A Mequon u-pick with a genuine flower-field draw, undercut by a real conflict between its own site and a third-party guide over what hours it actually keeps.
Gierach Orchards, about 30 minutes north of Milwaukee in Mequon, pairs pick-your-own apples with a genuinely distinct add-on: a u-pick flower field and sunflower maze that the record describes as a newer draw for the farm. The one real problem with this record is that its two sources disagree about something as basic as operating hours, which is worth knowing before you plan a trip around a specific arrival time.
This is worth stating plainly rather than papering over: Gierach’s own website lists hours as Monday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm, and Sunday, noon to 4pm. A separate 2026 fall-activities guide from a different site lists Monday through Saturday, 9am to 5pm, and Sunday, noon to 5pm — a full hour longer on both ends. Neither source is obviously wrong, and it’s possible the farm’s own site is simply out of date, or that the guide is describing an earlier or later point in the season. Either way, this record doesn’t pick a winner, and neither should you without a call first — 262-236-5506.
The record confirms both u-pick and pre-picked apples are offered at Gierach, though no specific varieties are named — so there’s no way from this record alone to say whether a given weekend will have Honeycrisp, McIntosh, or anything else ready. What is distinct here is the flower operation: a pick-your-own flower field and a sunflower maze, described in the research notes as a newer addition to what was previously more of a straightforward apple-and-peach operation. That combination — genuine flower picking alongside fruit — isn’t universal among the Milwaukee-area orchards in this research batch, and it’s a reasonable draw on its own even setting the apples aside.
According to the record’s research notes, Gierach typically runs a pick-your-own peach season before apples open in early September. That’s a useful bit of regional context if you’re timing multiple visits to the same farm across a season — the same orchard, two different fruits, at two different points in the summer and fall.
Beyond the hours conflict, there’s quite a bit missing: no 2026 season-start or season-end date, no pricing for apples or admission, no named apple varieties, and no confirmation either way on a cider mill or cider donuts. None of that should be assumed one way or the other — it’s simply not present in the sources reviewed for this record.
Gierach Orchards is at 9616 W. Bonniwell Road in Mequon, Ozaukee County, part of the Milwaukee-area cluster of orchards in this research batch. The lat/lng on file reflects Mequon’s city center rather than a geocoded street address, so navigate by the posted address itself.
Gierach Orchards has a genuinely distinct offering in its flower field and sunflower maze, and the peach-then-apple sequencing is a useful planning note if you want to visit twice in a season. But the hours conflict between the farm’s own site and a third-party guide is a real gap in this record — call ahead before building a trip around a specific time window, and don’t assume a specific apple variety will be ready without asking directly.
Not stated with 2026 dates. The record notes the farm typically opens u-pick apples in early September, after a pick-your-own peach run earlier in the summer.
You need confirmed hours before you go — this record has an unresolved conflict between two sources.
There's a genuine conflict in the sources here. The orchard's own site lists Mon-Sat 10am-4pm and Sun 12pm-4pm, while a separate 2026 Facebook listing gives Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 12pm-5pm. Both are noted in the record rather than resolved by guessing, so call 262-236-5506 to confirm before visiting.
Both are offered — the record confirms u-pick and pre-picked apples are both available.
Yes. A pick-your-own flower field and a sunflower maze have been added alongside the fruit, a newer draw according to the record's research notes.
Not stated in the record. No specific varieties are named.
Not stated in the record — neither is confirmed nor denied.
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.
9616 W. Bonniwell Road, Mequon, WI 53097, in Ozaukee 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.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 3 of the 5 orchards we track in Milwaukee Area had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Ozaukee County. All Milwaukee Area orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
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Checked September 2026.