Welcome to Woodman Hill Orchard
Opening for the season on Sunday, September 6th!
We are a pick-your-own apple orchard and farm stand located in Vergennes, Vermont, offering beautiful views and a family-friendly picking experience. 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.
Join us for opening day!
We plan to open the doors for apple picking starting on Sunday, September 6th. We’ll also be open on Monday the 7th so you can add apple picking to your list of possible family outings for Labor Day!
Its early picking season for us and we’ll be kicking things off with McIntosh. We’ll also have some early season apple cider available, as well as handmade cider donuts and baked goods so you can get your first real taste of Fall.
Stop on by to say hello!
Growing Season Update
Even when the orchard is closed, there’s no off-season here! Rob spent much of the winter pruning the trees, wrapping up by the end of February despite the cold. Thanks to last year’s lighter crop, the trees put on tremendous growth, resulting in the biggest burn pile we’ve ever had!
Spring brought cool, rainy weather, but thankfully we escaped any significant frost damage. The trees rewarded us with a spectacular bloom and a weekend of near-perfect pollination conditions, leaving us with what looks to be a beautiful crop of apples this fall.
June’s rainy weather certainly kept us on our toes, but the trees are looking good, and the apples are plentiful. There’s still lots of growing season ahead, and we’ll continue to share updates as we get closer to opening day. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back this fall!
What we’re picking…
We’ll be picking McIntosh on Sept 6th and 7th.
We also have volumes of hyslop crabapples in the orchard, for any jelly makers out there!
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.
