Apple picking in Chicago, IL

Closed for the whole of the 2026 season. In the orchard's own words, after an unfavourable spring: "we just don't have enough quality apples for that to occur." It is principally a u-pick orchard, so a bad crop closes the gate entirely.

The fall season runs 21 August through 31 October. The orchard grows thirty apple varieties and also picks raspberries and cut flowers at Blossom Ridge.

The market is open daily 9am to 6pm through Halloween. U-pick opens in mid-June, with the exact date to be confirmed, and runs 9am to 5pm when the fields allow.

Closed for the 2026 season after spring frosts that, in the orchard's own words, "killed 99% of the blooms". It anticipates reopening in 2027.

U-pick at Woodstock runs Saturdays and Sundays through October for apple picking, last entry 4:30pm. The Mundelein orchard is fully picked for the season.

Between seasons at the time of checking, opening Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 4pm and Sundays noon to 4pm. It grows strawberries, apples and pumpkins alongside a country store, bakery and winery.

The orchard is open for apple picking. The farm store and bakery run 8:30am to 4pm daily and the Farm Park and Orchard 10am to 4pm, with the last admission at 3pm.

Opening day is Wednesday 2 September. The orchard is one of the two busiest farms in this region, with more than four thousand Google reviews.

The orchard opens for apple picking on 29 August, inside a harvest season that runs to 7 November. Apple bags for picking are sold separately from admission.

U-pick runs Friday to Sunday, 9am to 2:30pm, and is closed Monday to Thursday. The market opens 9am to 6pm. Strawberries come in May and June and apples August through October.

U-pick apples opened on Saturday 15 August 2026. The cut flower field is running and pumpkins follow in the autumn. Open 10am to 6pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm at weekends.

The fall season begins on 22 August. The farm picks apples and cut-your-own flowers, with an orchard shop, a bakery and a sample kitchen.

Closed for the season. The orchard picks apples, pears and grapes, with no entry or parking fee and no picking minimum.

The farm market opens daily, 10am to 6pm. The farm publishes what is currently in the market but does not say which crops are open to picking.

Fall Fest opens on 21 August. The farm stand and u-pick are both running at the time of checking.

U-pick McIntosh started on 15 August 2026, with Dutchess and Early Blaze already picking. The orchard grows fifteen varieties of apple and pear and is grafting heirlooms that are not yet bearing.

An orchard at Cherry Valley whose own website could not be read in this pass: it refused the connection three times. Ring 815-332-9696.

Fall opening week runs 27 to 30 August, then regular hours 3 September to 31 October, Thursday to Sunday 10am to 6pm. Strawberry Fest is two weekends in late May.

Closed for the season, reopening for Labor Day weekend through the end of October. There are no admission fees, and pets are welcome.

Closed for the season, reopening around mid-September. Apples are sold by the bag you fill: $10 a half peck, about six pounds, or $20 a peck, about twelve. There is no admission fee.

U-pick apples run 19 August to 10 September, followed by Fall Fest from 16 September to 31 October. No admission is needed for the market or garden centre, but the attraction area needs a wristband.