Orchards near Ellington, CT

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

South Glastonbury

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.

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.

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.

Lebanon

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

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.

Eastford

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.

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.

Southampton

Round Hill Orchard grows fruit on Douglas Road in Southampton, on the edge of the Berkshire foothills. No current website, hours, or variety list turned up online — call before making the drive.

Southampton

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.

North Granby

Lost Acres Orchard runs as a farm kitchen and bakery on Lost Acres Road, selling baked goods, catering, and gift cards, with online ordering through Toast. Hours run Wednesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

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.

Hadley

Kielbasa Orchards grows apples along Bay Road in Hadley, with a second production orchard across the town line in Amherst. The farm runs pick-your-own picking plus a roadside stand and sells wholesale fruit to area markets.

Easthampton

Granville

Granville sits in the Berkshire foothills and was once known for its cheese-making, and Roberts' Hillside Orchards on South Lane Road grows tree fruit on the sloped ground its name describes. Specific varieties and picking season aren't posted publicly.

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.

West Brookfield

Keith Arsenault has run this 14-acre pick-your-own orchard on a hilltop above the Pioneer Valley since 1985. Ragged Hill grows more than 30 apple varieties — Honeycrisp, Cortland, Gravenstein, and newer crosses like Ever Crisp — alongside pears, peaches, nectarines, and pick-your-own raspberries. The farm presses its own cider and bakes on weekends. Apple season runs into October, with the orchard open seven days a week.

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.

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.