call and then stop in on Curtis Lane to enjoy honey made close to home.
Blair Brothers Maples
A sweet new activity turned into a family tradition! Blair Brothers Maples was born from the pandemic and now has more than 800 taps on their multi-generational homestead near Newboro. Pick up your syrup at the Recess Cafe in Portland, where this liquid gold is sold year round (until it’s sold out!).
Bushgarden Farmstead Cheese
An amazing fifth-generation family farm in Rideau Lakes, making raw milk cheese by hand. Bushgarden Farm is certified organic, and the cheese is made from fresh, warm, raw milk on the farm by cheesemaker Nigel Smith. In Rideau Lakes, you can find this delectable cheese at Bastard Coffee House in Delta.
Bushgarden Cheese Facebook Page
Chantland Farms
This family farm is more than just a dairy farm, it also produced corn, soy beans and seeds on Highway 15 near Portland.
Cornacre Farms
Famous for super sweet corn! Corn Acre Farms is a 1,000 acre family farm where you can find in-season vegetables with a focus on green and yellow snap beans, field tomatoes, potatoes, bunched green onions, carrots, beets, and squash – as well as the sweet corn everyone has been sinking their teeth into for 55 years! They grow both conventional and chemical-free produce. Find Cornacre Farms on Facebook, too.
Davis Lock Cattle Co.
Raising Scottish Highland Beef in Rideau Lakes! This premium, grass-fed beef is pasture raised and is hormone and antibiotic free. This type of beef is lean but very rich in flavour and tenderness. Best of all it’s packed with nutrition!
Davis Lock Cattle Co. Facebook Page
Home of the Hutchings Bee since 1848; a truly Canadian honey bee! Sixth generation beekeeper selling honey, queen bees, and the innovative BeeDry Winter Hive wraps at 434 McCann Road near Newboro. Beekeeping experiences are provided by request! Try on a bee suit and visit the bee yard with the farmer herself. Lambtrax established in 1988 produces hand spun yarns and fleece. Breeding stock can be purchased from the farm's registered flock of Dorset Horn Sheep, (which are on the endangered species list for domestic farm animals.) Registered Miniature Horned Hereford cattle, breeding stock for sale. Eggs from Heritage Breed hens and the Extremely rare Yellow Hungarian chicken. Open on occasion or by appointment. Member of Heritage Livestock Canada https://heritagelivestockcanada.com/
Debbees Bees Facebook Page DeltaTop Farm
DeltaTop Farm Facebook Page Fair Field Farm
Known for their fresh eggs and beautiful onions, this large scale grower has lots of vegetables on the grow. Be sure to ask about their preserves and frozen foods too, such as kale for smoothies and even gooseberries! Located in Delta at 1307 Delta Road.
Fat of the Land Farm
From their farm to your table! This small, regenerative, holistically minded farm in Elgin has a passion for doing the right thing.
Four Goats Farm
Four Goats Farm WebsiteHeritage Seed & Produce
Check in with the experts: Heritage Seed & Produce specializes in the propagation of rare heirloom vegetable seed without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Buy your seeds online with Heritage Seed & Produce!
Leggett's Maple Sugarbush
Leggett's Maple Sugarbush WebsiteLost Woods Farm
Lost Woods Farm Facebook Page Marion's Honey
Near Forfar, this homestead offers wholesale honey, beeswax, and starter colonies. Located at 1577 County Road 42 between Forfar and Philipsville. Open on occasion or by appointment.
Moon Valley Farms Apple Orchard
Fresh apples and known for its cider! The perfect spot to find all your favourite varieties in a pick-your-own format. This apple orchard features a variety of pre-picked or self-picked apples and fresh apple cider. Easy to find off at 3357 Hwy. 15 between Elgin and Crosby. You-pick season typically starts in September – follow on Facebook to stay up to date.
Moon Valley Farms Facebook Page
No. 9 Gardens
No.9 Gardens is open to the public, providing a unique place for the display of eco-art, the delivery of workshops related to sustainability and Indigenous dialogue, as well as an environment where visitors can immerse themselves in nature and learn how to live more sustainably. Looking for a unique camping experience? Sleep under the stars at Canada’s first centre for promoting sustainability and Indigenous dialogue. Reconnect with nature at No. 9 Gardens Eco-Glamping experience in the comfort of your town prospector-style tent or private yurt.
No. 9 Gardens Facebook Page
Looking for liquid gold? Read more about Maple Syrup Producers in Rideau Lakes!
Norwood Family Farm
This family farm is run by Charlie and Gerri Norwood who have been breeding Fleckvieh Simmental Cattle for decades on Little Crosby Lake Road.
Norwood Family Farm Facebook Page
Rideau Power Greens
Want a nutrient boost? Dig in! Rideau Power Greens located near Elgin provides locally-grown organic microgreens delivered to your doorstep in the greater Rideau Lakes area. Discover the benefits of organic microgreens grown close to home. Order online and have them delivered – couldn’t be easier!
Rideau Power Greens Website
Stoodleys Farm
Sunnyfarm
With a herd of 20 Saanen and Angora goats enjoying the good life and providing meat and dairy for making cheese and ice cream, Sunnyfarm is big on locally-grown food without the use of hormones, pesticides or chemical fertilizers. This farm near Portland also offers farm experiences, giving tours and allowing guests to meet their friendly dairy goats, specializing in the majestic Saanen breed. Please be sure to call ahead if planning a farm visit.
Sunnyfarm Website
Sugar Maple Farms
Situated near Portland, Sugar Maple Farms makes natural maple syrup without the use of any chemicals or additives. Stainless steel sugar shanty equipment is part of this modern operation.
Sugar Maple Farms Facebook Page
The Frugal Farm
The best place to find organic meat naturally raised outdoors and pasture fed. Variety boxes, sausages, kabobs, schnitzel, smoked bacon, hams and peameal bacon. Beef jerky, pork jerky and pepperoni sticks. Plus in-season vegetables, fruit, berries, and raw cold packed honey.
The Frugal Farm Facebook Page
Whether it’s locally-grown fruit, veggies and meats, maple syrup and honey, or even fresh-picked flowers, produce grown close to home plays a big part in creating the authentic Rideau Lakes experience!
