A well-known Mukwonago stop famous for its baked Apple Pie in a Bag, with a pay-only-for-what-you-pick pricing model — though the 2026 dates here come from a secondhand summary, not a direct site read.
Free admission to orchard; pay only for apples picked
The Elegant Farmer, in Mukwonago in Waukesha County, is best known regionally not for u-pick apples but for its baked Apple Pie in a Bag — a signature product from the farm’s own bakery. The orchard itself charges no admission at all; instead, visitors pay only for whatever they actually pick from a claimed 12 varieties. One important caveat before anything else: the orchard’s own website blocked this research’s automated page fetch, so the dates and details here come from a secondhand web search summary rather than a direct read of the farm’s own pages.
Most u-pick orchards charge either a flat per-person admission or a per-bag rate. Elegant Farmer’s model is different: free entry to the orchard, with charges applied only to the apples you actually pick and take home. That’s a genuinely distinct pricing structure worth calling out, since it means a family that picks lightly pays less overall than at a flat-admission farm, while a family that fills several bags may end up paying comparably. No specific per-pound or per-bag rate is included in this record, so the exact cost per apple isn’t something this review can confirm.
The record notes the orchard grows 12 apple varieties but doesn’t name any of them individually. That’s a real limitation if a specific apple is the point of your visit — there’s no way from this record to confirm whether Honeycrisp, McIntosh, or any other particular variety will be available on a given weekend.
This is worth stating plainly: the September 12 through October 25, 2026, weekend window (Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-5pm) comes from a WebSearch summary of the farm’s site content, not from Sonnet reading the raw page directly — the orchard’s own website returned an access error during this research. That doesn’t mean the dates are wrong; it means they should be treated as likely rather than independently verified, and it’s worth a phone call to 262-363-6770 to confirm before planning a trip around a specific weekend, especially near either end of that window.
The farm’s bakery-made Apple Pie in a Bag is the item most associated with Elegant Farmer beyond the orchard itself, and it’s worth building a stop around even if picking isn’t the main draw. A pumpkin patch and a hayride round out the family offering, giving the farm a broader fall-outing appeal similar to several other Waukesha County stops in this research batch.
Beyond the secondhand date issue, this record has no confirmed apple pricing figures, no named varieties, no cider mill or cider donut confirmation, and no hours beyond the reported weekend 10am-5pm window. All of these gaps trace back to the same root cause: the orchard’s own site wasn’t directly readable during this research, so the record relies on a search summary rather than the farm’s raw page content.
Elegant Farmer is at 1545 Main Street in Mukwonago, Waukesha County. The lat/lng on file reflects Mukwonago’s city center rather than a geocoded street address, so navigate by the posted address itself.
Elegant Farmer’s free-admission, pay-for-what-you-pick model and its famous baked Apple Pie in a Bag make it a distinctive stop on paper, but this particular record leans more heavily than most on secondhand information rather than a direct read of the farm’s own site. Confirm dates, pricing, and variety availability by phone before treating anything here as final.
Reported (not independently verified) as weekends, September 12 through October 25, 2026, 10am-5pm. Because the orchard's own site blocked automated fetching during this research, treat these dates as likely but not confirmed firsthand.
You need firsthand-confirmed 2026 dates before committing — this record's dates come from a secondhand web summary, not a direct page read.
No — the record confirms free admission to the orchard itself. You pay only for the apples you pick, which is a notably different pricing model from many other Wisconsin u-picks.
The farm is reported to grow 12 varieties, but none are individually named in this record.
Not firsthand. The orchard's own website returned an error to direct fetching, so the September 12-October 25, 2026 weekend window comes from a secondhand web search summary rather than a page read directly by this research. Treat it as likely, not certain.
Its Apple Pie in a Bag, baked at the farm's own bakery — the record notes this is what the farm is best known for regionally, beyond the orchard itself.
Yes — a pumpkin patch and a hayride are listed as on-site activities.
September 12 – October 25, 2026. Sat-Sun. Hours: 10am-5pm.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Free admission to orchard; pay only for apples picked
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
1545 Main Street, Mukwonago, WI 53149, in Waukesha County. It is one of 5 orchards we track in Milwaukee Area.
We track 5 orchards in Milwaukee Area, 5 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.
Its season runs about 44 days against a regional average of 49, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
What sets it apart locally: it has a hayride or wagon ride, which most Milwaukee Area orchards on our list do not.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Waukesha County. All Milwaukee Area orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
elegantfarmer.com
Checked September 2026.