Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Worcester, MA

Holden

SummitWynds runs as part working farm, part event venue in Holden — raw honey and farm-fresh eggs sold alongside lavender grown on site, with weddings, farm-to-table dinners, and a running calendar of seasonal draws like the Butterfly Experience and Unicorn Experience. Overnight stays are booked through Airbnb. It's less a farm stand than a destination built around the harvest.

Millbury

Stowe Farm covers 60 acres and mixes livestock breeding with recreation: Basset Hounds and poodle mixes for sale, horseback riding lessons, dog training and boarding, and a summer camp for kids who love animals. Come fall, the farm opens pick-your-own apples and pumpkins, a country store, and a fall festival with live music.

Millbury

Hawk Hill Orchards has grown apples, peaches, and plums on Carleton Road since Kent Stowe took over the family homestead in 1997, continuing a fruit stand his parents started decades earlier. The name comes from hawks that nest on the property. Pick-your-own visitors come mostly for the Northern Spy apples — an old variety that grows unusually large here, juicy enough for cider and firm enough to hold up in a pie.

Holden

The Lavender Farm Experience is the u-pick lavender program run at SummitWynds Farm in Holden, opening its rows each summer for the Lavender Farm Fest. Visitors cut their own bundles and browse lavender-based products, and can add on the farm's honey and farm-fresh eggs while they're there. It runs as a seasonal event layered onto a working farm, not a stand-alone shop.

Sutton

Silvermine Farm sits on Eight Lots Road in Sutton, listed as an agritourism stop offering pick-your-own produce and seasonal activities. Current crops, hours, and contact details aren't published online, so calling ahead is the safer bet before visiting.

Leicester

Blue Lake Alpacas raises a herd of alpacas on Burncoat Lane in Leicester, started by Australian transplants Benton and Marcia. Beyond a local newspaper mention from 2009, the farm keeps a low profile online — no current website or hours are published, so a call ahead is the safest bet.

Leicester

Breezy Gardens, run by Kim and John Miczek on the Leicester-Spencer line, farms 65 acres of produce including sweet corn alongside a nursery stocked with perennials, trees, shrubs, and herb collections. Fall brings pre-booked school field trips, hayrides to a pick-your-own pumpkin patch, a corn maze, and llamas to meet. Plants go on sale starting in May, with the farm open daily through the season.

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.

Sutton

Foppema's Farm grows strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, plums, and apples across the season, with sweet corn, tomatoes, and winter squash filling out the vegetable rows. Fall brings pumpkins, winter squash, and fresh-pressed cider. The farm sells from its own stand and also runs tables at the Copley Square and Natick Common farmers markets, and accepts SNAP and HIP benefits. Open Monday through Saturday, 9am to 6pm.

Westborough

Nourse Farm has worked the same Westborough ground since 1722, making it one of the oldest continuously farmed properties in the area. The stand sells fresh fruits and vegetables alongside farm-produced honey, jam, pies, donuts, and bread. Pick-your-own runs mid-June through October for strawberries, blueberries, flowers, and apples, and the property also hosts Assunta's, a food truck serving Italian-inspired farm suppers.

Sterling

Clearview Farm is a 32-acre seasonal orchard and farm stand on Kendall Hill Road, run by Rick and Diane Melone. Pick-your-own runs through strawberries, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, apples, and pumpkins as each comes into season, and the stand also sells plants, baked goods, cider, and maple syrup. Open daily, 9am to 6pm through October, then 9am to 5pm the rest of the season.

Sterling

The Chandler family has grown apples, blueberries, pumpkins, and nectarines on this 100-acre Sterling farm since 1912, now in its fifth generation. The on-site bakery turns out cider donuts, turnovers, and pies, and the farmstand kitchen serves soups, sandwiches, and weekend breakfast alongside seasonal picking.

Whitinsville

West End Creamery in Whitinsville combines an ice cream stand, mini golf course, and an Adventure Farm petting area under one roof, open daily from 10 a.m. The fall lineup adds a corn maze and harvest festival running mid-September through October. It reads more like a family entertainment stop than a working farm, though the Adventure Farm keeps animals on site year-round.

Charlton

Fay Mountain Farm is 65 acres the Town of Charlton bought in 2002, still farmed under lease by Neil Johnson of Kettle Brook Farms. The property carries a 32-acre apple orchard plus blueberry and raspberry plantings, a historic barn, and Snow's Pond, and a segment of the Midstate Trail cuts through the fields. It works as both a producing farm and town-owned conservation land in Charlton's Northside Village.

Sterling

Davis Farmland's Mega Maze redesigns its eight-acre, three-mile pattern every year, drawing praise as one of the more complex corn mazes anywhere. The Sterling property also lets kids pet, feed, and ride ponies among its farm animals, plus laser tag; combo admission for maze, farmland, and laser tag starts around $19.95, free under age 2.

Charlton

Charlton Orchards combines a fruit orchard with a farm winery, and the pick-your-own list covers apples, blueberries, peaches, pears, plums, pumpkins, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries across the Old Worcester Road property. A cider mill, farm bakery, and wine tasting room round out the retail store, and the barnyard and picnic area host festivals, weddings, and birthday parties through the season.

Sterling

Pineo Family Farm runs a small produce stand in Sterling alongside its sawmill and lumber operation, selling fresh vegetables to the local community while also processing timber into forest products. It's an unusual pairing — working farmstand and working sawmill on the same land.

Sterling

Upton

Town Line Dairy Farm raises its own beef, pork, lamb, and pasture-raised chicken and turkey on land that's been in the same family for generations, going back to original owners Edward and Stephie Kuczinski. The on-site store sells the farm's meat alongside free-range eggs and a rotating stock of local goods. A pizza truck sets up on the property some summer weekends. It's a working farm rebuild, not a polished agritourism stop, and that's part of its appeal.

Westborough

Sixth-generation and still working roughly 35 acres, Harvey's Farm grows its own produce and transplants and runs a certified garden center out of a converted dairy barn that once held 60-plus cattle. Pick-your-own blueberries and vegetables run alongside a CSA and a gift barn stocked with garden and home decor.

Berlin

Indian Head Farm, also known as Cordelia's Farm, has been worked by the same family since the 1830s and is now run by its sixth and seventh generations. The farm grows blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, corn, tomatoes, and a wide range of other vegetables for pick-your-own and farm stand sales.

Berlin

Berlin Orchards traces back 50 years to Chedco Farm, renamed in 1995 after Barry O'Brien expanded the property's apple, pear, and peach production across 200 rolling acres. Visitors pick Macs, Macoun, Jonagold, Mutsu, and Honeycrisp in season, then work through cider donuts, pumpkins, a hayride to the orchard, and a small petting zoo. It's a full fall-outing farm, not just a fruit stand.

South Lancaster

The Siver family has run George Hill Orchards since 1974, growing blueberries, peaches, nectarines, apples, and pumpkins for pick-your-own across central Massachusetts. School groups come for the Apple Tree Theater and the Tree-mendous Maze; everyone else comes for the fruit. The farm stays open Sunday and Wednesday through Friday, with self-serve hours extending into the evening, and closes entirely on Saturdays.

N. Uxbridge

Sunburstbee Farm is a pick-your-own blueberry operation in North Uxbridge growing seven varieties, including Duke, Reka, Patriot, Blueray, and Bluecrop. The season typically opens around the Fourth of July and runs through the month; berries sell by the pound, with debit and credit accepted.

North Uxbridge

Sunburst packs seven blueberry varieties — Duke, Reka, Patriot, Blueray, Bluecrop, Bluegold, and Chandler — into roughly 1,025 bushes on a single acre in North Uxbridge, timed to ripen one after another through July. Picking runs at $5.25 a pound, containers provided, and the owners set hours day by day based on how the berries are running. Call ahead before driving over.

LEOMINSTER

This 169-acre orchard in Leominster is owned by the city and run by the nonprofit Friends of Sholan Farms, not a private grower. U-pick apples, raspberries, and blueberries are the draw, alongside hiking trails through the property — proceeds go back into maintaining the community-owned land.

Princeton

Princeton sits at the base of Mount Wachusett in Worcester County, home to Mountain Cottage on Gregory Road. It's registered as agritourism, though no website or listing explains what the property offers beyond that category.

Bolton

Nicewicz Family Farm in Bolton runs a pick-your-own operation for fruit, vegetables, and flowers, with a separate peony field the family sells from each spring under the name Nicewicz Peonies. Everything comes off 116 Sawyer Road, and hours shift with whatever's ripening that week. Call before driving out — the picking calendar changes fast enough that it's worth checking first.

Bolton

This Bolton location grows Paula Red through Golden Delicious apples across a seasonal picking calendar running late August into October. The family farm pairs its orchard with a corn maze, hayrides, and farm-animal areas, and welcomes leashed pets. It closed for the 2025 season but keeps taking inquiries for event bookings ahead.

Berlin

Berlin is a small Worcester County town next door to Bolton's well-known orchard country, and Great Oak Farm on Highland Street sits within it under an agritourism listing. No site or contact details describe current operations.

Oakham

Lancaster

Apple Lane Orchard grows heritage apples, including Cortland, McIntosh, and Gravenstein trees planted since the Flint family founded the orchard in the early 1800s. Current owner Dayna Gant, who took over in 2000, runs it as a pick-your-own orchard alongside a Dutch sport horse operation on the same hilltop property in rural Lancaster.

Bolton

Nashoba Valley Winery has made wine on its 50-acre Bolton property since 1978, adding a distillery, brewery, and J's Restaurant alongside the working orchard and vineyard. Visitors can walk the pick-your-own orchard in season, taste wine at no charge, or eat at the restaurant housed in the property's historic farmhouse. Open daily except major holidays.

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.

North Brookfield

Brookfield Orchards has stayed family-owned and operated since 1918, and fall apple picking remains the draw at this North Brookfield farm. The snack bar's apple dumplings — served warm with vanilla ice cream and cheddar cheese — have their own following, and the country store carries the rest of a classic New England farm stand's stock. It's a seasonal operation built around one thing done well.

Hubbardston

Nampara Farm runs a CSA on Bemis Road in Hubbardston, combining its own produce with goods from partner local farms plus art and fair-trade gifts at the stand. Community pickup is central to how the farm describes its model.

Still River

Captain Pollard's Flintlock Farm centers on an 1782 Georgian Colonial built by Thaddeus Pollard, a Revolutionary War minuteman, on land that includes an 1830s double English barn and the fourth-oldest American sycamore in Massachusetts. The current owners are restoring the property under its herb-farm identity, 1782 Farm, and offer exterior tours of the grounds. This isn't a pick-your-own stop — it's a historic homestead mid-restoration.

Leominster

Leominster is better known for its plastics-industry history than its farmland, which makes Woody's Fall Farmstand on Brown Avenue stand out. The name and farm-stand listing point to a seasonal autumn operation, though this farm's specific lineup isn't posted online.

Southbridge

Clemence Hill Farm is on Clemence Hill Road in Southbridge, in Worcester County's rural southern belt near the Connecticut border. No website or independent listing was found — confirm details before visiting.

Bolton

Bolton Spring Farm covers 150 acres on Main Street in Bolton, land that started as a dairy in the early 1800s before Howard Stephenson planted it as an apple and fruit orchard in 1937. The roadside stand, running since 1965, sells more than 25 apple varieties plus peaches, corn, pumpkins, baked goods, and cut-your-own Christmas trees. Pick-your-own apples run in season. Cash only — there's an ATM on site.