Apple picking, petting farm in North Georgia
Time to head to North Georgia to pick apples. Or, at least, partake in apple picking festivities.
The annual Apple Pickin Jubliee at Hillcrest Orchards in Ellijay – happening this upcoming weekend Sept. 19 & 20 and next weekend Sept. 26 & 27 – has everything that you associate with autumn and farms: apple bobbing and corn shelling, cloggers and country bands, mule-drawn wagon rides, homemade fried apple pies and caramel apples, and, of course, pippin-picking from dwarf trees.
Kids can milk Buttercup, the farm’s milk cow; meet Barney the Talking Bull; watch a live bee demo; cheer on pigs racing toward an Oreo cookie; and compete in the John Deere Derby pedal tractor trike track. The farm is open all day, 9 am-6 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Click here for directions and more info.
Admission: $5. Separate $3 admission to petting farm.
All activities are available every weekend in October, too.