Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm Guide: Hours, Picking Schedule, and Donuts
By Alexander Ross
Agritourism at Wilkens extends beyond the orchard branches. A multi-acre corn maze opens each September, carved into towering stalks on the farm's eastern slope. Designed as an interactive scavenger hunt, the maze challenges visitors to navigate dead ends, locate checkpoint stamps, and solve agricultural trivia. Most groups complete the labyrinth within 30 to 45 minutes.
When the apple harvest ends in early November, the property shuts down briefly before reopening for its winter season on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The farm holds hundreds of manicured Douglas Fir and Fraser Fir trees planted in rolling hillside tiers. Families can take a handsaw provided by the farm staff, hike the designated cutting plots, fell their own evergreen, and haul it down to mechanical baling stations.
Pre-cut trees harvested from regional partner farms stand in outdoor bays for visitors seeking a faster process. The Country Market shifts stock in December, swapping pumpkin carving kits for handcrafted Fraser fir wreaths, cemetery blankets, tree stands, and holiday ornaments. Christmas tree plots remain open until mid-December or until fields reach their sustainable cutting limit for the year.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
