When I was a youngster, this farm put on a hayride of terror for Halloween, and it was amazing. I wish it would/could come back. But if we fast forward to today, Bunnell still has hayrides for pumpkin picking, a cute general store for those of us who just want pumpkins and vegetables, and (at least the day I was there) picnic tables and a food cart. It is a real farm, and animals are around to be admired. This is a fun, authentic experience for the fall! read more

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Wow, this farm is AWESOME! Found it while trying to locate somewhere to go pumpkin picking, and couldn't have asked for a better experience. They offer complimentary hay rides with a huge tractor that brings you over to the pumpkin patches where you get to pick your pumpkin and pay by the pound. They have a ton of animals on site including cows, turkeys (which you can preorder for thanksgiving, sorry turkeys!), horses, etc. They also have some cute spots to take cool pictures. You can purchase pumpkin pies, ciders, and a bunch of other edible goodies/foods in their store. Staff was great. Definitely returning here next time I'm in town! read more

Bunnell Farm - Farms Near Me - Litchfield, Connecticut

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I want to love this place, it's only a couple miles down the road. In theory it should be ideal for families- a corn maze, pumpkin patch, autumn treats. I've had it in my planner to visit for the corn maze and pumpkin patch for weeks, and today was finally the day! We went into the shop to buy our corn maze tickets, pumpkins, cider donuts, and apples. We've bought a turkey in the past from Bunnell so knew they took credit cards. The woman working said her mom just left with the card reader, so at the moment they could only take cash or check. She didn't offer any alternatives- we could drop off money tomorrow (a lot of small farms trust their customers), or she could easily download a credit card reader on her phone (I'm a small business owner and have a register on my phone and you can enter payments manually), or just let us go in the corn maze, because the fact of the matter is, not being able to pay was her and her moms fault and not ours. We had our credit cards out and waiting. Anyways, my parents, husband, and toddler and I felt like a bunch of losers putting our purchases back and being rejected from a freakin corn maze. It was a really unprofessional way to handle the situation by the business owner. She needs a 101 course in how to treat customers. My husband wasn't thrilled anyways to spend $30 so we could all go into a corn maze. The donuts were $5 too for a small bag of minis. We'd gladly come back if they treated their customers and neighbors with a bit more kindness and respect. Bunnell has a lot of potential but it's being wasted at the moment. I hope they improve soon! read more

"THERE WON'T EVEN BE A WEDDING HERE!!" these words left Helen's mouth (the owner of the farm) an hour before the bride and groom were to be married. She was absolutely, unmanageably and unnecessarily hostile and aggressive towards the entire wedding party. Helen was anally obsessed with the parking of the venue, so much so that she proceeded to yell at, harass and even physically (dominant-aggressively) touch the wedding party. Her behavior was unacceptable, and something I would not expect from anybody, let alone somebody who calls herself a businesswoman. Do not be fooled - this is no businesswoman; she will create bad memories, and leave you and your whole wedding with a bitter taste. I would NOT recommend anybody to even consider getting married here. Here is my story: I was one of the bartenders at this wedding, and I arrived around 3:30p for a 5:30p wedding. When I met Helen for the first time, she was asking for the room coordinator in regards to the parking situation. I told her that I hadn't seen her for a bit, and that she was busy arranging things for the wedding. Helen was already irritated at this point, and it was evident in her voice. She didn't even give me a chance; she was just miserable and hostile right off the bat. But, anyways, she continues to ask for the planner, and she keeps asking 'whose car is that right there? I need that car moved' ... so this is just a repeating pattern. She was anally obsessed with the parking. MIND YOU - she is also allowing RANDOM PEOPLE who were there for apple cider or whatever to come into the barn and gander around all of the wedding decor. At one point, she had a group of people in there just gawking at everything (very unprofessional, in my opinion). So finally, the wedding party starts arriving (all the groomsmen and the groom). So they had JUST ARRIVED and she is already yelling at them about cars and parking and she is just escalating. She says she needs somebody to usher cars, and the groom goes 'I can do it' and that's when she just completely changes her attitude and touches his arm gently and goes 'Oh, no, not you!' with this little smile on her face, but then she looks back to everyone else and just wipes away the smile and flips back to witch mode. I have NEVER seen anybody flip that fast like that, I kid you not. We were trying to explain that a lot of the cars parked here were unloading something or other, but she wasn't happy with that. So one of the groomsmen asked her whether there was any reason why the cars couldn't be parked out there. She says 'Yeah - it's just the look of it'. And so I said (in a really appalled/disgusted way) "The 'look' of it?!" (all I could think is WOW - they paid a lot of money for this venue and she's worried about the "look" of the wedding guests parking there!?) and she looks at me and goes "Yeah. The look of it".  So this carries on, and it was a lot of banter back and forth between her and the guys, and she is just flailing at this point and fuming, and I don't remember all of the conversation going on, but after she explained that we need to park down the road on the grass hill (a muddy, steep grassy hill), I do remember one of the groomsmen saying (something along the lines of) 'This is a wedding, so everybody is wearing their fancy shoes today, and they're not going to want to get them full of mud walking over here'. That's when she says 'This is a barn, and if your friends chose to wear their fancy shoes to a barn, that is NOT my problem.' (She has a horrible attitude from the start, and it is carried on the whole time, just keep that in mind - hard to tell from typing). So banter banter banter, and the guys are getting irritated, and it literally gets to the point where she says to them 'THERE WON'T EVEN BE A WEDDING HERE!' and the poor groom who is all jittery anyways, was in shock saying 'Great, great, of course'. Imagine how he felt, less than an hour before he is supposed to get married to the love of his life, and hearing this woman tell him that she will shut the whole thing down! Eventually the parking was figured out. She had everybody park on a muddy and steep hill that even the 4x4 Jeep was having trouble getting up. Her demeanor was unnecessary and I would not want anybody else to have to go through what she put this wedding through. She was seriously awful. She NEVER should have acted the way she did, and now that memory is made, and unfortunately, she tainted a beautiful day for two beautiful people. read more

This wont let me post my full review so go to their facebook page to see that! I will give bullet points though. Me and my wife Ashley just got married on October 13th 2018 and the woman who runs the event barn was extremely difficult to work with and very unreliable. -When we went to look at the place she talked to us like children. We wanted to pay up in full but she refused. -As months passed we had questions and she would not respond to emails and voice mails, nor did she answer her phone. -The contract she typed up had a lot of incorrect information from what we had discussed the first time we met up. -We asked if there was a place to get ready on site, but she seemed unsure and we never got an answer so we spent another $700 on two hotel rooms. -A few weeks later we dropped off our insurance policy with the owner, HELLen's, husband. We told him how we were getting married up on the hillside and he said he didn't know that. He also said it might not be ready in time. -Two days before the wedding we were allowed to come set up and decorate. When we got there they had another event going on. We were allowed to unload into a corner and then told to leave until 2 PM. -My wife asked if the barn leaked because we had thousands of dollars of decorations in the corner of the barn. HELLen said "I don't have time for this right now!"...She didn't have time for us even though at this point we paid $1,900 already. -When we got there to decorate the place was pretty much trashed. Old moldy bread on the tables, what looked like cheese smeared on the bar, flies everywhere, there was even a turd in the corner. -While we were setting up they had a metal table full of junk. We asked if we could move it or if they could move it. They said they would move it Saturday morning. We told them that wouldn't work because that was the day of our wedding and we have something to set up in that spot...We ended up having to move it twice. ***This is probably the worst thing that happened*** When myself and all the groomsmen arrived HELLen came right up to us and started yelling at us. She got in our bartenders face and started to get a little physical with them. She also told us "There might not even be a wedding here today" Implying that she was going to throw us out 1 hour before the wedding. I would never recommend dealing with Helen for any reason. She was awful and made me feel absolutely horrible an hour before I married the love of my life. They need someone else to take over because she obviously couldn't handle it. I'm still waiting for an apology from her. read more

My wife and I had our wedding here a few years back. We did a do it yourself wedding being on a budget. Let me just say that owners pretty much saved our wedding from turning into a disaster. It ended up being a cold and rainy day in June. And both the husband and wife were there to help orchestrate and organize us. So on top of great pricing, tips, and all the extra help. Can't thank them enough. Great people. Would totally recommend supporting this local farm. read more

DO NOT GET MARRIED HERE!!! If I could give this place no stars I would. The owner is an absolutely terrible woman. She was rude nasty and uncooperative. I helped do last minute set up to get ready for the wedding and she was nothing but a hinderance. she made donuts to sell while I was getting things ready, she repeatedly brought in customers while I was setting up and took advantage of how beautiful the Halloween themed wedding I helped set up was, if it wasn't for us that barn would be nothing but garbage there was poop on the floor, flies everywhere moldy beer lines, and a disgusting bar top. she was rude to every single one of vendors and bar tenders and even got in the face of one of them. She also said that I was "useless". I CAN NOT stress enough how nasty this lady was from day 1. don't get married here, don't even pick pumpkins here don't even look at the place if you drive by, pretend it doesn't exist don't give the wicked witch of the west that power! read more

I was really excited to take my kids to a new pumpkin patch this year, and was seriously disappointed in their customer service. We ended up getting three small pumpkins and two apple cider's. When I went to check out my total came to $9 and I was told there was a $20 minimum. No where was it posted that there was a $20 minimum to use a debit card being that most people use debit cards and don't carry cash I was completely surprised by this. I ended up having to look around the shop and keep grabbing things that I didn't need to make my total $20. The girl checking me out was rude and while I scrambled to find things seemed annoyed. I feel that in this day and age if you're not going to accept debit cards that needs to be posted somewhere. if my kids had not been excited for their pumpkins I would've just left. I feel like it's a total rip off and they do that purposely because they know nobody carries cash and they can get the extra few bucks out of you. I will never go back here again. read more

This farm is excellent! We came here looking for a place to go on a hayride and pick pumpkins. The hayrides were fun! They were free of charge and took us up the hill to the pumpkin fields. The guy driving the tractor drove a bit fast over the bumps, and it was probably one of the bumpiest hayrides we've been on. The pumpkin fields were quite large, but were picked over. We went late in the season, so I assume they would have had a lot more if we'd gone earlier in the season. Once we were done looking for pumpkins we took the hayride back and it went around the fields and back to the main part of the farm. The hayrides run about every 15-20 minutes do you aren't waiting long once you've found a good pumpkin. Even though the pumpkin fields were picked over, there were tons of already picked pumpkins available at the main part of the farm near the shop and parking area. We did get one very large pumpkin, and it was very expensive, but well worth it. We also saw the horses, they were friendly and cute. The little shop where you go to pay for the pumpkins was very nicely decorated and they had fresh donuts available along with a few other fall items. The farm also had a corn maze which looked really fun. The atmosphere was very good and all of the people manning the farm were very nice and pleasant. This is an actual farm, not a commercialized tourist trap. Don't be afraid to get muddy or dirty! There were no crowds, and it was a great experience. If you want an authentic pumpkin/fall experience on a real farm, this place is great. 5 stars read more