A 350-acre working orchard doubling as a lodging and wedding venue with an orchard tavern, and one of the only orchards in this research to explicitly welcome leashed dogs rather than ban them.
Alyson’s Orchard is a 350-acre working orchard at 57 Alyson’s Lane in Walpole, in Cheshire County’s Monadnock Region of New Hampshire, with a phone number of (603) 756-9800. The farm store is open daily, 9am-5pm. As of the page checked, the orchard was actively picking Paula Red, Ginger Gold, and Sansa — all early-season apples. Beyond fruit production, the record confirms Alyson’s operates as a lodging and wedding venue with an on-site orchard tavern.
At 350 acres with lodging, a wedding venue, and a tavern attached, Alyson’s Orchard sits in a different category from most farms in this research. Where places like Currier Orchards or McLeod Orchards read as smaller family stands, Alyson’s reads more like a full hospitality destination that happens to include a working orchard — closer in spirit to Lookout Farm’s admission-based, multi-attraction model in Massachusetts, though Alyson’s specific combination of overnight lodging and weddings is unique among the orchards researched across all four states in this project.
One of the more distinctive and directly useful details in this record: Alyson’s explicitly welcomes leashed dogs, with the expectation that owners clean up after them. That stands in direct contrast to the majority of orchards researched in Massachusetts and Connecticut, several of which explicitly ban dogs for food-safety or sanitary reasons (Connors Farm, Lookout Farm, and Bashista Orchards among them). For a visitor who wants to bring a pet along, this is a specific, checkable reason to consider Alyson’s over farms with stricter pet policies.
Paula Red, Ginger Gold, and Sansa are all early-ripening apples, similar to the early-season picks confirmed at other New England orchards like Mad Tom Orchard in Vermont (which names the same three) and Tougas Family Farm in Massachusetts (which also grows Sansa). Their presence as the current-picking varieties suggests this record reflects an early point in the fall season; whether mid-season or late-season apples are available later isn’t confirmed here.
Because the orchard doubles as a lodging and event venue, a visitor’s experience here could plausibly extend well beyond a simple picking stop — potentially including a tavern meal or, for those planning ahead, an overnight stay. The record doesn’t specify whether PYO access requires any special arrangement given the venue’s other uses (weddings, in particular, could affect availability on a given weekend), so checking ahead for any event-related closures is a reasonable precaution not explicitly covered here.
No PYO pricing is confirmed, and no explicit 2026 season-start or season-end date is available — only the current-picking snapshot naming three early varieties.
Alyson’s Orchard offers a genuinely larger-scale, hospitality-driven experience than most orchards in this research, with an unusually welcoming leashed-dog policy and a confirmed early-season variety lineup. Because the property also hosts weddings and overnight guests, calling (603) 756-9800 ahead of a visit is a reasonable step to confirm PYO access isn’t affected by another event that day.
Early fall, based on the farm's own current-picking update naming Paula Red, Ginger Gold, and Sansa — all early-season varieties.
you're looking for a simple, no-frills picking stop — this is a 350-acre operation with lodging, a wedding venue, and a tavern layered on top.
As of the page checked, Paula Red, Ginger Gold, and Sansa — the farm's own site stated it was 'picking Paula reds, ginger golds, and sansa!'
350 acres, per the record — a working orchard that also functions as a lodging and wedding venue.
Yes — Alyson's explicitly welcomes leashed dogs, with cleanup expected, the opposite policy of most Massachusetts and Connecticut orchards researched, which ban pets outright.
9am-5pm daily, per the record.
Yes — the farm operates as a lodging and wedding venue with an orchard tavern, per the record.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily. 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.
Paula Red, Ginger Gold, Sansa — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
57 Alyson's Lane, Walpole, NH 03608, in Cheshire County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Monadnock Region.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
alysonsorchard.com
Checked September 2026.