When Does Farm Season Actually Start Where You Are?
210 farms publish their own 2026 season dates, and they do not agree with the September and October every national guide prints. The season starts weeks apart from one state to another, which is why an answer that covers the whole country is no answer at all.
✓ 210 published dates · updated September 13, 2026 · how we verify
When does apple picking start, state by state?
39 farms across the country publish their own 2026 dates for apple picking. 3 states have at least 5 of them, which is the fewest we will answer a question on. They are listed earliest first, so you can see how far the season moves between one part of the country and another.
| State | Farms publishing a date | Earliest opens | Middle of them | Latest opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 5 | July 30 | too few to say | September 5 |
| Minnesota | 5 | August 15 | too few to say | September 5 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | August 22 | September 6 | September 20 |
When does pumpkin season start, state by state?
80 farms across the country publish their own 2026 dates for pumpkins. 5 states have at least 5 of them, which is the fewest we will answer a question on. They are listed earliest first, so you can see how far the season moves between one part of the country and another.
| State | Farms publishing a date | Earliest opens | Middle of them | Latest opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 5 | September 12 | too few to say | September 25 |
| Illinois | 8 | September 11 | September 13 | September 26 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | August 1 | September 19 | October 1 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | July 1 | September 19 | September 26 |
| California | 7 | September 19 | September 26 | December 1 |
When does corn maze season start, state by state?
40 farms across the country publish their own 2026 dates for corn mazes. 2 states have at least 5 of them, which is the fewest we will answer a question on. They are listed earliest first, so you can see how far the season moves between one part of the country and another.
| State | Farms publishing a date | Earliest opens | Middle of them | Latest opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 7 | May 1 | September 5 | September 25 |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | September 4 | September 11 | September 26 |
When does sunflower season start, state by state?
23 farms across the country publish their own 2026 dates for sunflowers. 1 state has at least 5 of them, which is the fewest we will answer a question on. They are listed earliest first, so you can see how far the season moves between one part of the country and another.
| State | Farms publishing a date | Earliest opens | Middle of them | Latest opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5 | July 22 | too few to say | August 28 |
When does the Christmas tree season start, state by state?
28 farms across the country publish their own 2026 dates for Christmas trees. 1 state has at least 5 of them, which is the fewest we will answer a question on. They are listed earliest first, so you can see how far the season moves between one part of the country and another.
| State | Farms publishing a date | Earliest opens | Middle of them | Latest opens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 8 | November 20 | November 21 | December 1 |
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Season dates by state
How these dates were collected
These figures come from prices and dates published by the farms themselves on their own websites, collected and re-checked by Bloom and Pick. Every farm in the count links to the page the figure came from and the date we last checked it. Farms that do not publish a price are not counted, and are named separately so you can see who is missing. Farms that publish prices online tend to be larger and more visitor focused than farms that do not, so these medians likely sit above what a typical small farm charges. We report medians and ranges, never averages, and we state how many farms are in every number. Nothing here is estimated, modeled, or filled in.
A word on what is missing. Most farms do not publish a date at all, and the ones that do skew towards bigger, more visitor focused operations. So these are the published dates, not the season, and we say the count every time rather than rounding it into a claim about the country.