Juicy. Crisp. The first bite of a freshly picked apple. There is nothing better. Well, maybe being with your family, picking those apple. It’s a whole experience, and fall is the best time to do it. It’s apple picking season. Thankfully, we live in an area with so many beautiful farms that offer pick your own apples.
Peck & Bushel Fruit Company
Colgate, WI
All organic apples.
Saturday & Sundays only
Call ahead for available dates through October
414.418.0366
Peck & Bushel Fruit Company loves fruit. Their orchard contains over 10,000 dwarf apple trees grown on a trellis system much like a vineyard. These smaller trees make the fruit easier to grow and harvest. At the orchard they plant flowers and shrubs that attract pollinators to enhance the natural fruit tree. This helps to promote a healthy, balanced ecosystem, which is the best pest control. They only grow fruit that is certified organic. They choose natural methods of fruit production to enure a healthy eating experience.
The Elegant Farmer
Mukwonago, WI
Saturday & Sundays only
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Whether you’re continuing a family tradition or starting a new one this fall, The Elegant Farmer offers a family fun apple and pumpkin pickin’ farm experience at its popular Autumn Harvest Festival weekends! Welcomed by the famous Smilin’ Barn, kids get a chance to head to the orchard and pick apples right from the trees or head to the farm’s pumpkin patch to select pumpkins of all shapes and sizes.
Apple Barn Orchard and Winery
Elkhorn, WI
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The Apple Barn is a unique country store at the orchard that is housed in a remodeled barn. Here, visitors will find a variety of fresh-picked and pick-your-own apples, apple pies, apple cider, cider donuts, caramel apples, pumpkins, and an extensive selection of unique gifts. When you pick the Apple Barn Orchard & Winery, you’ll experience fresh fruit, fresh air and a fresh perspective of what a real family farm is like. Come taste and see what we have growing and leave with a memory you won’t soon forget.
Apple Holler
Sturtevant, WI
262-884-7100
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Orchard, restaurant, gift shop, petting zoo, pumpkin patch, hayrides, corn maze, and kid’s corral. Our 50 acre apple orchard contains more than 10,000 select dwarf apple trees in twenty-five varieties, specially cultivated so you won’t need a ladder to pick them.
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