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Pick Your Own Blueberry Fields

Pick Your Own Blueberries are now open for 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.

Nestled on 200 acres of Pick Your Own fruit orchards and fields, our Pick Your Own Blueberry farm overlooks the scenic Connecticut River Valley.  Our Pick Your Own Blueberry fields output an average of 25,000 pounds, or over 12 tons of harvested blueberries each year! Our fruit-growing legacy, responsible farming practices, and customer reviews have earned us the designation as Connecticut's Best Pick Your Own Farm!

Pick Your Own Blueberries

If you're looking for a wholesome, fun, family-friendly getaway in Connecticut, a visit to Lyman Orchards PYO Blueberry field is the perfect destination! And because we grow so many different varieties of fruits, it's worth making the trip! The Blueberry season typically lasts about 6 weeks (early July-mid August), and traditionally overlaps the end of Raspberry season (late June-late July) and the beginning of Peach season (mid July - late September). The early berries are the largest, and later berries are medium-sized but packed with flavor.

For the best PYO blueberries experience, be sure to check our Facebook Page for daily updates, and read our pick your own tips.

Pick Your Own Blueberries Pricing 2026:

$7.00 for a pint

$11.00 for a quart

$34.00 for a 4-quart

$62.00 for a tray

Blueberries are Nutrient-Rich

Blueberries may be tiny, but they are big on nutritional value and are one of the healthiest choices in the fruit family. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but a cup of blueberries a day keeps aging at bay! Studies have shown blueberries to aid in memory retention and help slow the body's aging process. Below are some of the health benefits blueberries offer.

  • Rich in Antioxidants
  • High in Dietary Fiber
  • Low in Sugar
  • Rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin K, and Manganese

Fun Facts about Blueberries

  • Unlike everything else we grow, blueberries require acidic soil, with an ideal pH of 4.5. Our other crops require a pH range of 6-6.5. Sulfur is applied to the soil to bring down the pH levels
  • Blueberries do best in well-drained soils (contrary to the belief that they like marshy ground)
  • Blueberries are a favorite for birds, therefore fields are netted to protect the berries. Some growers use trained falcons for bird control since the falcons scare the birds away
  • A well-cared-for blueberry field will remain productive for 50-75 years or more

There are so many tasty ways to include these nutritious berries into your breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert!

Spend a morning or afternoon blueberry picking at Connecticut’s Sweet Spot®, Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, CT.

Season

Early July - Mid August

Choosing

Choose firm berries when picking.

Storing

Fresh-picked blueberries can be stored up to a week in your refrigerator if stored in a covered container. Do not wash blueberries until you are ready to use them.

Freezing

Frozen blueberries will retain their flavor for up to two years. For best results, we recommend keeping berries as dry as possible before freezing. Do not add sugar before freezing berries. To freeze berries individually, lay them out on a flat tray, freeze, then place frozen berries in container and store in freezer.

Tips

For best results when baking with frozen blueberries, lightly dust unthawed blueberries with flour before stirring into batter.

Follow our Facebook for up to date picking conditions!

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🌻Start off the weekend by wandering through over 350,000 blooming sunflowers carved into a special centennial design featuring Winnie-the-Pooh!
The Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze is Connecticut's original Sunflower Maze and now in its 20th year of operation!
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🌻Start off the weekend by wandering through over 350,000 blooming sunflowers carved into a special centennial design featuring Winnie-the-Pooh!
The Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze is Connecticuts original Sunflower Maze and now in its 20th year of operation!

🍎🍑🫐Pick your Own update for Friday, August 7th:
We’re picking Blueberries, Regular Peaches, Donut Peaches, Nectarines, Apples, Pears, Squash Flowers, Squash, and Cut Sunflowers from 8AM-4:30PM. The supplies are excellent for everything except the Blueberries. The Blueberries are in the last couple of days of their season and picking is fair and while supplies last. The Regular and Donut Peaches are both yellow and white fleshed and semi-freestone. The Nectarines are white fleshed. PYO Raspberries are not available today.
The Winnie the Pooh Sunflower Maze is open from 9AM-4:30PM. 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 Connecticut Children’s and their cancer and blood disorder treatment center.
PYO Blueberry Price:
$7 per pint container
$11 per quart container

PYO Peach, Nectarine, Apple, and Pear Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag

Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container

Squash $1 each
Sunflowers $5 each

Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.

We are picking in three 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.
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🍎🍑🫐Pick your Own update for Friday, August 7th:
We’re picking Blueberries, Regular Peaches, Donut Peaches, Nectarines, Apples, Pears, Squash Flowers, Squash, and Cut Sunflowers from 8AM-4:30PM.  The supplies are excellent for everything except the Blueberries.  The Blueberries are in the last couple of days of their season and picking is fair and while supplies last.  The Regular and Donut Peaches are both yellow and white fleshed and semi-freestone.  The Nectarines are white fleshed.  PYO Raspberries are not available today.
The Winnie the Pooh Sunflower Maze is open from 9AM-4:30PM.  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 Connecticut Children’s and their cancer and blood disorder treatment center.
PYO Blueberry Price:
$7 per pint container
$11 per quart container
PYO Peach, Nectarine, Apple, and Pear Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container
Squash $1 each
Sunflowers $5 each
Price includes the cost of the container.  We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
We are picking in three 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.

🍑 This Saturday: Calling ALL PEACH LOVERS!!
Celebrate everything PEACH at the 2026 Lyman Orchards Peach Festival from 10 AM–4 PM!
Spend the day picking your own juicy peaches, wandering the Sunflower Maze, enjoying horse-drawn wagon rides, visiting the petting farm, dancing to LIVE music, grabbing bites from food trucks, playing yard games, and so much more!
Don't miss one of the sweetest days of the summer! 🌻☀️

🎟️ Learn more: lymanorchards.com/event/peach-festival-2026/
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🍑 This Saturday: Calling ALL PEACH LOVERS!!
Celebrate everything PEACH at the 2026 Lyman Orchards Peach Festival from 10 AM–4 PM!
Spend the day picking your own juicy peaches, wandering the Sunflower Maze, enjoying horse-drawn wagon rides, visiting the petting farm, dancing to LIVE music, grabbing bites from food trucks, playing yard games, and so much more!
Dont miss one of the sweetest days of the summer! 🌻☀️🎟️ Learn more: https://lymanorchards.com/event/peach-festival-2026/

🍑 🫐Pick your Own update for Thursday, August 6th:

We’re picking Blueberries, Peaches, and Nectarines from 8AM-4:30PM. The supplies are excellent for the Peaches and good for the Blueberries and Nectarines. The Peaches are both yellow and white fleshed and semi-freestone. The Nectarines are white fleshed. PYO Raspberries are not available today.
The Winnie the Pooh Sunflower Maze is open from 9AM-4:30PM. 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 Connecticut Children’s and their cancer and blood disorder treatment center.
PYO Blueberry Price:
$7 per pint container
$11 per quart container
$34 per 4-quart container
$62 per tray container

PYO Peach and Nectarine Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag

Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.

Customers may bring their used Lyman 4-quart and used Lyman tray containers on return visits. If they bring their used Lyman 4-quart container they receive a credit of $.50 on their purchase, and if they bring back their used Lyman tray container they receive a credit of $.75 on their purchase. The containers must be Lyman containers for them to receive credit.

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

🍑 🫐Pick your Own update for Thursday, August 6th:We’re picking Blueberries, Peaches, and Nectarines from 8AM-4:30PM.  The supplies are excellent for the Peaches and good for the Blueberries and Nectarines.  The Peaches are both yellow and white fleshed and semi-freestone.  The Nectarines are white fleshed.  PYO Raspberries are not available today.
The Winnie the Pooh Sunflower Maze is open from 9AM-4:30PM.  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 Connecticut Children’s and their cancer and blood disorder treatment center.
PYO Blueberry Price:
$7 per pint container
$11 per quart container
$34 per 4-quart container
$62 per tray container
PYO Peach and Nectarine Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
Price includes the cost of the container.  We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
Customers may bring their used Lyman 4-quart and used Lyman tray containers on return visits.  If they bring their used Lyman 4-quart container they receive a credit of $.50 on their purchase, and if they bring back their used Lyman tray container they receive a credit of $.75 on their purchase.  The containers must be Lyman containers for them to receive credit.
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.

Come down and walk the 2026 Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze! Wander through over 350,000 blooming sunflowers carved into a special centennial design featuring Winnie-the-Pooh holding "100" balloons, surrounded by buzzing bees and storybook charm!
Learn more by visiting lymanorchards.com/events/sunflower-maze/
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Come down and walk the 2026 Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze! Wander through over 350,000 blooming sunflowers carved into a special centennial design featuring Winnie-the-Pooh holding 100 balloons, surrounded by buzzing bees and storybook charm!
Learn more by visiting https://lymanorchards.com/events/sunflower-maze/
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Blueberry Honey-Glazed Pork Loin

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