Farms Near Canterbury, CT

Canterbury

Wright's Mill Farm spans more than 200 acres in Canterbury around a water-powered mill and stone walls dating to the early 1700s. The property now runs mainly as an event venue, with an indoor barn and seasonal outdoor pavilion hosting weddings, receptions, and private parties against a waterfall backdrop. Seasonal gatherings like Easter Brunch open the grounds to the public a few times a year.

Canterbury

Burgis Brook Alpacas raises Peruvian Huacaya alpacas across 43 acres in Canterbury's Quiet Corner, breeding both show stock and fiber animals. Fleece gets milled into yarn and roving in Connecticut and sold through their online shop, In The Crimp, and the farm's beehives produce honey on the side while pollinating a neighboring vineyard. Visits are by appointment only.

Canterbury

Canterbury

Radical Roots Farm raises non-GMO poultry, beef, pork, and lamb on pasture in Canterbury, selling pasture-raised meat through a CSA and direct farm sales. The operation is veteran- and woman-owned and takes part in Connecticut NOFA's Farm Share Program, which helps lower-income families access local meat. Hours run Sunday, Monday, and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with limited hours Thursday.

Canterbury

The Newton family runs this diversified farm on Depot Road, selling raw Jersey cow milk straight from the farm store, $8 for a half-gallon in plastic, $11 in glass with a deposit. The self-serve store also stocks pasture-raised meats and fresh eggs, open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm, cash, check, or Venmo. Farm tours run by appointment for $5 a person.

Scotland

Oak Haven Farm is a third-generation orchard in Scotland built around pick-your-own blueberries, open Thursday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., from July into early August. The farm stand and store stay stocked with local products through the rest of the season. It runs as a straightforward berry farm - no corn maze, no hayrides, just a field of bushes and a bucket.

Plainfield

Plainfield Farmers Market sets up at the Early Learning Center on Route 12 (Norwich Road), running June through October with fruit, vegetables, meat, baked goods, honey, plants, and crafts from area growers. Days and hours shift by season, so check the market's Facebook presence under Northeast CT Farmers Market before heading over.

Brooklyn

Meadow Stone Farm in Brooklyn hand-crafts artisan cow and goat cheeses, both fresh and aged, alongside goat milk, honey, and eggs from the same property. It's a small dairy operation that's built a following through farmers markets and local food directories rather than a storefront.

Plainfield

A farm stand at Hall Homestead Farm on Plainfield Pike Road in Plainfield, Connecticut.

Hampton

Rock Spring Farm runs a u-pick strawberry patch in Hampton, charging $2.50 a pound with pre-picked berries available for those who'd rather skip the field. Picking hours are weekends, plus Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30am to 3:30pm. Call ahead, especially if you need a large order or want berries already picked.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Creamery Brook Bison raises pasture-raised bison on its Brooklyn farm and sells the meat by the cut or in seasonal bundles from an on-site store. A 40-minute wagon ride takes visitors out through the pasture to see the herd, and the farm store also stocks a small gift shop. Store hours run Thursday and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings, with tours available by appointment.

Plainfield

18th Century Purity Farm operates on the historic Hall Homestead property on Plainfield Pine Road in Plainfield. Public listings don't detail current crops, animals, or visiting hours — this appears to be a working farm tied to a colonial-era homestead, worth calling ahead to confirm what's open.

Scotland

Hanover

Hanover Honey is the retail side of Stonewall Apiary's roughly 350 honeybee colonies spread across eastern Connecticut. The jars range from raw honey to artisanal honeycomb, honey butter, and creamed honey, all untreated and sold through the BuyCTGrown marketplace as well as direct from the farm. Flavor varies jar to jar depending on which forest plants the bees worked that season.

Hanover

Stonewall Apiary keeps roughly 350 honeybee colonies scattered across more than a dozen eastern Connecticut towns, from Woodstock down to Mystic. Visitors can book a honey-house tour or a beekeeping presentation by appointment, and the small farm store sells honey and beeswax straight from those hives. Worth noting: GPS routing struggles out here, so the farm posts its own map for directions.

Lisbon

The Lisbon Farmers' Market features a variety of vendors who sell fresh meats, vegetables, fruit, dairy, honey, jams and and jellies, breads, pastries and sweets, and other delicious food items. The market operates from the end of June until the end of September.

Brooklyn

Little Dipper Farm spans 588 acres in Brooklyn, women-owned and built around farm-to-table dinners, seasonal festivals, and workshops rather than a traditional farm stand. Trails wind through fields and woods to a 26-acre pond, and the farm sells cut flowers, vegetables, and herbs alongside handcrafted goods. It also books weddings and private events on the property.

Pomfret

Sharpe Hill planted its first vines on this Pomfret hilltop in 1992 and opened the winery in 1997; the estate now covers more than 100 acres and has picked up over 225 international competition medals. Its flagship, Ballet of Angels, is the best-selling wine produced in New England. A Zagat-rated restaurant and the Fireside Tavern serve wood-grilled food alongside the tastings, with sweeping views over the vineyard.

Lisbon

Wildowsky Dairy has processed milk in Lisbon since 1942, when Stanley and Doris Wildowsky started delivering door to door across eastern Connecticut. Three generations later, Stanley and grandson Randy still run the farm store off I-395, making ice cream from their own herd's milk and cream and churning what they call the only farmstead butter produced in the state. The stand also carries hormone- and antibiotic-free milk, beef, and pork.

Lisbon

Founded in 1997 by third-generation farmer Chris Grant, Grant's Berry Patch grows strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries across 12 acres for pick-your-own picking, plus pumpkins, sweet corn, and tomatoes at the farm stand and CSA. Hours run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends; cash or check only, and pickers need their own clean containers.

Brooklyn Farmers Market sets up at 564 Providence Road in this Windham County town, known locally for the Brooklyn Fair. Specific vendor lineup and season dates weren't confirmed in public sources.

Griswold

Country Corners Farm sits in Griswold, in Connecticut's Quiet Corner near the Rhode Island line.

Hampton

Adam and Charlene Fuller founded A & Z Apiaries in Hampton in 1980, and the operation now manages around 200 bee colonies across eastern Connecticut. Each spring they bring in 3-pound packages of Italian-Poline crossed queens from Wilbanks Apiaries in Georgia, shipped by climate-controlled transport in under 18 hours.

Moosup

Pomfret Center

Lapsley Orchard has grown food on its 200 acres in Pomfret Center since colonial days, with land tied to Israel Putnam's 1750 purchase. The farm runs pick-your-own apples, blueberries, and pumpkins plus cut-your-own flowers, and its retail stand sells cider, maple products, honey, baked goods, and jams from fruit and vegetables grown on site.

Sterling

Betsy Molodich runs this fruit and vegetable stand on Ekonk Hill Road in Sterling's Quiet Corner, selling whatever's ripe that week alongside other seasonal produce brought in from the farm. It's a no-frills roadside stand, but a popular one, the farm's Facebook page has drawn more than 3,500 followers, mostly locals who've made it a regular stop along Route 49.

Chaplin

Chaplin Farms LLC is listed as an agritourism operation on Hampton Road in Chaplin, in Connecticut's Quiet Corner. Public listings don't show what's grown or raised here, or when it's open to visitors — worth a call before planning a trip out.

Griswold

Windham

Red Tail Farm sits on Brooklyn Turnpike in Windham, though current listings conflict on whether the farm is still operating and what it grows. Records for the address are thin enough that any specific product claim would be a guess rather than a fact.

Griswold

Danielson Farmers Market sets up at 25 Westcott Road in the Danielson section of Killingly, in Connecticut's Quiet Corner. Specific vendor lineup and season dates weren't confirmed in public sources.

CHAPLIN

Chaplin

Shashok's Orchard on Route 6 in Chaplin is a pick-your-own operation for apples, peaches, and pumpkins. It's a straightforward roadside orchard rather than an event destination — bring a bag and expect to do your own picking. Call ahead, since hours follow the ripening of each crop.

Sterling

Sterling

Howard and Becky Hopps raise alpacas on 8.5 acres in Sterling's Quiet Corner, with breeding stock that's placed at shows including the 2011 North American Alpaca Show. Their on-site store sells fleece, yarn, and roving from the herd, and farm visits are available by appointment. Reach out ahead of time to schedule a look at the animals or shop for fiber.

Voluntown

Preston

Blueberry Intervale grows certified-organic blueberries at 23 Route 165 in Preston, open for pick-your-own or already-picked berries by the pint through the summer. The farm bakes goods daily and makes its own jam from the same fruit, sold right alongside the berries at the stand. No sprays, no shortcuts, just the fruit and whatever they've turned it into that morning.

Griswold

Buttonwood Farm switched from dairying to ice cream in 1975 and now churns more than 50 flavors in small batches at the Griswold farm, served in cones made fresh daily. Every July the fields fill with sunflowers for the farm's Sunflowers for Wishes fundraiser benefiting Make-A-Wish, and fall brings a seven-acre corn maze and pick-your-own pumpkins. The farm also raises its own pasture-raised beef and pork.

North Franklin

Avery's Tree Farm in North Franklin grows pick-your-own red raspberries, with pint and quart containers supplied on-site. George Avery runs the stand seven days a week, 7am to 7pm, from August through October. It's a small operation, so call ahead to check picking conditions before heading over.

North Windham

North Windham

Raspberry Knoll Farm is a produce farm in North Windham, part of Connecticut's Quiet Corner farming belt around Windham County.

Chaplin

Six-acre cut-your-own Christmas tree farm in Chaplin with tree carts for hauling your pick out of the field. The heated barn stocks hot chocolate, candy canes, and coloring books to keep kids busy while trees get shaken, netted, and tied down for the ride home. A small, no-frills tree lot rather than a full agritourism destination, open through the Christmas season.

Franklin

Arrowhead Acres combines a working farm with a vineyard and winery on Pond Road, plus a farm store and bakery on site. The market sells pumpkins, honey, maple syrup, jams, dairy products, plants, and seasonal fruits and vegetables grown on the property. Started in 2015, it has grown into one of the few farm-and-winery combinations in eastern Connecticut.

Killingly

Wagon Road Greenhouse is a nursery and farm stand on Wagon Road in Killingly, in the Quiet Corner farmland of eastern Connecticut. No additional details were found online for this listing.

Sterling

BZ Berry Farm, formerly Tikkanen's Berry Farm, grows about 12 acres of blueberries on Calvin French Road in Sterling, plus smaller plantings of black currants and gooseberries that tend to sell out early. It's a small pick-your-own operation — check their Facebook page for opening updates, since picking windows shift with the weather each summer.

North Stonington

Firefly Farms sells farm-raised meats direct from its stand on Button Road in North Stonington, in the rural stretch of eastern Connecticut near the Rhode Island line. It's a small operation built around meat sales rather than produce.

Windham

CliCK is listed at 41 Club Road in Windham, Connecticut, in the state's Quiet Corner region. No verified details on this location's specific products, vendors, or hours were found online.

Bozrah

Old Fitch Farm Vineyard is a test vineyard on Fitchville Road in Bozrah, growing grape varieties bred to survive New England winters. Visitors can pick grapes on site, and the farm operates as an on-farm market. Look for the red barn about half a mile past Exit 23 off Route 2.

Bozrah

Four-room bed and breakfast on the working Fitch Farm Vineyard in southeastern Connecticut, with private baths, fireplaces, and jetted tubs in select rooms. Guests can walk the vines, book a tour, or sit down for a tasting before heading out to Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, or Mystic, all a short drive away. The inn keeps a library for slower afternoons and free on-site parking for anyone staying over.

Bozrah

Preston

Preston Farm sits along Route 2 in Preston, in the working farm country of eastern New London County.

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Putnam

Putnam's CT Grown-certified summer market sets up under the pavilion at Riverview Marketplace, 18 Kennedy Drive, Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. from June through October. It shares a parking lot with the Putnam Lions Memorial Dog Park and takes SNAP, EBT, FMNP, SFMNP, and the local Daily Bread coupon program alongside cash and card.

Ashford

Horse Listener's Orchard farms 153 acres in Ashford as both a CSA and a pick-your-own operation. Apples, peaches, tomatoes, blueberries, and other vegetables come off the same ground through the season, available either by CSA share or by picking your own in the field. Call ahead for what's currently ready — availability shifts fast with weather during peak season.

Ashford

Hope Farms is a historic gem founded in 1791 on 14 picturesque acres in Foster, Rhode Island — a 100% pick-your-own farm where the Gauvin family grows fruits, flowers, and vegetables without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers. Reservation-based picks run four mornings a week in season, chemical-free greens grow year-round in the hydroponic greenhouse, and farm stands operate in Foster and West Warwick.

Foster

Voluntown