We welcome school groups - educating children about apples and farming is something we've been doing since the 1960s. We're proud to say our low-key tours get great reviews.
Above: The Soons crew tackles picking a Golden Delicious tree. Right: Outside the Soons cider mill, learning how we make juice from our apples.

Farm Market and Apple Orchard Tour

Typically offered mid-august through mid-October. We have offered blossom tours (early May) as well.

Includes: Visiting the Soons farm market; Walking tour of the orchard and discussion of horticultural practices of growing apples and other crops, as well as apple picking by the children (bags are provided); adults may pick as well, as all attendees pay the same tour fee.
Tour of the grounds surrounding and in the farm stand, including our apple peeler, cold storage, cider mill and apple grading operation. Tour finishes with an apple cider and cider donut sample. *Depending on the day, cider-making may be in progress.*
Tour lasts approximately one hour.
$5 per person fee

Recommended for pre-K to 3rd grade.
Adult tours not provided.
We prefer to book tours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays; and tours should end by 3pm. To reserve a date, please call us.

Pumpkin Picking w/ hay wagon ride

$4.50 per person; begins Sept. 13

Hay ride to the pumpkin fields/patch, discussion of pumpkin growing, and pumpkin picking (one “baby bear” pumpkin per child). Adults and children pay the same per-person fee. Max people per wagon approx 35. Tour lasts approximately one hour.

Combination orchard and pumpkin tour:
Fee: $7.50  Allow at least an hour and half.

What does the fee cover?
The fee partially covers the cost of the apples (apple picking by youngsters produces a lot of waste via dropped apples, which cannot be used), our time and labor to conduct the tour and, depending on the tour, use of our equipment. Soons did free farm tours for local schools for over 25 years, but with our labor expenses, insurance and maintenance costs continually rising, we must (as all other farms do as well) charge a fee for our tours.