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FARMS
& FARM RELATED
See also GARDEN CENTERS & HERBS
This listing is made possible by the participating businesses.
The area code for all numbers listed is 860.
ASHFORD
Crooke
Orchards
317 Bebbington Rd.(1 mi. from jct. Rtes. 44 & 89) (860)429-5336
Farm store: apples, peaches, pears, fresh sweet cider, gift baskets, annual
flower and vegetable plants, Christmas trees. Pick-your-own. Hours: Mon.-Fri.
1 PM - 6 PM; Sat. & Sun. 9 AM - 6 PM (hours vary seasonally).
BROOKLYN
Creamery
Brook Bison
19 Purvis Rd. (call for directions) (860)779-0837
A 100-acre dairy farm where the buffalo roam. Hayrides to the buffalo
fields. Tours, birthday parties, gift shop, buffalo meat sales.
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 2 PM - 6 PM; Sat. 9 AM - 2 PM, and by appointment. Hayrides
Sat. & Sun. 1:30 PM July-Sept., fee; group tours year-round by reservation.
L18
Mik-Ran1s
Sugarhouse
86 Stetson Rd. (off Rte. 6) (860)774-7926
Free demonstrations of maple syrup production in Feb. and March (weekends
1 PM - 5 PM). Gift shop with pure maple syrup, maple candy, maple butter.
Holiday hours: Dec.: Mon.-Fri. 6 - 8 PM; Sat. & Sun. 9 AM - 4 PM.
Gift shopyear-round by appointment.
CANTERBURY
Wright's
Mill Tree Farm (click on name to go to web site)
63 Creasey Rd. (off Rte. 6, 169 or 14) (860)774-1455
Christmas tree farm and silo observatory Christmas shop. Pick-your-own
trees(saws provided). Pumpkin-hunt hayrides in Oct. and wagon rides at
Christmas.Hours: 9 AM - 5 PM.
COVENTRY
Edmondson's
Farm, Florist, Greenhouses & Gift Shops
2627 Boston Tpke./Rte. 44 (860)742-6124
Quality annuals, perennials, herbs. Florist/Teleflora. Pumpkins, asparagus.
Pick-your-own raspberries. Fall hayrides, fantasy photo-ops for children.
Unique gifts, dried flower arrangements, Christmas trees. Hours: Daily
9 AM - 6 PM.
EASTFORD
Buell's
Orchard
108 Crystal Pond Rd. (off Rte. 198, via Westford Rd.) (860)974-1150
See New England1s only automated candy apple factory. In season: PYO apples,
peaches, pears, blueberries. Annual Fall Festival on Columbus Day weekend
(call for schedule). . Hours: Mon.-Sat. 8 AM - 5 PM, Sept. & Oct.
Sun. 1 - 5 PM.
KILLINGLY
Pleasant
Valley Farm
55 Cotton Bridge Rd. (860)774-7918 (off Rte. 101 via Lake Rd. at Pomfret
line)
PYO strawberries and edible pod peas in June and July. Raspberries in
Sept. Pumpkins and free spooky maze in Oct.
Hours: Seasonal: Daily 10 AM - 5 PM.
POMFRET
Lapsley
Orchard
Rte. 169 (at Brooklyn line) (860)928-9186
Roadside stand on 200-acre farm offering apples, peaches, pears, pumpkins,
jams and jellies, honey, sweet apple cider. Pick-your-own produce. Hours:
Seasonal: Daily 10 AM - 6 PM; horsedrawn hayrides every Sun. in Sept.
and Oct.
WOODSTOCK
Woodstock
Orchards
Rte. 169 (3/4 mi. north of Rte. 171) (860)928-2225
Pick-your-own blueberries (mid-July - Sept. 1: Mon.-Sat. 9 AM - noon;
Mon.-Thu. evenings 5 - 8 PM). Pick-your-own apples (Sept. 1 - Oct. 17).
Apples, peaches, pears, and sweet cider at the retail farm stand (Aug.
1 - May: Daily 9 AM - 6 PM).
FARM
RELATED
The area code
for all numbers listed is 860.
"Farms & Family Fun" Guide
928-1228
Agricultural Fairs
August, 2nd weekend - Lebanon
Country Fair, Lebanon
August, 2nd Saturday - Ekonk Grange Fair, Sterling
August, 3rd Saturday - Little River Grange Fair, Hampton
August, 4th weekend - Brooklyn Fair, Brooklyn
Labor Day weekend - Woodstock Fair, Woodstock
September, 3rd Saturday - Brooklyn Grange Fair, Brooklyn
September, 3rd Saturday - Echo Grange Fair, Mansfield
Farmers' Markets
SEO
Danielson, 25 Westcott
Rd. - Wednesdays 4 - 6 PM, and Saturdays 9 AM - 12 PM
Mansfield, 42 N. Eagleville Rd. - Saturdays 3 - 6:30 PM
Plainfield, 14 Railroad Ave. - Tuesdays 4 - 6 PM
Putnam, Kennedy Dr at Bridge St. - Fridays 3 - 6 PM
Putnam, School St. in Wal-Mart lot, Thursdays 4 - 6 PM
Willimantic, Jackson & Main St. - Tuesdays 2:30 - 5:30 PM,
and Saturdays 8 AM - 12 PM
HAYRIDES & SLEIGHRIDES
Bob White Farm, Union
684-4574
Coventry Riding Stables, Coventry 742-7576
Creamery Brook Bison,
Brooklyn 779-0837
Edmondson's Farm, Coventry 742-6124
Wright's Mill Farm,
Canterbury 774-1455
Ye Plain Ole Farm, Canterbury (Sleighrides) 546-1079
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