Orchards near Coventry, CT

Tolland

Wright's Orchard sits on South River Road in Tolland, where visitors pick apples, blueberries, raspberries, pumpkins, and flowers straight from the fields, or buy them already picked at the stand. The farm keeps shorter fall hours — Thursday through Tuesday, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., with Sunday starting at 1 — and stays open into December for pumpkins and late-season stock.

Lebanon

West Green Farm combines an orchard with a working dairy in Lebanon, a farming town in New London County's interior.

Ashford

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.

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.

Somers

Irish Bend Farm Orchard is a pick-your-own fruit orchard on Pioneer Heights Road in Somers, part of the area's cluster of small u-pick farms.

South Glastonbury

Dondero Orchards has been in the same family for generations, growing strawberries, raspberries, peaches, apples, blackberries, blueberries, and pears on Woodland Street. Visitors pick their own fruit in season or cut their own flowers, then stop by the farm store for cider donuts from the bakery. Open Wednesday through Monday, 8am to 5pm, May through October.

Enfield

Easy Pickin's Orchard runs a farm stand on Bailey Road in Enfield, part of the area's cluster of pick-your-own orchards along the Massachusetts border. It's a smaller, low-key operation compared to some of its Enfield neighbors.

Glastonbury

Scott's Orchard and Nursery is a working apple orchard and garden nursery in Glastonbury, part of the cluster of pick-your-own farms along South Glastonbury's orchard belt near Dondero Orchards and Rose's Berry Farm.

Eastford

Buell's Orchard has farmed the same ground on Crystal Pond Road in Eastford since 1889, now pick-your-own for strawberries, blueberries, peaches, apples, and pumpkins alongside a farm market selling sweet corn and other local produce. The farm closes out the season with an annual Harvest Festival on Columbus Day weekend and a Trunk or Treat the last Sunday of October. No pets allowed on the grounds.

Eastford

South Glastonbury

Monson

Echo Hill Orchards in Monson grows apples, peaches, pears, and pumpkins for pick-your-own visitors, then turns a good share of that fruit into wine on site — more than a dozen varieties, all made from fruit grown on the property. The tasting room also pours flights of spirits and sangria built around their Macoun apples. Cider donuts show up once the fall picking season gets going.

Brimfield

Cook's Farm Orchards is a pick-your-own stop in Brimfield growing apples, blueberries, peaches, and plums, with weekend wagon rides out to the trees. The stand also sells homemade baked goods, cider, syrup, and honey, and fall brings a pumpkin patch and hay maze. Open seasonally, 10am-5pm.

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.

Woodstock

High Springs Orchard runs pick-your-own blueberries, peaches, and apples from July through mid-October, and its country store sells farm vegetables, jams, jellies, cider, and Grandma Miller pies year-round. The Dividend Road orchard is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., June through December.

Woodstock

Woodstock Orchards grows more than 20 apple varieties on Route 169, along with blueberries, peaches, and pumpkins, all picked on site. The bakery opens at 6:30 a.m. daily for cider donuts and pies; the retail store runs until 6 p.m. Beyond pick-your-own apples and blueberries, the farm bottles an award-winning hot sauce and sells it alongside the produce.

Gales Ferry

Holmberg Orchards grows native fruit and vegetables on Orchard Lane and turns part of the harvest into its own wines and hard ciders, alongside an in-house bakery and specialty food shop. Pick-your-own runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, and the year-round farm market is open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Gales Ferry

Deep River

Scott's Connecticut Valley Orchards grows fruit in Deep River along the lower Connecticut River valley, a stretch of the shoreline known for its apple and stone-fruit orchards.

Warren

Breezelands Orchards has stayed in the Tuttle family since 1896, five generations working the same 100 acres of Central Massachusetts apple trees. The farm stand sells cider, pies, local honey, cheese, and maple syrup alongside award-winning cider donuts, and pick-your-own apples run from Labor Day weekend through Columbus Day. Tractor rides and picnic areas round out the fall visit. Open daily, 10am to 5pm.

Sturbridge

Hyland Orchard & Brewery runs pick-your-own apples each fall alongside a Pavilion Bar pouring its own draft beer, hard cider, and wine. The Fiskdale property doubles as a wedding and event venue from mid-April through mid-October and also books corporate outings and private celebrations. The orchard typically opens for picking in late September and runs through late October.

The 4-H Farm Resource Center-Orchard sits on Auer Farm Road in Bloomfield, the working orchard and produce side of the Auerfarm 4-H property. It sells fresh produce direct from the farm rather than through a retail middleman. Seasonal produce stands like this one shift their hours with the harvest, so call ahead to confirm what's open.

Middlefield

Lyman Orchards runs pick-your-own strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, peaches, pears, and apples across the season, plus a farm market selling award-winning pies, baked goods, deli food, and ice cream. The Middlefield property also has a 45-hole golf course, seasonal corn and sunflower mazes, and the 1741 Pub & Grill.

High Hill Orchard, at 170 Fleming Road in Meriden, Connecticut, is a family-owned pick-your-own operation known for apple picking, fresh cider, and a full seasonal produce stand. Call 203-294-0276 for picking conditions and hours before visiting.

Granby

Clark Farms has run Bushy Hill Orchard since 2010, growing roughly 15,000 apple and peach trees on a trellis system plus an acre of blueberries, Asian pears, nectarines, and plums on Bushy Hill Road in Granby. Pick-your-own opens with blueberries in July and apples in August. The farm presses its own hard cider — a dry, a cranberry, and a honey-sweetened blend — and runs a weekend breakfast cafe on site.

Dayville

Palazzi Orchard sells fresh-picked asparagus, vegetable plants, herb plants, perennials, and herbal teas from its North Road stand in Dayville, and takes part in a CSA program. The family also runs a second stand on Mashentuck Road in Danielson on Tuesdays and sets up at the Danielson Farmers Market Saturday mornings at Killingly Library.

East Killingly

Palazzi Orchard, run by Mark and Jean Palazzi, is a pick-your-own orchard open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. from August through November or December. Free weekend hayrides run through harvest season, and the farm sells at the Danielson farmers market on Saturdays and the Putnam market on Mondays and Thursdays.

Dayville

DeFazio Orchard and Greenhouses is a family-owned farm growing apples and peaches for pick-your-own picking, plus fresh vegetables and flowers. Free wagon rides run around the property during harvest, making it a family outing spot in Windham County. Open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Southington

Rogers Orchards has grown fruit in Southington since 1809. The Shuttle Meadow Farm location on Long Bottom Road opens for pick-your-own apples from Labor Day weekend through October, Friday through Sunday, and bakes apple cider donuts fresh daily year-round alongside fruit pies, apple dumplings, and coffee cakes. Fresh produce and hard cider from sister company Long View Ciderhouse round out the market.