Orchards near Scottsville, VA

Carter Mountain Orchard sits on a ridge at 1435 Carters Mountain Trail in Charlottesville, Virginia, with pick-your-own peaches in summer and apples in fall. The property pairs the orchard with a country store and bakery, a wine shop, and long views over the valley. From April through September, the Thursday Sunset Series brings live music from 6 to 9 p.m. Groups and field trips can reserve ahead.

Palmyra

Fruit Hill Orchard works more than 2,000 fruit trees on Thomas Jefferson Parkway in Palmyra, in Fluvanna County southeast of Charlottesville. Apples anchor the pick-your-own, and the farm plants thousands of vegetables each year alongside the trees. Cornhole and other yard games make it a family outing rather than a quick stop.

North Garden

This tasting room and orchard is the visitor side of Albemarle CiderWorks on Rural Ridge Lane in North Garden, where Virginia heirloom apples are grown and pressed into dry, English-style hard ciders. Guests taste through the current lineup, take orchard-to-bottle tours of the cidery, and browse the on-site Vintage Virginia Apples nursery of heritage apple trees. The room opens Friday through Monday afternoons.

Spring Valley Orchard opens for pick-your-own sweet cherries in a valley along Spring Valley Road in Afton, ringed by the Blue Ridge. Run by the Chiles family of Crozet's orchards, it offers a short cherry season that generally starts in late May or early June and wraps by July, weather depending. Call in season for picking conditions before heading out.

Crozet

Henley's Orchard has been family-owned since 1932, off Holly Hill Farm in Crozet, apple-and-peach country west of Charlottesville. Beyond the fruit orchard, Henley's makes its own ciders and wines and hosts weddings and events at a second venue on Jones Mill Road. Seasonal pick-your-own and a farm store round out the offerings.

Crozet

Lovingston

Drumheller's Orchard grows apples and peaches in Lovingston, in Nelson County at the base of the Blue Ridge. Beyond fresh fruit and cider, the farm store turns out apple butter, pies, jams, and ice cream. Fall brings a full harvest season with pumpkin-patch wagon rides, a corn maze, apple slingshots, crafters, and live music.

Roseland

Pick-your-own fruit through the seasons on Dark Hollow Road in Roseland, in Nelson County's Blue Ridge foothills. Strawberries open in May, cherries follow in mid-May, blueberries run June into July, and apples come in September. This is the fourth generation of the Seaman family to grow fruit here, going back more than 80 years. Check the season before visiting, since each crop has a short window.

Silver Creek Orchards is a seven-generation family farm at the base of the Blue Ridge in Nelson County, growing 13 apple varieties including Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, and Pink Lady. It presses cider and fresh apple juice, grows wine grapes, and raises beef cattle and Christmas trees, with pick-your-own apples in season. The farm lies along Crabtree Falls Highway. Call for current picking and availability.

Roseland

Dickie Brothers Orchard has farmed the same Nelson County land since about 1752 — 274 years — making it one of Virginia's oldest family orchards. Off Dickie Road near Roseland, it grows apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes, with pick-your-own apples at harvest. The farm stand also sells cider donuts, apple butter, honey, pies, and peach ice cream. Reach them at 434-277-5516.