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Pick Your Own Apples will are now open for the 2026 season!
Please be sure to call our Pick-Your-Own Hotline at 860-349-6015 for the latest picking conditions and updates, or check out our Facebook page for daily updates.
Our Pick Your Own Apple trees are nestled on 200 acres of Pick Your Own fruit orchards and fields overlooking the scenic Connecticut River Valley. We have one of the largest apple orchards in Connecticut. It's no wonder why Lyman Orchards was voted Connecticut's Best Pick Your Own Farm and the Nation's Best Apple Orchard for 2025!
Pick Your Own Apples
If you're looking for a fun way to spend a day in Connecticut, a visit to Lyman Orchards PYO Apple Orchards is the perfect destination for a wholesome, fun, family-friendly getaway! And because we grow so many varieties of fruits, it's worth the trip! The Apple season lasts for 12 weeks (mid August-mid November) and traditionally overlaps the Peach season (mid July-Late September) and the Pear Season (mid August - late September).
For the best PYO apples experience, be sure to check our Facebook Page for daily updates, and read our pick your own tips
$16.00 for a ½ peck bag
$26.00 for a peck bag
$47.00 for a ½ bushel bag
Lyman Orchards has 30,000 apple trees spread over 100 sprawling acres. We grow 30 varieties of apples. Some of our early season apples include Ginger Gold, Early Mac, Ruby Red (Free-Red), Paula Red, Empress, and Sunrise. Other varieties include, Gala, Jonamac, McIntosh, Cortland, Honey Crisp, Macoun, Spencer, Liberty, Fuji, Jonagold, Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ida Red, Crispin, Cameo, Rome, Braeburn, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, and Ever Crisp.
Like our peaches, our apples are Eco-certified, grown using agricultural methods that preserve and protect our orchards’ ecology. Click here to learn more about eco-certified.
Apple picking is a great family friendly activity!
Does eating an apple every day really keep the doctor away? Below are some of the health benefits apples offer.
There are so many tasty ways to include these nutritious fruits into your breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert!
Spend a morning or afternoon apple picking at Connecticut’s Sweet Spot®, Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, CT
View Our Apple Varieties Availability Chart
While apple picking season is generally considered to be in the fall, each variety essentially has its own little “mini-season.” So keep checking the Pick Your Own hotline 860-349-6015 for updated “what’s picking” news and don’t miss out on trying each variety – you may just discover some new favorites!
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32 Reeds Gap Rd
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6000
700 Main Street
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6031
70 Lyman Road
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6033
105 South Street
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6015
Celebrity Chef Carla Hall is coming back to Lyman Orchards!
Carla Hall’s "Carla Bakes" Book Tour stops at the Apple Barrel Farm Market on Thursday, October 15th!
📚 Book signing: 5–6:30 PM
👩🍳 Live recipe demo: 6:30 PM
FREE admission—no tickets required! Learn more by visiting lymanorchards.com/event/carla-hall-october-2026/ ... See MoreSee Less
🍎 🎃 Pick your Own update for Wednesday, September 30th:
We’re picking Apples, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Squash Flowers, and Summer Squash from 9AM-4:30PM. The Apple varieties are Honeycrisp, Macoun, McIntosh, Gala, Cortland, Empire, Fuji, Jonamac, and Spencer. The Pumpkins are carving and sugar. For the Raspberries, Squash Flowers, and Summer Squash check in and pay at the first Apple booth, and then you will drive to the field.
The Corn Maze is open from 1-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
PYO Apple Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Pumpkin Price:
$8 for small
$11 for medium
$14 for large
$17 for jumbo
PYO Raspberry Price:
$8 per pint container
$14 per quart container
PYO Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
Bonus Today: Summer Squash is free when you purchase Squash Flowers.
We are picking in two areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
With PYO purchase customers receive a coupon for 50% off a small soft serve ice cream cone at the AB Creamery. The offer is good on the same day of picking. Limit 4 per receipt. ... See MoreSee Less
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! 🌽🍺
Experience the Twilight Brew Maze at Lyman Orchards! Explore the Corn Maze while sampling 6 locally crafted brews! Plus, jump into corn hole, mini golf putting, sack races, Jenga & more!
Friday, October 2 | 5–7:30 PM
🎟️ Get your tickets NOW by visiting lymanorchards.com/event/brew-maze-10-2-26/ ... See MoreSee Less
🍎 🎃 Pick your Own update for Tuesday, September 29th:
We’re picking Apples, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Squash Flowers, and Summer Squash from 9AM-4:30PM. The Apple varieties are Honeycrisp, Macoun, McIntosh, Gala, Cortland, Empire, Fuji, Jonamac, and Spencer. The Pumpkins are carving and sugar. For the Raspberries, Squash Flowers, and Summer Squash check in and pay at the first Apple booth, and then you will drive to the field.
The Corn Maze is open from 1-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
PYO Apple Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Pumpkin Price:
$8 for small
$11 for medium
$14 for large
$17 for jumbo
PYO Raspberry Price:
$8 per pint container
$14 per quart container
PYO Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
Bonus Today: Summer Squash is free when you purchase Squash Flowers.
We are picking in two areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
With PYO purchase customers receive a coupon for 50% off a small soft serve ice cream cone at the AB Creamery. The offer is good on the same day of picking. Limit 4 per receipt. ... See MoreSee Less
Make a Fall plan to visit the Lyman Orchards Corn Maze! 🌽🇺🇸
This year’s theme is “250 Years of the U.S.A.”!
One dollar of each maze admission will be donated to support the American Cancer Society. Since 2000, the Corn Maze has raised more than $840,000 for the organization. In addition, $.50 of each admission fee will be donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation, which has received more than $100,000 from the Corn Maze since 2020.
More information: lymanorchards.com/events/corn-maze/ ... See MoreSee Less
🍎 🎃 Pick your Own update for Monday, September 28th:
Due to the rain and wet field conditions PYO and Corn Maze are closed on Monday. The Apple Barrel is open from 9AM-6PM. PYO will reopen on Tuesday 9AM-4:30PM with Apples, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Squash Flowers, and Summer Squash. The Corn Maze will reopen on Tuesday afternoon 1-5:30PM.
For PYO we have an abundant apple crop with all of your favorites apple varieties still available and look forward to better weather ahead. The pumpkins fields are loaded with tons and tons of pumpkins to choose from so plan your visit in the coming days.
The Corn Maze is outstanding this year—the corn is as thick and tall as ever. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. It is open every day through November 1st, weather permitting. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market, open every day 9AM-6PM. ... See MoreSee Less