SILOAM  ORCHARDS

 7300 3RD Concession Uxbridge, Ontario . Canada  L9P-1R1-  only 45 min from downtown Toronto.

mail@siloamorchards.com

   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

Canada's largest collection of heirloom, disease resistant and cider apple trees, winter hardy heirlooms for harsh climates, also redfleshed apples for Canadian growers Please inquire about any variety not listed, we may have it in our collection or have access to it. Custom grafting service available to preserve your own tree or for bulk orders of rare varieties and cider apples

  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

Information For Fruit Growers/Books/Getting Started/Pruning/Pest Control/Grafting/Cider Making/Organic Growing/Thinning the Fruit Crop/Fruit Storage/Cold Climate Fruit Growing

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS 

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