Fresh Fruit & Bog Tours
Your one-stop shop for all things cranberry harvest.
Fresh Cranberries
Fresh cranberries are typically available in retail stores nationwide from September through January. Massachusetts cranberry harvest usually takes place in October, which is the best time to visit a nearby farm to procure fresh cranberries.
Local farms selling fresh cranberries
Please contact these companies directly to see if their offerings suit your needs.
- A.D. Makepeace Company, Wareham, MA
- Annie's Crannies, Dennis, MA
- Benson's Pond, Middleboro, MA
- Cape Cod Cranberry Bog Tours, East Sandwich, MA
- Chamberlain Farm, Berkley, MA
- Edgewood Bogs & Cape Cod Select, Carver, MA
- Fresh Meadows, Carver, MA
- Red Meadow, Carver, MA
- Hartley Family Farm, Rochester, MA
Local shops selling fresh cranberries
In addition to larger retail chains, these local retailers sell Massachusetts cranberries.
- Coastal Foodshed, New Bedford, MA (Selling cranberries from Benson's Pond, Middleboro)
- The King Farm, South Dartmouth, MA (Selling cranberries from Benson's Pond, Middleboro)
- Makepeace Farms, Wareham, MA
- Marion General Store, Marion, MA (Selling cranberries from Bartholomew Family Bogs, Marion)
Bog Tours
Local farms offering bog tours
Please contact these companies directly to see if their offerings suit your bog tour needs.
- Annie's Crannies, Dennis, MA
- Benson's Pond, Middleboro, MA
- Cape Cod Cranberry Bog Tours, East Sandwich, MA
- Chamberlain Farm, Berkley, MA
- Red Meadow, Carver, MA
- Hartley Family Farm, Rochester, MA
Massachusetts Cranberries tour offerings
Public tour tickets will go on sale August 1, 2024. Come back here for the link or check out social media pages.
Cranberry harvest is something to see! We open weekends in October for individuals to view cranberry harvest. Tours are 60-90 minutes and depart from our barn in Carver. Depending on the harvest location, most groups will board buses to be transported to an active harvest. If our Carver host bog is harvesting, the tour will happen at that location. All groups will be brought up close to the wet harvest to see floating berries in one or more of the various harvest stages which can include picking, racking or loading. Due to the nature of the harvest, we cannot guarantee which stage will be shown on any given day. Please note, our public tours do NOT involve getting into a flooded bog.
Contact bogtours@cranberries.org for more tour information.
Cranberry Impact
Massachusetts is home to 300+ cranberry farmers, 14,000+ acres of cranberry bogs, and 65,000+ acres of associated open space. Learn what's happening on cranberry farms this time of year.
Cranberry blossom season starts in mid-month and growers hope for sunny days. Migratory and native bees pollinate the flowers and tiny fruit pin heads begin to form. With the warm weather, frost events lessen.
The berries start to size. Nutrients are applied to support the growing fruit. Growers irrigate as necessary and monitor for fruit worm and fruit rot.