Pick Your Own 11/19/23 3:30 PM

Welcome to Fall at the Farm!

***Please read the information below as our Pick Your Own activities differ from most farms***

Each person must first purchase a PYO Entry Ticket that includes a specific container or credit towards a pumpkin. Your entry ticket includes: access to our pick your own areas with an associated container, the cost of the produce to fill said containers, scenic hay wagon rides around the farm, access to our hay pyramid and evergreen maze.

Below is your current choice of containers:

¼ Peck Bag – Apples and other Produce

5lb Produce Box – Apples and other Produce

10lb Produce Box – Apples and other Produce

Large Produce Box – Apples and other Produce

Each Quarter-Peck Bag can hold approximately 3-4 lbs of vegetables or apples.

Each ticket for a pumpkin is equal to a credit of $7.99 which will be applied at checkout. 

Access to the Corn Maze & Blooming Giants Sunflower Trail is also included with your Entry Ticket.

You may also cut your own sunflowers for an additional $2.50 per stem payable upon exit from our pick your own area. You may bring your own cutting shears to cut sunflowers. You may bring your own cutting shears to cut sunflowers. In addition, zinnias and cosmos are available to cut for .75 a stem.

***Family Pass with Large Produce Box***: This picking option allows a family of four (4) to access the PYO fields, scenic wagon rides around the farm, access to the Corn Maze, Blooming Giants Sunflower Trail, Hay Pyramid, Evergreen Maze, and one (1) large produce box which includes the cost of the produce to fill said box. The large produce box holds between 20-25lbs of produce.

***Apple Box Special: This ticket includes two (2) Pick Your Own (PYO) entry tickets + one (1) large Apple box that holds twenty/twenty-five pounds (20-25lbs) of apples.

The timeframe noted on this event/ticket is your check-in time to which you have a thirty (30) minute window from said time to check-in. You will have plenty of time to participate in all farm activities thereafter. If you are late for your time slot, we can not guarantee that you will be allowed in the farm for any activities and no refunds will be permitted. Children two (2) years and above will need an Entry Ticket.

Please note: Walking to and from the PYO fields is also permitted.

Please use the pre-approved and appropriate container for each item you plan on picking. Any deviation from this could result in additional costs or the reduction in quality of produce.

Add-on an Activities Plus Pass for children which includes: One (1) Pony Ride, One (1) Wagon Train Ride, and One (1) Ticket for the Bounce House.

Please note that activity hours are as follows: Weekdays: 11-3, Weekends and Holidays 10-4. Our Pick Your Own Fields close promptly at 6PM.

Additional pints, ¼ peck bags, or produce boxes may also be purchased at the farm when you check-in. Any berries/or other items found not in the containers provided by the farm will result in a charge of $7.99 per pound.

***Squash/Pumpkin Blossoms are not considered vegetables and are not available to be picked. If you choose to pick them despite this warning, you will be charged up to $2.00 per blossom***

Outside food and containers will not be permitted at the farm or inside the PYO fields.

For further guidance, please see Updated Pick Your Own Policies
Please visit our hours of operation page to see more information about what’s available on our farm.

Due to updated guidelines, pets/animals/dogs are not permitted inside the farm area or PYO Fields.

Please be warned that theft of product or services will result in prosecution.

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Please Note: ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS DUE TO WEATHER. All activities subject to change without notice due to weather conditions. This farm is a smoke free environment. There is no smoking in the fields, orchards, market, or tented areas. All visitors, guests, and customers of Alstede Farms LLC, and Lebensfreude LLC. Park and participate in all farm and pick your own activities AT THEIR OWN RISK.