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this country fair showcases Sebastopol's Gravenstein apple
Ragle Ranch Park, Sebastopol, CA
Ragle Ranch Regional Park
500 Ragle Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472
From San Francisco & the Bay Area:
Take US 101 North to Cotati - Hwy 116 exit. Take Hwy 116 West (Gravenstein Hwy) about 10 miles into Sebastopol. Follow the blue-arrowed signs to the fair and parking.
Gabriel Farm, an organic farm near Sebastapol. It was definitely the highlight of the vacation for my daughter. You have to make an appointment and you are expected to spend a certain amount ($20, I think, which isn't hard to do at $2/lb. for apples). We spent about $50 on apples, asian pears, juice and preserves. It was so worth it! One of the owners, Torrey, gave us a tour of the farm and his new solar panels (my mom loved this part), and told us how to pick the apples. He probably spent a good 45 minutes walking around and talking with us. Then he left us on our own to do the picking. We were also allowed to pick a few grapes and berries to taste. My daughter talks about this trip constantly, a month or so later, and was so proud to eat the apples and take them to school to show her friends. She can't wait to go back! Check out their website at http://www.farmtrails.org/gabriel/ You can also visit Torrey at the Berkeley Farmers Market. He is great. You can search for other upick farms on the Sonoma Farm Trails website.
http://www.farmtrails.org/gravensteinapplefair/gaf_about.html
a great place to get a box of fresh apples. Walker Apples, 10955 Upp Road, Sebastopol, Phone: 707-823-4310. Open: Aug 1-Nov 15 Daily 10-5. It is a real working apple farm, not very scenic but they have lots of different varieties, you can sample them all and get a box of some of everything you like. We always combine it with a trip to our favorite pumpkin patch (which is pick it yourself) nearby -- sorry, every year we find it but I have no idea how to direct someone else there -- and a visit to Screamin' Mimi's ice cream in downtown Sebastapol.
Apple Hill has all the apples (both u-pick and pre-picked) and apple stuff you could ever want. It's about 2-2 1/2 hours from the Bay Area, about 40 miles east of Sacramento off of Highway 50. See http://www.applehill.com/
Patty
Ragle Ranch Regional Park
500 Ragle Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472
From San Francisco & the Bay Area:
Take US 101 North to Cotati - Hwy 116 exit. Take Hwy 116 West (Gravenstein Hwy) about 10 miles into Sebastopol. Follow the blue-arrowed signs to the fair and parking.
Gabriel Farm, an organic farm near Sebastapol. It was definitely the highlight of the vacation for my daughter. You have to make an appointment and you are expected to spend a certain amount ($20, I think, which isn't hard to do at $2/lb. for apples). We spent about $50 on apples, asian pears, juice and preserves. It was so worth it! One of the owners, Torrey, gave us a tour of the farm and his new solar panels (my mom loved this part), and told us how to pick the apples. He probably spent a good 45 minutes walking around and talking with us. Then he left us on our own to do the picking. We were also allowed to pick a few grapes and berries to taste. My daughter talks about this trip constantly, a month or so later, and was so proud to eat the apples and take them to school to show her friends. She can't wait to go back! Check out their website at http://www.farmtrails.org/gabriel/ You can also visit Torrey at the Berkeley Farmers Market. He is great. You can search for other upick farms on the Sonoma Farm Trails website.
http://www.farmtrails.org/gravensteinapplefair/gaf_about.html
a great place to get a box of fresh apples. Walker Apples, 10955 Upp Road, Sebastopol, Phone: 707-823-4310. Open: Aug 1-Nov 15 Daily 10-5. It is a real working apple farm, not very scenic but they have lots of different varieties, you can sample them all and get a box of some of everything you like. We always combine it with a trip to our favorite pumpkin patch (which is pick it yourself) nearby -- sorry, every year we find it but I have no idea how to direct someone else there -- and a visit to Screamin' Mimi's ice cream in downtown Sebastapol.
Apple Hill has all the apples (both u-pick and pre-picked) and apple stuff you could ever want. It's about 2-2 1/2 hours from the Bay Area, about 40 miles east of Sacramento off of Highway 50. See http://www.applehill.com/
Patty