Whittle's Willow Spring Farm is a staple of the Mystic community. It is open seasonally. During the summer the small market is packed with people buying fresh fruits and vegetables. In the fall the farm is just as packed with people picking up pumpkins and families picking apples. It can be hard to find a parking space in the small parking lot near the market on Noank Ledyard Road.
With over 10 years of personal service, Luciano Lastrina and Sebby Scalora have met and greeted many happy customers at Kennsington Market. This corner market and catering business offers a wide variety of Italian imports, local produce and baked goods. Many home-style dishes are made in store, such as hot or cold grinders, soups and salads. Specialties such as Sicilian style orange salad and shrimp mushroom bisque are made fresh to be ordered and taken home. There is also a full catering menu available.
You gotta go to Gotta's Farm! It has apples, pumpkins, strawberries, flowers, farm made salad dressings (Vidalia Onion with Dijon honey, Balsamic Vinegar etc), jellies, jams, farm made granola, pickled beets, dilled garlic and Christmas trees! Each season brings something new.
It has a bakery making fresh breads (banana nut, pumpkin, peach melba, orange cranberry nut and more) and assorted pies like apple, dutch apple, pecan, peach, pumpkin, chocolate cream, preachberry, strawberry rhubard, apple carmel nut, lemon meringue and much more. Full size pie too much for you? Try a mini pie!
Gotta's Farm has a pick-your-own apple orchard in the fall, and a pick-your-own strawberry field in the spring. This farm also produces its own fresh farm honey.
The family-owned and operated Deercrest Farm contains over 100 acres of fields and orchards. The land, which has been used for farming since the 1700s, boasts a wide variety of produce, thanks to its notably fertile grounds. The Deercrest Farm Market offers visitors a charming country atmosphere and offers plenty of goodies, such as pie, fruit preserves and chocolate-covered treats. For more information on news crops harvested at Deercrest, please visit the farm's website or Facebook page.
Karabin Farms provides horticultural services for customers throughout Hartford County. The company offers fresh fruits and vegetables, plants, furniture items and hand soaps. Additional items include homemade baked pies, local honey, maple syrup, soups, custom-designed planters and more. It also offers school programs.
This family owned and operated gardening center is a mecca for the local gardening community. Owners Joe and Terri Smith are committed to horticulture, and have an impressive and continually growing body of knowledge about their specialty. In addition to state-grown annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, the center offers natural and organic gardening products, as well as a fine selection of pottery.
Bishops Orchards provides fresh produce from its own orchards, as well as specialty items, meats, frozen foods, prepared meals, a selection of cheeses and apple pie. Bishop's also has a wine label and provides tastings, as well as pick-your-own apples, peaches and raspberries. It is family owned and operated, and it shows.
Aspetuck Valley Apple Barn is most aptly named during summer-early fall, when bushel baskets of fresh-picked Ida reds, Jonagolds, Macouns and Macintosh, to name a few, fill the funky space. Open from April through December, locally grown blueberries, strawberries, tomatoes, plums, peaches, nectarines and other produce are offered, along with jams and preserves, maple syrup, freezer-to-oven fruit pies and ever-popular apple cider donuts. The Apple Barn also sells cheeses and snacks, candles and an array of gifts. Spring through summer, hanging baskets of flowers adorn the barn alongside annuals and perennials for sale.
