Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Shelton, CT

Shelton

The Beardsley family has farmed this Shelton land since 1849 and has pressed cider commercially here since 1999. Pick-your-own apples run weekends in September and October, backed by pre-picked apples, peaches, plums, and nectarines, plus cider donuts, pies, and jams from the farm store, open daily 10 to 5:30 from August through Christmas. Weekend visitors after 11 a.m. can also buy unpasteurized cider by the jug for home fermenting.

Shelton

Valley Farm is one of Jones Family Farms' pick-your-own fields, moving through flowers in May, strawberries in June, blueberries in July, pumpkins in September and October, and Christmas trees in December. Hours run noon to 6 p.m. most days, noon to 7:30 p.m. Fridays, though picking times shift with the weather and the crop.

Shelton

Jones Family Farms Winery sits on land the Jones family has worked for over 150 years across six generations, in the White Hills of Shelton. The tasting room, converted from a former dairy barn, pours seven estate-made wines from grapes and berries grown on the property, and visitors can cut their own bouquets in the flower fields between tastings. Open mid-March through December.

Shelton

Wells Hollow is a fifth-generation family farm in Shelton that opened its ice cream creamery in 2007, run by Daniel and Jamie Wells. The shop turns over more than 50 homemade flavors alongside smoothies, soft serve, Italian ice, and ice cream cakes, with dairy sourced from farms across Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, and Michigan. A 3,000-square-foot open-air patio hosts birthday parties and farm-animal visits alongside the ice cream counter.

Monroe

Hannah's Honey keeps bees on Wheeler Road and sells raw honey, honey candy, honey sticks, beeswax candles, honey soap, and beeswax lip balm, along with custom gift baskets. Orders come through the website, local farmers markets, or by phone, with shipping or local pickup available.

Milford

Glendale Farms has grown annuals and vegetable starts in Milford since 1917, now in its third generation. The greenhouse turns out hanging baskets, patio plants, herbs, and combination planters alongside ground covers and seasonal ornamentals, sold daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., cash or check only. The farm also runs an indoor arena for horse boarding on the same property.

Oxford

Belinsky Family Farm grows apples, peaches, and pumpkins on Moose Hill Road in Oxford, working orchards that predate the current pick-your-own operation. Pick-your-own runs weekends, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the farm stand carries fresh produce, cut flowers, and Christmas trees in season.

Orange

Sunflower Farm is located in Orange, a shoreline suburb between New Haven and Milford.

Bridgeport

Listed as an agritourism site at 10 Wickliffe Circle in Bridgeport, but no working website, social page, or business description turns up under this name. The listing appears to be a placeholder in state agritourism directories rather than an active farm stand or attraction.

Woodbridge

Townline Farm sits in Woodbridge, in the rural western fringe of the New Haven metro area.

Orange

Maple View Farm dates to the 1790s and now runs as a private party venue in Orange, with its main house listed on the National Register of Historic Homes. Birthday parties book the barn for pony rides and wagon rides, and the farm will also bring ponies or a wagon to an off-site event. Everything runs by appointment only - there's no walk-in visiting.

Fairfield

Bee Baum Honey has hand-poured wildflower honey from hives on Papurah Road in Fairfield since the LLC was formed in 2000, run by Winthrop and Stefanie Baum. Alongside raw honey, they sell comb honey straight from the frame and beeswax candles made from their own wax. It's a husband-and-wife operation — expect small batches and seasonal availability rather than year-round stock.

Fairfield

Monkey's Pocket Apiary is a family-run beekeeping operation in Fairfield that has kept hives for more than 20 years. It sells raw wildflower, clover, buckwheat, and basswood honey with no added flavoring, plus beeswax candles and farm eggs, and also handles live bee swarm removal and relocation.

Bethany

The Demander family has farmed this land in Bethany since 1765, nine generations running. The market stays open year-round with sweet corn, heirloom tomatoes, and pumpkins in season, plus farm-raised beef, dairy, and holiday greenery when the fields go quiet. Pick-your-own strawberries run late May through June, and the farm fills gaps in its own harvest with other local and regional growers.

Newtown

Castle Hill Farm on Sugar Lane has been run by the Paproski family for four generations, going back to when it was one of the larger dairy suppliers in Fairfield County. It's now a fall agritourism stop with a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkin patch, hayrides, and cut-your-own Christmas trees in December. The barns and pastures also double as an event venue for weddings, showers, and birthday parties.

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.

West Redding

Warrups Farm in West Redding farms and sells its own products under a simple rule: farm responsibly, sell what's actually fresh. Beyond the produce stand and seasonal events tied to the New England farm calendar, the property includes Open Farmhouse, a five-bedroom rental farmhouse the family books out for stays and gatherings. Current offerings are posted through Instagram, @warrupsfarm, or @openfarmhouse for the rental side.

Weston

Marina has kept bees in Weston since 2000 and sells the harvest as Red Bee Apiary: single-origin wildflower and blueberry blossom honey, honeycomb, creamed honey, bee pollen, propolis, and beeswax candles and salves. The property is a private working apiary, opened to the public only for occasional garden tours, talks, and honey tastings. Products ship through redbee.com and sell in specialty shops around Connecticut.

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.

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.

Wilton

BeeLove Apiaries keeps one of the larger sets of hives in Wilton, on Sturges Ridge Road, where Ray DuBois produces raw honey and beeswax and teaches beekeeping classes. The operation focuses on pollinator conservation as much as honey production, building out bee sanctuaries alongside the harvest. Current honey stock and class schedules are posted at BeeLove.org.

East Haven

The Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven runs the oldest continuously operating suburban trolley line in the country, with more than 90 preserved transit vehicles on site. The museum adds seasonal fall programming, including its pumpkin patch trolley rides, alongside its year-round history exhibits.

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.

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.

Cheshire

Drazen Orchards ran as a pick-your-own apple, blueberry, peach, and nectarine farm on Wallingford Road for close to 75 years, started by David and Ida Drazen in 1951 on land tracing back to an early-1800s farm and wood mill. The family closed the orchard for good in 2026, citing rising costs and the physical toll of the work.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Northford

Cecarelli's Harrison Hill Farm has grown vegetables in Northford since 1912, now in its third generation under farmer William DellaCamera. The fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, summer squash, and berries, sold from the farm stand through the growing season. It's a straightforward produce operation — no gimmicks, just what's in season that week.

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.

North Branford

Rose Orchards picks strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries through summer before moving into peaches, apples, and pears each fall. The North Branford farm runs pick-your-own May through October and bakes its own cider donuts, alongside ice cream and a farm store on site.

East Setauket

Benner's Farm is a working historic farm on roughly 15 acres in East Setauket, on Long Island's North Shore, raising heritage-breed animals including sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens. It's best known for hands-on seasonal events, spring lambing and maple sugaring, an Easter egg hunt, and fall harvest festivals, plus summer farm camps for kids. The farm also sells fresh eggs and honey.

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.

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.

Wallingford

Gouveia Vineyards farms more than 32 acres of vines across a 140-acre property in Wallingford, pouring around 11 wines with a Portuguese accent from its stone-and-timber tasting room. The Gouveia family converted a vacant farm into the vineyard starting in the late 1990s. Visitors get panoramic hilltop views over the vines, picnic space, and sunset hours that draw a steady weekend crowd.

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.

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.

Wallingford

Emerald Green Farm and Gardens is located in Wallingford, in Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley farming corridor.

Northford

Bishop's Orchards' Northford fields, on Middletown Avenue, are where the pick-your-own happens — strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, pears, apples, and pumpkins across the season. Apple picking runs weekends, plus Columbus Day, from mid-September through late October, and pickers pay for their bag before heading into the rows. Varieties like Honeycrisp and Granny Smith are sold at the market instead, not offered for picking.

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.

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.

Guilford

Bishop's Orchards cuts a 4-acre corn maze each fall on New England Road in Guilford, part of a sixth-generation family farm's fall festival lineup that also runs hayrides, pumpkin picking, and scarecrow-making. The on-site Cider Hut pours wine and hard cider alongside the maze, open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in season. Maze themes change annually with the harvest calendar.

Stamford

Heckscher Farm at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center is a 10-acre working farm inside a 118-acre property, keeping heritage-breed livestock and growing organic vegetables. Maple syrup gets boiled down on-site in their own sugar house, and the grounds include 80 acres of nature trails plus a planetarium and mansion museum. The center runs a Friday farm market and Sunday markets through summer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Guilford

Bishop's Orchards' flagship farm market and winery sits on Boston Post Road in Guilford, near Exit 57 off I-95, where a sixth-generation family runs a year-round bakery, prepared-foods kitchen, creamery, and winery alongside the produce stand. The farm also runs a CSA Farm Share program and keeps llamas, alpacas, and goats on the property for visitors.

Croton Falls

Outhouse Orchards is a pick-your-own apple orchard in the Croton Falls area of northern Westchester County, close to the Putnam County line. Fall is the season here, when Hudson Valley orchards open their rows for apple picking. The farm's old website is no longer active, so call or check local listings for current hours.

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.

Patterson

BobBee Apiaries is a family-run apiary on Route 311 in Patterson, in Putnam County's slice of the Mid-Hudson Valley near the Berkshire foothills. Beyond bottling local honey, they offer full-service hive care and concierge beekeeping, swarm and colony removal, beekeeping education, and custom honey gifts, drawing on more than fifteen years of experience. Their Instagram (bobbeeapiaries) shows current honey and offerings.

Bedford Hills

Out of the Hive sits on Bedford Center Road in Bedford Hills, Westchester County. The name points to a honey or beekeeping operation, though the farm keeps little posted online. Local honey follows the bloom through spring and summer in the lower Hudson Valley. Contact the farm directly to confirm what they sell and when.