Farms Near Monson, MA

Monson

Volunteer-run and nonprofit, the Monson Farmers' Market sets up at 5 High Street, across from First Church of Monson, from May into early October. It grew out of a partnership between the church, the Monson Agricultural Commission, and local growers, and sells baked goods, produce, honey, jam, maple syrup, meat, and plants. SNAP, WIC, and senior coupons are accepted.

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.

Monson

Monson is a Hampden County town along the Chicopee River in western Massachusetts, home to Koran's Farm on East Hill Road. It carries an agritourism listing, though no further detail on products or visiting hours is public.

Monson

Westview Farms Creamery in Monson scoops about 30 homemade ice cream flavors, gluten-free options included, from a shop that looks out over open countryside. A goat petting zoo sits next to the seating area, and the kitchen serves grill food and home-cooked meals alongside the ice cream counter. It's open seven days a week, noon until sunset, with pumpkin picking added once fall arrives.

Monson

Silver Bell Farm in Monson runs on a fall-and-winter calendar — pumpkin picking and wagon rides starting in September, then Christmas trees, Santa visits, and the Silver Bell Nights holiday light show once the weather turns. The farm closes for summer entirely and reopens September 19. Cider donuts are made fresh on site, and birthday party bookings are paused for 2026.

Stafford

Hop Top Organic Tillage has run as a small organic operation out of Stafford since 2007, tending garden plots for cooking vegetables and keeping hives in Stafford and Tolland for wildflower honey. It's a two-person operation with no storefront, so hours and availability are best confirmed by phone before visiting.

Wilbraham

Rice Fruit Farm has run its own market and bakery at 757 Main Street in Wilbraham since 1894, five generations deep. The stand sells local and organic produce alongside breakfast sandwiches, cider doughnuts, muffin tops, and small-batch ice cream made on site. Open daily, 6am to 9pm.

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.

Stafford Springs

Hydeville Farm grows black and red raspberries and apples for pick-your-own picking on Hydeville Road. Run by Don Preli, the farm posts picking updates on Facebook, so it's worth checking there before visiting since hours shift with the harvest.

Belchertown

Founded in 1889 and now run by fourth- and fifth-generation Austins, this 130-acre beef farm sells grass-fed cattle by the cut or side out of a USDA-inspected operation. Fall brings a pumpkin patch and corn maze, and the farm stand also carries pork and hay.

Stafford Springs

Eagle Valley Farms runs an on-farm market on Old Springfield Road in Stafford Springs, selling pumpkins, seasonal fruits and vegetables, jams, honey, maple syrup, plants, and farm-raised meats. The farm also opens for agritourism visits during the growing season.

Agric Organics Urban Farm identifies itself as an urban growing operation somewhere in Connecticut. No address, website, or market listing was found, which is typical of small city-lot and community-garden-scale growers that sell locally rather than wholesale.

Staffordville

Winterbrook Farm is located in Staffordville, a village of Stafford in Connecticut's Quiet Corner near the Massachusetts border.

Stafford Springs

Connecticut Farm to Table Cooperative connects small CT growers with local buyers through a CSA model, with primary pickup at the co-op's Beffa Road location in Stafford Springs and additional pickup sites added depending on demand. Now in its second decade, the cooperative was built specifically to give small Connecticut farms a wider outlet for what they grow.

Brimfield

River Rock Farm was originally started as a dream of Jon Konove's as a young man to turn his family's vacation property into a working farm. Together Jon and his friend, Charles Sayer, whom he met working at the Heifer Project in Arkansas, built some of the first fences on the property in the early nineties. Sadly, Jon died in a car accident several years later. ​ In 2012, Charles and Lindsay decided to leave their home of Colorado to take over managing the farm in hopes of carrying on Jon's leg

Brimfield

​ River Rock Farm was originally started as a dream of Jon Konove's as a young man to turn his family's vacation property into a working farm. Together Jon and his friend, Charles Sayer, whom he met working at the Heifer Project in Arkansas, built some of the first fences on the property in the early nineties. Sadly, Jon died in a car accident several years later. ​ In 2012, Charles and Lindsay decided to leave their home of Colorado to take over managing the farm in hopes of carrying on Jon's l

Stafford Springs

CT Farm to Table Cooperative operates as a farm-stand style outlet on Route 190 in Stafford Springs, pooling produce from area growers under one roof rather than running as a single farm.

Somers

Shadow Valley Farms is a farm stand on Stafford Road in Somers, in Connecticut's tobacco valley farmland near the Massachusetts line. No additional details were found online for this listing.

East Longmeadow

Art's Berry Farm on Parker Street in East Longmeadow took its name over from Val's Berry Farm at some point, a change reflected right in the directory record. Berries are the stated focus in this Pioneer Valley town near the Connecticut border; current hours and varieties aren't public.

Somers

Belchertown

Phoenix Fruit Farm grows peaches without pesticides or sprays of any kind, on an orchard overlooking the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown. Picking happens on scheduled Sunday mornings in August rather than daily hours, and it runs on a pay-what-you-can system — $20 suggested per half-peck bag, cash or Venmo, two-bag limit per customer. There's no bathroom on site, so plan the drive accordingly.

Ludlow

Ludlow

Somers

Pell Farm runs a USDA Certified Organic on-farm market and nursery on Kibbe Grove Road, open Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon. The farm has hosted mazes, a petting zoo, hayrides, and pony rides in past seasons.

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Ellington

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.

Ellington

This is the pick-your-own orchard entrance for Johnny Appleseed's Farm, where dwarf apple and peach trees planted starting in 1977-78 are open for picking Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (gate closes 3:30 p.m.). Fall brings a pumpkin patch, corn maze, and wagon rides out to the picking fields.

Willington

Noah Passardi taps trees and runs a sugar house on Potter School Road in Willington, boiling down maple syrup most weekends from mid-February through March. Beyond syrup, the farm sells honey, beeswax candles, hand cream, and lip balm, and hosts workshops and demonstrations on the sugaring process. Open year-round for product sales — call ahead during boiling season.

Tolland

Bee Haven Apiaries bottles wildflower and local honey with no additives, from hives kept on Stag Trail in Tolland. Their honey turns up on shelves at Ellington Agway and a handful of other regional retailers, alongside direct sales from the farm. It's a small, hands-on operation — the beekeeper who capped the jar is the same one who answers the phone.

Belchertown

Knight's Blue Maple Farm is on Eskett Road in Belchertown, in Pioneer Valley farmland east of the Quabbin Reservoir. No current website or listing confirms what the farm grows or sells.

Somers

Somersville

Granby

Red Fire Farm in Granby is USDA certified organic, growing everything from strawberries and blueberries to peppers, tomatillos, and cut-your-own sunflowers across the pick-your-own fields. CSA members get free access to the PYO rows as part of their share, and the farm accepts SNAP and HIP benefits at the stand. It's one of the larger organic operations in the Pioneer Valley, selling wholesale and in bulk alongside the retail side.

Somers

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.

West Brookfield

Clover Springs Farm raises 100% grass-fed beef and taps its own maple syrup, alongside seasonal vegetables and hay, on Ragged Hill Road in West Brookfield. Matt Koziol left a corporate job to run the farm with Natalie Johnson — a pivot common enough in this stretch of central Massachusetts, though not every attempt sticks. Reach them through the farm's Facebook page for current availability.

West Brookfield

Willington

J & L Enterprises is listed at 315 River Road in Willington, a small town in Connecticut's Tolland County. No website, social page, or market registration surfaced online, and the business name alone doesn't indicate what's grown or sold here.

Willington

This Willington, Connecticut listing gives the same River Road address as J & L Enterprises, in rural Tolland County. No public site or directory listing was found to describe the operation beyond its name.

Granby

Sapowsky Farms on Route 202 in Granby ran as a family farm stand for nearly 80 years before Stephen and Tammy Sapowsky retired and handed the business to McKinstry Farms, a Chicopee growing operation dating to 1908. The new owners kept the Sapowsky name on the sign out of respect for the previous run, and Tammy still bakes and manages the Granby stand. Expect sweet corn, tomatoes, squash, and baked goods through the growing season.

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.

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.

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

Elm Knoll Farm operates as an agritourism destination on Moody Road in Enfield, in north-central Connecticut near the Massachusetts line. Public listings don't show specific crops, animals, or seasonal hours for this location — worth a call before visiting.

Enfield

Granby

Pinetum Farm sits on Harris Street in Granby, listed among the area's small agritourism operations. No website, hours, or crop details turned up in a search — call ahead to confirm what's currently available.

Enfield

Self-serve stand right on N Maple St provide Enfield\'s only certified organic vegetables and flowers!

Granby

Dickinson Farm & Greenhouse runs two locations — the Granby greenhouse and a Chicopee garden center — with a farm stand that shifts by season: bedding plants and hanging baskets in spring, corn, tomatoes, peaches, and berries by summer, pumpkins and cornstalks in fall, then poinsettias and cut Christmas trees in winter. Pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries, and apples run at separate Granby locations on Ludlow Road and South Street.

Concerned Citizens of Mason's Square Farmer's Market sets up Saturdays, 10 to 2, at the Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center on Wilbraham Road in Springfield. Regular vendors include Gardening the Community, Pioneer Valley Growers Co-op, Nuestras Raices, and Johnson Family Farm, with music and cooking demonstrations that turn the lot into a neighborhood gathering spot.

Ellington

The Modern Milkman delivers fresh milk, eggs, dairy, bakery items, and homegrown favorites to doorsteps once a week, sourcing from local independent farmers and producers with sustainable, plastic-free packaging. Orders are editable until the day before delivery, pausable anytime, and delivered from 5 AM — a modern revival of the milk round in the fight against waste.

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.

Brookfield

What began as Donald Grimes' 1981 hobby hive — bought from legendary Ware beekeeper Frank Lagrant after bee school — is now a three-generation Brookfield apiary whose first harvest of six meager pounds convinced Donald that real raw honey tastes nothing like the store-bought kind. Today the family sells pure wildflower honey, creamed honey, honeybee pollen, honey candy, hand creams, and beeswax at retail spots, fairs, and by call-or-text order around the clock.

Brookfield

Grimes Apiary — "the sweetest beesiness in Brookfield" — grew from a single hive Donald Grimes bought in 1981 after bee school into a three-generation family business serving central Massachusetts. The honey is 100% pure, native, raw, and unpasteurized, from hive to bottle to you, alongside creamed honey, bee pollen, honey-filled candy, hand creams, lip balm, and beeswax blocks.

Granby

Hardwick

Kim Denney built Chestnut Farms into a pioneer meat CSA in Hardwick, raising grass-fed, hormone- and antibiotic-free beef, lamb, pork, and poultry. The six-month summer and winter shares mix everyday cuts like ground beef and sausage with steaks and chops, distributed on-farm the first Wednesday of each month.

Ellington

This Somers Road address is a retail location for Johnny Appleseed's Farm, selling the orchard's own apples, peaches, and fall produce; the pick-your-own fields are at the farm's Schoolhouse Road orchard nearby. Retail stores are typically open mid-to-late July through Christmas.

Ellington

Saturday mornings from May through October, more than 40 vendors set up at Arbor Park on Main Street selling Connecticut-grown produce, baked goods, and handcrafted wares. A Power of Produce club gets kids shopping with their own tokens, and barnyard animals and live music round out the morning. SNAP benefits are matched, and Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers are accepted.

Ellington

Johnny Appleseed's Farm is on West Road in Ellington, in the apple-growing hill country of northeastern Tolland County.