Lino Lakes, Minnesota (near Minneapolis) | August 18-20, 2025

NAFDMA's Agritourism Learning Retreat (ALR) is a multi-day intensive that connects attendees with premier agritourism operations in North America. 

Stepping out of the classroom and onto the farm, the ALR offers immersive, hands-on education in best operational practices for farms and attractions.

The ALR is limited to 100 attendees. Don’t wait — register today!

For decades, Waldoch Farm has been supplying top-quality plants, beautiful hanging baskets, a vast variety of bedding plants and all of the necessary and extraordinary vegetable starts to Lino Lakes and the surrounding communities. Our variety, quality and service are unmatched with blooming annuals, bountiful vegetables and lasting perennials.

Our Garden Center offers unique varieties of annuals, perennials and shrubs and supplies top-quality plants, beautiful hanging baskets, a vast variety of bedding plants and vegetable starts! Since we grow most of the plants ourselves, we offer unique combinations of flowers that you cannot find anywhere else.

Our newly established Joyer Adventure Farm includes the Joyer Barnyard which highlights Waldoch Farm’s passion for agricultural outreach and experience-based education. Families enjoy strolling through the barnyard and feeding a wide range of farm animals including sheep, chickens, donkeys, alpaca, ponies, peacocks, pygmy goats, and pigs.

We also offer Pick Your Own Strawberry fields, Pick Your Own Vegetable fields, a Sunflower Festival, Honey Bee Experience, Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch and a variety of family-friendly activities and experiences.