Stony Grove u-pick 2025
Welcome, our 2025 picking season is fast approaching. Fruit ripening, events planned and more. We anticipate blueberries will be ripe and ready to pick July 5th.
Discover all Stony Grove has to offer!
Field Trips
Anne never lost her love for teaching and enjoys sharing her creativity and knowledge to students of all ages. We offer field trips on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, during apple season. We are best suited for groups of 30 students or less and pricing includes apple picking and a 30 minute age appropriate lesson plan. We ask that each group of 5 students have an adult chaperone. Contact Anne to set up a date and enjoy some outdoor fun.
1 bushel of apples and lesson plan, $125.00
Airbnb Farm Stay
As guests in our home, we deliver a private bed and breakfast vibe. Your portion of our home offers a full kitchen, perfect for cooking after a day on the slopes. A perfect rental for those who are looking to take in the mountain views or sip a glass of wine in your cozy living space. Rest, relaxation and rejuvenation are waiting for you in this historic farmhouse setting, a true getaway from city life.
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Date Night
Apple Cider Beignets
Enjoy our quintessential mountain views at sunset. Friday evenings have been set aside for your private, sunset, experience. We are working in collaboration with Nasturtium Kitchen, a farm to table micro catering delight, to create a memorable experience. Simply pick up your picnic box (picnic blanket, snuggle blanket, natural bug repellent, lantern, wine glasses and opener, water) and prepared dinner from Nasturtium from the barn and then choose a location of your choice among the lavender, apples, hilltop or pond. Then relax and enjoy, take is all the beauty here at Stony Grove. Must bring your own alcoholic beverage.
Special occasion? proposal? We have a photographer nearby to capture the moment. Limited to five couples
Book your evening under Stony Grove Experiences.
Apple Cider Beignets
Apple Cider Beignets
Apple Cider Beignets
You will catch a whiff of our hot cider beignets as you round the corner to the upper barn. The dough is made early morning and allowed to rise for the first drop at 9:00am. We keep them going until we run out of dough. There can be a little wait time because the line can get long due to demand and we serve them hot! A must have during apple season. Currently, the beignets are only made on weekends...that may change.
Farm Store
Apple Cider Beignets
Farm Store
We are forever dreaming up new products we make from our harvest. We make apple butter, BBQ sauce, apple cider vinegar, soaps, honey, lavender products, fresh pressed apple cider and much more. The farm store also displays the apples in season for picking and allows you to taste all 40+ varietals. Currently the farm store is open weekends during season 9 to 4. That may change as we grow.
About Us
STONY GROVE
Stony Grove is an apple, blueberry, and lavender farm, nestled in Pleasant Valley just 5 miles west of Smugglers Notch. Dick and Anne, having lived in Essex Vermont since 1990, purchased the "Pratt Farm" (circa 1850), in 2015. Their hard work cultivating hundreds of apple trees and blueberry bushes over the past 7 years has created Stony Grove Apple and Blueberry U-Pick. Both Dick and Anne have a love for creativity, entertaining and community. 2019 was the first year of marketable produce and each year the plants are providing more delicious fruit. The farm stand in the barn offers picked berries and apples along with lavender, soaps, eggs, honey, apple cider vinegar, and other delicious treats. Dick and Anne hope people will enjoy their quintessential farmhouse property with its vast mountain views, opportunities for learning and community connection.
Our Varieties
Apples: Early to Mid September
Jonamac, Premier Honeycrisp, Rubymac, Sansa, SweetMAIA*, Wildfire Gala, and Zestar
Apples: Mid September to Mid October
Ashmead's Kernel, Autumn Crisp, Daybreak Fuji, Empire, Esopus Spitzenburg, Evercrisp*, Gala, Galarina, Crimson Crisp, Crimson Gold, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Keepsake, Liberty, Ludacrisp*, Macintosh, Macoun, Nova Spy, Royal Court (Cortland), Snowsweet, Sweet Sixteen, Freedom, and Wolf River
*Midwest Apple Improvement Association (MAIA) apples
Cider cultivars: Goldrush, Hewe's Virginia Crab, Wickson, Medaille d'Or, Harrison, Dabinett, Harry Masters Jersey, Chisel Jersey and Black Oxford. Many of the cider apple trees are just starting to produce and we are looking forward to them in the future.
Blueberries: Mid July
Duke, Blue Ray, Blue Jay, Patriot, Blue Crop, Northland, Bluetta
Haskap/ Honeyberry: Mid June
Lavender: Late June
