Very well organized. Apples were amazing and the lady that charged us was really warm and helpful. Loved everything about it, including the slushies!!! Will be back. read more

Made my first trip to Sweetland Orchard with a few friends this past weekend and we had such a great time! It was a very unique orchard experience. We had ordered a tasting kit which had a large variety of food and drinks to try! We had the Cider Tasting Kit with additional add ons, such as the, Apple Tasting Kit, Heirloom Apple Tasting Kit, Odenthal's Jalapeno and Cheddar Beef Sticks, Shepherd's Way Friesago Cheese, Sweetland Orchard Cider Donuts, Sweatband Orchard Farm Bread Picnic Loaf, and the Vikings and Goddesses Apple Carmel Hand Pie's. Kits are available if you place your order at lease 12 hours in advance. If you do not order a kit, there are items available for purchase as well. You are free to roam to roam the orchard and enjoy all there is to offer. The setting was just the perfect spot for fall, with colored trees around and rolling hills. We brought our kit our to the orchard and had a picnic. We brought a quilt to sit on (there are some picnic tables available, but it is probably wise to bring a quilt to lay down to sit on just in case there are no tables available). Everything was incredibly delicious and I am planning to get back there again soon! It is dog friendly! I love when places allow dogs, it is but probably best to bring your dog only if it will not disrupt other guests or the animals that are on site (chickens, pigs, etc.). read more

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We've been coming here for years and always look forward to it as a relaxing and tasty fall activity. We love the small, family-owned business feel and how family friendly it is! We first took our daughter when she was 3 weeks old and have been back with her several times. It's so fun to see her run around, see the pigs, and eat the cider donuts! read more

Sweetland Orchard - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Webster, Minnesota

After reading the positive reviews about Sweetland we were inspired to add them to our list of orchards to visit. Unfortunately our experience was not what we expected. We had done our Yelpsearch about Sweetland ahead of time. We also checked their website and Facebook page. We made reservations a few weeks ahead of time as requested and were excited to make the trip to visit. The night before we had planned to make our trip, kudos to my wife for rechecking, we noticed they had changed their hours and would not be open. The good news is this saved us an hour drive for nothing. The unfortunate part is even though we had made a reservation on line, we received no notice about the change of hours. We did send an email to confirm their change of hours and thank you to the owners as they did reply to confirm the change. This change did not work for our schedule so we were not able to visit when we had planned. A few weeks later we thought we would try again. We made the trip south. Its a nice drive and as we turned down the road to the orchard we were greeted by a long line of parked cars. This was as busy of an orchard as we have been to. Considering they are outside of the metro area, this could be a good sign. We parked and made the walk into their orchard. No question this was the most scenic orchard we have been to. Not very large but a comfortable feeling. If you had a reservation for their tasting kits you were directed to one area. If you were just there to shop, you were directed to a different line. The lines led to a barn opening where the kits were handed out and where you could do your shopping. Personally we like to be able to go into a little shop to see the apples, cider and other goodies however it was a very nice fall day so we didn't mind standing in line outside. They don't have a lot of extra goodies. They have apples, cider, hard cider, then local some local cheese and meats. Sounds like they also had apple doughnuts however when it was our turn to purchase they were out of doughnuts. While we were disappointed, it turned out better that way. The young man that helped us picked out our apples and cider for us. He was helpful and friendly however again it would have been nice to do this ourselves. The apples were decent sized and good. The cider is probably the best cider we have had. Very fresh and flavorful. The hard cider was also good and refreshing. Overall a good experience. Could have been worse had we made the trip and arrived at a closed orchard. Really enjoyed the scenic setting on a beautiful fall day. I could see us returning to pick up some more cider again. read more

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Sweetland is one of my favorite orchards near the cities! We love going and reserving the hard apple cider tasting kit, which comes with pretty generous portions. Also you can add things into it, like hand pies (YUM) donuts (YUM) and local cheeses (YUM) and they box it up with a cutting board and knife so you can take it into the apple fields! Such a fun and chill time. We also got the apple tasting kit, which didn't seem super worth the price, as it was just 5 apples labeled. Lastly, they now have pigs at the farm you can visit! Super cute! read more

Sweetland Orchard - Piggies on the farm! Throw them an apple - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Webster, Minnesota

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Fantastic! Quality and donuts as well as a nice variety of hard ciders. It was very nice to drink cider and wander the orchard.

Borealis desert wine wins 5 stars for taste!! Best desert wine we've had. We first tasted desert wine made just West of Corvallis Oregon. That was 12 years ago. Borealis rocks!!!! read more

I have no kids, and personally do not enjoy, not even a little tiny bit, going to orchards with sticky cotton candy, pumpkin themed playgrounds, and live bands singing "The Farmer in the Dell" while I try and satisfy my midwestern girl cravings for some sweet apple picking. I wanna pick in peace! I don't want to wait in lines for apple donuts, and I don't want to use an overcrowded bathroom, and I don't want to park a mile away to get my face on some hard cider. So when Yelp told me I was near a small family-owned orchard on our drive through "SoMinn" we couldn't turn around fast enough. A leisurely drive to southern MN from the Cities is about an hour and some, and is always, always worth the trip. There were about 10 cars in their little lot as we pulled in (right outside of their farmhouse) and the owner's dad was ushering us into our spot, how sweet. We talked with him for a bit about the story of their orchard, how his kids bought the place 2 years ago and have turned it into a booming cider business. In fact, he and his wife move onto the property for 3 months each year to help with the process. As we talked, their border collie came to us wanting to play, followed by some very persistent chickens. They have apples and pears for sale inside their super cute barn, as well as a small selection of pastries, pressed ciders, cheeses, and dogwood coffee (they take credit cards too!). The best part, however, was their FREE tasting of all their hard ciders. The tasting wasn't rushed, and included a generous pour of each of their varieties (7 in total?) and their bartender was incredibly friendly and raved about the orchard and it's owners. My favorite was their Ice Cider (a liqueur) and the Scrumpy Original hard cider. Someone even brought in a fresh bottle to test as a group that they had just finished making a few minutes before - we all agreed it needed a little work, but how fun to be included in that! We felt like part of the family. This isn't a pick-your-own orchard, be we were encouraged to walk around and take an apple to snack on. They told us that they don't use pesticides of any kind (which you can totally tell by the way the ciders taste), and the grounds are tended to by hand, not by machines, so the ground is a bit uneven and wild, but that only added to the charm. We found some picnic benches scattered throughout and enjoyed the early fall afternoon, as should you. read more

Sweetland Orchard - The front of the tasting barn. - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Webster, Minnesota

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Guys. Ya'll need to get to this place like right now! Looking for an orchard with child friendly activities like hay rides and petting zoos? You won't find that here. What you will find is a cute, small farm with a small tasting room for their cider (hard and not), and other things like cheese, pies, squash from their garden, etc. When we pulled in the driveway was pretty full, but despite looking crowded it actually was not! As we strolled down to the barn, we were greeted by the dad of one of the owners. He chatted with us as we walked down to the barn and told us to enjoy ourselves. In the barn there are various things - cider tasting towards the back, apple sampling, local cheese in a cooler. Apparently they usually have things like cider donuts and apple pies too, but they were all sold out when we got there! The cider is superb. We tasted them all from driest to sweetest while the wife/owner explained the ciders to us. There were some I liked more than others but overall they were very good. To bring home we ended up buying a mixed 4 pack (2 each of the cherry-rhubarb and scrumpy sweet), their Northern Spy, and a bottle of the Borealis (just released the week before, an ice cider). We also grabbed a couple of the honey nut squash. After tasting we went down to the orchard (with some fresh cider of course) and just wandered around. Feel free to snag an apple and snack on it while you do. They have picnic tables spread throughout the orchard if you want to sit and chill out. After our wander through the orchard, we came back and sat at a picnic table near the barn and enjoyed more cider. Fed our apple remnants to the super cute chickens that patrol the yard. This will definitely be a yearly trip for us, I think! Friendly owners, a very laid back and relaxing atmosphere, delicious apples and cider. Beats the heck out of every other orchard I've been to! read more

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Have you ever went to an orchard to pick apples, only to arrive to a crowd of parents with strollers, children petting goats, people making funny faces in cardboard cutouts of pumpkins, and truck beds full of hay bales pulling the entire Brady Bunch through fields? Sweetland Orchard is not that. We drove down the dirt road to arrive at a small farm with about 3 other cars parked. We went to the visitor barn and chatted with the gals about what was ripe for picking. They gave us each a basket and a hand drawn map and we headed out into a massive and dense forest of apple trees. There was one other group (family of 4) that we ran into on the paths, but otherwise the only thing to be seen was trees and the only thing to be heard was birds. We filled our baskets with Sweet Sixteens and Chestnut Crabs (my two favorites) until we could barely hold them anymore. Back at the barn there was hot coffee, hot apple cider, and apple cider donuts. We sat and had a snack, played with the dog, and chatted with Gretchen (one of the owners). Before leaving we picked up a couple cartons of apple cider from the cooler. Sweetland Orchard is a magical place to just relish fall and the process of picking apples. They have a great variety of apples and they'll let you taste them all beforehand so you know what you'd like to pick. I also have to add that I went to Mike's (one of the owners) cider retrospective at Kopplin's and it was great. He knows his stuff, and learning about apples, running an orchard, and the differences in cider batches is extremely interesting. This is truly a family who loves what they do and they do it well. So if you want to get away from it all, and spend a nice relaxing time in nature picking some apples to bring home, don't bother with any other orchard. Sweetland is all you need. read more

I love visiting Sweetland each fall. They have a great orchard that you can walk through, picnic tables to stop at for lunch, and tasty ciders. The free sampling of cider and apples never hurts! read more

Best kept secret in Minnesota. My experience was similar to previous reviewers....we were met by the family and felt right at home. Fletcher the dog kept bringing back his pinecone for us to throw. We were invited to take a walk through the orchard which we did. It's not a pick-your-own type of place but they have apples to buy that are the varieties in season. They also have apple cider doughnuts (yum!), apple pie, apple butters, and what you really should come here for is... HARD CIDER. We took the tour which I loved, very informative and if you want to know more about brewing you should definitely do this. My new favorite beverage is their Whippersnapper - a must try!! Be sure to check out their website before visiting! We tried to visit a second time later in the fall but they were sold out. I was bummed but happy that they have become popular enough to sell out! read more

Red apples. Green apples. Yellow apples. Apple donuts. Apple juice. Apple cider. Apple pie... I'm starting to feel like Bubba Blue (that's right, a Forrest Gump reference!). Seriously, though, Sweetland was awesome. After a beautiful 45-minute autumn drive from my house, we were greeted by a pleasant older gent who genuinely seemed happy to meet visitors. Immediately a friendly, way-to-preoccupied-with-sticks dog begged me to play fetch. We proceeded with some apple and pie sampling (and donut purchasing), and headed out to get our apples. Surprisingly, this activity that seemed to me somewhat trivial was incredibly fun (and delicious). It's been two weeks, and we're still having fresh apples, apple pie, and apple cider. As other Yelpers point out, what makes Sweetland great is perhaps what they don't have... namely a circus atmosphere and ridiculous pricing. It seems many of the other orchards charge more than double for what we got (and some even charge for parking), and are overrun with kids and farm animals. No thank you. Sweetland was great, and the owners really go out of their way to make people feel welcome. We'll definitely be back next year. read more

This place is charming and full of personality! The owners are such sweet, welcoming people and the entire orchard is adorable- complete with chickens roaming around, and two dogs with apples in their mouths trying to convince visitors to play fetch. The cidery is a hodge podge of old school equipment and DIY equipment (in a good way!), and the tour while short was cool to those of us who love hard cider and brewing! The tour was followed up by a tasting with the owners. How often do you get to taste the ciders with the guy who actually made them? While we only purchased hard cider, the fruit looked beautiful and delicious as well. I also wished I hadn't eaten breakfast before visiting, because the apple cider donuts looked amazing! I will be trying one on my next visit! read more

What a nice place. Despite the dreary weather, the kids and I ventured out to Sweetland Orchard to try our luck at some good apple picking. We were not let down. I'll note first that the orchard was a little confusing, however that did not deter from what a wonderful orchard it is. Trees, trees, trees; all well cared for and most teaming with apples ready to be plucked. This place is almost picturesque, or maybe I really dig independent apple farms. The orchard is not large and a bit out of the way, but word must be getting out because there were a pretty good amount of people coming and going through the orchard. I would say its likely due to the great apples (as noted) and the personable staff; friendly and informative. There are also of course plenty of apple slices to sample. Just watch out for the bees, as is normal at an orchard. Not many know this, but the owner is trying out organic insect spray; that in itself sells me on this place. He's not certified yet as a organic grower as he works on getting the correct balance of spray on the trees. All the apple were looked over by the staff at checkout to make sure there were no insects in the apples. Apparently a certain type of bug gets past the organic spray or something sometimes. I was impressed by the attentiveness. I certainly cant wait until this next fall. read more

Absolutely love this orchard, they make incredible ciders and have a beautiful atmosphere, I definitely recommend!!!

This year was my first visit to Sweetland, and it's my new favorite in the Twin Cities area (though it's a ways out of town...). Nice selection of interesting apples, of course, including the Prairie Spies I've come to love.. Their cider was a very welcome surprise. I'm not ordinarily that big fan of apple cider, but these were all at least interesting, and some remarkable. Give Sweetland a try. read more

Nice 1/2 day trip from the cities. Enough space to walk around and social distance. Bought a donut and hot apple cider and walked around the orchard. It was very nice. read more

The most rustic and charming experience! We did the cider and apple tasting and it was so wonderful! It was paired with a guide describing each cider's history and taste. The tasting experience was put together wonderfully considering covid and everything was packed in a basket and sealed in little mason jars. The apple turnover was splendid. Absolutely reccomend. read more

A beautiful venue and gracious hosts. The safety precautions in place were spot on. Tastings were self driven. They are provided to you by a picnic basket and table reserved in the orchard. Ciders were wonderful as always. A great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. read more

Sweetland is a must visit! All staff was extremely friendly. We tasted around 10 different ciders from the bar. We ended leaving with 5 different ciders. This place is great family stop when your out picking apples in the area. Love this place, will come back again. Make sure to get some apple donuts! read more

Super Cute place. It reminded me of the Red Barn Pizza Farm. They had a bean bag game set up and a awesome boarder collie "Fletcher" that loved to play catch with pine cones that the kids loved to play with while we sampled ciders inside the barn. My favorite was the Northern Spy a 'champagne cider'. We also picked up a frozen 'take and bake' pie made from my favorite bakery: Sun Street Breads, which I can't wait to throw in the oven. The owners were very friendly and hospitable. It was like stopping by a friends house. Loved it - I almost hate to review it in fear that too many people will go. ;) read more

Great family experience for us on a Sunday afternoon. We enjoyed the chickens, pigs, orchards, fire, and nature with our daughter, and got to sample some delicious ciders! The owners are super friendly and welcoming and the experience was very laid back, family oriented, simple, peaceful. Thanks so much for a great afternoon and amazing apples and ciders. read more

It was great! All about the apples and the donuts were delicious! The family that owns it is very nice. Can't wait to go back next year!

Super quaint. Everyone is so friendly. Quote of the day . " I just love seeing all the happy girlfriends here"

I like to browse their web site to look at pictures and to get a peek into the whole orchard lifestyle. About time for a new post I think!