Baugher's Orchard & Farm

What Baugher's Orchard & Farm does

Baugher's Orchard & Farm is a privately held, family-operated agritourism and direct-to-consumer farm business founded in 1904 and headquartered in Westminster, Maryland. The company operates a diversified set of on-site revenue streams including pick-your-own fruit orchards, farm markets, a restaurant, a bakery, an ice cream window, and a petting zoo, positioning it as an integrated destination rather than a single-product farm operator.

The business model is fundamentally retail and experiential, monetizing through gate-admission and per-unit produce sales from U-pick operations, food and beverage revenue across multiple on-premise formats (restaurant, bakery, ice cream), and ancillary on-site spending tied to the petting zoo. Customers are regional consumers and families seeking seasonal agritourism experiences; the operator does not appear to serve enterprise or wholesale customers based on available information.

Underlying operational infrastructure is conventional for a multi-generational U.S. orchard business: on-premises fruit cultivation, farm-market retail counters, food-service kitchens, and seasonal labor. The company maintains a public-facing website (baughers.com) and is listed as a small employer (1-10 employees), which likely reflects core administrative/management staffing rather than total seasonal workforce. No proprietary technology, software platform, or technology-enabled differentiator is documented in available source material.

Name

Baugher's Orchard & Farm

Website

https://baughers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Baugher's Orchard & Farm is a 1904-founded family-run agritourism operation in Westminster, Maryland offering pick-your-own orchards, farm markets, a restaurant, bakery, ice cream window, and petting zoo to regional consumer visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agritourism and Farm Retail

NAICS

Fruit and Tree Nut Farming (1113), Apple Orchards (111331)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Stone Fruit Orchards (Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Cherries, Apricots) (AFAGACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cider & Orchard Fruit Production (Apples/pears for cider & processing) (AFAGACAJ), Farmers’ Markets & Farm Stands (Fresh Food) (CRAHAHAE)

Keywords

• Pick-your-own orchards
• Farm market retail
• Farm bakery goods
• Agritourism experiences
• On-site restaurant dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Westminster

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Baugher's Orchard & Farm operates an integrated agritourism and farm-retail business at its Westminster, Maryland location. The company grows fruit on its orchards and sells directly to consumers through pick-your-own harvesting, a farm market, a bakery, an ice cream window, an on-site restaurant, and a petting zoo. Offerings are produced and consumed on-site, targeting visiting families and regional consumers rather than wholesale or online channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pick-Your-Own Orchards Seasonal pick-your-own fruit harvesting experience on the farm's orchards, where visitors harvest produce directly from the trees and pay for what they pick. Targeted at local families and agritourism visitors in the Westminster, Maryland region.
• Farm Market On-site retail farm market selling fresh produce and related farm products directly to walk-in consumers. Targeted at local households and visitors in the Westminster, Maryland region.
• On-Site Restaurant Restaurant located on the farm property serving prepared meals to visiting customers. Targeted at farm visitors and local diners seeking a meal alongside the farm experience.
• Bakery On-site bakery producing and selling baked goods to farm visitors and walk-in customers. Targeted at local consumers and agritourism visitors in the Westminster, Maryland area.
• Ice Cream Window Standalone ice cream window on the farm serving ice cream and frozen treats to visitors. Targeted at families and walk-in customers visiting the farm.
• Petting Zoo On-site petting zoo offering a family-friendly animal experience as part of the agritourism attraction. Targeted at families and children visiting the farm.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Linvilla Orchards: Linvilla Orchards is a 300-acre family farm in Media, Pennsylvania with pick-your-own fruit, a farm market, bakery, and seasonal entertainment. It is a direct peer because it offers the same pick-your-own orchards, farm market, bakery, and agritourism combination in the neighboring Mid-Atlantic market.
• Milburn Orchards: Milburn Orchards is a family-owned orchard in Elkton, Maryland offering pick-your-own fruit, a farm market, and barnyard activities. It is a direct peer because its combination of orchard, farm market, and on-site entertainment mirrors Baugher's multi-revenue agritourism model.
• Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards: Beak & Skiff is a fifth-generation apple orchard in Lafayette, New York with a farm market, cidery, and distillery. It is a direct peer because it pairs a working orchard with farm market retail and on-site prepared-food and beverage experiences targeting agritourism visitors.
• Larriland Farm: Larriland Farm is a pick-your-own fruit and vegetable farm in Woodbine, Maryland with an on-site farm market. It is a direct peer because it operates in the same Mid-Atlantic region with a comparable pick-your-own and farm market business model targeting the same agritourism customer.
• Terhune Orchards: Terhune Orchards is a family-owned pick-your-own orchard and farm store in Princeton, New Jersey with a winery, bakery, and farm animals. It is a direct peer because it pairs pick-your-own fruit with a farm store, bakery, and agritourism offerings in the same regional category.
• Cherry Hill Orchards: Cherry Hill Orchards is a pick-your-own fruit farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania offering cherries, peaches, apples, and other tree fruit. It is a direct peer because it operates pick-your-own orchards with similar tree-fruit crops in the same Mid-Atlantic agritourism corridor.
• Butler's Orchard: Butler's Orchard is a family-owned pick-your-own farm and farm market in Germantown, Maryland. It is a direct peer because it offers the same pick-your-own orchards, farm market, and seasonal agritourism experience in the same Maryland geography.
• Stutzman's Orchard & Farm Market: Stutzman's is a family orchard and farm market in Baltic, Ohio offering pick-your-own fruit, baked goods, and prepared foods. It is a direct peer because its combination of orchard, farm market, and bakery replicates Baugher's value-added, multi-revenue agritourism model.

Regional players

• Hilltop Orchards: Hilltop Orchards is a Massachusetts orchard with pick-your-own fruit, a farm store, and cidery. It is a regional peer because it offers a comparable orchard-plus-farm-market-plus-prepared-food model but operates in the Northeast rather than the Mid-Atlantic, so it does not directly compete for Baugher's customers.

Broad incumbents

• Wegmans Food Markets: Wegmans is a large regional grocery chain with stores across the Mid-Atlantic, including bakery, prepared foods, and produce. It is a broad incumbent because its bakery and produce offerings compete with Baugher's farm market and bakery for the same household grocery and prepared-food spend.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BaughersOrchard

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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