Run by the Elliot family for nearly 25 years, this is one of Alaska's more established named apple-variety collections — 120 varieties on 140 trees — but most of the harvest moves through CSA boxes, farmers markets, and a restaurant, not a formal u-pick program.
All About Apples, run by the Elliot family for nearly 25 years in Wasilla, in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Valley, has built one of the more established named apple-variety collections in the state — 120 varieties across just 140 trees, according to Edible Alaska magazine. It’s a distinct operation from Fire Apple Orchard & Gardens, the other existing Wasilla-area entry in this dataset.
120 varieties on 140 trees works out to nearly one tree per variety on average — a genuinely unusual density that suggests this operation is oriented more toward collecting and preserving apple diversity than toward high-volume commercial production. That’s a distinctive identity worth knowing about, even without a full list of variety names in this record.
Rather than a dedicated retail u-pick operation, most of the fruit here is described as moving through CSA boxes, farmers markets, and a local restaurant. That’s an important distinction for anyone assuming “orchard” automatically means a walk-in picking experience — this farm’s business model is built more around distribution channels than a formal visitor program.
The record describes periodic tasting events, reportedly starting the third Sunday in August and continuing through October roughly every three weeks, that allow limited picking. This detail comes from a WebSearch summary citing directory sources rather than something the researcher read directly and confirmed, so treat the specific cadence as a reasonable but unverified description rather than a locked-in calendar.
Both the u-pick claim and the street address rest on secondary sourcing rather than direct confirmation by the researcher on a primary source. No dedicated orchard website could be found either. Given all of that, this record has more uncertainty attached to it than a typical entry — a phone call before treating it as a reliable, walk-in u-pick destination is the responsible move.
The address is 950 E Fairview Loop Rd (Mile 4.8), Wasilla, AK 99654. The listed coordinates are a Wasilla city-center fallback, not the geocoded farm address. Phone: 907-376-5196.
All About Apples represents a genuinely impressive apple-variety collection for its size, built by the Elliot family over nearly 25 years, but it should be understood as a CSA-and-farmers-market operation with occasional tasting events rather than a dependable walk-in pick-your-own destination. Confirm event dates and current access by phone before planning a visit around picking.
Tasting/pick events are described as starting the third Sunday in August through October, roughly every three weeks — but this comes from a WebSearch summary, not a source the researcher independently confirmed.
You want a dependable, walk-in u-pick experience — most of the harvest moves through CSA boxes, farmers markets, and a restaurant rather than a formal retail u-pick program.
Not really. Most of the harvest is described as moving through CSA boxes, farmers markets, and a restaurant rather than a formal retail u-pick operation. Occasional tasting events reportedly allow limited picking, but this is a thinner, more informal visitor experience than a dedicated orchard.
120 varieties on 140 trees, per Edible Alaska magazine — one of the more established named-variety collections in the state.
No — it's a distinct entry, run separately by the Elliot family, from the other existing Wasilla-area entry in this dataset.
Reportedly starting the third Sunday in August through October, roughly every three weeks, per a WebSearch summary citing directory sources. This wasn't independently confirmed by the researcher, so treat it as secondary-sourced.
No dedicated orchard website could be found; details come from Edible Alaska magazine and directory-sourced search summaries.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Saturdays; tasting/pick events roughly every 3 weeks. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
950 E Fairview Loop Rd (Mile 4.8), Wasilla, AK 99654, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It is one of 3 orchards we track in Matanuska-Susitna Valley.
We track 3 orchards in Matanuska-Susitna Valley, 3 of which let you pick your own apples. The orchard has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
What sets it apart locally: it has a farm market or store, which most Matanuska-Susitna Valley orchards on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 3 orchards we track in Matanuska-Susitna Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There are 2 other orchards we track in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. All Matanuska-Susitna Valley orchards →
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Checked September 2026.