Update July 31, 2023: CLOSED for the 2023 BLUEBERRY SEASON
Thanks to all for a wonderful, albeit short, picking season due to an overabundance of rainy days that provided perfect conditions for SWD fruit fly damage to the crop.
We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you next year in the blueberry meadow.
With apprciation, Peggy and John
The picking season typically begins around July 15th and ends around August 15th.
We provide a recorded telephone message describing current picking conditions and Covid-related precautions and procedures. Our phone number is (802) 333-4155.
Directions
From I-91 heading north, take Thetford exit 14 , left off the ramp, heading west toward Chelsea. Go 6 miles. Take a right on Rte. 244 in Post Mills and go 1 1/2 miles (Lake Fairlee appears on your right on this journey). Take Left on Middle Brook Rd and travel 4.3 miles. Road splits. Stay left. Go 1.2 miles from split. Dirt driveway on left with white mailbox "1181."
From Bradford, Vt, off I-91 south. Rt off ramp onto Rte 25 heading west. Go 1/2 mile. Left onto South Rd and immediate left onto Rowell Brook Rd. Go 3 miles (last 1/2 mile of Rowell Brook is dirt). Road banks 90° left onto Wild Hill Rd. Go 1.6 miles. Dirt driveway on right, with white mailbox ("1181" on the side) just afterwards.
Hours
Blueberries:Open 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., every day, beginning in mid-to-late July and peaking around August 6th. Call (802) 333-4155 to hear our recorded messages on current picking conditions and hours.
Apples: OPEN BY APPOINTMENT, beginning mid-September and continuing through October. This is a "gone-wild" type of orchard. Apples are not suitable for storage, but are great for sauce and cider. Open every year that there is a crop to pick ! Call (802) 333-4155 to hear a recorded message about current picking conditions and to make arrangements to pick.
Contact information: Call for recorded updates once picking season begins - (802) 333-4155 Questions that do not require an immediate response ? e-mail : wildhillorganics@gmail.com