Orchards near Bridgeport, 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.

Bethel

Wallingford

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.

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.

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.

Wading River

Haynes Peach Orchard, once known as Davis Peach Farm, grows peaches on Hulse Landing Road in Wading River, on the North Fork of Long Island. Suffolk County's sandy soil and long season support peaches and other tree fruit, with picking in late summer. The new name reflects a change of hands at the same orchard.

Wading River

Hayden's Orchard grows tree fruit on Hulse Landing Road in Wading River, on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County. This stretch of eastern Long Island is orchard and farmstand country, with apples, peaches, and pumpkins drawing pick-your-own crowds each fall. A seasonal operation.

North Salem

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 The farm's old website is no longer active, so call or check local listings for current hours.

Brewster

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.

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.

Guilford

Bishop's Orchards is a family-operated farm market and winery at 1355 Boston Post Road in Guilford, run under the name B.W. Bishop & Sons. Pick-your-own runs June through October, starting with strawberries and ending with pumpkins, alongside a year-round farm market, bakery, creamery, prepared foods, wine tastings and tours, and a CSA farm share program.

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.