One of the better-documented Green Bluff farms in this batch — the orchard's own site names a live apple lineup and gives an explicit Fall Festival window of September 19 through October 31, 2026, though prices aren't posted.
Walters’ Fruit Ranch stands out in this Green Bluff batch for having the clearest, most current information of the group. Its own site was actively listing which apples were ripe on the day it was checked, rather than a stale page left over from a previous season, and its Fall Festival calendar gives an explicit 2026 date range: weekends from September 19 through October 31. That combination of a live inventory and a dated event calendar is genuinely useful for trip planning in a way most of its neighbors in this research batch aren’t.
As of late August, the confirmed varieties were Paula Red, Ginger Gold, and Early Golden — all early-season apples that typically ripen ahead of the Honeycrisp and Gala crowds. Paula Red and Ginger Gold in particular are known for a tart, bright flavor rather than the sweeter profile of mid- and late-season varieties, and neither keeps as well in storage, so they’re best treated as an eat-soon rather than a stock-up purchase. The record notes that other research found roughly 25 varieties grown across the ranch’s full season, but only these three were confirmed live on the site at read time — so if you’re visiting later in the fall, expect the lineup to have shifted, even though the record can’t say to what.
The Fall Festival runs weekends from September 19 through October 31, 2026 — a specific, dated confirmation pulled straight from the farm’s own calendar, which is rarer in this batch than it should be. If you want the fuller agritourism experience (rather than just fruit), targeting a festival weekend inside that window is your best bet, since the record doesn’t specify whether the u-pick fields or other activities operate on non-festival weekdays in the same way.
The general store is open daily, 9am to 5pm, which covers picking and shopping. The on-site cafe runs a shorter Monday-through-Thursday schedule of 11am to 5pm before expanding to match the store’s 9am-5pm hours Friday through Sunday. If ice cream or a sit-down bite is part of the plan, a weekend visit gets you the fuller cafe hours; a weekday visit means a shorter window to grab food.
Beyond fruit, the record lists a gift shop, the cafe with ice cream, feeding the sheep, and the Fall Festival itself. The sheep-feeding activity in particular sets Walters’ apart from orchards in this batch that are strictly about fruit — it reads as a farm built for a half-day family visit rather than a quick in-and-out pick. No pricing is given for any of these add-ons, so budget loosely rather than expecting a posted rate card on site.
Walters’ address is 9807 E Day Rd in Mead, just north of Spokane in the same broad Green Bluff area as several other orchards in this research batch. As with those neighbors, the lat/lng on file point to Mead’s city center rather than a geocoded street address, so navigate by the address itself. Because Walters’ has the most reliable dated information of the group, it’s a reasonable anchor to build a Green Bluff day around, with other nearby stops filled in as secondary visits.
Of the Green Bluff orchards in this batch, Walters’ gives you the most to work with: a live variety list, a dated festival calendar, and a clear split between store and cafe hours. The gap is what happens later in the season — the confirmed varieties are all early apples, and nothing in the record says what replaces them as fall goes on, so a follow-up call in September or October is still worth it if a specific later variety matters to you.
Weekends between September 19 and October 31, 2026, per the orchard's own Fall Festival calendar. That's a confirmed 2026 date, not a general seasonal estimate.
You're set on a specific late-season variety like Fuji or Pink Lady — only three early varieties are confirmed here.
Walters' is part of the same Green Bluff cluster as Beck's Harvest House, the Cherry Shack, Hansen's, and High Country Orchard, all covered in this research batch, so it fits naturally into a broader loop through the area.
Paula Red, Ginger Gold, and Early Golden are listed as currently available on the orchard's own site at the time it was checked in late August — all early-season varieties, so this list will likely grow as fall progresses, though later additions aren't confirmed in the record.
Weekends from September 19 through October 31, 2026, according to the farm's own event calendar — one of the more specific dated confirmations in this research batch.
The farm store is open daily 9am-5pm. The cafe runs shorter hours Monday through Thursday, 11am-5pm, and matches the store's 9am-5pm on Friday through Sunday.
Yes, feeding sheep is listed as an activity, alongside a gift shop, a cafe with ice cream, and the Fall Festival itself.
September 19 – October 31, 2026. Daily (store); Fall Festival weekends. Hours: Store daily 9am-5pm; Cafe Mon-Thu 11am-5pm, Fri-Sun 9am-5pm.
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.
Paula Red, Ginger Gold, Early Golden — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
9807 E Day Rd, Mead, WA 99021, in Spokane County. It is one of 6 orchards we track in Green Bluff.
We track 6 orchards in Green Bluff, 6 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 43 days against a regional average of 43, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
There are 5 other orchards we track in Spokane County. All Green Bluff orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
waltersfruitranch.com
Checked September 2026.