Lyman Orchards
✓ 2026 confirmed📍 Middlefield, Connecticut
🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🎃 Pumpkin patch🌽 Corn maze🌻 Sunflowers🧺 Farm stand📦 CSA shares🥬 Produce
| Season & 2026 dates | CSA runs 16 weeks weeks. Share sizes offered: Full, Half. CSA type: Fruit/Vegetable. The orchard's own site publishes a 2026 Sunflower Maze with more than 350,000 sunflowers and a Winnie-the-Pooh centennial design, and says $1 of every admission supports Connecticut Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. |
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| Farm food | 🧺 Farm stand 📦 CSA shares 🥬 Produce |
| How to buy | The Connecticut Grown map lists it under Agritourism and Farms, Farm Stands/Stores. In the farm's own words on the state map: "Lyman Orchards is Connecticut's destination for farm-fresh fun, offering something for everyone across its scenic 1,100-acre property. Visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market for freshly baked pies, apple cider donuts, and locally sourced specialties, head to the orchards to pick your own seasonal fruits like strawberries, peaches, apples, and pumpkin, and get lost in the sunflower maze and corn maze each year. Golfers can enjoy championship courses at Lyman Orchards Golf Club. With breathtaking views, delicious flavors, and family-friendly events, Lyman Orchards is where traditions grow and memories are made". In the farm's own words on the state map: "A CSA share at Lyman Orchards isn't just about fresh, seasonal produce, it's an experience. Members receive a special welcome gift at their first pickup and a branded reusable bag to use all season long, making each visit feel rewarding and intentional. CSA members also enjoy 10% off produce, milk, eggs, and cheese at the Apple Barrel Farm Market, plus you get to choose your own produce from dedicated CSA bins each week". |
| Tillage & soil | This farm has not published how it works its soil, so we are not going to guess. If you farm here, tell us and we will add it. See the farms that do say. |
| Prices | Picking prices as the orchard publishes them: $16 per half peck bag, $26 per peck bag, $47 per half bushel bag and $11 per quart container. |
| Good to know | Open 7 days a week. |
| Address | 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield, CT 06455 |
Before you go
The questions farms get asked on the phone, answered from what this farm published itself. Anything it does not publish is left out rather than guessed.
- When do the hayrides run?
- "🐴Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides 10AM-3PM"
- Is any of it haunted?
- Has haunted nights "The Orchard Trials: Haunted House at Lyman Orchards"
- What sort of hayride is it?
- horse-drawn "🐴Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides 10AM-3PM"
Verification
Last verified 2026-09-12 against these sources:
- portal.ct.gov · https://portal.ct.gov/DOAG/ADaRC/ADaRC/Connecticut-Grown-Map
- ctgrownmap.com · https://www.ctgrownmap.com/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=4212&directory_type=agritourism
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_agritourism/
Seasons move with the weather. Check the farm's site or socials before visiting, and tell us if anything here looks out of date.