Beautiful orchard about an hour from Boston. Not crowded, huge selection of apples. Came at the end of season (late Oct) and split a 1/2 bushel (20 lbs of apples) $40 with 2 other friends. We had such a blast picking out our apples - there were so many options and all ready to eat! We chose this orchard over many other options because it's dog-friendly. Definitely a hidden gem kind of vibe! There are some clean port-a-potties onsite and they have a small farm stand with cider but sadly no donuts! read more

Doe Orchards - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Harvard, Massachusetts

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This place is a gem! Blueberry season usually starts around mid-July and ends around early September! This place is huge and definitely very safe to come during this pandemic. Make sure to wear a mask and stay 6 ft apart. You know the norm. This orchard is perfect! This place is very organized, clean, and well marked. You pick your own blueberries at $7/pint. This is a great place for a date without breaking your wallet. Blueberries here are ginormous and easy to pick! Plenty of parking which was a plus! We will definitely come back during the apple season! read more

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Beautiful apples, loads of varieties, no lines, no stress. If you just want to pick apples this is the place to go!

Very good experience blueberry picking with my grandson. They allowed us to use our own 1 quart containers (must be 1 quart according to the young lady). Good sized parking lot. Well kept orchard of blueberry plants with plenty of space between rows. Highly recommended. read more

Beautiful, well-kept, dog-friendly orchard for happy apple-picking! Fuss-free apple-picking at its best - rows on rows of neatly planted trees, chock-full of ripe Jonasgold, Macoun, McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Gala (early October 2016). Orchard is well-marked with tree trunks color-coded by varietals and color key posts throughout the grounds. Key also provides best season for each varietal. Handpicking pricing is very fair at $16/peck (10-12 lbs) and $25/bushel (40 lbs). Pre-picked apples are available as well. Staff is very friendly and helpful, knowledgeable and able to provide recommendations based on which varietals you typically enjoy. Orchard allows dogs on leashes. Highly recommend for a peaceful applepicking experience - throughly enjoyed! read more

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My go to orchard lots of different apples to pick and it's huge! I spent the whole day here just picking and eating apples. They also have apple cigar and pies I believe you can purchase read more

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Giant blueberries (and some raspberries)! I came here over the summer in July with my friends to pick some blueberries, maybe just before more raspberries were ready but we did see a few that we were able to quickly pop in our mouths. Not to mention the handfuls of blueberries that were also "taste tested". Unlike some orchards that have a large production with other activities and farm animals, this is a simple stand where you can pick up a container and start picking! $5.50 for a quart of blueberries in a bucket around your neck! Can't go wrong with the price. I had so much fun scouring the blueberry bushes for the largest and most delicious looking blueberries while sampling so many along the way. We came after a shower the previous night so all of the bushes were a bit wet. On second thought I'd prefer the slight overcast to beating hot summer sun, since it led to poorer choices on my part for tart berries. I'm looking forward to coming back again for future years as an annual tradition. read more

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An exceptional orchards with a great variety of selection. The orchard is large and I would suggest going through the entire area. It's an "L" shape with two entrances, for picking. I will return next year. Their apples are excellent! read more

This orchard was FANTASTIC. Just what we were looking for - beautiful grounds, lots of yummy apples, pumpkins available at the farm stand, and zero crazy crowds or drama or waiting in line. After trying twice to get into another local orchard, it was a godsend. We also loved playing on their tractors! A fab experience all around. read more

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I really enjoyed my trip to Doe Orchards this weekend. We came right when they opened and there wasn't a crowd. All the trees on the orchard were within walking distance/no need for hay ride. We came for honey crisps and I was really surprised to find they had a lot. Not only did they have a good amount of trees, but some of the trees were still filled. It didn't take us long to fill up our 1/2 bushel bag! We had to walk around to find the different rows of trees, but that wasn't a problem. Pros: - Clearly labelled trees, easy to find everything - Orchard was well kept and clean, not cluttered with fallen apples - Reasonable pricing, 1 peck = $17 or 1/2 bushel = ~20lbs for $29. No entrance fee - Super nice and helpful staff!! Cons: None Apples were abundant, staff was friendly, definitely worth a visit! read more

Doe Orchards - Oct 2017 - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Harvard, Massachusetts

Great place for apple picking. I have gone the past few years and it's not as crowded and crazy as other places in the area. They also have a ton of apples. There are no ladders on the trees but they are easy to climb. They also sell Christmas trees November - December. You can cutdown you own. read more

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I came here with a group of friends to go apple picking. There was plenty of parking and a pretty large area of land to pick apples from; also, this orchard is dog-friendly! At the front there's a stand where you can buy already picked apples by the bag ($9 for a smaller bag that probably has 15-20 apples in it). At the entrance, you can pick the bag you want to fill ($16 for a smaller bag, $26 for a larger bag 1/2 bushel). My friend and I split a $16 bag and ultimately ended up with about 30 apples! The staff are all really nice and there was a wide variety of different apples to pick. They even have a tool that you can use to pick apples high up in the tree (kind of looks like a plunger...) I think my friends and I came during a bad time in the season because many of the apples we saw were relatively small. Overall, very positive experience and felt that I got a lot of apples for what I paid. My only gripe is that they don't sell cider donuts so we ended up driving 8 min to Carlson Farms. read more

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My face is sticky. So are my fingers. I may have just moaned. No, this is not x-rated, this is a locally grown peach from Doe Orchards. They are that good, that juicy, that sweet, that amazing... that I was inspired to make peach preserves to keep some of that goodness near me all year round. This place is DEFINITELY worth the trip out there to pick up a container of peaches (5 peaches are less than $5and worth every penny), or Pick Your Own Blueberries while they last at $4.75 per quart. Blueberries are the supermarket are like $4.00 per PINT, and how many pints are in a quart, kiddies? That's right, 2 pints are in every quart. For a little effort, you get an AMAZING product at a good price (almost 100% more for the same money!). And they don't use pesticides on the berries, they use nets. I'm not sure about the peaches. Last time I was here, I saw Mr. Doe himself. He is very old. He picked up a container of large peaches and took it home. I think even if he didn't have any teeth, he would be able to eat these peaches, because they are so tender and juicy. I wanted to go shake his hand and commend his fine fruits, but I was too busy stuffing my face with blueberries while i was "picking." If you don't have a car, rent one and go here. I haven't yet tried the apples or cut my own tree, but if the fruit is anything to go by, the fall and winter products must be incredible. Yum. read more

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Amazing orchard, fair prices and so so so many apples! Staff is super friendly and the trees are all very well marked in which type of apples you are looking for. Also there were still some peaches available, which was a great treat. The Pick Your Own Christmas tree area looked very great as well, obviously too early for that but really nice area. Definitely a place to check out/return to! **They did get hit with a hail storm this year that did damage some of the trees, and you have to look for good apples on some of the trees, but it is still so so worth it.** read more

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Doe Orchards does not have a petting zoo, it does not have a giant barn full of preserves and donuts, it does not have a train and most importantly it does not have crowds. Doe is a beautiful, simple apple orchard and Christmas tree farm and if that is the experience that you are looking for then it's the place to go. We have been going to Doe for years and the experience is always the same. The small parking lot is packed, but there is always a spot. You buy a bag or two for putting the apples in and head out with the dogs to fill them up in the orchard. There are people around, but the orchard is big enough that no one is fighting over the last tree that has apples on it. You enjoy the fall colors of the surrounding forests, maybe lie on the grass and soak up some of the autumn sun that always feels to great. Pick up a pumpkin or cider on the way out and then drive home to make pie. Perfect. Be sure to come back after Thanksgiving to chop down your own Christmas tree. The selection isn't enormous and the trees are usually smaller than the ones in town that were strip mined up in Maine, but they are so much fresher so they smell better and last longer. Bring your own saw or borrow one from Doe. Cut the tree yourself or one of the guys will give you a hand. The tree farm is further in than the orchard so you get a tractor ride back to the cars with your tree where the tree is bundled and tied to your car gratis. Brink a thermos of hot chocolate or cider and the experience is perfect. Doe is simple, with no frills, but a pleasure every time. Enjoy. read more

I wish I could add a star from my prior reviews, as each year here the experience just gets better! This year we decided to bring the dog with the hopes that they would let her walk through the field with us. We get there and find out they're super dog friendly (in fact there were a ton of other dogs). They even let you bring your dog apple picking, which we will definitely be doing next year. We head to the field to pick our tree and realize we didn't have the cash. We totally discussed this on our drive there, but we misunderstood each other and thought we had it covered. The girl working at the booth tells us to go find a tree and cut it down anyway, they'll just hold it up front for us and we can go grab the cash at the ATM. So nice of them! The second we step onto the field someone checks with us to see if we have questions and points us in the direction of the trees we were looking for. After walking the fields for a bit, we found the perfect tree (a bit smaller than usual this year though as the new house came with lower ceilings than the loft). I already know we'll be back next year, and not just for a tree since this will become our new apple picking destination. I honestly can't say enough great things about this place. Our tree look beautiful and because we know it was freshly cut it will definitely last us through the holiday season and beyond! If you still need your tree make sure you head to Doe this weekend! read more

If you're looking for a quiet place to pick apples, free from hayrides full of yelling kids and mobs of people fighting over the "best" tree, this is where you should go. The staff is friendly, the apples are a plenty (that kind of rhymes) and it's as close to an authentic apple picking experience I've seen within 30ish miles of Boston. The reason for 3 stars you ask? Well, 14 dollars for a small bag of Apples (weighed in at about 9 pounds) seems a bit excessive for pick your own. If you could give 3.5 that's what it would get. On a side note: If you're looking for an amazing place to pick apples and don't mind driving to Vermont, head over to Harlow's Sugar House in Putney VT. The place is amazing. read more

This place is AMAZING! My mom and I went here for the first time and we picked quarter sized blueberrys! They taste great and this is the perfect place for little kids because the bushes are low enough for them! read more

Exactly what you want when you head to an orchard; lots of variety, well marked tress, low key friendly folks and DOG FRIENDLY! Great all around place! read more

After visiting another orchard that was overgrown and poorly demarcated and charged by weight , it has been a treat to rally friends and pick and picnic at Doe Orchards annually, with their color-coded varieties, big old healthy apple trees for eating and picking and climbing, well maintained grounds and occasional visit from a flock of wild turkeys. This year, a friend and I called ahead but only got voicemail, raced out (a 40+ minute drive) on a rainy day just to get a small bag of Honeycrisps fresh from the tree, and arrived with only ten minutes to spare, but they wouldn't let us pick. It would be helpful if they'd publicize the time that they stop admitting pickers before the 5 pm closing. Oh well, it's their prerogative to save themselves 10 minutes of inconvenience at an opportunity cost of $14 each for a small bag x 2. Anyway, $14 this year?! ($23 for the large!!!) That must be the going rate you pay for the experience these days, but for that I'll picnic in the park and pick up a competitor's apples at the farmers market, thank you anyway! read more

This is a great place to come for apple picking. Lots of variety of apples with clean fields. Employees are friendly and very helpful if you have questions. The apple trees are marked by color at their bases, and there are legends throughout the orchard letting you know the type of apples on the trees. Take a picture of the legend on your phone before heading out to pick for easy reference. They do have apple cider for sale but unfortunately no apple cider donuts. read more

Nicest staff!!! Beautiful fruit! Their farm stand has an efficient system. Love stopping here!!

Very good apple picking experience without a lot of bells and whistles. Excellent variety of pick-your-own apples. Friendly people at the desk. They also sell pre-picked apples, apple cider ($4.50/half gallon), honey, sugar pumpkins, pumpkins, and decorative gourds. Prices for PYO were $16/peck and $26/half bushel. No admission fee. Bonus for pet-lovers: dogs are allowed on leash. No apple cider donuts but otherwise an authentic New England experience. Would go there again for sure. read more

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I honestly have no idea what the quality of their fruit is because while we called them several times this morning to confirm that they were dog friendly no one answered the phone. There was nothing available on their website but yelp said they were very dog friendly so we took a chance. If you are going blueberry picking you cannot rig your dog -- only in the apple orchards. It's too bad they are not explicit on their website because we would have come at a time when we could leave our dog home. This post is mostly information for other dog owners because we could not find the info we were looking for and they don't answer their phones. read more

I love this orchard! It's probably one of the best managed small orchards I've ever been to. The apples are delicious and the people are super friendly! read more

The stand is plain and simple, but the honey crisps are spectacular!

A beautiful freshly cut tree from the tree farm at Doe the day after Thanksgiving, that's what's standing in my foyer. They tell me that folks were waiting an hour before they opened. They may have picked out their tree months ago. Almost all of the trees I looked at were perfect, so I finally just had to choose one so that the man wouldn't be kept waiting with his saw. Paid at the stand near the trees, and rode back to the parking area on the bed of a trailer behind the tractor. That was fun. read more

Large parking lot and well organized with clear markings of the apple trees. The apple picking experience is peaceful and allows true appreciation of the experience. In addition to many younger apearing trees, some apple trees are quite old as one can tell by the beautiful tree trunk. If you want a carnival feel with crowds and hayrides, then this is not for you. If you want a simple self-learning experience on different variety of delicious apples in an orchard, then this is just the place for you. I can't comment on the fruit picking experience here as I only did the apple-picking. This is a must go place for my family annually. read more

Doe Orchards is absolutely fabulous! Our family has been coming here for 25+ years and we look forward to our treks out there. No lines, nobody telling you where you can pick and yes they are even dog friendly (as long as the dog is on a leash). We can't say enough good things about Doe Orchards! The apples are fantastic and we usually go twice a season so we can have enough apples for pies. A real high five for this wonderfully family and dog friendly orchard! Annette P. Brighton, MA read more

We love Doe orchards, best Macouns around, and love their blueberries too! Can't go wrong here. Prices better than some others. You can also bring your leashed dog. Gorgeous to boot. Our top local choice. read more

We've only been to apple pick, but it's a fantastic, no frills experience. Helpful and friendly staff! The pick your own apple prices are far more reasonable than some of the other apple farms in MA that have become too commercialized. Our new go to apple picking farm. We plan on starting our tree search here this year! read more

This place is awesome! It is not crowded and dirty like other places. We brought our dog too , she loved it! It is priced as others are, so no deals there. This place is great. No tourist stuff, just apple trees. Will be back next year! read more