Welcome to Woodman Hill Orchard
Currently closed for the season. Open in August 2025!
We are a pick-your-own micro-orchard serving the city of Vergennes, Vermont and all surrounding towns in northern Addison County. The orchard has over 300 trees and several popular varieties to choose from. All apples are IPM grown using the latest techniques from the University of Vermont and Cornell University.
Thanks for a great season!
A big thanks to all of our neighbors and customers who supported us this season and helped us work through an epic crop of apples! Between the size of the crop, the quality of the apples and the delightful weather we’ve had over the past couple months, we think this season was a rather special one. And we are so grateful for all of you who brought your family up for picking, made us a weekly stop for cider (and donuts!), scheduled your classroom for a field trip, added our apples to your farm stand, picked apples for local food shelves, and drove your truck down into the orchard (with a bunch of helpers) to load up on drops. We often say that selling apples is a happy business and it delights us to no end knowing that our little apples have fed our community through applesauce, pie, cider and healthy snacks, and hopefully will continue to do so for months to come.
Winter Update – 1/1/25
Winter pruning has begun! Rob got an extra early start this year, thanks to cold temps settling in a bit early. Fingers crossed for good weather on the weekends (not bitter cold and windy) so we can continue our progress. The trees had lots of fruit this year so tree growth wasn’t out of control but working through 350 or so trees is always a big task. Juggling pruning with our other full time jobs makes for a busy winter, but it also ensures we get lots of fresh air an exercise!
What we’re picking…
In the off season, we get the joy of clearing out all the apples that didn’t sell – including all the mushy ones on the ground. Fortunately, we have lots of wild animals helping out. When we have snow on the ground, the deer traffic is remarkable! We’ll be feeding them all winter, no doubt.
Over 9 varieties of Vermont grown apples available throughout the season.
We have nine popular varieties of apples to choose from – Honeycrisp, Rogers McIntosh, Thome Empire, Red Cortland, Macoun, Liberty, Sweet 16, Redfree and Red Rome.
Apples are both pre-bagged and pick-your own.
We also have limited amounts of peaches in August and pears in September.
Please call or check our website to see what we’re picking as availability changes throughout the season.
