Center Grove Orchard, Cambridge

One of my favorite fall places to visit each year! Hadn’t been for a couple years due to COVID and was so excited to go back! Apple slushiest and kettle corn and Carmel apples…. You can’t go wrong! Had such a great time and was happy the weather held out this year. Staff super friendly and I loved feeding the baby goats. Amazing experience for all ages and highly recommend you go!

I took three of my kids to the Winter Wonderland and while it was a little too cold outside, my girls loved the royal treatment since we were the last ones there and the only ones there a bit before closing time. There were numerous photo opportunities along the story walk-through, hot cocoa available around half way, then lots of giant outdoor games like checkers, corn-hole, connect four and even a decent slide. Santa met us at a giant rocking chair for our final photo and kudos to the employees who helped me be in a few of the photos too! Definitely have to see the baby goats after the tunnel of lights, just make sure they don't try to eat your scarf, purse, or anything else they could reach!! In Spite of the freezing cold, the girls really enjoyed themselves!

I greatly enjoy bringing my kids here, but the price is really high, and be prepared to shell out more to feed the animals, for drinks and food. However, despite the price, the Orchard is clean and there is a lot to do and we rarely spend less than 5 hours here. We like riding the train, the hay rides, petting the animals, the GIGANTIC corn pit with a tractor slide, the corn maze, the bounce pillows and such more! If you have never been here, I highly recommend planning a day here.

The price is steep. Especially on the weekends, and even more so if you don't buy in advance. The extra convenience fee added to each ticket that I had to print myself was annoying and half the cost of another ticket. There was a lot to look at, and it's easy to get your steps in for the day. You'll want to be there earlier in the day when they still have two tractors running otherwise you will be waiting twenty plus minutes for a very crowded ride. The sunflower field is pretty, and the sight of so many beautiful blossoms smiling back at you as you pull up is very uplifting. The large straw pyramid gives you a great view of the pumpkin patch and surrounding activities. It's a shame the train was still out of service. The items in the store are definitely gift shop priced. My 10 year old had fun and made a new friend, and my 17 year old enjoyed the day out with her boyfriend. It helped that I was able to leave an adult with the 10 year old at the kids activities, but that means I missed out on a romantic photo in the sunflowers with my husband. *sigh* better luck next year I guess.

I am now missing limbs. I knew they had started charging to enter and pick apples and/or pumpkins, a previously free thing. But I did not know that they had started charging arm & a leg prices! The price of admission was even more expensive at the gate than the price listed online. How is this even affordable for parents with multiple children over 3??? $22 per person to enter?? The worst part is that they're charging barnyard prices to everyone, including people who can't or won't even use the barnyard (corn pool, slide, etc). I used to love coming here. I am now taking my business elsewhere. Their cider isn't even that good anyway!