Ask a longtime Wyckoff resident when to visit Abma's Farm and most will say October, for the hayride and the pumpkin patch that arrive on Lawlins Road every year like clockwork. That answer isn't wrong. It's just incomplete. Over the past week, Abma's has offered several different activities: a potato dig with a brewery pouring between the rows last Saturday, pick-your-own flowers on Saturdays, a wine bar inside a barn that has stood on the property since the 1790s, and the final week of summer camp, running August 10 through 14. October brings its seasonal crowds. The first half of August offers a different view of the farm's activities.
Abma's is a working farm that also offers seasonal attractions, including a corn maze in the fall. This week on Lawlins Road offers a view of several parts of its operation.
Four Parts of the Farm Across One Week
This week, four parts of Abma's operation appear across the schedule.
| Line of the farm | Status as of this week | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|
| Row crops | The Great Potato Dig ran Saturday, August 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with Bolero Snort Brewery pouring from 11 to 3 | Out past the greenhouses, gloves and a shovel required |
| Boutique flowers | Pick-your-own zinnias and snapdragons continue every Saturday | The cutting field beyond the market |
| Hospitality | Tomasello Winery's tasting room stays open inside the retail market | Inside the 200-plus-year-old barn |
| Education | The final week of Summer Camp runs August 10 through 14 | Camp fields and the barnyard |
Across the week, different visitors come for different reasons. One brings a shovel and expects dirt under their fingernails. One brings a mason jar and wants a bouquet. One wants a glass of wine and somewhere to sit. One is seven years old and doesn't know yet that farms are supposed to be seasonal. These activities take place on the same 32 acres, with the same family that has run this place since 1929.
The Only Farm Left of Its Kind in Bergen County
Here's the fact that reframes everything else: Abma's describes itself as Bergen County's only produce, egg, and meat farm. Not the oldest. Not the largest. The only one still doing all three.
That claim only makes sense once you look at what's underneath it. The homestead on Lawlins Road dates to the 1790s. Barney Abma started farming the property in 1929 as a modest operation, an orchard, a small vegetable field, some cows and pigs, before his sons expanded the egg side of the business to roughly 25,000 laying hens by the 1960s. The barn that now houses the retail market, the scratch bakery, and the gourmet kitchen is more than 200 years old and was converted into its current retail form in the 1970s. Five generations later, according to the farm's own account, the family is still running it.
None of that would matter if the farm had gone the museum route, preserved and roped off, opened one weekend a year for a heritage tour. It hasn't. The barn still moves inventory every day it's open. The fields still get planted and picked.
Abma's isn't preserved the way a landmark is preserved. It's used every day, which is why it still works.
This week on Lawlins Road is where you can watch that work in real time.
The Potato Dig: A Hands-On Harvest
October brings the pumpkin patch, while the Great Potato Dig took place earlier in the farm's growing season.
At the Great Potato Dig on August 8, visitors were told to bring their own gloves, shovel, or spade and get their hands in the actual dirt. Bolero Snort Brewery poured from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. while the digging ran from open to close.
That's a small thing to notice, but the potato dig connects visitors to the farm's growing season. It only happens because someone planted potatoes in the spring and they're actually ready now.
The Flower Field Didn't Wait for Fall Either
The same logic applies to the cutting field. Abma's has been running pick-your-own flower sessions every Saturday since a hands-on Flower Picking and Arranging Workshop kicked things off on July 15. Visitors walk the field, cut their own zinnias and snapdragons, and head to an arranging table to build a bouquet before taking it home.
By this point, the flower sessions had been running for several weeks, before the fall mum and pumpkin season. The flower line doesn't ramp up for fall. It's been running quietly all summer, and this week is simply the latest Saturday in a schedule that started well before Labor Day became a factor.
Summer Camp at Abma's Farm
Another part of the farm's schedule is its summer camp. Abma's Summer Camp runs in weekly sessions through the season, and the final week of 2026 runs August 10 through 14, which means it's happening as this is written. Camp is priced at $575 per child per week, with a discounted rate of $550 for siblings or multiple weeks, and the farm maintains a staff-to-camper ratio of 1 to 8, with at least two counselors assigned to every group.
Camp participants use the farm's greenhouses and vegetable fields to plant, harvest, and learn how food gets from ground to table. The camp connects that learning to the land and crops used by the market.
The Hillsborough Expansion Doesn't Touch Lawlins Road
One detail most casual write-ups of Abma's miss: the family has expanded beyond Wyckoff. The farm's own branding now reads "Wyckoff, Hillsborough NJ," confirming a second location in Hillsborough, New Jersey.
What it doesn't change is what's happening on the original 32 acres. The Dutch barn, the potato fields, the flower cutting rows, and the petting zoo, with its Golden Goat Bridge, duck pond, Bunnyville, and Pepper's Play House Village, all stay put on Lawlins Road. The expansion is evidence the model works well enough to replicate. It isn't a sign the Wyckoff original is being scaled back or phased out.
Before You Go
A few practical notes worth knowing if this is your first visit this season, drawn from the farm's own operating details:
- Hours run Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The farm is closed Sundays.
- Bring cash for U-Pick sessions and animal feed at the petting zoo.
- Outside food isn't permitted on the property, including in the U-Pick fields.
- Pets aren't allowed on site, a food-safety rule rather than a preference.
- Parking is free.
- Closed-toe shoes are the right call given the dirt roads and working farm equipment on the property.
The Short Version
Abma's schedule includes activities in August as well as in the fall. During the second week of August, the potato dig had taken place, flower picking was scheduled for Saturdays, the tasting room remained open, and the final week of camp was underway. These offerings show different parts of the farm's operation over the week.
None of this requires a real estate agent to enjoy. For a future visit, check the farm's schedule, bring cash, and look for a chance to take part. But if you're the kind of Wyckoff resident who already has strong opinions about Lawlins Road versus Franklin Avenue, and you're starting to think about what comes next for your own address in this town, the Tony Nabhan Collective spends as much time paying attention to Wyckoff's fields as its listings. Reach out when you're ready to talk about what's next.
