APPLE PICKING &
GREAT ORCHARD'S ACTIVITIES
We are conveniently located on Route 147 between Sherbrooke and Coaticook! Our friendly staff is ready to welcome you in English, and we offer a wide range of attractions and amenities to make your visit unforgettable:
- A covered terrace overlooking the Coaticook Valley and its mountains.
- 9,000 dwarf apple trees.
- 21 apple varieties, including 12 new ones. We are creators of new apple varieties.
- A unique U-pick experience, whether for a family outing or a romantic getaway.
- We have a car equipped with a lift platform, allowing wheelchair users to enjoy a ride through the orchard.
- We offer 3 packages guided tour (on reservation)
- Apple pies, turnovers, cookies, chips, juice, pastries, and jelly.
- Local specialty shop
- A safe playground with an adjacent picnic area.
- An apple interpretation trail accredited by Tourisme Québec.
- Don't miss our Giant Apple Pie on special occasions!
- We press our juice on-site. Watch our press in action!
From August to October, we post the apple varieties currently available for U-pick on our Facebook page:
PLAYGROUND AREA &
Giant sandbox - Excavator
PICNIC AREA
Tables or Adirondack chairs
OUTDOOR TERRACE
180-degree view
INTERPRETIVE TRAIL
The Wise Apples
SLUSH & ICE CREAM
Apple flavour
PICNIC BASKETS
Create and enjoy on-site!
LOCAL SPECIALTY SHOP
Featuring over 20 producers
GUIDED TOUR
By reservation
Playground Area
For children, we offer a safe playground with traditional swings and slides, as well as a giant sandbox with Tonka trucks. We also have unique play equipment, like our McCormick tractor, safely transformed for children's play! And our latest addition: a real, kid-sized excavator that actually works! Your kids will have a blast! Come relax in the orchard while the little ones have fun!
Take a foodie break!
A BREATHTAKING VIEW AWAITS YOU
Come grab a bite at Verger Le Gros Pierre and enjoy our designated picnic areas and our terrace! Take a snack break and indulge in our sweet treats: ice cream, pies, turnovers, cookies, chips, pastries, and
more!
For a meal, bring your own picnic and enhance it with our gourmet products: cold cuts, terrines, sausages, and cheeses, all available in our boutique. Don’t forget to check out our refreshing selection of juices
and ciders!
You can even customize your "Benne Gourmande," a wooden basket filled with your favorite products!
Feelin' thirsty?
HOT & COLD APPLE BEVERAGES :
SLUSH • JUICE • CIDER MUST
Refreshing & Hot apple beverages that will delight both young and old!
Enjoy the terrace and the playgrounds for kids.
Fun times in Compton!
AVAILABLE IN THE BOUTIQUE: APPLE-BASED ALCOHOLS
CIDER, BEER
& APPLE CIDZLER
In partnership with Microbrasserie Hop Station in Coaticook, enjoy the surprising apple beer, crafted from our 100% natural apple juice and aged in Chardonnay barrels. Also, discover the Cidzler, a refreshing alcoholic beverage made with 1% malt alcohol and orchard-fresh apple juice from the last apples of the season. Lightly sweet with a delicate apple aroma, it’s the perfect thirst-quencher! Our boutique also offers a selection of ciders from Cidrerie de Compton, Cidrerie du Minot, and Domaine du Petit Saint-Joseph.
Apple ice cream
TRY OUR EXCLUSIVE APPLE FLAVOR ON-SITE!
Discover our refreshing and creamy apple ice cream! Made on-site with the famous Coaticook ice cream and our delicious, 100% natural apples from Verger Le Gros Pierre.
Apple varieties
21 APPLE VARIETIES AVAILABLE FROM LATE JULY TO MID-OCTOBER.
We have 12 exclusive new varieties and 9 traditional apples.
TO SEE ALL 21 VARIETIES, CHECK OUT OUR FRENCH PAGE: