Pick Your Own Fruit

Seacoast Science Center

Odiorne Point State Park, 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye, NH www.seacoastsciencecenter.org Indoor and outdoor exhibits, tide pools, walking trails, and more. Worth a visit for anyone interested in Environmental Science and/or Marine Life. There is an exhibit of a 32-foot skeleton of a humpback whale, the only one on public display between Gloucester and Bar Harbor. Wear rubber soles. Picnic-area available. Free under age 3.

Springfield Science Museum

21 Edwards St., Springfield (Next to Dr. Seuss Museum) springfieldmuseums.org/about/springfield-science-museum Museum dedicated to nature and physical sciences. Visit the Solutia Live Animal Center with live fish, insects and reptiles; an African savannah with stuffed animals; a Dinosaur Hall and a planetarium. Free under age 3.

York’s Wild Kingdom

One Animal Park Rd., Route 1, York, ME www.yorkswildkingdom.com Zoo and amusement park. Miniature golf. A short drive on Rt. 1A leads to York Beach and a view of a lighthouse. Zoo/ride packages available.

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Here is a sample of some of LexFUN! members’ favorite places to go to pick your own fruits.

Belkin Family Lookout Farm

89 Pleasant St. South, South Natick lookoutfarm.com Pick your own strawberries, peaches, plums, nectarines, pears, apples, and pumpkins. Enjoy train rides, farm animals, live children’s entertainment, hayrides, pyramid, maze, and more. Brewery onsite. 180 exquisite acres with over 60,000 fruit trees.

Berlin Orchards

310 Sawyer Hill Rd., Berlin www.berlinorchards.com Pick your own apples. Enjoy the hay wagon ride into the orchards, stop by the pumpkin patch and pick out the perfect pumpkin.

Bolton Spring Farm

149 Main St. (Route 117), Bolton www.boltonspringfarm.com Pick your own apples (large variety) and pumpkins in one of the oldest and most scenic apple orchards in New England. Take a hayride through the orchard to our expansive gardens and take in a breathtaking view of the surrounding towns.

Brooksby Farm

54 Felton St., Peabody www.brooksbyfarm.org Pick your own fruits: raspberries, blueberries, peaches and apples. Garden vegetables are ready in July and harvested through early fall. Winter squash and apples in the fall. Visit bakery and holiday-filled farm store, barnyard animals, and take in the beautiful views.

Carlson Orchards

115 Oak Hill Rd., Harvard www.carlsonorchards.com Pick your own blueberries, raspberries, peaches, nectarines, and apples (over 14 varieties) as well as pumpkins. There are also several grassy fields, and a frog pond.

Drumlin Farm

208 S Great Rd., Lincoln www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/ drumlin-farm Pick your own strawberries, explore a real working farm and a Mass. Audubon Society wildlife sanctuary, and ride the hay wagon ride.

Honey Pot Hill Orchards

16 Boon Rd., Stow www.honeypothill.com Pick your own apples and pears as well as enjoy the barnyard animals, including the “3 Little Pigs,” mazes, and hayrides. Food store on premises.

Parlee Farms

95 Farwell Rd., Tyngsborough parleefarms.com Pick your own apples, strawberries, peaches, cherries, blueberries, and flowers. Enjoy the pumpkin patch in the fall, farm stand, Mary’s Country Kitchen, farm animals, hay play area, and drive your own little tractor.

Shelburne Farm

106 West Acton Rd., Stow shelburnefarm.org Pick your own apples, peaches, pumpkins, pears and Christmas trees. Every day