Farms Near South Windsor, CT

South Windsor

South Windsor

Petersen Farm in South Windsor is a family-owned pick-your-own flower operation, with five acres open to cutting sunflowers alongside a farm stand selling pre-picked fruit and vegetables. Owner Susan Petersen suggests bringing your own reusable bags when you visit. The farm runs seasonally from July through September or October, weather depending.

South Windsor

Dzen Brothers Tree Farm is the Christmas tree side of the Dzen family's farming operation, cutting trees on Barber Hill Road in South Windsor since the 1930s. The same family runs the pick-your-own strawberry and blueberry fields nearby on the East Windsor line. Tree sales run through the holiday season — call ahead for hours.

South Windsor

Cut-your-own Christmas tree farm on more than 100 acres in South Windsor, growing Fraser fir, balsam fir, and blue spruce in a range of sizes. The Dzen family also runs a garden market down the road on Windsorville Road stocked with tree stands, wreaths, kissing balls, poinsettias, and cemetery pots through the holiday season. A South Windsor tradition for families who still want to pick their own tree from the field.

South Windsor

Foster Family Farm milked cows in South Windsor until 2001, then turned its 150 acres over to fall agritourism. Now the farm grows pumpkins and corn for a seasonal maze, runs hayrides, and keeps a petting zoo stocked with farm animals for visiting families. Pick-your-own crops are available in season on what used to be dairy pasture.

South Windsor

The Foster family has farmed this South Windsor land since 1790, running it as a dairy until 2001 before turning the 150 acres into a fall destination. The 2026 season runs September 12 through November 1, with corn mazes in day and night versions, hayrides, pumpkin picking, and animal encounters. Night maze hours run select evenings, 6:30 to 9:30pm.

East Windsor/South Windsor line

Blueberry Hill and Strawberry Hill are the pick-your-own fields run by Dzen Farms, a family operation working this ground since the 1930s. Strawberries ripen in early June and run through the Fourth of July; blueberries follow in early July and hold into late August. The fields sit on Barber Hill Road at the East Windsor–South Windsor line, part of a farm that also runs a garden market in Ellington.

Broad Brook

Dzen Brothers Farm sells jams, honey, maple syrup, plants, and seasonal fruits and vegetables from its farm stand on Barber Hill Road in Broad Brook. It's a straightforward roadside market, no frills, just what's in season that week.

Ellington

The Burke family raises all-natural Angus beef with no added hormones on their Wapping Wood Road farm, alongside an on-farm market selling pumpkins, honey, maple syrup, jams, plants, dairy products, and seasonal vegetables. It's a working cattle operation first, with the farm stand built around whatever else the family has on hand that season. Look for them on Facebook for real-time updates on what's currently in stock.

East Windsor

Gilson Farm Greenhouses grows greenhouse plants and pick-your-own blueberries on Wapping Road in the Windsorville section of East Windsor. The blueberry fields open in late June or early July depending on the season, with acres of bushes for picking alongside a farm stand selling bedding plants. Picking hours shift with the harvest, so a call ahead is worth it.

East Windsor

Draghi Farm runs a small farm market on Scantic Road in East Windsor, selling seasonal fruits and vegetables direct from the property. It's a modest, no-website operation, the kind of stand that depends on regulars who already know the road.

South Windsor

Brothers Justin and Nathan Bordua run this family farm in the Connecticut River Valley, growing vegetables across more than 100 acres. The farm stand on Main Street is open daily 10am to 6:30pm, and a CSA program runs through the summer alongside heritage-breed pork raised outdoors, cut flowers, eggs, and coffee. The brothers also sell seeded watermelons, a specialty item that's become one of their signatures.

East Windsor

Draghi Farm grows blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries for pick-your-own picking on Scantic Road, along with vegetables sold from its on-farm market and farm stand.

Ellington

Dzen Garden Market sells seasonal fruits and vegetables, jams, honey, maple syrup, and plants from its stand on Windsorville Road in Ellington. It's a small farm-direct operation, restocked through the growing season as different crops come in.

Manchester

East Windsor

Baggott Family Farms grows produce across East Windsor and Bristol, picking crops like corn, tomatoes, peppers, and melons daily during the April-to-October season. The farm stand at 236 South Main Street runs 7am to 6pm, and the operation also supplies a $495 seasonal CSA share along with wholesale accounts at terminal markets and supermarket chains. A garden center on site sells annual and perennial flowers.

Manchester

Manchester's Spruce Street market runs Wednesday evenings, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. from June through August, with a rotating mix of Connecticut vendors selling produce, meats, eggs, maple syrup, baked goods, prepared foods, coffee, and vegan items alongside jewelry and bath products. Live music and a food truck are regular fixtures.

Manchester Community Farmer's Market sets up at 161 Hillstown Road on the Manchester Community College campus, Wednesdays 1:30-5:30 p.m. from June through October 31. Vendors sell organic and conventional produce, crafts, and other local goods, and the market accepts Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefits.

East Hartford

Manchester

Botticello Farms has worked the same ground in Manchester since 1973 and calls itself the last operating farm left in town. The family grows what it sells, vegetables, herbs, annual and perennial flowers, across more than 50,000 square feet of greenhouse space in spring, then shifts to Christmas trees and wreaths by winter. Open Monday through Saturday 8am-7pm, Sunday 8am-6pm.

East Windsor

Allard Family Farm sits at 83 Stoughton Road in East Windsor, Connecticut, part of the Connecticut River Valley's historic tobacco-and-vegetable growing belt. No website or market listing was found to confirm current crops, so hours and product offerings should be checked directly before visiting.

East Windsor

This East Windsor, Connecticut listing shares an address, 83 Stoughton Road, with Allard Family Farm, in the shade-tobacco country of the Connecticut River Valley. No independent website turned up to confirm what's currently grown or sold at this location.

Vernon

Our Farm Stand is open for the season! All items are CT Grown! The store will feature fresh eggs, fresh greens and vegetables from Mon Soleil Garden Market, LuAnn’s baked goods, Jeff’s Kettle Corn, Royal Ice Cream Sandwiches, and many more favorites. Come see what we have to offer!

East Hartford

Futtner's Family Farm has grown vegetables and greenhouse plants from seed on Silver Lane in East Hartford for three generations. Beyond the farm stand, they sell at the East Hartford and Manchester Community College farmers markets and offer pick-your-own crops in season. It's a working greenhouse operation as much as a produce farm — plant starts are as much the business as the vegetables.

Ellington

East Windsor

Broad Brook Beef raises pasture-raised, dry-aged, hormone-free cattle and hogs at its East Windsor farm, selling the meat straight from an on-site store alongside jams and other local goods. The farm store is open Saturdays year-round, 10am to 3pm, and the property doubles as a small working farm where kids can see the animals up close. Meat share programs are available for customers buying in bulk.

East Hartford

Kirk runs Langford Apiary as a backyard beekeeping business in East Hartford, selling raw, strained, and creamed honey alongside bee nucs and beekeeping supplies. His Carniolan queen-breeding program keeps bees off antibiotics and out of chemically sprayed foraging areas. Kirk answers customer questions directly by phone or email rather than through a shop.

Ellington

J.T. Farms in Ellington raises grass- and grain-fed cattle on pasture and sells the beef by the cut, from tenderloin and ribeye to sirloin, skirt steak, burgers, and chorizo. The family-run farm on West Road also picks fresh produce daily and sells poultry alongside its beef program.

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 Farm has run pick-your-own apple and peach orchards in Ellington since 1989, with a retail stand on West Road selling sweet corn, pumpkins, and cider donuts made on site. Fall brings wagon rides and a corn maze alongside the orchard picking, which runs mid-July through December.

Ellington

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

East Hartford

Plant and Garden World is a full-service garden center on Silver Lane, formerly Vinny's Home and Garden, stocking annuals, perennials, shrubs, lawn-care products, and Weber grills. Staff help homeowners and DIYers plan out beds and lawn projects.

Vernon

Enfield

Starvish Farm is located on Pleasant Road in Enfield, in Connecticut's Hartford County tobacco-and-produce belt along the Massachusetts line.

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

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.

Windsor

Stefan Farms runs a farm stand on Matianuck Avenue in Windsor, in the Connecticut River Valley farm belt north of Hartford long known for tobacco and produce growing. No additional details were found online for this listing.

Windsor

Glastonbury

Littel Acres Farm Market on Griswold Street in Glastonbury grows orchard fruit and berries, from tree-ripened peaches and strawberries to plums, nectarines, apricots, pears, and apples. The stand runs May through October with a fall corn maze, plus a bakery counter and ice cream service alongside hanging baskets and bedding plants.

Glastonbury

Rose's Berry Farm at Wickham Hill is a second location on Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury, sharing its name with the family's original pick-your-own farm on Matson Hill Road in South Glastonbury. No additional details specific to this location were found online.

Bolton

This Mike's Fruit Stand sits on Hop River Road in Bolton, part of a 75-acre farm in the rolling hills of eastern Connecticut, selling seasonal fruits and vegetables, pumpkins, jams, honey, maple syrup, and plants.

Windsor Locks

This seasonal market runs Thursday afternoons, roughly 3 to 6 p.m., spring through fall, with local growers selling fresh produce alongside baked goods and crafts. Listings place it near the East Windsor/Windsor Locks line, so confirm the current site before visiting — address details vary between sources.

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.

Tolland

The Tolland location of Johnny Appleseed Farm sits on Hartford Turnpike and carries the same seasonal lineup as its Ellington sister farm: pick-your-own apples and peaches, a fall pumpkin patch and corn maze, plus jams, honey, maple syrup, and dairy products at the retail stand.

Glastonbury

Rose's Berry Farm has grown pesticide-free blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries in South Glastonbury since 1908, under the Gondek family since 2022. The Wickham Hill farm stand on Hebron Avenue sells pre-picked fruit, local vegetables, homemade pies, jams, and fruit baskets for anyone who'd rather skip the picking. Hours shift with the season, so check Facebook or Instagram before driving over.

This is a wholesale produce terminal, not a typical farmers market — 32 acres off I-91 Exit 27 with 144 farmer stalls and more than 185,000 square feet of refrigerated warehouse space. Public retail hours are early: Saturday and Sunday, 6 to 9 a.m., when farmers and wholesalers sell directly off the trucks. Closed weekdays.

Bolton

Lyndale Stand on Boston Turnpike in Bolton sells seasonal fruits and vegetables, pumpkins, jams, honey, maple syrup, and plants, along with Blue Seal feeds like hay, straw, and pine shavings. The stand changed ownership around 2018 and has past ties to the neighboring Lyndale Farms.

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.

Hartford Food System operates this Wednesday market outside the North End Senior Center at 80 Coventry Street, 9 a.m. to noon, late June through late October. SNAP shoppers get matching incentives on top of their benefits. It's part of a Hartford Food System network that has run food-access programs in the city since 1978.

Bolton

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.

Windsor

Somers

Hartford

Set up on Monday afternoons through the summer and fall at the First Presbyterian Church of Hartford, next to the Bushnell theater, this market guarantees everything sold is grown or made in Connecticut. Look for organic and conventional produce, honey, free-range eggs, cut flowers, and homemade jam from a small, rotating group of vendors.

A farmers market on Capitol Avenue in Hartford's West End, near the Bushnell theater and the state Capitol. Confirmed details on vendors, hours, and current season are limited online — check with the City of Hartford for the latest schedule.

Coventry

Edmondson's Farm runs an on-farm market along Boston Turnpike (Route 44A) in Coventry, selling pumpkins and other seasonal items with agritourism visits available on site. It's a straightforward country stand, the kind travelers pass on their way toward the Willimantic area.

Hartford

The Park Street Farmers' Market runs Mondays, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., July through October, in the Walgreens parking lot at Park and Washington Streets. It's one of several markets organized by Hartford Food System, a nonprofit working on food access in the city since 1978. WIC, SNAP, and Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program benefits are all accepted.

Billings Forge Farmers Market runs in Hartford's Frog Hollow neighborhood at 563 Broad Street, organized through what's now called Forge City Works — the nonprofit formerly known as Billings Forge Community Works, which also runs a restaurant and grocery focused on food access and job training in the same neighborhood. Reach the organization directly to confirm the market's current season.

Hartford

The Chrysalis Center runs this Wednesday market at 255 Homestead Avenue, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., June through October. Produce comes from Urban Roots and other Hartford community farmers, with baked goods from La Cocina when available. SNAP/EBT, WIC/FMNP, and Urban Dollars are all accepted, keeping fresh food within reach in a neighborhood with limited grocery access.

Hartford

Forge City Works runs this market year-round at Billings Forge on Broad Street in Hartford, part of a social enterprise pairing food access with job training programs. Stalls carry regional produce and baked goods that shift with the season — summer vegetables give way to root crops and preserves as fall turns to winter.