Riamede Farm is a 68-acre orchard in Chester, owned by Ashley Asdal, a Chester native and Navy veteran, with longtime farm manager Jamie Bourgeois running the growing. About half the orchard is still made up of large seedling apple trees planted in the 1930s, alongside dozens of newer and heirloom varieties, plus pumpkins, winter squash, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and cut flowers. The farm is Eco-Certified and uses integrated pest management, and says it was among the first pick-your-own apple orchards in New Jersey.
What’s here
- Made here
- Apple cider donuts · Cider slushies
- Grown or raised here
- Apples, heirloom and modern varieties (Empire, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty, Gold Rush, Suncrisp and more) · Pumpkins and gourds · Winter squash: butternut, acorn, delicata, spaghetti, honeynut and kojinut · Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant · Zucchini and yellow squash · Sunflowers and zinnias
- Sold here from other producers
- Mums · Apples from partner Eco-Certified farms when the frost-reduced crop runs short
- Served here
- Apple cider donuts and soft serve · Cider slushies · Orchard Grill food on weekends
This season
Fall Festival runs through Oct 31, with lower ticket prices Oct 26 to Nov 1. A spring 2026 frost cut the apple crop, so many varieties are thin or store-only; their online picking schedule shows what's open by row. November hours are 9 AM–4:30 PM, Wednesday to Monday; no closing date is published.
Coming up here
Farm & wine dinnersEditor's pick
Bubbles & Brine at Riamede Farm
Oysters from Maine, Cape Cod and PEI, raw and grilled, on a Chester farm. Bring your own cider.
$95 + $4.35 fee ($99.35)
$55 + $2.95 fee ($57.95); includes cider donut, cider, orchard admission, small pumpkin
Farm & wine dinners
October Farm-to-Table Dinner at Riamede Farm
Italian farm-to-table dinner · BYO wine or beer
Sold out
Details checked against Riamede Farm’s own site on ; not yet confirmed by the business. Hours change, so check before you go. Spot a mistake? Tell us.