One of the longest-running u-pick seasons in this research batch, stretching from May strawberries through October pumpkins, with apples taking over from mid-August — timing here is unusually well-documented, though it's explicitly labeled approximate by the orchard itself.
Specific bag pricing is on the orchard's own "2026 UPICK PRICING/DATES" PDF, which was not opened during this research pass
Garwood Orchard & Farm Market sits at 5911 W 50 S in LaPorte, LaPorte County. U-pick hours run 9am-2:30pm Friday through Sunday, with the last wagon departing at 1:45pm; the farm market itself is open 9am-6pm daily. Both the address and phone (219-362-4385) are confirmed. The orchard’s own site, read September 2, 2026, explicitly states its 2026 dates are approximate — a level of upfront honesty about scheduling uncertainty that’s worth noting and respecting rather than treating any single date here as locked in stone.
The record draws a distinction worth repeating: October 31, 2026 is the directly-quoted, more reliable season-end date from the site. The August 15 apple-specific start date, by contrast, is derived from the site’s own monthly availability breakdown — showing when apples specifically (as opposed to the strawberries, and presumably other stone fruit, that open the broader season) come into pickable range — rather than a sentence on the page that literally says “apples start August 15.” Treat the closing date as solid and the opening date as a well-reasoned estimate.
What makes Garwood distinctive is the sheer length of its u-pick calendar: strawberries in late May, moving fruit-by-fruit through the summer, with apples taking over as the headline crop from mid-to-late August and pumpkins closing things out in October. Few other orchards in this Indiana research batch run anything close to a five-month u-pick season — most focus narrowly on a fall apple window. If you’re the kind of visitor who likes returning to the same farm across a whole season rather than making a single fall trip, Garwood’s calendar supports that in a way most peers here don’t.
The record notes Garwood explicitly markets to photographers and school groups — a specific niche not emphasized by most other Indiana orchards researched here. That’s a small but telling detail: it suggests a farm that’s thought about visitors beyond the standard family-with-kids picking trip, whether that means accommodating tripods and group shoots or structured educational visits. If either applies to you, it’s worth mentioning when you call.
The one real information gap here is pricing. The orchard maintains a “2026 UPICK PRICING/DATES” PDF on its own site, but it wasn’t opened during this research pass, so no bag prices appear in this record. Given the site’s overall transparency about approximate dates, it’s reasonable to expect that PDF holds genuinely current 2026 numbers — but confirm by pulling it up yourself or calling ahead.
Garwood Orchard & Farm Market offers one of the longest, best-documented u-pick seasons in this research batch, with a confirmed October 31 close and a reasonably well-supported mid-August apple start. Its own site is refreshingly upfront that these dates are approximate, so plan with some flexibility, and pull up the orchard’s pricing PDF directly since this record didn’t capture those numbers.
The orchard's site labels apples as ripening mid-to-late August through late October, within a broader u-pick window the site itself calls approximate. Season end is confirmed as October 31, 2026.
Weekend-only u-pick hours (Fri-Sun) with a last-wagon cutoff of 1:45pm suggest this is a scheduled, wagon-dependent operation rather than a walk-in-anytime one, so arriving early on a weekend is likely wise.
you need exact bag pricing in advance — that's on the orchard's '2026 UPICK PRICING/DATES' PDF, which wasn't opened during this research.
October 31, 2026 — this is the more reliable, directly-quoted figure from the orchard's own site.
The site's monthly availability breakdown points to apples ripening mid-to-late August through late October, within a broader May 26-October 31 u-pick window that covers other fruit too.
9am-2:30pm Friday through Sunday, with the last wagon out at 1:45pm. The farm market runs 9am-6pm daily.
Specific bag pricing is on the orchard's own '2026 UPICK PRICING/DATES' PDF, which wasn't opened during this research.
Yes — the u-pick season runs fruit-by-fruit from strawberries in late May through pumpkins in October, with apples as the headline fall crop. The farm also hosts school tours and markets to photographers.
August 15 – October 31, 2026. Fri-Sun (u-pick); daily (market). Hours: U-pick 9am-2:30pm Fri-Sun (last wagon 1:45pm); market 9am-6pm daily.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Specific bag pricing is on the orchard's own "2026 UPICK PRICING/DATES" PDF, which was not opened during this research pass
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
5911 W 50 S, LaPorte, IN 46350, in LaPorte County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Northwest Indiana.
We track 4 orchards in Northwest Indiana, 4 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 78 days against a regional average of 75, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
What sets it apart locally: it has a farm market or store, which most Northwest Indiana orchards on our list do not.
There is 1 other orchard we track in LaPorte County. All Northwest Indiana orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
garwoodapplefarm.com
Checked September 2026.