Where to Pick Apples Near Kitchener-Waterloo in 2024
Pick Your Own Apples!
Ontario's apple harvest is yours for the picking! Here are 8 apple orchards near Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge where you can pick your own apples:
🍎 The Apple Orchard
“Our Personal Favourite” - Near Hamilton (worth the drive!)
1668 Highway 6
Hamilton, ON
L8N 2Z7
Tele: 647-500-4769
The Apple Orchard offers a “fun-filled farm experience for the entire family”. Their remarkable landscape is filled with 10,000 apple and pear trees. Perhaps the only apple orchard in Ontario where you can find the prized Cox Orange Pippin apple! Enjoy apple picking, candy apples, cider, corn maze, corn pit play area, goats and ponies, hay jump, pumpkin and squash fields, wagon rides, walking trails, and more. Hundreds of thousands of sunflowers! Admission fee. Pre-picked apples can be purchased at storefront without paying admission fee. Pet friendly.
🍎Shuh Orchards
Near Elmira
6515 Line 86
West Montrose, ON
Tele: 226-216-0860
Tele: 226-216-0047
A fourth-generation farm, Shuh Orchards is justly famous for their Ambrosia, Gala, and Honey Crisp apples harvested from 62,000 trees on 50 acres. Opening day is September 7, 2024. Pick-your-own now available. Every day. They spray the bare minimum amount of chemicals. Sweet. No entrance fee. Lots of onsite parking. Weigh and pay for the apples you have picked.
🍎Downey's Apple Farm
Near Maryhill
1355 Hopewell Creek Rd.
Breslau, ON
Tele: 519-590-4777
Downey's Apple Farm offers pick-your-own apples in Kitchener-Waterloo. Wagon rides and kids’ activities. Entrance fee. No pets.
🍎Orchard Home Farm
Northwest of St. George
235 Howell Rd.
St. George, ON
Tele: 519-448-1111
Orchard Home Farm is a “family-run 80-acre apple and pear orchard”. Pick-your-own and ready-picked apples. No entrance fee. Orchard Home Farm offers “fresh pressed, pasteurized apple cider, locally produced honey, maple syrup, preserves, sparkling cider and more”. 3 public restrooms. One accessible restroom. No pets.
🍎Brantview Apples & Cider
Northwest of St. George
225 Howell Rd.
St George, ON
Tele: 519-448-1323
Brantview Apples & Cider is located just down the road from Orchard Home Farm. Rave reviews for this orchard that has been in production for 200 years! Scratch bakery on site (if you’ve never tasted an Apple Galette, here’s your opportunity)! Weekend wagon rides. Pet friendly. No admission fee. September & October Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-6pm and Saturday & Sunday 9am-5pm.
🍎Chudleigh’s Entertainment Farm
Near Milton
528 Regional Road 25
Halton Hills, ON
Tele: 905-878-2725
Pick your own apples and "enjoy a taste of country life" at Chudleigh's Entertainment Farm at the intersection of Northern Spy Way and Red Delicious Lane in Halton Hills. Chudleigh’s is the “Las Vegas” of Ontario apple orchards featuring a licensed restaurant and family-friendly activities like tractor wagon rides, farm animals, and play area. Pick-your-own and ready-picked apples. Day-specific tickets with timed entry – ensure to buy your tickets in advance. Free parking. Pets welcome.
🍎Carl Laidlaw Orchards
In the Credit River Valley
9496 Heritage Road
Brampton, ON
Tele: 905-456-2095
Carl Laidlaw Orchards “offer a simple, charming country experience for guests”. Open every weekend in September and October. Admission fee. Dog friendly. They provide a 10-pound bag for 20 bucks to pick your own apples.
🍎Williams’ Orchards
Near Milton
10101 Hume Court
(10 Sideroad & 3rd Line)
Milton, ON
Tele: 905-876-4220
Williams’ Orchards is a 26-acre, thriving, family-owned fruit orchard. Free admission. Free parking. Dogs allowed. Pick-your-own and pre-picked apples with pick-your-own only available on weekends. Local honey and apple cider for sale.
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