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Hanson's Farm at Framingham is the closest picking farm to Boston itself, and it picks the crop almost nobody else in this region offers: blackberries. What You Can Pick Blackberries - the farm's own u-pick crop Flowers - cut your own Pumpkins - from the patch in autumn What Else is Available Sweet corn, tomatoes, squashes, aubergines and peppers from the stand, a corn maze, sunflower fields, food tents, a beer and wine garden, an ice cream bus and hayrides. Good to Know Open May to October, 9am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 9am to 5:30pm on Sunday. The fall festival starts in September with dates announced closer to the time. Pro tip: twenty miles from the city and picking blackberries is an unusual combination. Most of what is close to Boston is apples in October; this is a July and August farm and much quieter for it.

Lull Farm at Hollis is open year round, seven days a week, seven in the morning until seven at night, which is more hours than any other farm in this region by a wide margin. What You Can Pick The farm has a pick-your-own section on its site and names no crops on it. Strawberries, blueberries and apples are on the record from earlier research. What Else is Available A bakery and kitchen counter and a floral department, at both the Hollis and Milford sites. Good to Know Hollis: 7am to 7pm, seven days, all year. Milford: 8am to 7pm every day. Pro tip: a farm open every day of the year is a farm shop that happens to have fields, and this is a very good farm shop. Ring about the picking specifically rather than assuming the fields keep the same hours as the counter.

Long Hill Orchard & Farm at West Newbury sits on the Merrimack, minutes from three better-documented orchards. What You Can Pick Apples and peaches, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the orchard's own words. Good to Know The orchard's website has a security certificate problem and could not be read. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (978) 363-2170. Pro tip: Cider Hill at Amesbury is fifteen minutes away, publishes a nine-crop calendar and holds 4.8 from two thousand people. If you want certainty rather than a phone call, that is the drive.

Narrow Lane Orchard at North Kingstown picks a combination almost nobody else offers together: peaches, nectarines and blackberries, and it has a mile-long nature trail to walk when you have finished. What You Can Pick In the orchard's own words: "Peaches, nectarines and blackberries are available for pick your own." Good to Know Open Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm, with the orchard's own warning attached: "Hours are subject to change." No price is published. Email sslagle13@cox.net. Pro tip: nectarines are the rarer half of the stone fruit here. They bruise faster than peaches and split in rain, which is why so few farms open them to the public at all.

Westward Orchards at Harvard says the one thing about pricing that most of its neighbours do not: "Picking is charged by the pound picked." No prepaid containers, no bags to buy first. What You Can Pick Blueberries - summer Apples - autumn Pumpkins - autumn, reached by wagon ride Good to Know The farm store opens 10am to 5pm daily from 1 June to 31 December, and closes for the winter after that. The rate itself is not published, only the structure. Email info@westwardorchards.com. Pro tip: by-the-pound is now the minority model in this region. Applecrest has dropped it entirely for 2026 and several others sell fixed containers, so an orchard that still weighs what you picked is worth choosing if you only want a few.

Carlson Orchards at Harvard is one of New England's larger cider producers, and the picking is the smaller half of what it does. What You Can Pick Apples and peaches, in their seasons. The orchard's own site has a pick-your-own section but does not itemise the crops on any readable page. Good to Know No hours, no season dates and no prices are published. Email info@carlsonorchards.com or ring (978) 456-3916. Pro tip: Harvard has three orchards within ten minutes of each other, and Doe and Westward both publish more than this one. If you are choosing between them on a Saturday morning, that is the tiebreaker.

Cider Hill Farm at Amesbury holds 4.8 from nearly two thousand reviewers, the highest score of any large farm in this region, and it publishes the most precise picking calendar here: nine crops, each with its own window. What You Can Pick Tulips - mid-April to mid-May Strawberries - early June to end of June Raspberries - late June to late July Cherries - early July Blackberries - July to August Blueberries - early July to September Flowers - mid-July to mid-September Peaches - late July to September Apples - late August to mid-October Good to Know The farm store opens 8am to 6pm daily. General festival admission is free at its Blueberry and Flower Festival. If the picking has been picked over, the farm offers the sensible alternative in its own words: "You may purchase quarts of pre-picked berries and blueberry treats in the farm store." Pro tip: the tulips in mid-April are the thing almost nobody knows about. Cutting your own tulips is a genuinely rare offer and it happens six weeks before the first strawberry anywhere in New England.

Coonamessett Farm at East Falmouth is a Cape Cod farm with a genuinely odd list of attachments: alongside the fields there is a cafe, and a sauna and cold plunge. What You Can Pick Strawberries and blueberries, in their seasons. The farm refers to pick-your-own programmes without naming the crops, so this list comes from earlier research rather than the farm's own words. What Else is Available The Buffalo Jump Cafe, and a sauna and cold plunge. Good to Know Open every day, 9am to 5pm, in the farm's own words: "We are open every day from 9 to 5." No price and no season dates are published. Email farm@coonamessett.net. Pro tip: it is worth ringing before driving out to the Cape for this one. The farm is well liked and clearly open, but it does not say what is picking, and the Bourne Bridge in August is not a journey to make on a guess.

Honey Pot Hill Orchards at Stow is one of the best known orchards in Massachusetts, with 1,907 reviewers and a hedge maze that has been growing since the 1980s. What You Can Pick Apples, peaches and blueberries, in their seasons. The orchard has a pick-your-own section on its own site but no crop or price detail could be read from it. Good to Know The farm store opens 9am to 5pm. No prices, no season dates and no email are published. Ring 978-562-5666. Pro tip: Stow has four orchards inside ten minutes and they open on different dates. Shelburne Farm opens 22 August and publishes it; this one does not, so ring before joining the October traffic on Route 117.

Doe Orchards at Harvard holds 4.8 from 207 reviewers, the joint highest score in this region. What You Can Pick Apples, peaches and blueberries, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the orchard's own words. Good to Know The orchard's website refused automated reading on both the home page and its pick-your-own page. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (978) 772-4139. Pro tip: Harvard has three orchards within ten minutes and Westward is the one that publishes. It charges by the pound picked, which is now the minority model in this region and worth seeking out.

Sunnycrest Farm at Londonderry runs the earliest and shortest picking day of any farm in this region: seven in the morning until one in the afternoon, every day. What You Can Pick Peaches, nectarines and plums at the time of checking, inside a pick-your-own season that runs June through September. Strawberries open it. What Else is Available A farm store, 9am to 6pm every day, and Colbie's Cones, noon to 9pm. Good to Know Picking is 7am to 1pm, seven days a week. That is six hours, and it ends before most people have thought about lunch. Pro tip: a one o'clock close is the whole character of this farm. It means the fruit is picked in the cool of the morning, which is when stone fruit should be picked, and it means an afternoon plan will not work here at all.

Bolton Spring Farm is cash only, states it plainly, and has done the sensible thing about it: there is a cash machine on site. What You Can Pick Apples and peaches, in their seasons. The farm has a pick-your-own section on its site but the crop detail could not be read. Good to Know Open 10am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm at weekends in summer. In the farm's own words: "We are cash only" and "We do not accept credit cards or debit cards", with an ATM on site for your convenience. Pro tip: Bolton has two farms a mile apart and this is the cash one. Nashoba Valley Winery down the road takes cards and has a restaurant, which tells you what sort of afternoon each is set up for.

Tougas Family Farm at Northborough picks eight crops from late May to November and is the most-reviewed farm in this region at 2,437. It is also the only farm on this site that advertises its lavatories, and it is right to: "large, clean, indoor restrooms, including baby changing tables and a Family Restroom". What You Can Pick Strawberries - late May to June Cherries - late June to July Blueberries - July to August Blackberries - mid-July to August Peaches and nectarines - mid-August to September Apples - mid-August to November Pumpkins - September to November Good to Know Fields open Wednesday to Sunday, 8am to 4pm, closed Monday and Tuesday. Four o'clock is the last entrance, "or until picked out, whichever comes first". The farm sets out its picking etiquette plainly: pick berries that are blue all the way around, one at a time rather than by the handful, box under the bush to catch what falls, and finish your assigned bush before moving on. Closed-toe shoes. No dogs. Cash, Mastercard, Visa, Amex and SNAP. Pro tip: "or until picked out" is not a formality on a farm this popular. A Saturday in blueberry season can close the field before lunch, and the Wednesday nobody thinks of is the better day.

Shelburne Farm at Stow opens for the season on Saturday 22 August and then trades every day, seven days a week. It is also the only farm in this region that takes no cash at all. What You Can Pick Apples, peaches and pumpkins. What Else is Available Hay rides, farm animals, John Deere tractor and Gator playgrounds, a bounce house, a cider barn with hard cider, food trucks, live music and an apple shop. Good to Know Payment is unambiguous, in the farm's own capitals: "We accept ALL MAJOR credit cards, debit cards and ApplePay EVERYWHERE on the farm! No cash or checks please". Pro tip: leave the cash at home and check the phone is charged. A card-only farm with a bounce house and a hard cider barn is a farm that has thought about queues, and 22 August is early enough to beat the Stow apple traffic entirely.

Carver Hill Orchard at Stow publishes the clearest crop calendar of any small orchard in this region, and it is one of very few farms here where dogs are welcome. What You Can Pick Cherries - end of June Blueberries - July and August Peaches - August and September Apples - September and October Vegetables - July to September Blueberries, peaches and apples are available both to pick and pre-picked in the store. What Else is Available A country store with a snack window: a donut sundae, apple crisp, ice cream and warm cider donuts. Good to Know Open Tuesday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm in July and August, with the store running July to November. Dogs welcome if leashed. Pro tip: the end-of-June cherries are the shortest window in this region and the one crop here nobody drives out for. Everyone comes in October for the apples, when the queue for the donut window is twenty deep.

Nashoba Valley Winery at Bolton is a working orchard and vineyard with a winery, a distillery, a brewery and a restaurant on the same ground, and over seven hundred seats at its restaurant, The Knoll. What You Can Pick Apples and blueberries, in their seasons. Pick-your-own is closed for the season at the time of checking, and the winery does not itemise its picking crops. What Else is Available The Knoll restaurant, open daily from 11:30am, a Terrace Bar, the winery, the distillery and the brewery. Good to Know No entrance fee. Pro tip: this is a farm where the drink is the main event and the picking is the excuse. If you are coming for apples in October, come early and eat afterwards, because the seven hundred seats do fill.

Clearview Farm at Sterling has no website. Its Facebook page is the whole of its published presence, and nothing about hours, crops or prices could be read from it. What You Can Pick Apples and blueberries, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the farm's own words. Good to Know Ring (978) 422-6442 before making any plan around this farm. Pro tip: Sterling sits between three well-documented orchards. If this one does not answer, Carver Hill at Stow publishes its whole crop calendar and is twenty minutes away.

Nourse Farm at Westborough holds 4.8 from its reviewers and publishes its picking day by day rather than by timetable, which for a farm this size is unusual and rather useful. What You Can Pick Red raspberries and zinnias at the time of checking. Strawberries and blueberries run earlier in the year. What Else is Available A farm store, a history exhibit and a walking trail, and a food truck. Good to Know The farm posts specific dates and hours rather than a standing schedule: at the time of checking, picking ran 9am to 5pm with the store open to 8pm. It accepts SNAP and EBT. Pro tip: a farm that publishes one day at a time is a farm that knows exactly what is ready. Read the date before you drive, and trust it when you get there.

Berries & Blooms at Holden picks blueberries and raspberries and holds a straight 5.0 from its reviewers. What You Can Pick Blueberries and raspberries. The farm's own offer is that you can "either pick your own berries, or buy them pre-picked". Good to Know Payment is cash and cheque only: in the farm's own words, "we currently do not accept credit or debit card payments". No hours, no season dates and no price are published. Ring (774) 502-9021. Pro tip: cash-only is the detail that catches people out, and Holden is far enough from a cash machine to make it a real problem. Bring notes.

Fay Mountain Farm at Charlton is one of the harder farms in this region to plan around: its own website returned an error during this pass and nothing operational could be read. What You Can Pick Blueberries and apples, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the farm's own words. Good to Know No hours, no season dates and no price could be confirmed. Ring (508) 248-7237. Pro tip: Charlton is halfway between Worcester and Sturbridge and there is very little else picking nearby, so a phone call is worth more here than in the crowded parts of this region.

Douglas Orchard & Farm publishes more of what a visitor actually needs than almost any farm in this region: a price, a fee policy and separate hours for each crop. What You Can Pick Blueberries - $6 a pound, Thursday to Sunday 8am to 4pm Apples - $16 a half peck, $30 a peck, Friday to Sunday 10am to 4pm Peaches - white and yellow flesh Raspberries - red and golden Blackberries and table grapes What Else is Available A country store, farm animals to visit, cornhole, picnic areas and a farm pavilion. Good to Know No admission fee. Cash, credit and debit all accepted. Note that the two crops keep different days: blueberries open Thursday, apples only from Friday. Pro tip: golden raspberries are the thing to look for here. They are a different fruit from the red, sweeter and far more fragile, and almost nobody grows them for sale because they will not survive a shop.

Kimball Fruit Farm at Pepperell holds 4.8 from its reviewers, the joint highest in this region, and keeps its fields open every day, nine until six. What You Can Pick The farm does not itemise its picking crops on its own site. Apples, peaches and blueberries are on the record from earlier research. Good to Know Picking runs 9am to 6pm every day, with the farm's own qualifier: "safe weather conditions". The farmstand opens an hour later, to 7pm. Payment is American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa and Shop Pay, plus SNAP at the farm stand and farmers' markets. Pro tip: "safe weather conditions" on a New England farm usually means thunderstorms. If the afternoon looks black, ring before driving to Pepperell, because they will shut the field rather than risk it.

Parlee Farms at Tyngsborough picks mid-June to the end of October and has built the family half of the visit properly: Annie's Animal Barns, a sandbox, a bakery and Mary's Country Kitchen. What You Can Pick Strawberries, sweet cherries, blueberries, peaches, flowers, apples and pumpkins, in the farm's own order. What Else is Available A farmstand, a bakery, Mary's Country Kitchen, The Lunch Box, Annie's Animal Barns and a sandbox. Good to Know The farm publishes no hours and no prices on its own site. What it does publish, and updates, is a page called Today's Farm News, which is where the picking status goes. Pro tip: read Today's Farm News the morning you go, not the night before. On a farm running seven crops across four months, what is open changes daily and the front page will not tell you.

Russell Orchards at Ipswich picks two things almost nobody in America opens to the public: currants and jostaberries. What You Can Pick Strawberries - June Cherries - early July Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries - midsummer Currants and jostaberries - the rare ones Cut flowers and cherry tomatoes Apples - September and October What Else is Available The Donut Hut, and a winery with tastings. Good to Know The store opens 9am to 6pm and picking 9am to 5pm, an hour shorter. The orchard's own site has an Entry Fee page. Its contents could not be read, so assume there is a charge and ring to check. Pro tip: the jostaberry is a gooseberry-blackcurrant cross that essentially does not exist in shops anywhere. If it is on when you visit, pick it, because you will not get another chance this side of the Atlantic.

Smolak Farms at North Andover opens at seven in the morning, earlier than any other large farm in this region, and runs an animal playground alongside the picking. What You Can Pick Blueberries - 8am to 5pm Peaches - after its Peach Festival Apples - in the autumn Flowers - cut your own, 8am to 5pm What Else is Available A farm stand, an ice cream stand, a bakery, an animal viewing area and a playground. Good to Know Open 7am to 6pm daily for the farm stand and animal playground; picking runs 8am to 5pm. The farm's peach picking can pause without warning. Its own note at the time of checking read: "Following an amazing Peach Festival, our Pick Your Own Peaches are taking a pause today." Pro tip: that pause note is the thing to look for. A festival weekend strips a peach orchard, and the farm is honest enough to say so rather than let you drive out to bare trees.

Boston Hill Farm at North Andover keeps goats, chickens and rabbits for visitors, sells grain cups to feed them, and is one of very few farms in this region that welcomes dogs in the orchards. What You Can Pick Blueberries in midsummer, with apple and peach orchards on the same ground. What Else is Available Friendly goats, chickens and rabbits with grain cups for sale, outdoor seating, a play area, and gift and fruit baskets with delivery. Good to Know Open 9am to 6pm daily. Picking fields close at 6 with the latest admission at 5pm. Payment is all major cards plus Apple Pay and Google Pay. SNAP is not accepted, which the farm states plainly and which is unusual enough here to matter. Pro tip: the dogs-allowed policy is rarer than it sounds. Almost every farm in this region bans them outright, and North Andover is a pleasant enough walk to make the difference.

Brooksby Farm at Peabody is a town-owned farm, which is why its play yard is open during business hours at no charge and its November story hour is free too. What You Can Pick Apples, peaches, blueberries, raspberries and cherries, in the farm's own words "PYO fruits when in season". Watermelon is grown here too. What Else is Available A picnic and play area, barnyard animals, a farm store, and campfire areas for s'mores. Good to Know Open Tuesday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm, closed Sunday and Monday. The play yard is free, and so is the story hour on Sundays in November. Pro tip: a farm five miles from the sea, owned by the town, with a free play yard, is an unusual thing this close to Boston. If you have small children and no intention of picking much, that is reason enough to come.

Connors Farm at Danvers is one of the North Shore's big autumn destinations, with 1,334 reviewers, a corn maze and train rides. What You Can Pick Apples and pumpkins in the autumn, with berries earlier in the year. What Else is Available Farm animals, train rides and a corn maze. Good to Know Open 8am to 6pm daily. The farm welcomes SNAP EBT customers, which it states plainly and which few farms in this region do. No prices and no season dates are published. Pro tip: eight in the morning is two hours before most North Shore farms open, and on an October Saturday at Danvers that is the difference between a car park and a queue for one.

Marini Farm at Ipswich picks strawberries and lavender, and the lavender is the unusual one: cut-your-own lavender is offered by almost nobody in New England. What You Can Pick Strawberries - early summer Cut-your-own flowers Cut-your-own lavender - a scheduled event rather than a standing offer What Else is Available A farmstand, a bakery, greenhouses, outdoor tables, and a corn maze park reopening in autumn 2026. Good to Know Open 8:30am to 6:30pm daily. The farm accepts SNAP and HIP benefits, which in Massachusetts means the state's Healthy Incentives Program: fruit and vegetable purchases can come back onto the card. Pro tip: the lavender is run as an event with dates, not as a standing field you can turn up to. Watch the farm's events page in July rather than assuming.

Crow Farm at Sandwich is one of only three picking farms on Cape Cod in this region. What You Can Pick Apples and peaches, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the farm's own words. Good to Know The farm's website could not be loaded during this pass. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (508) 888-0690. Pro tip: the Cape has almost no picking, and the two other farms here are either shut to the public this year or publish nothing either. If you are already over the bridge, ring all three before choosing.

Scooter's Farm of Woodmont at Hollis describes itself in a single line: "An Organic Pick-Your-Own Orchard In Southern New Hampshire." What You Can Pick Apples and peaches, in their seasons. The orchard's own site names no crops, so this list comes from earlier research. Good to Know Nothing else is published: no hours, no season dates, no price, no email and no social accounts. The site does mention paying online. Ring (978) 300-0825. Pro tip: Hollis has four picking farms within ten minutes and this is much the smallest. Lull, Brookdale and Lavoie's are all on the same stretch of road, so it is an easy morning to combine.

Brookdale Fruit Farm at Hollis is one of the larger farms in southern New Hampshire, with 577 reviewers and a picking history going back to the eighteenth century. What You Can Pick Strawberries, blueberries, peaches and apples, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the farm's own words. Good to Know The farm's website refused automated reading on both the home page and its pick-your-own page. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (603) 465-2240. Pro tip: this is the biggest of the four Hollis farms and the one most likely to be picking something on any given day. Ring it first.

Currier Orchards at Merrimack grows apples, peaches and pumpkins, and holds 4.7 from its reviewers. What You Can Pick Apples, peaches and pumpkins, in their seasons. The orchard's own site names what it grows but does not say which of it is open to picking, which is the main gap in its own account of itself. Good to Know No hours, no season dates and no prices are published. Email currierorchards@yahoo.com or ring 603-881-8864. Pro tip: southern New Hampshire has a dozen orchards within twenty minutes of each other and most publish their hours. If this one is not answering, Mack's and Sunnycrest are both at Londonderry and both do.

Ward's Berry Farm at Sharon runs the longest picking season in this region: April through November, eight months, on a farm whose store trades year round. What You Can Pick The farm does not itemise its picking crops on its own site. Berries and pumpkins are on the record from earlier research. What Else is Available A farm store to 7pm daily, a sandwich counter, ice cream, hayrides and a sunflower maze. Good to Know Open 9am to 6pm for picking and the sandwich counter, 9am to 7pm for the store. In the farm's own words, "Pick-Your-Own activities run from April through November". Pro tip: April is remarkable for New England, where nothing fruits before June. Whatever is picking in April here is almost certainly flowers or greens, and it is worth ringing to find out what.

C.N. Smith Farm at East Bridgewater picks six crops across the year and runs a Donut Barn, a grill and a train room alongside them. What You Can Pick Strawberries - early summer Blueberries and raspberries - midsummer Peaches - late summer Apples - autumn Pumpkins - autumn What Else is Available Two farm stands, the Donut Barn, C.N. Smith Farm's Grill, a garden centre and a train room. Good to Know Both stands open 9am to 5pm daily. Blueberry picking is 9am to 4pm with the last entrance at 3:30, which is a firm half-hour buffer worth knowing about. The farmstand takes SNAP. Pro tip: the 3:30 last entrance is earlier than the 4pm close suggests, and East Bridgewater is far enough south of Boston that arriving at 3:35 means a wasted afternoon.

Tree Berry Farm at Scituate picks blueberries on morning hours only, seven until one, Wednesday to Sunday. It also picks sunflowers, though those are done for the year. What You Can Pick Blueberries, Wednesday to Sunday, 7am to 1pm. Sunflowers earlier in the summer. Good to Know The 2026 blueberry season ended on 21 August, which the farm announced two days in advance. Payment is, in the farm's own repeated capitals, "WE ARE CASH ONLY". It says so more than once, which suggests people keep arriving without any. Email simonsberrys@gmail.com for picking questions. Pro tip: seven in the morning until one in the afternoon means this is a farm for people who are awake. On the South Shore in August that is also the only sensible half of the day to be in a blueberry field.

Tony Andrews Farm at East Falmouth is one of only two picking farms on Cape Cod in this region, and the only one currently open to the public. What You Can Pick Strawberries - in the farm's own words, "This year we will be offering pick your own strawberries" Pumpkins - in the autumn Good to Know The farm publishes no hours and no prices. Email tonyandrewsfarm@comcast.net. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover are all accepted. Pro tip: Cape strawberries run late. Sandy soil and sea air push the season a fortnight behind the mainland, which means a June trip that is too late everywhere else can still be right here.

Hokum Rock Blueberry Farm at East Dennis on Cape Cod runs the shortest opening of any farm on this site: when it opens at all, the gate opens at 8am and closes at 10am. What You Can Pick Blueberries, in a season that normally runs mid-July to mid-August, at an expected $6 a pint. Good to Know The farm is closed and will not open to the public this summer at all. That is its own wording and it is not a between-seasons notice. When it does open there is ample parking, handicap access, chairs under a canopy and water. Pint containers and picking trays are provided. Bathroom facilities are not available. Cash and cheques only, no credit cards. Pro tip: a two-hour gate on a Cape Cod summer morning is not a quirk, it is a small farm protecting a small crop. If it reopens, treat eight o'clock as the only time that exists.

Dowse Orchards at Sherborn has been farming the same ground since the eighteenth century, and is one of the closest orchards to Boston's western suburbs. What You Can Pick Apples and peaches, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the orchard's own words. Good to Know The orchard's website has a security certificate problem and could not be read on either attempt. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (508) 653-2639. Pro tip: Sherborn is twenty minutes from Natick and forty from the city, which makes this one of the shortest apple drives available. Worth the phone call rather than defaulting to somewhere further out.

Belkin Family Lookout Farm at Natick is a working orchard with a taproom, a beer garden and outdoor dining attached, which is a different proposition from every other farm in this region. What You Can Pick Peaches and early-season apples at the time of checking. What Else is Available A taproom, Thursday and Friday 4pm to 9pm and weekends from late morning; The Lookout outdoor dining May to November; a corn maze; a tractor play area; and a farm market at weekends. Good to Know Admission is required for the orchard, the maze and the play areas, and the farm does not publish the price. U-pick, maze and play run 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Thursday and 10am to 7pm Friday to Sunday. This farm holds 3.5 from 923 reviewers, the lowest score of any farm in this region, and that is recorded rather than smoothed over. Pro tip: be clear whether you are coming for apples or for a beer garden. This is much the best of the second and one of the more expensive versions of the first, and the reviews divide almost exactly along that line.

Harmony Farms at North Scituate opens for nine weeks a year, the last week of June to the last week of August, and picks one thing. What You Can Pick Blueberries, available from the first week of July through to the end of the season. Good to Know Open 8am to 5pm most days and 8am to 7pm on Thursday, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. The Thursday close moves back to 6pm in August. No price is published. Ring (401) 934-0741. Pro tip: the late Thursday is the pick of the week. Rhode Island blueberries in the evening light, on a farm that is shut for two of the other six days, is about as quiet as picking gets.

Sweet Berry Farm at Middletown, on Aquidneck Island, picks for five months and has built a post-and-beam market and a farm cafe around it. What You Can Pick In the farm's own words: "Our fields come alive June through October with berries, peaches, apples, and pumpkins." What Else is Available A post-and-beam market selling produce, dairy, artisan goods and flowers, and a farm cafe doing breakfast and lunch. Good to Know No hours and no prices are published on the farm's own site. Pro tip: this is fifteen minutes from Newport, which makes it the only farm in this region you can reasonably combine with a day at the sea. Breakfast at the cafe first, then the fields before it gets hot.

Jaswell's Farm at Smithfield runs a market, a bakery and a cider mill alongside its picking, and it is unusually precise about when things change. What You Can Pick Apples, and in the farm's own words "Apple picking will begin Labor Day weekend". What Else is Available A market, a bakery and a cider mill. Good to Know The 2026 season began on 30 July. Open Wednesday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 3pm, closed Monday and Tuesday through August. The farm says hours change in September. Pro tip: the three o'clock weekend close is earlier than the weekday one, which is the opposite of most farms. If you were planning a lazy Sunday afternoon, plan a Sunday morning instead.

Steere Orchard at Greenville is one of Rhode Island's older apple orchards. What You Can Pick Apples, in the autumn, from earlier research rather than the orchard's own words. Good to Know The orchard's website has an expired security certificate and could not be read. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (401) 949-1456. It holds 4.1 from 113 reviewers, which is the second lowest in this region. Pro tip: Rhode Island's apple orchards cluster in the north-west corner and there are four inside fifteen minutes. Barden, Sunset and Harmony are all close and all publish more than this one.

Sunset Orchard at North Scituate opens on 21 August 2026 with peaches, plums and early apples, and does something unusual: it separates the opening from the picking. Pick-your-own proper begins in September, on or after Labor Day weekend. What You Can Pick Apples, from September. Peaches, plums and early apples are what opens the season in late August. Good to Know Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am to 6pm. The orchard's price page reads "(will be updated for 2026) per pound. No minimum no bag fee", so the fee structure is known even though the figure is not: priced by weight, with no minimum purchase and no charge for the bag. Pro tip: "no minimum, no bag fee" is worth more than it sounds. Several farms in this region now sell prepaid containers you must fill, and this one still lets you pick two apples and pay for two apples.

Mack's Apples at Londonderry is one of the best-known orchards in New Hampshire, farming the same land since 1732, with 1,214 reviewers and 4.7. What You Can Pick Apples, peaches and strawberries, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the orchard's own words. Good to Know The orchard's website refused automated reading on both the home page and its pick-your-own page. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (603) 434-7619. Pro tip: Sunnycrest is also at Londonderry, publishes its picking hours as 7am to 1pm daily and is currently picking peaches, nectarines and plums. If you want certainty this week, that is the one.

Barden Family Orchard at North Scituate presses its own cider on the premises, which is the one thing its website is clear about. What You Can Pick Apples and peaches, in their seasons. The orchard refers to "seasonal pick-your-own activities" without saying which crops those are. What Else is Available A farm stand, in the orchard's own words "brimming with fresh fruit and sweet apple cider made on the premises". Good to Know No hours, no season dates and no prices are published. Ring (401) 934-1413. Pro tip: cider pressed where you are standing is a different drink from cider trucked in, and it is the reason to choose this orchard over its two North Scituate neighbours if the picking is a toss-up.

Lavoie's Farm at Hollis is one of four picking farms on the same stretch of southern New Hampshire road. What You Can Pick Strawberries, blueberries and apples, in their seasons, from earlier research rather than the farm's own words. Good to Know The farm's site refused automated reading during this pass. Nothing about hours, prices or season dates could be confirmed. Ring (603) 882-0072. Pro tip: Hollis is the densest picking village in this region. Lull is open every day of the year, Brookdale is a mile away and Scooter's is organic. One phone call round the four will settle a whole morning.

Applecrest Farm Orchards at Hampton Falls is the oldest continuously operated apple orchard in America and the busiest farm in this region, and it has made one significant change for 2026: picking by the pound is gone. What You Can Pick Strawberries - $11.50 a prepaid quart, $7.25 a pint Blueberries - $12.75 a prepaid quart, $7.75 a pint Raspberries - $12.00 a prepaid pint Peaches - $30 a half peck, $45 a peck Apples - $35 a peck, $45 a bushel Flowers - $1.50 a stem, or $1 a stem for ten or more Good to Know In the orchard's own capitals: "PICKING BY THE POUND is NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR THE 2026 SEASON". You buy a container up front and fill it. Cardboard tills come with the price and $2 trays are available, and you may use your own container if it is weighed first. Open 8am to 6pm daily, with the creamery to 9pm. After 5pm, picking is prepaid only. SNAP and EBT are taken at the farmstand only, not at the orchard. Pro tip: work out the arithmetic before you go. $12.75 for a quart of blueberries is not cheap, and the prepaid model means an unlucky half hour in a picked-over row costs the same as a good one.