The century-old Erwin Orchards, rebranded as Blake's Lyon Township — but the site itself showed a 'reopens spring 2026' banner at the same time its u-pick page listed an August 7 start, so confirm current hours by phone before visiting.
u-pick fruit weighed and paid for on departure; $20 minimum purchase per Blake's u-pick page
Blake’s Lyon Township sits at 61475 Silver Lake Rd in South Lyon, Oakland County — and the record makes a point of explaining its history: this property operated independently for over 100 years as Erwin Orchards before being acquired and folded into the Blake Farms brand under its current name. That’s a genuinely useful thing to know for anyone who grew up visiting “Erwin Orchards” and might otherwise assume it closed rather than simply changed hands. The record cross-references a 2026 Oakland County Moms article explicitly titled “Erwin Orchards Cider Mill – NOW BLAKE’S” against Blake’s own Lyon Township page to confirm the rebrand.
The phone number on file is 248-437-0150 and the website is blakefarms.com/blakes-south-lyon. General hours are listed as 9am to 5pm, with no specific days-open pattern recorded.
Like Blake’s Armada flagship covered elsewhere in this file, u-pick fruit here is weighed and paid for on departure, with the same $20 minimum purchase applying. The four apple varieties named — Ginger Gold, Zestar, Paula Red, and Early Jonathan — are identical to those listed for Armada, all early-season apples typically ready in late summer. The u-pick start date here is August 7, 2026, about two weeks after Armada’s July 23 start, which tracks with this being a slightly different microclimate or a deliberately staggered opening across the two Blake’s properties.
This is the part worth taking seriously before planning a visit: the record found that blakefarms.com/blakes-south-lyon displayed a “reopens spring 2026” banner — language that would suggest the location is currently closed and not due back until next spring — while a separate, dedicated u-pick page on the same overall site showed an active August 7 start date for the current season. Those two pieces of information cannot both be accurate at the same time, and the research pass couldn’t determine which one reflects reality. The record’s own assessment is that the “reopens spring 2026” banner is likely stale or leftover template text rather than a true current status, but that’s a reasoned guess, not a confirmed fact, and this draft won’t pretend otherwise.
Practically, that means anyone planning a trip here should call 248-437-0150 directly rather than trusting either version of the website’s messaging. It’s a more pointed version of a caveat that shows up elsewhere in this file — several Michigan orchard sites in this research pass had pages that didn’t fully agree with each other, but this is one of the clearer, more direct contradictions.
Unlike the Armada location, this record doesn’t confirm a cider mill (cider_mill is left null rather than marked true or false), and no activities are listed beyond the u-pick apples themselves. That could mean Lyon Township is a smaller, more streamlined operation than the amenity-heavy Armada flagship — a tasting room, restaurant, and lavender market are listed for Armada but not here — or it could simply mean those details weren’t found during research. The record doesn’t distinguish between those two possibilities, so neither is claimed here.
Blake’s Armada location, the same brand’s larger flagship property, sits about an hour northeast in Macomb County, for anyone comparing what the two Blake’s sites offer under one ownership.
Blake’s Lyon Township carries a genuinely interesting local history — a century-old orchard continuing under new ownership rather than closing — and the same clear $20 u-pick pricing structure as its sister location. But the site’s own conflicting messaging about whether it’s even open right now is a real gap, not a minor detail, and it’s worth resolving with a phone call before making the drive to South Lyon.
The record lists an August 7, 2026 u-pick start with the same early varieties as Blake's flagship Armada location — Ginger Gold, Zestar, Paula Red, and Early Jonathan.
you're relying on the site's own homepage messaging, since it displayed a conflicting 'reopens spring 2026' banner alongside an active mid-season u-pick page — call 248-437-0150 to confirm current status.
Blake's Orchard & Cider Mill in Armada is the same brand's larger flagship location, roughly an hour to the northeast in Macomb County.
Yes — the record confirms this South Lyon location, at 61475 Silver Lake Rd, operated for over 100 years as the independent Erwin Orchards before being acquired and rebranded as Blake's Lyon Township at the same address.
Yes, matching Blake's Armada location: a $20 minimum purchase, with fruit weighed and paid for on departure, per Blake's u-pick page.
The record lists the same four early varieties as the Armada location: Ginger Gold, Zestar, Paula Red, and Early Jonathan.
Uncertain from the record alone — the site displayed a 'reopens spring 2026' banner on one page while a separate u-pick page showed an active August 7 start date, a contradiction the research pass could not resolve.
Not confirmed in the record — cider_mill is left null, unlike the Armada location where it's confirmed.
Opens August 7, 2026 (closing date not published). Hours: 9am-5pm.
Prices start at $20. u-pick fruit weighed and paid for on departure; $20 minimum purchase per Blake's u-pick page
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
Ginger Gold, Zestar, Paula Red, Early Jonathan — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
61475 Silver Lake Rd, South Lyon, MI 48178, in Oakland County. It is one of 5 orchards we track in Southeast Michigan.
We track 5 orchards in Southeast Michigan, 3 of which let you pick your own apples. At $20 to start this one sits right on the regional median of $20.
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Checked September 2026.