Orchards near Providence, RI

Cranston

Pippin Orchard Nurseries and Farm sits on Pippin Orchard Road in western Cranston, the semi-rural edge of the city named for its old apple orchards. The listing pairs a nursery with the farm, pointing to plants and nursery stock alongside orchard fruit. Call ahead for current hours and stock, since western Cranston farms run on seasonal schedules.

Johnston

Dame Farm and Orchards runs pick-your-own fields and a farm stand at 91B Brown Avenue in Johnston, on one of Rhode Island's older working farmsteads. Blueberries and sunflowers are summer draws, with more crops rolling through the stand into the fall. The farm keeps set summer hours, open most days but closed Thursdays and Sundays. Call (401) 949-3657 for current picking conditions.

Hill Orchard is an orchard on Windsor Avenue in Johnston, part of the pocket of fruit-growing farms in the town's western hills. Expect tree fruit through the late-summer and fall picking season. Little is posted online, so call ahead for hours and what's ripe.

Cranston

Pippin Apple Orchard grows apples on Pippin Orchard Road in western Cranston, the same rural road that gave the area its name. This is the fruit-focused neighbor among the road's orchards, with apples through the fall picking season. Details online are sparse, so check locally before heading out for picking hours.

Smithfield

Appleland Orchard on Smith Avenue in Smithfield is an apple orchard in northern Rhode Island's traditional apple-growing belt. Smithfield and neighboring Greenville have long been the state's orchard country, and pick-your-own apple season here runs from late summer into October, often alongside cider and farm-stand fruit.

Greenville

Leach Farm and Orchard is on Austin Avenue in Greenville, part of Smithfield in northern Rhode Island's apple belt. The Greenville and Smithfield area is long-established orchard country, and farms here typically offer apples and seasonal fruit with pick-your-own in late summer and fall.

Greenville

Steere Orchard is a longtime apple orchard on Austin Avenue in the Greenville section of Smithfield, one of the larger pick-your-own operations in northern Rhode Island. Rows of apple trees open for picking through the fall, the busy stretch when families come out for the harvest. Call ahead in season for which varieties are ready and current picking hours.

Glocester

Elwood Orchard on Snake Hill Road grows garlic and honey, along with apples and peaches it has been reworking in recent seasons. The small orchard opens for limited weekends rather than a long pick-your-own run, with recent notes pointing to an August opening. Reach the growers at [email protected] or 401-743-2476.

Cumberland

North Scituate

North Scituate

Sunset Orchards grows apples off Gleaner Chapel Road in North Scituate, in the rural reservoir country of central Rhode Island. Fall is the season here, with apples for picking through the harvest. Online details are thin, so call ahead for hours and what's ripe.

North Scituate

Slatersville

Christiansen Orchard and Farm Stand sits on Victory Highway, Route 102, in Slatersville, a village of North Smithfield in Rhode Island's northern tier. It combines an apple orchard with a farm stand, selling tree fruit and seasonal produce. Pick-your-own and stand sales here typically run from late summer into fall.

Coventry

Fraser Christmas Tree Farm and Orchard sits on Carr's Trail in western Coventry, Rhode Island. The name points to cut-your-own Christmas trees, with Fraser fir a favorite New England variety, alongside an orchard. Western Coventry is rural woodland, and tree farms here open for the cutting season from late November through December.

Harrisville

Round Top Orchard grows tree fruit on Round Top Road (Route 96) in Harrisville, part of Burrillville in Rhode Island's rural northwest. Apples come in through the fall picking season here in the state's cooler upland corner. Little is posted online, so call ahead for hours and what's ripe.

Middletown

Rocky Brook Orchard on Wapping Road in Middletown is a pick-your-own orchard on Aquidneck Island, a short drive from Newport. It grows apples and other tree fruit, and Wapping Road runs through Middletown's protected belt of orchards and produce farms. Pick-your-own season generally runs from late summer into the fall.

E. Douglas

Douglas Orchard & Farm grows pick-your-own blueberries and apples alongside no-spray vegetables, herbs, and raw honey from its own hives. The Socrat family bought the old Douglas Orchard in 2016 and built out a country store stocked with maple syrup, goat cheese, beeswax goods, and farm-raised pork and chicken. Visitors can walk the grounds to see the animals, play cornhole, or catch live music at the pavilion. Open Thursday through Sunday, 8am to 4pm.

Glocester

Cataldo Family Orchard is on Reynolds Road, Route 94, in Glocester, in northwestern Rhode Island's rural apple-and-tree-farm country. The family orchard grows apples with pick-your-own in the fall, the season that draws visitors to this wooded part of the state.

Little Compton

Old Stone Orchard sits on Cold Brook Road in Little Compton, on Rhode Island's Sakonnet peninsula. Little Compton is farm country of stone walls, orchards, and coastal fields, and the town's orchards typically offer tree fruit and seasonal pick-your-own into the fall.

East Killingly

Palazzi Orchard, run by Mark and Jean Palazzi, is a pick-your-own orchard open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. from August through November or December. Free weekend hayrides run through harvest season, and the farm sells at the Danielson farmers market on Saturdays and the Putnam market on Mondays and Thursdays.

Dayville

DeFazio Orchard and Greenhouses is a family-owned farm growing apples and peaches for pick-your-own picking, plus fresh vegetables and flowers. Free wagon rides run around the property during harvest, making it a family outing spot in Windham County. Open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Dayville

Palazzi Orchard sells fresh-picked asparagus, vegetable plants, herb plants, perennials, and herbal teas from its North Road stand in Dayville, and takes part in a CSA program. The family also runs a second stand on Mashentuck Road in Danielson on Tuesdays and sets up at the Danielson Farmers Market Saturday mornings at Killingly Library.

Sutton

Keown Orchards grows apples on McClellan Road in Sutton, next to Foppema's Farm in the same pocket of Worcester County orchard country. Its old web domain is now parked for sale, and no current listing confirms whether pick-your-own hours still run.

Pomfret Center

Lapsley Orchard has grown food on its 200 acres in Pomfret Center since colonial days, with land tied to Israel Putnam's 1750 purchase. The farm runs pick-your-own apples, blueberries, and pumpkins plus cut-your-own flowers, and its retail stand sells cider, maple products, honey, baked goods, and jams from fruit and vegetables grown on site.

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Woodstock

Woodstock Orchards grows more than 20 apple varieties on Route 169, along with blueberries, peaches, and pumpkins, all picked on site. The bakery opens at 6:30 a.m. daily for cider donuts and pies; the retail store runs until 6 p.m. Beyond pick-your-own apples and blueberries, the farm bottles an award-winning hot sauce and sells it alongside the produce.