Chatham Oaks Farm sits just southwest of Pittsboro near Goldston, NC, on land that Justin and Rachel Clark have transformed into both a working farm and a gathering place. The Clarks grow strawberries, fresh produce, and cut flowers, as well as raising cattle on pasture (about half the acreage is maintained as grazing land). A robust calendar of events gives visitors a reason to keep coming back.
Strawberry season is the anchor at Chatham Oaks Farm. During peak weeks, the farm opens for u-pick visits, sells at the Chatham Mills Farmers Market on Saturday mornings, and occasionally hosts on-farm dinners that sell out before most people know they’re happening. Their spring strawberry dinner — a multi-course evening in the renovated barn with dishes built around the first berries of the season — is the kind of event that ends with people already asking about next year.
The farmstand runs Wednesday-Sunday from May through September, stocked with whatever came in that week. It’s a simple setup: you stop by, see what’s growing, take some home. No frills, no wait, and no subscription required. The farm is the kind of place that’s easy to drive past on the way to somewhere else and very hard to leave once you’ve actually stopped.
