Jackson's Orchard & Nursery

Our take

What the record confirms

Jackson’s Orchard & Nursery sits at 1280 Slim Island Road in Bowling Green, Warren County — a farm the research notes describe as more than 105 years old and about 105 acres, positioned on one of the county’s higher points. The scale is notable: an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 apple, peach, and cherry trees, per the research notes. The phone number on file is (270) 781-5303, and the site is jacksonsorchard.com. General hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday through Saturday, with Sunday closed.

The season runs mid-April to mid-November, with a built-in break

The record confirms an operating season stretching from mid-April to mid-November, but with a documented gap in the middle: a “June Break,” during which the farm closes for a stretch each year. For 2026 specifically, the record notes this break falls May 26 through June 10. That’s a useful planning detail on its own — it signals this isn’t a farm open straight through the growing season, and anyone considering a late-May or early-June visit for any reason (not apples, obviously, since apples aren’t in season then) should know the gate may simply be closed.

No confirmed U-Pick apple date — and a missing varieties list

This is the honest gap in the record: despite the long season window, there’s no specific date given for when U-Pick apples open in 2026, and no list of apple varieties grown here. The record notes that a “2026 JO Varieties List” PDF was referenced on the orchard’s own site but wasn’t accessible for extraction during this research, so it’s possible that information exists and simply wasn’t captured rather than not existing at all. Anyone planning a trip around a particular variety, or wanting confirmation that apples are actually ready to pick on a given date, should call (270) 781-5303 rather than assume based on the general season window.

The one dated event: Apple Fest over Labor Day Weekend

The record does confirm one specific 2026 date: an Apple Fest held over Labor Day Weekend, September 4-6. That’s a concrete, checkable data point even though it isn’t explicitly tied to U-Pick apple availability in the record — it’s reasonable to read this as the farm’s marquee fall event, and likely the point in the season where the orchard is drawing its biggest crowds, corn maze and hayride included.

What else is on site

Beyond apples, the record lists a corn maze, a hayride, a petting zoo, and guided farm tours as confirmed activities — a fuller slate of fall-farm programming than some orchards in this file offer. A cider mill is also confirmed, though cider donuts specifically are marked as not offered (the record lists this field as false rather than unknown, which is a more definite negative than most of the null fields elsewhere in this record). Descriptive color from a local B&B blog and a travel roundup — used here only for flavor, not as confirmed fact — is consistent with the farm’s own family-fun framing, but neither source adds confirmed dates or numbers beyond what the orchard’s own site states.

Bottom line for planning

Jackson’s Orchard is a large, long-established operation with real infrastructure — corn maze, hayride, petting zoo, guided tours, cider mill — and a confirmed Labor Day Weekend Apple Fest to build a trip around. What it doesn’t offer, at least in this record, is a confirmed U-Pick apple start date or variety list, so anyone whose trip depends specifically on picking a particular apple variety on a particular day should call ahead and ask about that still-unseen 2026 varieties list before making the drive to Bowling Green.