This popular Newtown creamery serves their own premium quality ice cream made fresh in the shop daily. This includes their own family recipes, as well as milk shakes, soft serve ice cream, and ice cream cakes too. Relax in the heart of the picturesque dairy farm and enjoy the views until the cows come home!

A unique destination. Pick your own apples, peaches, plums, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, vegetables, flowers and herbs. Fall wagon rides, an annual gourd hunt. Tour time: 1 hour

Pick your own strawberries, cherries, raspberries, peaches, apples, blackberries, blueberries, pears, and flowers. On-site bakery with fresh baked pies, cookies, and breads, salsa, jams and award-winning pickles. Tour time: 1-2 hours

100 acres of orchards featuring pick-your-own strawberries in June, blueberries in July, peaches in August, and apples and pumpkins in September and October. Annual Harvest Festival held Saturday and Monday of Columbus Day weekend.

Picking season begins in late June/early July with sweet cherries and continues through the end of October. Fruits available for picking in between include apples, blueberries, peaches, plums, nectarines, pears, raspberries, and pumpkins. Check out our website or friend us on Facebook for up to the minute updates of what is going on at the farm . f ffo Tour time: 2 hours

Pick your own apples and cut your own Christmas trees at this 9th generation family farm on a scenic hilltop. Open in the fall season for pumpkins, mums and gourds, not to mention fresh apple cider and apple cider donuts. We sell our own cider, apple cider donuts, cut flowers, and homemade the old-fashioned way, jams and jellies. We also sell locally sourced pies, pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, mums, maple syrup, honey, cheddar cheese, garlic, potatoes, some tomatoes, and gifts.

CT Ballooning offers scenic hot air balloon flights over the Farmington River Valley and throughout central Connecticut. Enjoy a spectacular aerial vantage point of the state from our basket with views of Long Island Sound to the south and the Berkshire Mountains to the north, all while gently floating over rolling hills, woodlands, and suburban life. CT Ballooning also offers private charter flights for those special occasions and all flights are celebrated with a post-flight champagne toast. Reservations are required. Flight time: approx. 1 hour

In addition to the orchard, there are four greenhouses, 10 acres of Christmas trees, and country store. Offering fresh fruit and vegetables, local honey, maple syrup, jams, pickles, soup mixes, and gourmet treats such as Grafton Cheese and local milk and yogurt. The donut house and snack shack operate weekends during fall harvest and Christmas tree season. We have numerous country furniture items by hand-made artisans in Pennsylvania and Maine, and offer an extensive selection of specialty candles and soaps. Home baked pies are available August through December. Flowers are available from

Learn about Connecticut’s cultural and natural history! Experience a wide array of exciting programs for all ages. Field learning activities, day trips, ancient technology workshops, notable guest lecturers, summer camps, and family programs are just some of the special museum programs. Exhibits are on display across the University of Connecticut Storrs campus

Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center is a hands-on, interactive Reggio Emilia inspired children's museum designed for children ages 2-8. The three levels of twelve interactive museum studios are equipped with real objects, books, and authentic experiences that will spark curiosity that can turn into hours of play! Explore tailored workshop based experiences that include a thoughtful mix of object-based learning and cutting-edge technology, that regularly run throughout the year at designated times. These hands-on, educator-led studio workshops take the experience to the next level