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FRESH PICK ED FUN !
7. YARYAN’S ORCHARD
11. High Country Orchard
16. Eleven Acres Farm
509-238-6261
509-238-9545
509-238-9473
John & Beverly Yaryan - 1/2 mile E. of Green Bluff Store U-Pick & Picked: CHERRIES, APRICOTS, PEACHES, (Early & Late Red Haven, Daroga Red, Rosa, Red Globe) Variety of APPLES, (Early Gold, Gala, Mcintosh, Jonathan, Honey Crisp, Fugi, Cameo, etc.) Nectarines, Plums, Honey.
8518 E GreenBluff - Orchard and country store. Local lavender, honey, jams, teas, lunch, gifts & home decor. Pumpkins, honeycrisp apples, potatoes and squash. PUMPKIN DONUTS, caramel apples, kiddie hay maze, miniature golf, animal farm and live music many weekends. A special farm experience!
The Hunts, 10909 E. Day Mt. Spokane Rd., Mead, WA 99021. Applefest participant! Huge pumpkin patch! Apples, squash, goards, cornstalks, strawbales, and much more! “We grow all we sell.” No spray or low spray produce. Sometimes closed mondays. www.elevenacresfarm.com
Visit Green Bluff... T
he present day Green Bluff Growers is an association of small family farms and food stands. Seasonal activities include pick-your-own fruit and annual festivals such as: Blooms on the Bluff, Strawberry Celebration, Cherry Festival, Cherry Pickers’ Trot and Pit Spit and Peach Festival in the spring and summer, and the Apple Festival in the fall and Holiday Memories in the winter. That’s a big change from the earliest days of the growers’ association, which formed in 1902. In those days, the group’s mission was to protect local strawberry growers from outside competition. Now, the association helps local farmers with agricultural tourism. The promise of an old fashion farm experience brings thousands of visitors
each year to the rolling hills northeast of Spokane. If you’re from the city and have never had an opportunity to pick your own fruit or simply enjoy a ride on a beautiful day, take a drive up to Green Bluff. There are two loops, the West and East, full of small farms for the adventurous visitor to discover. Part of what makes Green Bluff unique in the entire country is the large concentration of farms – more than 30 – within such a relatively small area of about 12 square miles. The Green Bluff Growers Association may have changed somewhat over the last 100 years, but the country hospitality of its members remains just as warm and friendly as a century ago. The experience and crops you’ll find vary by season. For example, arrive in early Au-
gust and buy apricots picked less than an hour before. While eating the juicy and still warm fruit, take a moment to examine the beauty of a golden wheat field beside the road. Mt. Spokane is not far away and it affords wonderful views and the perspective of how Green Bluff’s farms dot the landscape. Visit mid-September through October for the Apple Festival. What started a couple of decades ago as a one-day celebration of apples at the Green Bluff Grange has evolved into a six-week, allout apple frenzy. Just like the old days, Green Bluff’s many growers continue to sell bushel upon bushel of Jonagolds, Granny Smiths and Fujis. But now they also entice families with live music, hayrides, corn mazes, pony rides and petting zoos.
For a one-of-a kind experience
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reen Bluff is located about a half hour drive from Newport and is nestled at the foothills of Mt. Spokane. It is divided into two loops of farms, the East and the West. The farms offer a wide variety of fruits and vegetables either picked or UPick. There are also unique items such as a winery, antiques, an alpaca ranch, a landscape nursery, U-Pick lavender, Homemade Italian Food, and U-Cut Christmas Trees. Each farm is run independently with unique hours, events, and produce. During crop seasons, most farms are open to the public, but should be contacted first. Festivals take place only on designated weekends and there is no set location for the events. Each farm does its own thing with some farms open all year round.
For info on each farm, check out the ads on this page, or visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com. Green Bluff has unique geographical traits that allow for dry land farming. The soil is deep and fertile with the unique capacity for moisture retention which allows for the growth of “dryland” produce famous for its quality and flavor. Seasonally, deer, elk, coyote and bald eagles are common. Many different birds, too. Once in a while there’s moose and talk of a mountain lion and bear. And, it’s just plain pretty up here. Depending on where you are on the Bluff, you’ll get a totally different view. If you find the middle and spin 360 degrees, you’ll see for miles in every direction.
Pick Your Pumpkin! Greenbluff Apple Festival and
• Apples • Squash • Gourds • • Strawbales • Cornstalks• And More! •
“We Grow All We Sell” 509 • 238 • 9473
www.elevenacresfarm.com Sometimes closed Mondays
Eleven Acres
Sept. 19th - O Sept Oct. ctt 31st Festival Weekends • 10 am - 6 pm Produce & Gift Shop 10am-6pm Everyday
The Amazing Corn-Shrub Maze Rides • Camel & Pony Rides Live Petting Zoo 6 Varieties of Pumpkins All Sizes! Arts & Crafts, Gift Shop Food, Live Music & More!
28. Fleur de Provence Lavender Farm 509-290-3874 Although the lavender field is closed for the season, their products Lavender Oil, Dried Lavender Bundles, Lavender Hydrosol, and Sachets are available at High Country Orchard (#11), Bodacious Berries & Brews (#26), & Walter’s Fruit Ranch (#4). Or give Maggie a call at home 509-290-3874.
34. SUNDOWN BROWN’S PLACE 509-238-4803 17425 N. Sands Road, Mead, WA. This is a great U-Pick Farm! APPLES( Gala, Red and Golden Delicious, Macintosh, Macoun, Winter Banana). SPECIAL GROUP RATE 25% off! Bring more than 5 for a group: YOUTH GROUP, LIFE GROUP, COFFEE GROUP, PLAY GROUP. Have fun picking apples together!
Ready to Harvest Wine & Juice Grapes! Grape House Vineyards grapehousevineyards.com Colbert, WA • 509-270-1610
ALL CERTIFIED ORGANIC at
COLE’S ORCHARD Tomatoes, Carrots, Winter Squash, and other Veggies, Winter Pears, Prunes, and 12 varieties of Apples OPEN THUR PM - SUN Starting Sept. 17 TH Or by Appt. through October 18423 N. Green Bluff Rd., Colbert, WA • (509) 238-4962
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October 3rd & 4th Lazy K Ranch
5906 E Woolard Rd, Colbert, WA
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SIEMERS’ FARM, LLC 11125 E. Day Mt. Spokane Rd., Mead 509-238-6242 www.siemersfarm.com
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