Orchard

Bauer’s Market & Garden Center is a family-owned and operated business, serving the Coulee Region and beyond for 60+ years. Area’s largest selection of fresh local apples August-March.  We work hard to provide you with the best in premium gardening products and solid advice to make your ideas bloom into beautiful creations.

Certified organic apple orchard located just outside La Crescent, Minnesota. Over 20 varieties, our apples are grown on certified organic land following organic farming methods. Available August through Oct. on-site orchard pick-up, you-pick events, and at select area markets.

Family owned since 1972, apples, ciders, baked goods and more. Open Daily from August through December.

Southwind is a 120 acre apple orchard in Dakota Minnesota. We are family owned and offer 28 apple varieties including favorites such as Honeycrisp, SweeTango, and FirstKiss. Our retail store is open from mid August through November.

A second-generation owner of Van Lin orchards since 1991, Rick Van Lin jokes he was born into the apple business. His father purchased a dairy farm on the same rolling hills in beautiful La Crescent, WI and planted the original apple trees in 1961.

Today the orchards produce more than 15 different varieties of apples from Gala and Haralson to new premium varieties including local favorite Riverbelle and ten planted acres of premium winter variety Pazazz.