Pick Your Own Farms
If you are able, check the farm website or call ahead before visiting a pick-your-own farm. Weather and climate conditions, rainfall, and other factors can cause normal harvest dates to shift. Farmers (or their websites) can tell you in in advance about picking conditions so you pick what you came to get!
13 places to visit
Smithfield, RI
Appleland Orchard
PYO: Apples and peaches.
Season: August- December; March- May
Hours: Daily, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Also: Homemade cider, cider donuts, pies, gourmet chocolate apples, caramel apples, apple wine, apple butter, apple cider vinegar, honey, and syrup, Christmas trees, wreaths, and jams and jelly.135 Smith Avenue 401-949-3690North Scituate, RI
Barden Family Orchards
Crops: Apples, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, sweet corn, pumpkins and more. During harvest, farm stand is filled with fresh fruit and apple cider made. You can also experience come to pick your own fruits. PYO schedule and details
Hours: Daily, 9 am.-4 p.m.56 Elmdale Road 401-934-1413Middletown, RI
Sweet Berry Farm
Crops: Strawberries (mid-June-July), summer and fall raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, apples, pumpkins, gourds, Christmas trees.
Season: June-December. Seasonal Schedule is very general — actual picking times vary from year to year. Call ahead at 401-847-3912 to confirm what’s currently available for pick-your-own.
Hours: Mid-April to October 31, daily, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Also: Farm stand with pre-picked produce, honey, gifts, snacks; picnic area. Restaurant serving breakfast or lunch, offering carry-out dinners. Greenhouse Café, covered front porch, and picnic areas. Special events and live music.
915 Mitchell's Lane 401-847-3912Johnston, RI
Salisbury Farm
Crops: Strawberries, raspberries, green beans, sunflowers, and pumpkins
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Also: Corn maze; free hay rides are offered on the weekends in the fall; farm stand selling strawberries, sweet corn, vegetables, honey, and jelly/jams, raspberries, pumpkins, hay and straw, decorations.
Face masks and social distancing are required by everyone visiting the farm.Pippin Orchard Road and Plainfield Pike 401-942-9741Cranston, RI
Pippin Orchard
PYO Crops: Apples.
Hours: Call or email for hours of operation. E-mail: pippinorchard@cox.net
Also: Locally made goods stock the shelves of the farm stand. They includes honey, ciders, and syrups, peaches, blueberries, vegetables, pies, muffins and donuts, fresh eggs, blueberry and apple pies are made regularly, candied apples and maple candy.751 Pippin Orchard Road 401-943-7096Smithfield, RI
Jaswell's Farm
Crops: Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, pumpkins
Seasons: Strawberries (June); raspberries (end of June through most of July); blueberries (mid-July into September); apples (Saturday after Labor Day through most of October); pumpkins (mid-September to October 31)
Hours: May-December, daily, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Also: Farm stand and bakery with apples, autumn and summer squashes, basil & parsley, sweet corn, cucumbers, Concord grapes, eggplant, peaches, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, raspberries, Romaine lettuce, tomatoes; baked goods; jams, preserves, and relishes; and more; Christmas trees.
Information: http://www.jaswellsfarm.com/picking-schedule.html50 Swan Road 401-231-9043Little Compton, RI
Old Stone Orchard
Crops: Eggplant, tomatoes, lettuce, apples, pumpkins
Seasons and Hours: Field vegetables, mid-July through fall; apples and pumpkins start late August. Hours are Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Also: Farm stand selling fruit, vegetables, flowers, firewood.
Information: www.oldstoneorchard.com33 Cold Brook Road 401-635-2663North Scituate, RI
Sunset Orchards
Crops: Blueberries, nectarines, peaches and apples
Also: Pies and pastries, Italian and multi-grain breads.
Seasons and Hours: Call ahead to learn what is in season. Hours are weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.240 Gleaner Chapel Road 401-934-1900Johnston, RI
Dame Farm
Crops: Blueberries, strawberries, peaches, and apples.
Seasons and Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Also: Farm stand selling fruit, vegetables, mums, and Indian corn is open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Horse-drawn wagon and sleigh ride.94 Brown Avenue 401-949-3657Johnston, RI
Hill Orchards
Crops: Peaches, plums, apples
Also: Farm stand selling apples, peaches, cider, pumpkins, fall decorations and Christmas trees. Horse-drawn hayrides on selected weekends in September and October
Seasons and Hours: September - November, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.86 Winsor Avenue 401-949-2940Warwick, RI
Rocky Point Blueberry Farm
Crops: Several varieties of Blueberries.
Hours: 7 a.m. to noon every day, and 4 to dusk on Thursdays. Rain or shine.130 Rocky Point Avenue 401-737-4017North Scituate, RI
Harmony Farms
Crops: Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, apples
Seasons and Hours: Blueberries, Raspberries, and Blackberries (July-September); Peaches (August); apples (September-October). Hours for berries and peaches, weekends, 8 a.m.04 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-noon and 6-8 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-noon. Apples, daily except Mondays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Also: Farm stand with fruit
Information: www.harmonyfarmsri.com359 Saw Mill Road 401-934-0741Exeter, RI
Schartner Farms
Crops: Strawberries (mid-June-early July), blueberries (early July to Early September)
Seasons and Hours: Strawberries (mid-June-early July), blueberries (early July to Early September). Call ahead for picking seasons and hours.
Also: Farm stand selling raspberries, strawberries, pumpkins, Christmas trees, sweet corn, nursery stock, mixed fruits and vegetable plants, herbs, trees, shrubs. Pumpkin express hayride and corn maze on weekends in the fall
Information: www.schartnerfarms.com/Route 2 401-885-5510