2024 Augusta area of Maine Pumpkin U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Pumpkin U-Pick Orchards in Augusta area of Maine in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for pumpkins that we know of in this area.

Not all areas of a state have pumpkins farms that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

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Androscoggin County

• Berry Fruit Farm - strawberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, apples, pumpkins, and mixed vegetables, farm market, bakery
  361 Crash Road, Livermore, ME 04253. Phone: 207 897 4767. Email: joel@berryfruitfarm.com. Open: Seasonally, see their website. Click here for a map and directions.
  Berry Fruit Farm Facebook page. joel@berryfruitfarm. combines homemade and homegrown products for a fun and wholesome customer experience. In our U-Pick fields you will find strawberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, apples, pumpkins, and mixed vegetables. Our retail store is open year around with a full time bakery staff making daily breads, pastry, and menu items in Livermore Falls. At Christmas, a classic Christmas "from the land where Christmas trees grow." This year pick up your Christmas tree and products that will make your season brightoffers the finest quality U-Pick and Retail(ADDED: October 20, 2020, JBS)
• Gagnon Family Orchard - apples, blueberries, pumpkins, raspberries (red), Cider mill (fresh apple cider made on the premises), gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, events at your location (call for info)
  75 Saunders Road, Greene, ME 04236. Phone: 207-576-0541. Email: GagnonFamilyOrchard@yahoo.com. Open: September 1 to Thanksgiving Fridays 11am to 5:30pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm. Directions: 75 Saunders Road Greene Maine 04236. Off of route 202Main Street in Greene Maine. 3 Miles past Mardens take a left on Saunders road. Also a half mile from the Lewiston town line Welcome to Greene sign from Lewiston. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard. 75 Saunders Road Greene Maine 04236. Off of route 202/Main Street in Greene Maine. 3 Miles past Mardens take a left on Saunders road. Also a half mile from the Lewiston town line Welcome to Greene sign from LewistonEaster Egg Hunt Saturday April 3 11am to 3pm Hot Apple Cider Donuts and Frozen Fresh Apple cider SundayS ONLY 10:30am to 1:30pm April 1 to September 1 Store Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday September 1 through Thanksgiving Haunted Hayrides and Dayrides Friday, Saturday, and Sundays starting October 1 to Halloween
• Ricker Hill Orchards - ORGANIC, apples, pumpkins, pumpkins, corn maze
  Rte 117, Turner, ME . Phone: 207-225-3455. Email: apples@rickerhill.com. Open: 9 am to 6 pm daily. Click here for a map and directions. Toll free: 877-501-3640. Fax 207-225-2790. Email Handicapped Accessible. Restrooms Available. Bus parking. Pick Your Own Apples & Pumpkins, Pick your own season is from September through mid October. Come pick your own apples at Ricker Hill in Turner. There are a number of Varities to pick from IPM or Organic grown. We feature many activities at our farm including pick your own apples, a corn maze, disc golf, and more.. Our farm stand is full of wonderful apples and cranberries. School Tours & Bus Tours are always welcomed at our farm. We hope to see you here.In the Spring Maple Syrup & Sugar Shack: Saturday and Sunday on one weekend in March; 8 am- 6 pm, with a buffet style breakfast including crepes, freanch toast, bacon,eggs etc. Live boiling demonstrations with maple taffy on snow.Maple hard cider, fresh hot maple donuts made on site, maple ice cream and much more. We will be open for Maine Maple Weekend Farm tours, restrooms, handicapped accessible, school and bus tours. aturday & Sunday one weekend in March. Please call is at 225-5552 or 740-0693. (UPDATED: October 1, 2018, JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on September 21, 2009: "My husband found in a Google search and we learned that it actually offered a lot, so we went. It was a great time and I wanted to see the listing changed to reflect what this PYO really offers. I know that they accept credit cards, but I do not know which ones. They offer organic apples, but I do not know what kind of certification they have."

Kennebec County

• Bacon Farm - PYO Fall pumpkins and squash
  Intersection of Goodhue Road and Route 23, Sidney, ME . Phone: 207-547-5053. Email: baconfarm@adelphia.net. Open: Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday to Thursday by chance. Click here for a map and directions. Rt. 23 is Pond Road.
• Chick's Apple and Berry Farm - apples, blueberries, pumpkins, sorgum maze, raspberries (red), raspberries (Autumn, red), Cider mill (fresh apple cider made on the premises)
  571 Main Street, Monmouth, ME 04259. Phone: (207) 441-6250. Email: pumpkinpaul1@aol.com. Open: 7am to 7 pm, 7 days a week seasonally. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Please call for opening datesRaspberries, July and September Blueberries, July, August and September Apples, September, October and November(UPDATED: August 06, 2021)
• Lakeside Orchards and Farm Market - apples, Peas, Blueberries, and Pumpkins
  318 Readfield Rd, Manchester, ME 04531. Phone: 207-622-2479. Email: applefarm@adelphia.net. Open: daily, 8 am to 6 pm. Directions: 1 mile from Manchester CenterWe specialize in Pick-Your-Own Apples, but we also provide opportunities to Pick-Your-Own Peas, Blueberries, and Pumpkins. We are currently expanding our acreage of several . Click here for a map and directions.
  Lakeside Orchards and Farm Market Facebook page. PYO on Saturday & Sunday: 10 am to 6 pmcrops that will enhance our Pick-Your-Own offerings for many years to come. ​Farm market: We sell a wide variety of fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Our primary crop is apples, but we also produce large amounts of blueberries, pumpkins, salad greens, and other vegetables. Also in our market you will find many food and non-food items produced in Maine, often by small-scale family-owned businesses. We are open year-round, and our offerings of fruits, vegetables, and other products change with each exciting season. Pick your own apples in season. Varieties include Paula Reds, McIntosh, Cortlands, Spartans, Mutsus, Macouns, Red and Golden Delicious. Tractor rides on weekends. In addition to all our apple products, you will find home-made jams and jellies of every description, pure natural local honey, maple syrup, scrumptious, home-made pies and breads, local vegetables and loads of country charm. We also invite you to stroll through the orchards, perhaps pick a peck or two of your own apples in season, or watch cider being pressed. Bring a picnic. It's a great family outingWide variety of seasonal, locally grown fruits and vegetables, (UPDATED: May 09, 2018, JBS)
• Lemieux's Orchard - apples, pumpkins, corn maze, hay rides
  Priest Hill Road, North Vassalboro, ME . Phone: 207-923-3518. Open: September and October, 10 am to 5 pm. Click here for a map and directions. Lemieux's OrchardFax. 207-873-4534 Enjoy a fun day at the orchard picking all the apples you want. Apples also available at farmstand until June. They offer hay rides in the fall, featuring their pair of black Persherons, and snow sleigh rides in winter.
• Stevenson's Strawberries - strawberries, pumpkins
  Berry Road and Tucker Road, Wayne, ME . Phone: 207-685-3532. Email: stevensonstrawberryfarm@gmail.com. Open: end of June - mid-July, 7 am to 8 pm, daily. Click here for a map and directions. . Fax. 207-685-4164Fifteen acres of beautiful strawberries to pick from! Peas available during strawberry season. Children supervised by an adult are welcome. Restrooms available. At Stevenson's you can pick your own strawberries and fresh fruit. Strawberries have been our business since 1974. We are handicap accessible and have bathrooms available. PYO pumpkins from the end of September through the end of October, weekends only!. (UPDATED: June 16, 2024, JBS)

Knox County

• Hardy Farms Apple Orchard - Pick your own apples; squash and pumpkins also available.
  Church Street, Hope, ME . Phone: 207-763-3262. Email: tvhardy@tidewater.net. Open: Thursday, Friday and Saturday in September and October, 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM; be sure to call before you go. Directions: one half mile from Route 105.Look for ads in local newspapers. . Click here for a map and directions. Click here for a link to the Facebook page. (UPDATED: October 1, 2018, JBS)

Lincoln County

• Biscay Orchards - apples, flowers, pumpkins, gift shop, restrooms, school tours
  650 Biscay Road, Damariscotta, ME 04543. Phone: (207) 563-3026. Email: marliesue@gmail.com. Open: 9 am to 5:30pm Daily Store Opens 3rd week in September and Cider and pumpkins start the first week in October. Directions: From Main St. Damariscotta turn onto the Biscay Road at the light near McDonalds. Travel 2 miles down and the orchard stand is located on your left just across from the beach at Biscay Pond. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Crops are usually available in September, October has a variety of apples, un-pasteurized cider, jams, syrup, honey, Vermont Cheddar Cheese, flowers, pies, pumpkins, mums and lots of other seasonal goodies.. they also have pick-your-own throughout the season starting in September (varies a bit each year, usually mid September).
• County Fair Farm - apples, pumpkins and flowers, maple syrup
  Route 32, Jefferson, ME . Phone: 207-549-3536. Email: countyfair@gwi.net. Open: 10 am to 6 pm daily June through November. Click here for a map and directions. We offer our own fresh produce, farm-raised meats, and maple syrup, as well as Maine products and more. We have a corn maze and offer pick-your-own apples and pumpkins with wagon rides in the fall. When the farm stand closes for the season, you can call us and leave a message to make an appointment to buy meat or maple syrup. Pick your own apples, pumpkins and flowers at our pondside garden. Fresh and beautiful. Weekend wagon rides to the Orchard, and pumpkin patch in season. Apples; September to mid-October, Pumpkins; October.

Sagadahoc County

• Rocky Ridge Orchard and Bakery - apples, pumpkins
  38 Rocky Ridge Lane, Bowdoin, ME 04287. Phone: 207-666-5786. Email: fsprague@suscom-maine.net. Directions: Route 201 between 125 and 138 intersections; Exit 25 off I95. Handicapped Accessible. Restroom available. Bus parking. A country store with bakery, sandwiches, locally produced goods, and our own freshly pressed apples for cider. Pick your own pumpkins too. Apples - Macintosh, Cortland, also Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Crab Apples, Macoun, Red Free and many more Homemade breads and pastries, including whoopie pies, donuts, sticky buns and pies \(apple, of course; strawberry-rhubarb and blueberry - truncated. . Click here for a map and directions. . Email . U-Pick Starting Sept. 6, seven days a weekRoute 201 between 125 and 138 intersections; Exit 25 off I95. Handicapped Accessible. Restroom available. Bus parking. A country store with bakery, sandwiches, locally produced goods, and our own freshly pressed apples for cider. Pick your own pumpkins too. Apples - Macintosh, Cortland, also Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Crab Apples, Macoun, Red Free and many more Homemade breads and pastries, including whoopie pies, donuts, sticky buns and pies (apple, of course; strawberry-rhubarb and blueberry are other favorites!) Cote's Ice Cream, Smiling Hill Farm milk. Maine made products and produce, including Maine honey and maple syrup and our own handmade soaps and hand cream. Baked beans and cole slaw on Saturdays! Homemade Pickles. Located about 6 miles north of Mt. Ararat High School on Route 201. Our location is handicapped accessible and has something for everyone. Starting right after Labor Day through October 31st, we invite you to come pick our many varieties of apples off the tree or already bagged in the store. We also have a great selection of pumpkins, squash, gourds, cornstalks, and hay. Homemade breads and pastries, including whoopie pies, donuts, bismarks, and pies (apple, of course; strawberry-rhubarb and blueberry are other favorites!) Deli sandwiches on homemade bread. Toot's Ice Cream. Smiling Hill Farm milk. Maine made products and produce, including Maine honey and maple syrup and our own handmade soaps and hand cream. Antiques. Morse's sauerkraut and Pickles. (UPDATED: September 1, 2021, JBS)

Waldo County

• Hooper's - Uses integrated pest management practices, apples, corn (sweet), pumpkins, winter squash, tomatoes, Cider mill fresh apple cider made on the premises
  856 Back Brooks Road, Monroe, ME 04951. Phone: 207-525-3236. Open: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 6 pm call ahead to schedule a group. Directions: From Belfast, take route 7 to brooks village and take a right on the Hall hill road, go 1 mile and bear left at Y onto back brooks road. We are 1.5 miles on the right. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Hooper's is a family farm of 319 acres. We have 2000 dwarf and semi dwarf apple trees with 50 varieties. Main apple crop is Honeycrisp, Liberty, Zestar, Shizuka, Spigold, Jonamac, Cortland, Wolf river, Spigold, Crimsonking, Gala, Empire, Fuji, Gingergold, Pristine, St Edmunds pippin, Florina, Sweet 16, Ida red, Redfree, Williams pride, Williams early red.

 

Pumpkin

Pumpkin Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Do you want it for a party, decoration or eating?

For a wedding or party:

See this page: Finding pumpkins for weddings

Decoration to paint or carve:

OK, Then you need only look for any pumpkin that is

• visually appealing, evenly a deep orange. The shape is just whatever appeals to you. If it grew on its side and has a flat spot, you can either make that the make or use it as part of your design!
• free from cuts, soft spots, bruises. The flesh should feel hard, and not give easily. Infections can invade easily and cause rot
• Make sure the stem is attached.

Store it carefully, especially if you pick it from the vine yourself. Cure a fresh-picked pumpkin by keeping it in a dry place. Don't handle or disturb it. Curing toughens the rind, making it less prone to rot. Pumpkins will keep for months in a cool (50 F to 65F dry, low humidity environment; such as a cool, dry basement.

Tip: If you like roasted or baked pumpkin seeds, you can save the seeds from any pumpkin!

To make a pumpkin pie!

Then you need a small, sweet type of pumpkin that has been developed for eating. They are smaller, typically about 8" to 10" diameter. The meat is much less stringy and smoother than a decorative pumpkin variety. Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A and potassium. One-half cup of cooked pumpkin provides more than the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A. One cup of cooked pumpkin contains only 81 calories. It's low in fat and sodium! Usually you can get these at the grocery store, and some of the pumpkin patches and farm stands have them. Be sure to tell them that you intend to use it for a pumpkin pie. Again, look for firm, no soft spots, or signs of any rot. See this page for easy, illustrated directions to make a pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin!

Varieties of Pumpkins

• Sugar - Excellent for baking
• Jack O'Lantern - most common for carving
• White Lumina - unusual, medium-sized white pumpkin
• Mini - Great for decoration
• Gourds - Many varieties, used for decorations

For a very complete, detailed list of many varieties of pumpkins and where to get the seeds, see this page!

Want to Grow Your Own Pumpkins?

Then see this page!

Pumpkin recipes

• How to prepare cooked pumpkin from a fresh pumpkin (for use in all the recipes)
• Illustrated instructions to make a pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin - the best pumpkin pie you will ever taste! (metric version for the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, etc.)
• How to home-can pumpkin (in a cooked, cubed form) and why you shouldn't home-can the pureed forms.
• Traditional Pumpkin Pie
• Chocolate pumpkin pie
• Pumpkin Spice Muffins
• Pumpkin muffins
• Pumpkin Bread
• Pumpkin Butter!
• Pumpkin cheesecake - INCREDIBLE!!! You have to try this one!
• Pumpkin Cookies
• Pumpkin soup - even if you normally aren't a soup lover; you will love this one.
• Butternut-Chestnut Panchetta-Bacon Soup - Pumpkin or Butternut squash combines with chestnuts and bacon, ham or panchetta in this great soup
• Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
• No Sugar Pumpkin Pie
• Apple Cider Doughnut Recipe (with maple glaze or sugar glaze)

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers