SILOAM ORCHARDS
7300 3RD Concession Uxbridge, Ontario . Canada L9P-1R1- only 45 min from downtown Toronto.
Phone 905-852-9418
Please follow 'B' location on Google maps
" I have never seen a reason why every farmer should not have a sugar orchard, as well as an apple orchard" . Thomas Jefferson, July 15, 1808
Directions to Siloam Orchards ( Choose location B on google maps, location A is incorrect)
Update January 3 2010 We will not have regular hours again until opening for Maple season March 20 , 2010. Advance notice is required if you are coming out to the farm prior to Maple season FRUIT TREE CUSTOMERS - All unclaimed 2009 orders have been cancelled and items returned to general inventory. Now taking orders for the spring ( April )and fall (late October ) 2010 transplanting seasons. Send in your requests by email , we will reply to confirm availability, and temporarily reserve your trees. Orders will not be officially reserved until a deposit is received. The website has now been updated. ON DECK MAPLE SYRUP DAYS !!!!!!!!!! Opening Saturday March 20 , 2010 SILOAM
ORCHARDS MAPLE SYRUP
FESTIVAL ·
Opening
date Saturday March 20 / 2010 – the 1st day of spring!!!! ·
Open
Saturdays & Sundays 9am – 4pm March 20 – April 10 ·
Easter
Sunday April 4 Giant Easter Egg Hunt in the sugar bush until 3pm ·
Self
guided walking hikes through the sugar bush and syrup making
demonstrations ·
MAPLE
TAFFY ON THE SNOW!!!!! ·
Pancakes
and barbecue until 3pm Siloam
Orchards is located on the Oak Ridges Moraine just an hours drive north
east of Toronto – not merely demonstrations but an actual functioning
sugar bush – the nearest such operation to downtown Toronto! Directions
to our location can be found at www.siloamorchards.com
905-852-9418 7300
3rd Concession Uxbridge Newmarket Farmers Market ; on Timothy St. from 8am-1pm until Oct 31 2009 www.newmarketfarmersmarket.com Uxbridge Farmers Market www.uxbridgefarmersmarket.ca now closed Markets now closed for the season AUGUST 14 Saturday , 2010 10am Bud grafting class ....learn how to bud graft your own fruit trees...we'll need a minimum number of participants to host this session, please email early if you are interested. Cost is $35.00 with a BBQ lunch included Saturday August 21 , 2010 Pick your own (Paula Red) apples opens September 25 , 26 2010 Siloam Orchards Heirloom Apple Festival Ontario Pesticide Ban Recently our provincial government has banned "cosmetic" pesticides . For info on which products are available for hobby fruit growers contact the Ministry of Environment info line 1-800-565-4923. Also have a look at www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/land/pesticides/class-pesticides.php (sorry not yet linked). This post will be updated as more info becomes available. ANNUAL CALENDAR ( seasonal hours, apple harvest and pick your own listings) under construction
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Our site is undergoing some updates, please have patience
Fruit Tree Catalogue general information and useful links Apple Tree Listing - heirloom, disease resistant, cider,redflesh Pears Cherry (sour / pie /tart cherries only) Plum and apricot are unavailable for 2009.....now taking apple, pear ,orders for fall (Nov 2009 ) , and orders for apple, pear plum, tart cherry for spring 2010 ; small quantities of fruit rootstock will be made available for Canadian hobbyists limited supply, contact us for details
ABOUT US AND THE HAMLET OF SILOAM
LINKS PAGE links to apple info, kids stuff, teaching resources, recipes
Maple Syrup Demonstrations/Giant Easter Egg Hunt/ Products/History/Recipes/Hobby Maple Syrup Production/Supplies/Common Q & A
" I think it's important not to get sidetracked from the immediate goal of having a really pleasant afternoon". Warren Zevon