By Tim Brady // No Comments
Picking apples is one of my many fond childhood memories of fall in New England and is something I continue to enjoy doing each year. Luckily there is no shortage of apple picking in Southern Vermont. As a matter of fact, there are 8 pick-you-own orchards within a short drive of our inn.
While strolling orchards picking apples is a great way to spend a fall afternoon, this year the orchards have teamed up with a clever new promotion. Being one of the most creative promotions I have seen in a while, I had to post something about it here. From the VermontVacation website:
Beginning on September 15th, visitors to Vermont’s pick-your-own orchards will have a chance to win an iPod during this promotion. One specially marked wooden apple will be placed in an apple tree at each of Vermonts 24 pick-your-own orchards. Customers who find the wooden apple replicas will win an iPod Shuffle, Nano or Touch.
This is the second year that they have run this promotion, but the first that I have heard of it. Not that I needed another reason to go out and pick apples, but believe it or not I don’t have an iPod…
There are several pick-your-own orchards near our Southern Vermont Inn. Here is a list of the participating apple orchards with pick-your-own apples that are nearby:
Connecticut Valley Orchard
Kurn Hattin Road
Westminster
802-722-3340
Cortland Hill Orchard
72 Miller Rd
Brattleboro
802-254-6925
Dwight Miller and Son Orchards
511 Miller Rd
East Dummerston
802-254-9111
Scott Farm
707 Kipling Rd
Dummerston
802-254-6868
Green Mountain Orchards
130 W Hill Rd
Putney
802-387-5851
Harlows Sugar House
563 Bellows Falls Rd
Putney
802-387-5852
Moores Orchard
Pomfret Road
Pomfret
802-457-2994
Wellwood Orchards
529 Wellwood Orchard Rd
Springfield
802-263-5200
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