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Pick Your Own Farms & Fall Fun

By Merri Cohen September 19, 2014

Antonio Casola Farms & Greenhouse

178 Highway 34 & Schank Road, Holmdel, NJ. Phone: (732) 332-1533.

 - Pick Your Own: Vegetables; pumpkins; fall squashes; gourds; corn stalks; hay; straw; flowers, Also available: corn maze, hayrides; market, petting zoo; cowboy shows; pony rides; picnic area; night-time haunted hayrides 

Battleview Orchards

91 Wemrock Road, Freehold, NJ. Phone: (732) 462-0756

Pick Your Own: Strawberries, sour cherries, peaches, nectarines, apples, pumpkins; Also available: hayrides, market.

Casola Farms

489 Route 520 E., Marlboro, NJ. Phone: (732) 946-8588

U-pick: Strawberries; pumpkins 
Roadside Market: Sweet corn (July - Nov.); vegetables; melons; strawberries; pumpkins; full line of vegetables & produce. Also Available: Flowers; bedding plants; hanging baskets; hay; straw; Christmas trees; nursery; greenhouse; September & Oct. hay rides, pony rides, corn maze

Eastmont Orchards

169 County Rd E., Route 537, 1 mile  E of Route 34, Colts Neck, NJ. Phone: (732) 542-5404

Pick-Your-Own: Apples, peaches, pumpkins, purchase food, jams, etc.

Stattels' Brookrest Farm

Route 520, Marlboro, NJ. Phone: (732) 946-9666

Pick Your Own: Pumpkins; gourds; mums; straw; cornstalks 
Hay rides during October; corn maze; bedding plants; fall mums

Wemrock Orchards

300 Route 33 W., Freehold, NJ. Phone: (732) 431-2668.

Hayrides, Pumpkin Patch, and New for this Year--Bounce House. Pick Your Own: Strawberries, pumpkins, gourds, Mums, cornstalks, Indian corn. Also, Roadside Market: Produce; fresh fruit. Jersey Fresh Cooks cookbook; fresh baked pies; cider; cider donuts

Lee Turkey Farm

201 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, NJ. Phone: (609) 448-0629.

Pick Your Own: Apples, cherries, nectarines, peaches, beans, peas, squash, sweet corn, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, eggplant, peppers, broccoli, pumpkins, other vegetables, flowers, hayrides, corn maze, walking tours, oven-ready turkeys

Von Thun's Country Farm Market

505 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction. Phone: 732-329-8656.

Family fun weekends, hayrides, pick your own apples and pumpkins, farm animals, Halloween attractions, Rutgers-designed corn maze.

Atlantic Farms

1506 Atlantic Ave, Wall Township (Rte. 34 & Rte. 35). Phone: 732-528-8680.

Halloween attractions, pony rides, corn maze, hayrides, pick your own pumpkins.

Etsch Farms

556 Buckelew Ave. (Rte. 522), Monroe Township. Phone: 732-794-6785.

Train rides, Halloween attractions, farm animals, pony rides, hayrides, pick your own pumpkins, corn maze.

Giamarese Farm

155 Fresh Ponds Rd, East Brunswick. Phone: 732-821-9494.

Hayrides, pick your own apples and pumpkins, Halloween attractions, pony rides, farm animals, corn maze.


Twin Pond Farm Garden Center & Country Market

1459-1473 Route 9 North, Howell, NJ 07731. Phone: 732-863-0755.

Pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, Fall festival, corn maze, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, Bounce house, Honey from hives on the farm, Bounce house, birthday parties, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin ring toss, our one of a kind corn house, and our newest attraction - rubber ducky races!

Happy Day Farm

97 Daum Road, Manalapan, NJ 07726. Phone: 732-977-3607

Fall festival, corn maze, kiddie (mini) corn maze, straw or hay bale maze, child-sized haybale maze, corn cannon, pig races, tractor-pulled hay rides, Jumping pillow, Pumpkin Weigh-Off, concessions / refreshment stand, porta-potties, picnic area, face painting, Jumping pillow, pony rides, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours