Less than 5 miles from Franconia Sculpture Park, Pleasant Valley Orchard is located near Taylors Falls, Minnesota, overlooking the beautiful St. Croix Valley. A visit to the orchard can be part of a lovely fall daytrip. In fact, Anne lists it among her Top 10 Things To Do In Taylors Falls with Kids. In November […]
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Looking for a road trip? Cider Flats Orchard in Hinckley is a family owned and operated orchard located about an hour and half north of the Twin Cities (approximately halfway to Duluth) and offers some free family fun for fall afternoons while you shop and/or pick locally grown apples, plums, cherries, pumpkins and squash. 2020
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Croix Farm Orchard has fun for the whole family: pick-your-own apples, pumpkin patch, a corn maze, farm animals, and weekend wagon rides. Straw Mountain and the Apple Express are great fun for the kids and the farm animals love visits from people of all ages. The orchard is taking 2022 off from activities. Check back
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Don’t come to Pine Tree Apple Orchard expecting to hit the orchard and pick yourself a peck of Zestars. The website is not technically misleading, but does not state that apples are strictly sold in their retail barn, displayed alongside a wealth of baked goods and other apple products. Strawberries are available for the picking
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Spend a day at Emma Krumbee’s Orchard and discover a bounty of farm delights, including pick-your-own apples, raspberries, and pumpkins, and an array of summer vegetables and plants. Call the crop hotline at 952-873-3006 before coming out to get the schedule for PYO apples.   Visit the Farm Market, the bakery, Fizzy’s Soda Fountain, the
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Applewood Orchard, one of only a few Dakota County orchards that offer pick-your-own apples, has your favorite Minnesota varieties: Honeycrisp, Zestar! and SweeTango apples as well as fall raspberries and pumpkins. Find the picking schedule here. Applewood Orchard Family Activities and Maze Normally, fall activities include weekend hayrides ($1/pp ages 12+), a hedge maze for
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Deardorff Orchards and Vineyards is a family-owned orchard near Waconia. With 125 acres, the farm grows 10 varieties of apples on over 3000 trees. They also grow 5 varieties of grapes. Activities include Pick-Your-Own Apples, tractor wagon rides, red wagons for kids, petting farm, kid’s haystacks, and picnic areas. Pumpkins are also available. At this
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Apple Tree-O; A boy and two girls’ orchard. This family-owned orchard in Delano is a true family enterprise. Everyone gets involved and the family lives and grows on the same property. Because of this, there is always someone nearby to help or answer questions. Family Fun at Apple Tree-O Fall weekends also bring a variety
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Family owned and operated, beginning as Apple Farm in 1976, Minnetonka Orchards, near Minnetrista, has grown into a beautiful orchard destination. The orchard is under new ownership as of 2021. I (Gianna) have visited two times with many years in between and each time, I was happily surprised at what awaited. Look for Fall Apple
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Fall Harvest Orchard is about an hour Northwest of the Twin Cities. Apples are available in late August and pumpkins, squash and gourds are ready for picking in late September. Free at Fall Harvest Orchard: This orchard has free admission and free activities, including a petting zoo with goats, pigs, cattle, baby chicks and full-grown chickens, peacocks
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