Braehead farm is open year round! Spring through Fall hours are 9am-6pm. Winter hours are 9am-5pm.
The Braehead Farm Market, Lunch Kitchen, and Family Playgrounds is open year round! You can purchase seasonal produce already picked or pick your own! Enjoy ice cream! Shop for beef, pork, dairy products and bakery products! Jams, relishes and pickles! Local Honey! And…so much more!
Let us do the baking for you!
Feel free to call the Market and pre-order for pies, cakes, muffins, cookies, dairy items, for a pickup! Let us make that special occasion dinner dessert PIE or sliceable LOAF CAKE for you! Call the Braehead Market at 540-899-9848
PIES: Apple, Dutch Apple, Caramel Apple Nut, Blackberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Coconut Custard, Peach, Fruits of the Forest, Strawberry Rhubarb. Seasonal pies: Pecan, Pumpkin, Raspberry and Sweet Potato.
SLICEABLE LOAF CAKES: Apple Caramel, Blueberry, Cinnamon Burst, Cranberry Orange Nut, Zucchini Nut, Pumpkin, Triple Berry, Peach Melba, Triple Berry Loaf and French Vanilla!
COOKIES: Chocolate Chunk, Double Chocolate Chunk, Sugar Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin, Ginger Molasses, M & M, Smore’s, snickerdoodle, coconut pecan.
MUFFINS: Peach, Cranberry Orange Nut, Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate with chips, Pumpkin, Blueberry, Banana Nut, Lemon Poppyseed, Rum Butter.
Asparagus should be in around April 15, 2023. Strawberries should be in about the last week of April!
No reservation needed and no admission fee to pick produce in the front PYO fields…just pay for what you pick. (The only admission area is the Family Playgrounds with the farm animals. $5.00 per person, age 2 and under free. *see below)
PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED, BY LAW, IN THE FRONT PICK-YOUR-OWN FIELDS. You are welcome to bring your dog on a leash and pick up after them, in the other areas of our farm. We prefer the dog NOT come into the market IF the market is busy and full of customers. We would be glad to help you to get to the back of the market to go to the Family Playgrounds by walking you around. Just remember that we have free range chickens.
Braehead Farm is open YEAR-ROUND! Our Spring through Fall hours are 9am-6pm. Winter hours are 9am-5pm.
Shop in the market, stay for lunch and ice cream, play in the Family Playgrounds!
Shop for Farm Fresh Dairy, eggs, meats, bacon, jams, peanut butters, peanuts, fudge, bakery items and more!
*Daily Play in The Family Playgrounds behind the market from 9am-6pm – no reservation needed. The daily admission is $5.00 per person, children and adults. Age 2 and under are always free. You pay this admission in the market when you arrive. You can visit the farm animals, play and picnic. We also offer a Seasonal Pass for unlimited visits during the pass dates, of $25.00 per person, age 2 and under free. The Spring Summer Season Pass starts for use on February 22, 2023 and goes through Labor Day, September 4, 2023. The Fall Winter then starts in September through February! See a cashier for details!
Rental Barns for parties and events! See our Birthday party page!
The Braehead Farm Lunch Kitchen is open weekdays from 11am-2pm and weekends from 11am-4pm. You can picnic beside the market or in the Family Playgrounds if you have paid admission. We do have limited table spaces inside the market for lunch and ice cream.
Gather with friends for a farm roast! Here at Braehead Farm we have fire pits, with picnic tables under shade trees in the Family Playgrounds! These fire pits and tables can be reserved for your special group! Each fire pit and picnic table (table seats about 10 adults) area is $55.00 and includes the wood for the fire, our staff will get the fire going and will extinguish the fire when finished. This firepit fee does not include our daily admission fee to the Family Playgrounds of $5.00 per person, age 2 and under free. Also, during an event such as Fall Festival or the Santa Event, there is an event fee to enter into the event.
Available “Farm Roasting” times:
9:30 AM – 12:15 Noon | 12:30 PM – 3:15 PM
3:30 PM – 6:15 in Spring/Summer/Fall
Check in at our Farm Market for your reserved pit area and head to your designated fire pit!
To reserve your space, call Braehead Farm at 540-899-9848. A reservation with a $20.00 deposit is required to hold your date and time.
Braehead Farm is open YEAR ROUND! Shop, play and stay for lunch! With the time change, Braehead Farm will be open from 9am-5pm daily.
Spring through Fall hours are 9am-6pm starting on March 12, 2023.
Our lunch kitchen is open year round from 11-4 on weekends and 11-2 weekdays. Call ahead for a pickup! 540-899-9848. Check out our Lunch menu page…click link…
Located at 1130 Tyler Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401. 540-899-9848
Stop into the market for all of your farm fresh items and local made gifts!
Fresh seasonal produce- blueberries, (raspberries and blackberries are trickling in and should be in the market by 7/8/22) leafy greens such as kale, collards, mustard, broccoli, swiss chard, carrots, beets, Kholrabi. Check out our Pick-Your-Own page!
Peaches and corn will be in the market by the 2nd week of July!
White potatoes and sweet potatoes, apples in the market.
We have fresh baked pies, cookies, muffins and loaf cakes!
baking mixes, gourmet popcorns, and more
Gluten free items
10lb FRESH slab of sliced Kunzler bacon. Order by 12:00 Noon on Wednesdays for Thursday pickup. Call the market for current pricing. 540-899-9848
Most of our produce that grows in our fields, is also in our market. You can either “Pick-Your-Own” or purchase already picked in the Market!
The Family Play-Grounds is also open ($5.00 per person, age 2 and under free) so come on down to pick, shop and play! Picnic with your family! Check out the indoor glass beehive! We also offer a Season Pass to the Family Playgrounds ($25.00 per person, age 2 and under free.) Visit the animals, play in the playgrounds, the hay barn, picnic, play tether ball, volleyball, walk on the slack line, rope the steer heads, and more!
CALL AHEAD FOR YOUR SPECIAL ORDER BAKERY ITEMS OR STOP IN
Feel free to call the Market and pre-order for pies, cakes, muffins, cookies, dairy items, for a pickup! Let us make that special occasion dinner PIE or sliceable LOAF CAKE for you! Call the Braehead Market at 540-899-9848
PIES: $18.99 each Apple, Dutch Apple, Caramel Apple Nut, Blackberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Peach, Fruits of the Forest, Strawberry Rhubarb and Coconut Custard. Seasonal pies: Pecan, Pumpkin, and Sweet Potato.
LOAVES: $8.49 each Apple Caramel, Blueberry, Cinnamon Burst, Cranberry Orange Nut, French Vanilla, Zucchini Nut, Pumpkin, Triple Berry, Banana chocolate chip, Banana Nut, Lemon, Peach Melba.
COOKIES: Chocolate Chunk, Double Chocolate Chunk, Sugar Cookie, Oatmeal Raisin, M & M, and Ginger Molasses.
MUFFINS: Peach, Cranberry Orange Nut, Chocolate Chip, Cinnamon Apple, Double Chocolate with chips, Pumpkin, Blueberry, Banana Nut, Red Velvet, Rum Butter and corn muffin.
The Market accepts cash, local check with ID or credit card Be sure to see the OBSERVATION BEE HIVE! It is a glass, working bee hive. It is sure to captivate the children while you shop! .
2022 Summer Equestrian Camp WILL BE HELD AT WOODPECKER FARM IN CAROLINE COUNTY. See information below for camp held at Woodpecker Farm.
Woodpecker Farm has many well trained ponies for horse camp. Braehead Farm will not be hosting horse camp this year.
REGISTER FOR CAMP https://woodpeckerfarm.com/summer-camp/
(Additional camp details are included below)
What Campers Need to Bring:
ASTM Approved riding helmet
Jodhpur type boots – with ½” to 1” heel
Lunch (water and snack provided)
One change of clothes
Extra shoes for hiking and playing
Sun screen
SUMMER CAMP
These camps are scheduled for all levels of riders. The focus will be on teaching young equestrians proper and safe riding techniques and care for horses and equipment.
Advanced levels excel in perfecting riding skills and expanding their horse knowledge.
Each day, weather permitting, there will be lessons on horseback and off. A typical day would have a lesson, unmounted instruction, and mounted games or a trail ride.
ADVANCED CAMP
Great opportunities are in store for those advanced campers who are accepted. They will benefit from having instruction every day and guest professionals.
Emphasis will put on each individual’s skills that may need attention both on and off horses. In addition, they will be trained in course designing, horse show management and produce our Tuesday evening horse show.
Of course, there is always time for fun and games.
Advanced campers must be able to jump a 2’ course and know their leads and diagonals.
OPEN DAILY! SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL HOURS ARE 9AM-6PM. WINTER HOURS ARE 9AM-5PM
Admission: The Family Playgrounds is a ** $5.00 (+tax) per person admission area of the farm. Age 2 and under are free. This admission gives you unlimited hours of same day play during business hours and includes:
**PLEASE NOTE: DURING SPECIAL EVENTS BRAHEAD FARM MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EVENT FEE TO GO INTO THE EVENT IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE. (Spring-Easter Event, Fall-Harvest Festival Weekends, December-Santa Clause Christmas Event)
Play barn with rope swings
“steer heads” to rope!
Swings and slides!
Sand piles with trucks and toys!
A tree deck with slide!
Corn pit!
Trikes and push tractors for the little ones!
slack line to walk across!
FARM ANIMAL RESCUE MISSION! Braehead Farm has many animals for you to see! These animals are all rescues from various situations and have been brought to Braehead Farm to live! Our farm animals include….chickens, cows, pigs, goats, alpacas, sheep, horses, donkeys, rabbits…and honey bees to watch in their visual hive!
Picnic tables! Bring your own picnic or enjoy our Braehead Farm Kitchen offerings from 11-4 open on weekends and weekdays 11-2 March-December. Delicious BBQ, hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken salad and more.
Fire pits with picnic tables to rent!
Age 2 and under are free!
The Family Playgrounds also offers two barns – “The Red Shed” and “The Block Shed”, for hosting your own events and birthday parties.
Season Passes! Enjoy unlimited, daily play in the Family Playgrounds during operating hours with a Season’s Pass. A Seasonal Pass is $25.00 per person, age 2 and under free. The Spring Summer Season Pass starts for use on February 22, 2022 and goes through Labor Day, September 5, 2022. We then start our Fall Winter Season Pass from September through February. (6 months) See cashier for details!
Note: Some special events will not be included in the pass or will have a separate or additional fee. Season Passes are non transferrable to other people and is non-refundable. The pass does not include staff led farm educational field trips and tours. They also are not for use of the barn rentals. Barn rentals are a separate fee with counted wristbands. The pass is for entry to the Family Playgrounds only and is not related to rental barns or field trips or an special event fees.
SUMMER CAMP
