Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Boston, MA

Harvard

Westward Orchards in Harvard runs a farm stand and pick-your-own operation through the whole season — strawberries and blueberries opening things up in June, apples and a pumpkin patch carrying through October. The farm also runs a CSA share program for customers who want produce delivered on a schedule rather than picked by hand. Vegetables round out the stand between fruit seasons.

Waltham

Honors Farm Stand runs out of Gore Street in Waltham, one of the few working farm stands left inside Middlesex County's inner suburbs. No current website or listing confirms what's sold there now.

Canton

Pakeen Farm in Canton has been in the same family since 1899, and 150 of its acres are permanently protected under a 1994 conservation restriction with the Trustees of Reservations. The farm added Christmas trees in 1993, a CSA in 2009, and a fall harvest season — pumpkins, apples, hot cider, mini donuts — starting in 2012. It's a working farm first; the retail side grew up around it slowly, one decade at a time.

Woburn

Acacia Grove Honey Farm keeps hives on Salem Court Extension in Woburn, listed among the region's small honey producers. No current product list, hours, or contact details are published online.

Holbrook

Nihtila Farm is a pick-your-own pumpkin patch on Nihtila Lane in Holbrook, open Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., once the fall crop comes in. It's a one-crop operation — no orchard, no corn maze, just rows of pumpkins and a scale by the gate. Call ahead in early fall to confirm the patch has opened for the season.

Salem

Beverly Bees Store occupies a storefront unit at 24 New Derby Street on Salem's North Shore. The name points to honey and bee products rather than a working farm field, but no hours or contact information are publicly listed.

Salem

Not a farm — this is Salem's month-long Halloween festival, running since 1982 and now drawing over a million visitors for parades, walking tours, museum events, and vendor fairs across the city each October.

Middleton

Working since 1695, making it one of the oldest farms in the country, Richardson's still milks its own cows and turns that milk into ice cream made on site. The Middleton property adds a dining room, outdoor patio, pick-your-own seasonal crops, and an adjacent mini golf and driving range.

South Natick

Lookout Farm has worked this land in South Natick since 1651, making it one of the oldest continuously farmed properties in Massachusetts. Today it runs a year-round taproom serving farm-to-table barbecue, pick-your-own peaches and apples in season, a corn maze, and a tractor play area for kids. The farm also books weddings and private events and hosts live music and trivia nights on weekends.

Cohasset

Holly Hill Farm is a certified organic nonprofit farm in Cohasset that's run educational programs — school field trips, kids' camps, farm-to-table dinners — since 2002. Its farm stand opens Fridays and Saturdays, with online ordering for pickup. The farm is currently raising money through a campaign called Keep Our Farm a Farm to buy the land it has operated on, so its future depends partly on that fundraising.

Cohasset

Not a farm — this is Cohasset ASP's annual fundraiser, where volunteers lay out roughly 3,500 pumpkins across a 60-by-120-foot plot at Wheelwright Park. It's run for over 20 years, open daily through Halloween, with proceeds funding youth volunteer trips to Appalachia for home-repair service work.

Topsfield

Connemara House Farm has grown apples, peaches, and Asian pears across 1,200 trees on 36 acres since 1981, on land that was once part of a dairy operation and now carries an Irish name honoring the family's farming heritage. Pick-your-own runs through the fall on stone-walled grounds that also host weddings and corporate events. The orchard and the event venue share the same acreage, not two separate operations.

Beverly

Green Beverly turns Moraine Farm into a pumpkin-smashing field day each November — neighbors haul in leftover jack-o'-lanterns and Halloween pumpkins and launch them across the lawn, then the whole pile gets composted instead of landfilled. The free event runs late morning into early afternoon with a live bluegrass band, lawn games, food vendors, and a raffle. Adults must register in advance; parking is off-site with a shuttle.

East Bridgewater

Beaver Brook Farm is on Summer Street in East Bridgewater, part of the working farmland that still holds on in this stretch of Plymouth County. Nothing current online confirms its products or hours.

Topsfield

Natural Way Farm is a small artisan operation on Hill Street in Topsfield, open by appointment for U-pick blueberries and a shop stocked with honey, eggs, and vegetables like arugula, Chinese greens, kale, and hot peppers. It's one of several working farms still active in Topsfield's agricultural core.

Sherborn

Dowse Orchards has grown apples, vegetables, and flowers on the same Sherborn land for 200 years, making it one of Massachusetts's certified Century Farms. The roadside stand, running for more than 60 years, stocks over 20 apple varieties — McIntosh, Cortland, and Macoun among the favorites — plus fresh-pressed cider, maple syrup, and preserves. Spring greenhouses supply perennials and flowers; December brings cut-your-own Christmas trees. Open Monday through Saturday, 9am to 6pm.

Sherborn

Sherborn has kept more open land than most Middlesex County towns this close to Boston, and Spence Hill Farm on Coolidge Street is one of the properties holding that line. Beyond its agritourism listing, nothing further about the farm has surfaced publicly.

Tewksbury

Nearly 80 years in, Krochmal Farms runs pigs and cattle alongside a large-scale agricultural compost operation, then turns the same ground over to families every fall for a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides, and pony rides. The farm also runs a separate compost and loam yard elsewhere in Tewksbury.

Norfolk

Jane and Paul's Farm has worked the same 110 acres on Fruit Street since the early 1700s, first under the Fales and Day families and now run by descendants who still raise chickens, rabbits, and goats alongside the crops. Summer brings pick-your-own strawberries and blueberries; corn, tomatoes, and peppers fill the stand through the season. Fall turns the place into an apple-picking, hayride, and corn-maze destination. Open daily, 9am to 5pm.

West Bridgewater

CC Reading Farm is on East Center Street in West Bridgewater, a Plymouth County town with a working farm history along the Town River. No website or independent listing details were found online.

Hanson

Hanson sits deep in Massachusetts cranberry country in Plymouth County, and The Blueberry Farm on West Washington Street grows the crop its name states directly. Season dates and picking hours aren't listed anywhere public.

Norwell

A small Norwell grower, in business since 2001, selling blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries alongside a side line of large landscaping trees left over from a previous business. One-employee operation, around $300,000 in annual revenue.

Sherborn

Sunshine Farm in Sherborn runs pick-your-own through the whole growing season — strawberries in June, blueberries in July, peaches trailing behind, apples from September into November. Blueberry picking currently runs daily from 9 a.m. until the rows are picked clean, sometimes well before noon. A farm store and bakery sit on site, and ice cream service starts up each fall, running noon to 8 p.m. daily.

Mansfield

Flint Farm in Mansfield has worked the same ground since 1868, growing into a farm stand that now sells cut-your-own flowers, pick-your-own vegetables, and pumpkins through the fall, plus Christmas trees and mulch by the yard. An ice cream stand runs alongside the retail side from June through October. It's one of the older continuously operating farms in this part of Bristol County.

Millis

A mixed pick-your-own operation in Millis growing blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries on land farmed since 1693. The 64-acre property doubles as a working sheep farm and partners with community fridges and mutual-aid networks to move food into the local food system.

South Hamilton

Green Meadow Farms sits on Asbury Street in South Hamilton, in the horse country north of Boston around Myopia Hunt Club and Bradley Palmer State Park. No current website or listing confirms how the property operates today.

Concord

Silferleaf Farm in Concord grows one crop — certified organic red raspberries — and opens to pickers only during raspberry season, closing the rest of the year. It's a small, single-purpose operation on Strawberry Hill Road, the kind of farm built around doing one thing well rather than stretching into pumpkins, trees, or a corn maze. Call ahead; the season window is short and weather-dependent.

North Andover

K&M Farm sits on Waverly Road in North Andover, listed among the area's small agritourism stops. No current website, hours, or product details are published — worth a call before visiting.

Sherborn

Kidstopia Blueberry Farm is on Western Avenue in Sherborn, a MetroWest town that still keeps a few working blueberry fields west of the Charles River. No current website or listing confirms this season's picking hours.

Scituate

Tree-Berry Farm in Scituate runs two very different seasons under one name — blueberry picking in early summer, then cut-your-own Christmas trees and wreaths from Thanksgiving through December. It's a small operation built around those two windows rather than a year-round farm stand, so hours track tightly with whichever season is active. Check ahead before driving out in the off months.

North Andover

North Andover's Merrimack Valley still holds pockets of open farmland between its suburban subdivisions, and Leonhard & Eldred Farm on Dale Street is one of them. It's listed as agritourism; call ahead to confirm what's open before visiting, since no hours are posted publicly.

Sudbury

Blue Meadow Farm is a full-service equestrian center on 27 acres in Sudbury, offering boarding, lessons, and training rather than produce. The barn holds 24 matted stalls plus indoor and outdoor riding arenas, built in 2011.

Boxford

Ingaldsby Farm is on Washington Street in Boxford, in the Essex County farmland bordering Georgetown-Rowley State Forest. No current website or listing confirms what the farm grows or sells.

North Andover

Barker's Farm Stand operates on Osgood Street in North Andover, listed as a seasonal farm stand and agritourism stop. Hours and current offerings aren't published online, so it's worth calling ahead or checking in person.

Dracut

Farmer Dave's runs a CSA out of its Dracut farm stand, offering Spring, Vegetable, Fruit, Late Fall, Deep Winter, and Bakery shares alongside raw honey and scratch-made baked goods sold at retail. A second stand operates in nearby Tewksbury. The Dracut location is open daily, and the farm office handles CSA questions Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm.

Halifax

A family-run farm stand in Halifax selling seasonal vegetables, fruit, flowers, and shrubs — much of it grown on-site, the rest sourced from other local growers to round out the stand. Open seven days a week, 9am to 6pm.

Holliston

Highland Farm is on Highland Street in Holliston, a MetroWest town that still keeps working farmland between its ponds and wetlands. No current website or listing confirms what's grown or sold there now.

Haverhill

Crescent Farm on Willow Avenue mixes a working farmstand with an anaerobic digester that turns food waste into more than 8,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy a year, credited back to Haverhill's schools and public buildings through net metering. Visitors come for the ice cream, farm animals, spring and summer tours, fall pumpkin picking, hayrides, and a corn maze. It's agritourism built on top of a genuine energy project.

Dracut

Brox Farm sits on Broadway Road in Dracut, a Merrimack Valley town on the New Hampshire border. No hours or product details are posted anywhere public, so a phone call ahead is the safer plan than a drive-by visit.

Georgetown

Morehouse's Wheeler Brook Farm sits on Jewett Street in Georgetown, in the Essex County farmland along the Parker River watershed. No independent site or listing was found to confirm what it grows or sells now.

Haverhill

Rogers Spring Hill Farm has grown strawberries on Neck Road in Haverhill since 1902, running a pick-your-own patch each June alongside what's now a full garden center. The picking side stays low-key — no corn maze, no festival midway, just rows of berries and a fair price per quart. The strawberry window is short, so call before making the drive once June arrives.

Ipswich

Russell Orchards on Argilla Road in Ipswich runs a working orchard, farm stand, bakery, and winery under one roof. Pick-your-own rotates through the season — blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and currants in summer, apples and cherry tomatoes by late August — while the Donut Hut sells cider donuts alongside wine flights and frozen sangria on weekends. There's a barnyard for kids and a full tasting room for everyone else.

Plympton

This location no longer operates as Billingsgate Farm. The Reading family consolidated operations to their C&C Reading Farm site in West Bridgewater around 2016-2017, and the Plympton property listed here is not currently running as a working farm under this name.

Franklin

Gianettis' U-Pick Blueberries grows on Union Street in Franklin, one of a handful of working blueberry patches left in the upper Charles River watershed. No current site or listing confirms this season's picking hours.

Holliston

Holliston is a Middlesex County suburb about 25 miles southwest of Boston, and Patt's Blueberries on Gorwin Drive grows the crop right there in its name. Picking hours, pricing, and contact details haven't turned up online.

PlymptonHalifax

Town Line Farm takes its name from its literal location — West Street straddles the boundary between Plympton and Halifax, deep in Plymouth County cranberry country. No public listing describes what's currently grown or sold there.

Littleton

Pickard Farm in Littleton is a fall-only pumpkin operation — patch, farm store, and pick-your-own, open weekends 10 to 6 and weekday afternoons 3 to 5 through September and October. Parking is limited, so weekday visits beat weekend crowds if the schedule allows. Outside pumpkin season, the farm stays quiet.

Plympton

Sauchuk Farm runs a farmstand on Palmer Road in Plympton alongside pick-your-own blueberries, peaches, and apples that ripen in sequence from June through October. Fall brings a corn maze and pumpkin patch, and the farm hosts birthday parties and school field trips under its Adventure Farm program. The stand itself keeps regular hours, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., through the growing season.

Stow

Carver Hill Orchard grows blueberries, peaches, and apples on Brookside Avenue in Stow, with cider donuts drawing as much of a following as the fruit itself. It's open Tuesday through Sunday during the summer season, 9am to 5pm, with picking hours shifting as each crop comes ready. Call ahead for what's currently ripe before making the drive.

Wrentham

The Big Apple has run as a maple sugarhouse and orchard in Wrentham since 1950, with blueberries opening the pick-your-own season in July ahead of apples in fall. The farm stand sells honey and seasonal vegetables alongside bakery goods and ice cream, and the sugarhouse itself runs a separate season each late winter. Parking's on site, and the picking calendar shifts week to week with the weather.

Stow

Honeypot Hill Orchard is on Sudbury Road in Stow, in the apple country that runs through Bolton and Harvard along Route 117. The orchard's own website returned no content, and no independent listing confirms current hours or varieties.

Stow

A four-season, certified-organic vegetable and flower farm in Stow working 3 to 4 of its 20 acres, with the rest kept as conservation land. Elena Coleman and Karl Goethert sell through a year-round farm stand, CSA, farmers markets, and wholesale, and welcome visitors to a pick-your-own flower garden and public trail.

Stow

Known locally as Derby Ridge Farm, this fifth-generation Stow orchard grows more than 30 varieties of apples plus peaches and pears across 75-plus acres, and presses its own unpasteurized cider. Pumpkins and Christmas trees fill out the fall and winter seasons, with honey and jam stocked at the farm stand.

Cumberland

Stow

Applefield Farm started in 1981 when Steve and Kirsten Mong took over a small apple orchard on Great Road; four decades later it's a three-season vegetable operation supplying its own farmstand along with local restaurants and retailers. The stand runs mid-April through October 31, with produce grown on-site rather than trucked in. Hours shift by season — call ahead before a special trip.

Kingston

Maribett Farm has raised small-scale poultry in Kingston for 35 years, selling eggs the owners describe as bigger and more flavorful than the commercial standard. Beyond eggs, the farm runs education programs in permaculture, gardening, and poultry care under its 'Experiences Worth Sharing' banner, built around organic and sustainable practice rather than large-scale sales.

Kingston

Cretinon's Farmstand has sold fresh produce on Landing Road since 1959, run by the same family for over 60 years. The stand carries seasonal vegetables, flowers, and specialty foods for the South Shore, open daily 9:30am-5pm.

Despite the name, this is a family-style restaurant in Bellingham rather than a working farm — home-style cooking served at modest prices out of a small, family-run dining room.

Bolton

Bolton Spring Farm covers 150 acres on Main Street in Bolton, land that started as a dairy in the early 1800s before Howard Stephenson planted it as an apple and fruit orchard in 1937. The roadside stand, running since 1965, sells more than 25 apple varieties plus peaches, corn, pumpkins, baked goods, and cut-your-own Christmas trees. Pick-your-own apples run in season. Cash only — there's an ATM on site.

Harvard

Carlson Orchards has grown apples on this Harvard property since 1936, and the family operation now runs a hard cider taproom alongside its farm stand, pouring the full current lineup of Carlson-made ciders. It's a working orchard first, with the taproom giving visitors a reason to stick around after the apple bags are packed. The farm store stays open through the harvest season, with cider and fresh fruit sold daily.