Broom Orchard
✓ 2026 confirmed📍 Carlinville, Illinois
🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🎃 Pumpkin patch🧺 Farm stand🥬 Produce
| Season & 2026 dates | 2026 harvest schedule: Zestar in the first week of August, Paula Red and Blondee in the second, Gala and Honeycrisp in the third and Jonathan in the fourth, with plums, pears, peaches and pumpkins later. The 44th annual Apple Festival is September 26 and 27, 2026 and the 35th annual Pumpkin Festival October 10 and 11, both 9am to 6pm, with apple picking, a pumpkin patch and local vendors. |
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| Farm food | 🧺 Farm stand 🥬 Produce |
| How to buy | Illinois MarketMaker, the find-a-farm directory the Illinois Department of Agriculture points to, lists these ways to buy direct: on-farm sales, a farm or roadside stand, U-pick, a farm market. Products as published in that directory: Apples, Beverage Products, Cider, Fruit, Non-Alcoholic Beverages & Products, Peaches, Plums, Pumpkins, Strawberries, Vegetables. The farm describes itself this way in its directory profile: Apple Festival in September and Pumpkin Festival in October. |
| 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. |
| Good to know | The market is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 12pm to 5pm through the harvest season, and the farm asks people to check its homepage or social media for daily updates. We do not offer pick-your-own peaches. All peaches are freshly picked daily on our orchard. |
| Address | 12803 Broom Road, Carlinville, IL 62626 |
Verification
Last verified 2026-09-12 against these sources:
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/business/bus-B591055
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=702715&directory_type=onfarmmarket
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_onfarmmarket/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=2511&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 Check the farm's site or socials before visiting, and tell us if anything here looks out of date.