I really enjoyed visiting Watson Farms during Fall season. They charge $5 entry fee. Children under 2 are free. They had very nice Halloween decorations and pumpkin patch. Also there is a tractor ride. We went apple picking. Just to note the apples were expensive. We enjoyed it and will come again! read more

Brought my family here to do some apple picking and it was such a fun and good experience! You buy your tickets inside the market section and go through the doors of the market to reach the tractor line that brings you straight to the apple farm. At the apple section, there were so many different types of apples like honey crisp, red delicious, fiji and more. They give you bags to grab your apples in and have constant rotation of trackers that bring you back to the farm/ car park area once you're done. We spent about 1.5-2 hours here apple picking and enjoying our time. Once we got back to the farm/ market we did some shopping for produce as well since everything was so fresh. Got a jar of honey and some corn. The apple bags were paid by weight, if you didn't have a full bag or you can pay $40 for a full bag of apples that you picked. It's pricey but so worth the delicious hard earned apples that you picked yourself. Overall, such a great experience and would do it again next year. read more

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We come to the Watson farms every year for apple picking as a family, and then we have delicious, and perfectly sizes ambrosia's to snack on for the next long whiles. The apples are so fresh, crispy and juicy, and they have such a huge variety! We pack our bag totally full each time because it is quite expensive, but we just have so much fun. $40 a full bag and a $5 fee to get into the farm. We usually get out with 2 full bags and about 1-1.5 hours of fun and photos. The staff here weren't quite as friendly the last few times. But there's such limited interaction with them, it doesn't bug me as much. The staff in the fields are very nice though and will often point you down the right "aisles" to find the apples you want. Their market doesn't have the best prices so we usually don't end up finding anything there. But we do love taking photos by the pumpkin rows. They're just so cute. read more

Watson Farms - rows of apple trees with red apples - Farmers Market Near Me - Bowmanville, Ontario

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We came here in mid-September for apple picking and had an amazing experience. They have a wide range of apples to choose from and they post the harvest schedule online. The orchard is massive and not too crowded so we had a lot of fun walking around and picking apples. We came here specifically for the honeycrisp and they were great. When I first bit into one I was blown away and declared it the best apple I've had in years, and that's no exaggeration. After picking apples we wandered the corn maze and it was pretty fun. It's a short maze and likely not the nicest one you'll ever see, but after spending so much time in the orchard we didn't have the energy for a huge maze. It was a nice way to end a pleasant afternoon! read more

Been coming to this farm for few years now. This year, I'm a little bit late. The honey crisp (my favourite) is almost gone. Glad I went all the way to the back and pick some. There's a lot up in the tree but am shortie so I can only pick whatever I can reach. I always come on weekdays to avoid crowd. They still have lots of gala apple (see photos). They have $25 & $45 per bag and also sweet apple cider read more

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Took the family for a fun day of apple picking and Watson Farms will suck that fun right out of you. I was shocked to find out they actually charge $5 per person to get in and an incredible 40 per bag of apples. So I found myself 60 lighter in the pocket for roughly 30 apples which is absolutely crazy but the apples were pretty tasty :) read more

Cute place, I just happened upon it driving to see my parents. Great selections of vegi's and fresh fruit. Wish I had my grandbabies with me to ride out and pick strawberries at the time, :( next time. I was able to purchase fresh honey which we started taking on a daily basis to combat allergy symptoms. I did find the prices a little high but you cant be local and fresh! read more

Watson Farms - You can go strawberry picking or you can buy their pre-picked really nice place supporting local market - Farmers Market Near Me - Bowmanville, Ontario

Service was horrible. New policy , every person entering the PYO has to purchase the basket ( $7) plus admission of$5/ adult, and $3/ child. Even if you as an adult is just entering to supervise your child, You need to pay admission and basket . read more

We called ahead of time to ask if the strawberry picking was open. We were told it was closed but the apple picking was open. We drove about 30 minutes only to find that Apple picking was only available in September. Can't say anything about the actual farm, but we were quite upset that the employee on the phone didn't know what was going on. We did, however, visit the store and it was alright. We left without doing anything. read more

Watson farms is so local I can look out my front door and see them. So super close and convenient to get to. Their market is clean and friendly. Those are the pros. The major con I have is their price. Usually double what it would cost in the grocery stores in town. I really like and want to support local farms, reducing the carbon footprint and what have you, but not at the cost of paying double the price it is elsewhere. Part of this "movement " way of life should be passing along some of the savings to the "Local" customer. So I will continue to look at Watson's instead of shopping there. read more

Been here a million and one times, one of my fave farms. There upick is always good and well organized, the corn is always incredible! Support local farmers. read more

Went here for apple picking in Sept 2015, no admission fee and it was so fun! Everyone climbs onto the tractor for a ride out to the apple orchard, apples were great! They encourage taste testing and don't mind if you sample the apples, just dont eat an entire meal! Then hopped back on the tractor to the main area where there's a little playground, sand pit, giant slide. The only thing was the goats & sheep fenced in that you could feed -- they looked very dirty and malnourished. A great day to spend the afternoon and no admission fee! read more

Dropped in today, nice clean place but the petting goats and calf are skin and bones!!!! And the pigs' enclosure was filthy.