Walden Heights – Nursery & Orchard

Nursery is open by appointment only July/Aug

Note that local nursery is full of plants. Online “sold out” refers to shipping stock only.

Planning and Services :

With decades of experience we can help you grow fruit commercially or just for yourself and friends:

–Planning – Be it a thousand tree orchard or a few berry bushes we can easily put together an intelligent plan for you.

–Consulting – We can mentor you, help with soil tests and remediation, and be available all year to answer questions.

–Planting and Delivery- We can bring stock to you, plant, and ammend soils.

–Care- We offer pruning, weekly care, pest and disease strategies and more.

–Workshops – we offer educational classes here at the farm in grafting, pruning, growing, and other agricultural pursuits.

WHY US ?

-We have been growing fruit here in northern Vermont for decades. Walden Heights Nursery and Orchard is a certified organic orchard containing thousands of fruit trees, bush and vine fruits including an apple arboretum of over 500 varieties. We have extensive knowledge and experience in plant physiology including propagation, growing, pruning, and soil science. We are very strict with plant selection and techniques, making sure our customers have solid success. We will not encourage planting stock that is marginal in our climate or too fussy to get reliable food from. In short we are a no nonsense mentor, dedicated to help people grow healthy food to make a living, or to feed their family. Most importantly we a small local business of farmers, available to all our clients yearlong to help them succeed.

-There is no scale too large or small. We can accommodate commercial orchards, or the smallest backyard berry patch. This can mean rescuing a delapidated orchard, setting up a grape trellis, or planting a few berry bushes. We can do part or all of the project. We can train you while we work. We can keep things in order while you are away. Techniques can include organic growing, permaculture principles, or just run of the mill growing.

Now is the time to set up pruning and orchard/homestead consultations, as our schedule fills quickly.

WE DO LONG DISTANCE CONSULTING : Anywhere in the US and Canada Email us for details-

[email protected]

802 563 3012

Apple Growing Class at Walden Heights

This summer we will hold an extensive workshop in apple growing. It will cover every aspect of growing from seed to storage, a discussion of all methods and an emphasis on sustainable growing practices. This is a full day event. If interested, please contact us at [email protected] or 8025633012.

– for details : https://waldenheightsnursery.com/workshops-events/

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Be advised that some items may have only a few items left in stock, so if adding to your cart does not work, it is likely the quantity you ordered are not available. Try a smaller number.

Email questions or requests any time through the contact box

Trees and bushes are generally shipped in late April or early May, unless by arrangement.

Scionwood and rootstock is shipped Feb-May.

Please keep in mind that the weather is an essential player in all of our scheduling and sometimes spring orders get delayed due to heavy snow or cold temperatures.

Please explore the free information in the RESEARCH sections

All plants are CERTIFIED ORGANIC unless marked otherwise !

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Be sure to look at the RESEARCH link for all kinds of information of organic growing, and happenings on the farm.

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Our family works hard to understand all of the aspects of organic fruit growing in our northern Vermont climate. Our experiences and research has given us a wealth of information that we share with those who hope to produce fruit for their own family.

Our mission is to help our neighbors and customers grow their own food, and do so organically and sustainably. While most nurseries simply buy, mark-up and re-sell shipped-in stock, we are primarily farmers…growers of the fruit in our orchards and nearly all the species in our nursery.

Preservation of heirloom fruits, particularly apple germplasm is also very important to the farm. We grow more than 400 apple varieties and add to the diversity of our orchard each year, sharing new, old and interesting apple varieties with folks who are interested.