Wellwood Orchards has been in business for 50+ years. Its hilly location offers excellent scenic views. Be sure to bring your camera as there are a lot of photo opportunities.
The store opens in mid-June with 4 acres of Pick-Your-Own (PYO) strawberries.
Then later in the summer they provide 2 acres of PYO blueberries, 60 acres of PYO apples, 3 acres of PYO peaches, 1 acre of PYO plums, 6 acres of PYO pumpkins, and 4 acres of PYO winter squash. The store also holds our fresh cider, cider doughnuts, maple syrup, honey, fudge, Grafton cheese, a variety of jams, relishes, and gift items. They have expanded our donut making, and pie baking to accommodate our customers love of cider donuts and fresh apple pie.
Open 7 days a week from 9-5. They also offer wagon rides into the orchard on weekends from Sept thru Mid Oct.
There is a petting zoo with an assortment of farm animals that vary from year to year, open September to mid-October. In addition to the petting animals we have birds, chickens, peacocks, rabbits, deer and many more to look at.
Wellwood Orchards strives to be an adventure for the entire family.
MAJOR PRODUCTS
Apples, strawberries, blueberries, pumpkins, squash, peaches
OUR MARKETS
Retail farm stand and wholesale
BUYING INFORMATION
PYO Strawberries: mid-June to nid-July, 7 am to 7 pm, 7 day a week.
PYO Apples: August 20 to November 1, 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week
DIRECTIONS
From Springfield VT: take Valley St. past Crown Point Golf Country Club, then first left.
From Ascutney Vt: take Route 131 west, go about 2 miles, take left onto Center Rd.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Phone: (802)263-5200, visit their web site at http://www.wellwoodorchards.net/index.html, send an E-mail to wellwood@sover.net
or write:
Roy Mark
Wellwood Orchards
529 Wellwood Orchard Rd.
Springfield VT 05156-9609
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