Get carving: 5 places to grab a pumpkin (and more) in Central Mass.
Want a pumpkin ready for jack-o'-lantern carving or some harvest-themed decor? Maybe some fresh pumpkin pie? Check out these local farms.
Breezy Gardens
1872 West Main St., Leicester. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pumpkin patch operating every weekend through October from noon to 6 p.m. Pick-your-own pumpkins, a bounce house, giant slide and hayrides.
Carter and Stevens Farms
500 West St., Barre. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Pumpkins and fresh produce. While you’re there, pick up some homemade ice cream to put on that pumpkin pie. Cash only.
Clearview Farm
4 Kendall Road, Sterling. Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pick-your-own pumpkins and apples with a hayride on weekends. Also, Clearview was named one of the top five most recommended for cider doughnuts in Central Massachusetts this year.
Lanni Orchards
294 Chase Road, Lunenburg. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Pick the pumpkins yourself or pick them up at the farm stand. Tractor-pulled hayrides.
Berlin Orchards
Route 62 and Lower Sawyer Hill Road, Berlin. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, until 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Plenty of pumpkins, gourds and squash. Kids will also enjoy the petting zoo, pony and tractor rides, and face painting.
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