Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Goshen, CT

Goshen

Action Wildlife Foundation is a wildlife park in Goshen, in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills.

Goshen

Old Barn Farm grows 5,000 blueberry bushes across 19 varieties on 10 of its 100 acres in Goshen, all farmed organically. The pick-your-own season runs through summer, and the family that owns it has committed the land to farmland preservation for the next generation. Call ahead to check on ripeness and hours.

Litchfield

Bunnell Farm is a fifth-generation family operation in the Milton section of Litchfield, on Maple Street — one of the older working farms in Litchfield County, still family-run across five generations. Specifics on current products and hours weren't available in public listings, so call ahead.

Norfolk

Autumn Harvest Orchard is a USDA Certified Organic farm and apiary that's been growing in Norfolk since 2000. The orchard produces apples, pears, chestnuts, blueberries, blackberries, nectarines, potatoes, herbs, and honey, sold through CSA memberships and pick-your-own organic apple picking by appointment each September and October. The farm is veteran-owned and sells through the Connecticut Grown Farm to Chef program and area farmers markets.

Winchester

White Stone Acres is a farm in Winchester, in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills.

Warren

Angevine Farm has been in the same family since 1868, when John H. Angevine and Mary C. Marsh started what grew into a dairy, tobacco, and vegetable operation off Route 202 in Warren. Today the farm runs as a choose-and-cut Christmas tree operation — Balsam, Canaan, and Fraser fir among the varieties — with reserved weekend cutting hours and a Harvest Barn gift shop stocking local maple syrup, soaps, and handmade goods.

Morris

Peck's Berry Farm is a pick-your-own blueberry patch about a mile west of Morris center on Route 109. It's a straightforward u-pick operation without much online presence beyond local farm directories, so call ahead to check picking hours before making the trip.

Sharon

Ellsworth Hill Orchard picks apples, peaches, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, sour cherries, pears, and plums across a season that runs mid-June through November on Route 4 in Sharon. The farm stand backs up the pick-your-own fields with fresh-baked pies, apple cider donuts, sweet cider, muffins, and honey. It's a family-owned operation in Connecticut's Northwest Corner, with hours that shift by season — best to call ahead.

Litchfield Co.

Starberry Farm has grown stone fruit on the New Preston side of Washington Depot since 1978, with pick-your-own cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, and nectarines rotating through the season. Up to 15 apple varieties follow later in the year. The farm typically opens daily from noon to 5 p.m., July through September, though hours shift with the weather and what's actually ripe.

Washington Depot

Averill Farm is a tenth-generation family farm on a hilltop in Washington Depot's Litchfield Hills, growing apples and pears as its main fall crop. The farm stand rounds out its own harvest with mums, maple syrup, honey, and eggs from neighboring farms, plus squash, gourds, and pumpkins.

Norfolk

Seed and Spoon runs weekend farm stays on Husky Meadows Farm, a 300-acre sustainable vegetable operation in Norfolk. Guests start in the fields, move into hands-on cooking classes, and end at communal farm-to-table dinners built around whatever's in season, from wild edibles to homesteading skills. It's overnight lodging built around actual farm work, not a drive-through tour.

Watertown

Evergreen Berry Farm has grown certified-organic black raspberries as its signature crop since 1979, on 27 acres that were once part of Watertown's 1800s-era Hiram French Farm. Black raspberry season runs early-to-mid July, picking hours 8 a.m. to noon daily while berries last; the farm also grows blueberries and herbs and sells berry seltzers, frozen berry pops, and herbal tea.

Bethlehem

Shagbark Hollow Farm in Bethlehem runs a licensed bakery alongside a mini-donkey rescue called The Donkey's Cross, which also cares for other rescued animals. The farm sells natural, untreated wood products for mulching and erosion control, with proceeds supporting the rescue and community initiatives. It's operated as an LLC since 2018.

Bethlehem

The Maddox family has farmed this ground in Bethlehem since 1890, and Sun One Organic Farm now runs it as a certified organic operation with CSA vegetable and flower shares. Beyond the CSA, the property rents an on-farm Airbnb and a barn that holds up to 120 people for events. Find their produce at the Watertown Farmers Market on Sundays, June through October.

Terryville

Wood Acres Farm is a 25-acre event property at the foot of the Litchfield Hills in Terryville, better known these days for weddings than crops. The Adirondack-style barn and wraparound porch host receptions, while horse-drawn carriage and sleigh rides run in 45-minute sessions, with hayrides and bonfires available too. Refreshments come afterward in the farm's country home.

New Hartford

Barden Farm is located in New Hartford, in Connecticut's Farmington River valley.

Plymouth

Founded in 1986, Litchfield Hills Blueberry Farm grows several varieties of highbush blueberries reaching 8 to 12 feet tall on Schroback Road, with early, mid, and late-season crops. Pick your own by the pound or buy berries pre-picked while supplies last; regular hours run Wednesday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and weekends 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sheffield

Howden Farm, run by Bruce Howden in the Housatonic Valley since 1939, is where the classic Howden Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin variety was developed. The farm still grows pumpkins and sweet corn as its anchor crops, with pick-your-own blueberries and raspberries in summer, and keeps a Victorian farmhouse bed and breakfast on-site.

Terryville

Tonn's Orchard in Terryville spans ten-plus acres of pick-your-own apples, peaches, plums, pumpkins, and flowers on flat, easy-walking ground. Peter Tonn runs the orchard as part of a multi-generational family operation that also owns Tonn's Marketplace in Burlington, rated the state's top farm store since 2019.

Woodbury

Logue Farms has stayed in the same family for more than a hundred years, now run by the third and fourth generation on Artillery Road in Woodbury. Fall is the main event: pick-your-own pumpkins on October weekends, a corn maze, free hayrides, and a stand selling apples, cider, straw, and cornstalks. Outside pumpkin season, hours are limited — call ahead.

Millerton

Dashing Star Farm raises sheep and poultry on Indian Lake Road in Millerton, a New York State Grown & Certified operation in the Hudson Valley. Their wool becomes yarn, sheepskins, pillows, blankets, and knitwear, and they sell USDA-inspected lamb plus Grade AA eggs. Products reach customers through farmers' markets, local retailers, and area restaurants. Farm visits happen by appointment only, so arrange ahead to see the flock.

Woodbury

Highwire Deer & Animal Farm in Woodbury keeps more than 30 animals — deer, goats, kangaroos, zebras, and donkeys among them — for visitors to walk up to, pet, and feed on a self-guided tour. It's open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., May through September, then weekends only into fall. The farm closes during rain or extreme heat, so call ahead if the weather's questionable.

Bristol

Minor's Farm ran on Chippens Hill for more than 130 years before the Minor family closed the farm store and sold the 30-acre property in 2018. Rich Farm Ice Cream now operates on the site, serving ice cream and waffle cones made on-site daily, noon to 8 p.m. seven days a week.

New Milford

Working alpaca sanctuary in New Milford caring for around 39 alpacas alongside sheep, chickens, dogs, and cats. The farm shop sells fiber goods spun and felted from its own herd - socks, mittens, sweaters, capes, and shawls - plus rugs felted to order. Tours run by appointment, and fiber days let visitors felt their own alpaca projects. A small farmstay bed and breakfast operates on-site for overnight guests.

Burlington

One of the larger maple operations in Connecticut, boiling its own syrup into candy, cream, and jars sold from a country store in Burlington alongside local honey and jams. Thirty-minute tours walk visitors through the sugaring process with a tasting at the end, and kids can visit the pet rabbits on-site. The family business also builds custom gift baskets and wedding favors from its own syrup.

Monterey

Monterey is a Berkshire hill town of a few hundred people near Otis and Tyringham, and Lowland Farm on New Marlboro Road is registered there as agritourism. What's grown or offered to visitors hasn't surfaced in any public listing yet.

Canton

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm in Canton that also boils its own Connecticut maple syrup. Frederic Cowles and family supply saws for cutting your own tree, or you can buy one precut, along with wreaths, syrup, and maple candy from the gift shop. Restrooms and tree wrapping are on hand for the trip home. Two seasons, one small family operation.

Cheshire

Old Bishop Farms is a restored bicentennial farm on South Meriden Road, rebuilt by John and Carolyn Torello after they purchased the long-fallow property in 2015. The country store sells produce, on-site baked goods, and homemade ice cream, with pick-your-own berries, apples, and peaches, and cut-your-own flowers and herbs in season.

Dover Plains

Soukup Farm works land on Halls Corners Road in Dover Plains, in the eastern Dutchess County countryside near the Connecticut line. Small farms across this part of the Hudson Valley grow vegetables and run seasonal stands and CSA shares. This one keeps little of a presence online, so contact the farm directly for its crops, hours, and how to buy before heading out.

West Granville

West Granville sits in the Berkshire foothills of Hampden County, and The Berry Patch on Route 57 grows berries as its name states plainly. Hours, varieties, and contact information aren't posted anywhere online.

Seasonal corn maze cut into a seven-acre field along Route 7 in Brookfield, with a new theme design each fall. The farm stand alongside sells sweet corn and a mix of fresh fruit and vegetables through the season. Recent fall festivals have paired the maze with Twins BBQ Co. for food, a DJ, and face painting on top of the walk through the corn.

Great Barrington

Taft Farms has grown pesticide-free produce on 200 acres in the Housatonic Valley for more than 50 years, now run by second-generation owner Paul Tawczynski. The market sells fresh-picked vegetables alongside a bakery, deli, and prepared foods that turn over daily. Fall brings a corn maze and pumpkins; summer means strawberries and sweet corn; the greenhouse stays stocked with herbs and houseplants year-round.

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.

Granville

Maple Corner Farm has stayed in the same family for eight generations, working land on the edge of the Berkshires since 1812. Blueberry picking runs July through September, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and the self-serve farm store — open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. — stocks the farm's own maple syrup, grass-fed beef, and pasture-raised pork. At 1,400 feet, the property sits noticeably cooler than the valley below, which matters come sugaring season.

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.

Ancram

Thompson-Finch Farm is a certified-organic operation on Wiltsie Bridge Road in Ancram, in the Columbia County hills of the eastern Hudson Valley. It's best known for organic pick-your-own strawberries in June and pick-your-own apples in fall, with a farm stand selling the harvest. Growing without synthetic chemicals is central to how the place has long run.

Great Barrington

Windy Hill Farm is a 130-acre nursery and orchard operation in the Berkshires, growing pick-your-own apples and blueberries alongside a full garden center and landscape nursery. Fall brings fresh-cut Christmas trees, cider, and cider donuts; the retail yard stocks field-grown shrubs and ornamental stock most of the year.

Avon

The Pickin' Patch on Nod Road in Avon runs pick-your-own berries alongside a farm stand stocked with sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes, squash, and pumpkins through the season. Raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries are the main pick-your-own draws. The stand keeps long hours, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. March through October, trimming back slightly in the colder months.

Avon

The Pickin' Patch is a pick-your-own farm on Nod Road in Avon, part of the Farmington Valley's cluster of berry and pumpkin farms.

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.

Millbrook

A Hudson Valley farm in Millbrook that raises a herd of more than 200 Suri alpacas and turns their fleece into a luxury home and apparel line. Products include alpaca throws, blankets, pillows, and bed linens, plus coats and knitwear for women, men, and children, crafted by artisans and sold under the brand's own label.

Hillsdale

Vine Gate Lavender grows lavender and cut flowers on Whippoorwill Road in Hillsdale, in Columbia County. Pick your own lavender and blooms in season, browse a farm store of handmade goods, or join a workshop on lavender crafts or meditation. The farm also supplies flowers for events. Summer hours run Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday 11am to 2pm, weather permitting.

Southington

The Lewis Educational Agricultural Farm — known locally as The LEAF — works land in Southington that's been farmed for roughly 245 years, now run as a nonprofit teaching farm. It offers a CSA, runs school garden programs, and directs part of its harvest toward families facing food insecurity. The mission here is education first, produce second.

Farmington

Jones' Apiaries has kept bees in Farmington since 1997, started by Ted and Becky Jones as a family operation. Beyond bottling small-batch honey, they sell beekeeping supplies and each spring offer nucleus colonies and queens to other beekeepers — order early, since colonies typically sell out by late April. The apiary also provides pollination services to area orchards and gardens.

Verbank

Abel's Trees is a Christmas tree farm on North Clove Road in Verbank, part of the town of Union Vale in eastern Dutchess County. Choose-and-cut farms in this part of the Hudson Valley open the weekend after Thanksgiving for families cutting their own fir or spruce.

Southington

Rogers Orchards has grown apples in Southington since 1809, making it one of Connecticut's oldest working orchards. The Sunnymount Farm location bakes cider donuts, pies, and apple dumplings daily and presses its own hard cider under the Long View Ciderhouse label. Pick-your-own apple season runs Labor Day weekend through late October, Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Simsbury

Hilltop Apiaries has kept bees in the Farmington Valley across three generations, expanding from one backyard hive to eight apiaries around Simsbury. The honey is raw wildflower, never heated, filtered, or blended with imports, and the family also bottles habanero-infused honey, whipped spreads, and jam. Products are True Source Certified and kosher parve, sold through their own site and at Clevelands' Country Store. Order online at hilltopapiaries.com.

Cheshire

Zentek Farms has grown annuals and vegetable plants wholesale in Cheshire since 1914, running five acres of enclosed greenhouses plus three acres of outdoor growing space. The family operation also sells retail from its own farm stand, with seasonal lineups from spring annuals through fall mums.

Cheshire

Ives Farm is a 164-acre property in Cheshire owned by the Cheshire Land Trust and farmed by River Ridge Farm & Market using regenerative, low- and no-till methods. Their 20-week CSA runs mid-June through October for $300, with Friday pickup at the farmstand, which also sells bedding plants and fresh vegetables seven days a week. Betty Ives left the land to the trust in 2006; the surrounding 80 acres of woodland and riverfront trails stay open to the public.

Cheshire

Hickory Hill Orchards has grown apples, pears, nectarines, and peaches on 33 acres since 1977, offering pick-your-own for more than twenty apple varieties plus pumpkins. The South Meriden Road orchard closed for several years before reopening under new ownership, a Milford family who gave the country store, hayrides, and pie garden new life.

Cheshire

Norton Brothers Fruit Farm operated on Academy Road for more than 200 years, dating to the mid-1700s, before closing after the 2024 season. Local reporting in 2025 pointed to a possible sale or new agreement to keep part of the farm going, though its current status is unconfirmed.

Southwick

Meadow View Farms is on College Highway in Southwick, in Pioneer Valley farmland running along the Connecticut border. No current website or listing confirms what the farm grows or sells.

Berlin

Hrubiec Farms grows blueberries for pick-your-own picking and sells choose-and-cut Christmas trees, with pre-tagging available before the season starts, at its Southington Road farm.

Cheshire

Old Bishop Farm runs a scratch bakery, handmade ice cream counter, and general store on South Meriden Road in Cheshire, open Tuesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., closed Mondays. Pick-your-own produce rotates through the season, and the farm also books birthday parties and private events on site.

Patterson

Kessman Farms works land on Cornwall Hill Road in Patterson, in Putnam County near the Connecticut line. This corner of the lower Hudson Valley runs to small livestock farms, hay ground, and horse properties. Carried on the directory as an agritourism farm.

Berlin

Ferndale Berry Farm grows pick-your-own blueberries, tomatoes, and garlic on a Berlin property with a house dating back to 1750. The farm has operated as an LLC since 2009, keeping the pick-your-own tradition going on land that's been worked for centuries.

Southwick

Southwick sits near the Connecticut border in Hampden County, a town once nicknamed "Onion Town" for its old produce trade, and Pumpkin Valley Farm on College Highway carries a pumpkin-patch listing that points to a fall-season operation. Hours and prices aren't posted online.

Town of Beekman

Barton Orchards runs a large pick-your-own operation on Apple Tree Lane in Poughquag, with apples and pumpkins you harvest yourself plus a five-acre corn maze, petting zoo, hay rides, and gem mining. The farm bakes its own apple cider donuts and pours local beer and cider in an on-site tap room. A second stand, The Apple Core, sells produce year-round in nearby Poughkeepsie. Live music runs through the fall season.

Pleasant Valley

Lilymoore Farm on Moore Road in Pleasant Valley runs guided alpaca treks and farm tours across a historic Dutchess County property built around an 1840 colonial house and a 1900 barn. It hosts birthday and bachelorette groups, school and scout visits, and rents out as a film and photo location. The farm also shelters rescued pigeons through the nonprofit 'Dreaming of a Chance.' TripAdvisor ranks it the top thing to do in Pleasant Valley.

Town of Red Hook

Apiary 16 is a beekeeping operation on Tribune Lane in the town of Red Hook, in Dutchess County's Hudson Valley. The focus is honey and hive products from locally kept bees. As a small apiary, sales are likely direct or through area markets and seasonal, so reach out to confirm how to buy honey and whether visits are possible.