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This page provides a detailed list of the Connecticut's pick-your-own (PYO, U-pick, pick-it-yourself) farms. I'm always looking for suggestions of more farms and events to add and feedback about any you have visited, so if you encounter any, just click on the preceding link, as appropriate! And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, please click on the link to "add my farm".
Click on the map or links below in your area to locate a pick-your-own farm near you:
- Western Connecticut (Litchfield and Fairfield counties)
- Hartford and Tolland counties, Connecticut
- Southern Connecticut (New Haven and Middlesex counties)
- Eastern Connecticut (Windham and New London counties)
We also have a page with links to our own simple instructions on canning, freezing and drying many fruits and vegetables, such as how to make jam, apple butter, applesauce, spaghetti sauce, salsa, pickles, ketchup or freezing corn.
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U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county
Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close, run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!New London County
- Allyn's Red Barn -
PYO Apples, and prepicked produce
610 Colonel Ledyard Highway, Ledyard, CT 06339. Phone: 860-464-7245. Email us at: allynsredbarn@hotmail.com. Directions: From I-95 take exit 88 to Route 117 North. Cross Route 184 (Gold Star Highway) and take a right at the next traffic light onto Colonel Ledyard Highway. We are on the left right after Ledyard High School. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in August, September, October. Open: Pick your own Friday & Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 12-5 and by special appointment. The store is open 7 days a week 10am -5pm. Pick your own August-October, store open until January. Payment: Cash, Check. -
Avery's Tree Farm - PYO red raspberries
28 Ward Lane, North Franklin, CT 06254. Phone: (860) 642-6844. Email: avegtng@aol.com. Directions: From Rte. 32 in Franklin, turn onto Pleasure Hill then left onto Ward Lane. Open: Late August through October from 7am to 7pm. We supply containers! Call starting August 1st for picking conditions. - Grant's - Strawberries and blueberries.
188 Mell Road, Lisbon, CT, 06351. Phone: 860-376-5625. Open: call for hours. Payment: cash or check. (ADDED: June 11, 2008) -
Holmberg Orchards - pumpkins, fruit, vegetables, flowers
12 Orchard Drive, Rte. 12, Gales Ferry, CT 06335. Phone: (860) 464-7107. Email: holmorch@aol.com. PYO apples, peaches, pears, blueberries, raspberries, pumpkins, cut flowers. Call for seasonal hours. Farm Market open daily 9 am to 6 pm year-round, featuring our native fruits, vegetables, cider, pies, flowers, plants & seasonal items. -
Maple Lane Farm and Market
- PYO strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, currants, peaches,
apples, pumpkins, Christmas trees
57 N.W. Corner Road, Preston, CT 06365. Phone: (860) 887-8855 (24 hour info). Fax: (860) 887-3087. Email: allyn@maplelane.com. Our Farm Market is open 8 am to 6 pm, 7 days. See this page for an interview with the farm's owner. - Old Orchard Farm - Apples
22A Scott Road, East Lyme, CT 06333. Phone: (860) 739-4779. Directions: 3/10 mile on Scott Road, off Route 1 in East Lyme. Crops are usually available in September, October. Open: Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 5 pm. Payment: Cash, Check. Country store featuring local honey, cider, pies, stand pumpkins, and gift baskets. -
Priam Vineyards - Fresh
wine grapes
11 Shailor Hill Road, Colchester, CT 06415. Phone: (860) 267-8520. Fax: (860) 267-8715. Crop availability: during harvest season Labor Day to October; Call for information. Winery tasting available Friday to Sunday, from 11am to 5pm. Farmers Market Fridays 3-6pm, July 7th to October featuring local flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs, maple syrup, baked goods & seafood. - Scott's Yankee Farmer - pumpkins, fruit
436 Boston Post Road (Rte. 1), East Lyme, CT 06333. Phone: (860) 739-5209. Farm stand open year round, 7 days, 9 am to 5:30 pm. Maple pumpkins, jams, honey, pies, apple cider. PYO strawberries about June 10th. Blueberries in July & August. Apples in September & October. Pumpkins in October. Homemade donuts weekends in the Fall. -
Terra Firma Farm (CSA) - Flowers, strawberries, beans, and sugar
snap peas
330 Al Harvey Road, Stonington, CT, 06378. Phone: 860-535-8171. Email us at: info@terrafirmafarm.org. This is a "CSA", which means you must join ($400 per year in 2007) to be able to pick - you may be able to visit the animals for an admission fee. They harvest most of what’s contained within a share, members are encouraged to get their hands dirty, with a variety of “u-pick” items. Flowers, strawberries, beans, and sugar snap peas are just some of the examples of u-pick items that they offer. Terra Firma Farm was created to establish a working farm and educational academy for the communities of Southeastern Connecticut. We hope to provide a unique opportunity for educational, personal, and physical development in order to enrich classroom curriculum, enhance awareness, foster an informed compassion, and evoke the desire to become an agent of change in our troubled and chaotic society. The farm includes Dexter cows ; laying hens & their roosters; goats & their kids; a breeding pair of turkeys; miniature donkeys and Tamworth pigs. Aside from the animals we have vegetable, community and children’s gardens; and exceptional year-round educational programs. Whether participating in educational programs or volunteer farm days, or simply stopping by, everyone is welcome to take part in the life of Terra Firma Farm and learn the importance of the local agriculture & community. -
Willow Springs - PYO apples & pumpkins.
1030 Noank Ledyard Road, Mystic, CT 06355. Phone: (860) 536-3083. Open: July to October. Directions: From exit 89 off I-95, go right on Sandy Hollow Road, 1 mile, bear right on Noank Ledyard Road, farm 1/2 mi. on right.
Windham County
- Buell's Orchard -
pumpkins, apples, peaches, blueberries, strawberries, vegetables, flowers
108 Crystal Pond Road, Eastford, CT 06242. Phone: (860) 974-1150. Fax: (860) 974-2305. Email: information@buellsorchard.com. PYO apples, peaches, blueberries, strawberries, pumpkins. Annual Fall Festival – Columbus Day weekend. New Peach Festival --3rd Saturday of August! - Crooke Orchards -
Blueberries, Apples
317 Bebbington Road, Ashford, CT 06278. Phone: (860) 429-5336. PYO Blueberries - July & August. PYO Apples September and October. Farm Store: apples, peaches, pears, fresh cider, custom fruit baskets. Seasonal hours August to June. Follow signs from Jct. Rtes. 44 & 89. - Lapsley Orchard -
pumpkins, fruit, vegetables
403 Orchard Hill Road, Rte 169, Pomfret Center, CT 06259. Phone: (860) 928-9186. Retail stand set on a 200-acre farm. Our orchards grow 50 kinds of apples, peaches, and pears. Our own cider available. Our gardens grow everything possible for the area. - Oak Haven Farm - Blueberries, Apples, pumpkins
113 Khourie Road, Scotland, CT 06264. Phone: (860) 456-3333. Fax: (860) 423-7899. Email: lmsmith@snet.net.
Crop availability: Blueberries available in July 4th-31st. Apples, pumpkins, & gourds available starting Labor Day. - Palazzi Orchard -
pumpkins, apples, Peaches, vegetables, flowers, raspberries and grapes,
hayrides
1393 North Road, East Killingly, CT 06243. Phone: (860) 774-4363. Bring your family to one of Connecticut's highest hills. Spectacular four state view. 20 varieties of PYO apples. Open: 7 days all Fall, daily 9:30am to 5:30pm. Free weekend hayrides. Peaches in August. -
Quintessential Gardens At Fort Hill Farms -
follows organic methods, blueberries,
lavender, prepicked produce, restrooms, farm animals, birthday parties,
weddings and wedding parties
260 Quaddick Rd POB 447, Thompson, CT 06277. Phone: 860-923-3439. Email: herrootsrundeep@quintessentialgardens.com. Directions: I-395, exit 99, go East exactly 2 mi. Farm on left can't be missed! From RI, take 44W to Pulaski Rd, straight thru stop sign, go 1 1/2 mi. Farm on right. Open: Daily 8 to 6; call if inclement weather; cornmaze 8/16 to 11/4: Sunday to Thursday 9 to 5; Fri/Sat 9am to 10pm w/Flashlight Nights! BYO Flashlight! Also call about Full - Moon Flashlight Nights!. blueberries 7/1 pm to 9/1; Lavender 7/1 pm to 10/1; Cornmaze 8/16 to 11/4. Click here for picking updates. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. (UPDATED: July 17, 2008) - Shashok's Orchard -
Pumpkins, apples, peaches
Route 6, Chaplin, CT 06235. Phone: (860) 455-0297. PYO apples, peaches, pumpkins. Free hayrides September - October. Farm store open daily. Fruit, vegetables, cider, cut and dried flowers, floral arrangements. - Tikkanen Berry Farm - Strawberries,
blueberries, raspberries
218 Calvin French Road, Sterling, CT, 06377. Phone: 860-774-0177. Directions: located on Calvin French Road close to the state line in Sterling. Crop availability: PYO strawberries from mid June to July, PYO blueberries from mid July to October; PYO raspberries from July to Sept.; & PYO red & black currents from July into August. - Woodstock Orchards LLC -
pumpkins, apples, blueberries, vegetables
494 Rte. 169, P.O. Box 113, Woodstock, CT 06281-0113. Phone: (860) 928-2225. Email: woodstockorchards@snet.net PYO blueberries July 15 to September 1. PYO apples September 2 thru October 19. Retail Farm Stand open August 1 thru May, 9 am to 6 pm every day with our own apples, peaches, blueberries, vegetables, pumpkins and our fresh sweet apple cider along with honey, maple syrup, jams, jellies and Vermont cheese
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