Things to Do in Charlottesville – Go to an Orchard

Go local.

In this case, local strawberries at Chiles Orchard in Crozet.

These are some of the orchards in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna and Greene:

And besides, spending an hour or so with the family is a much ore fulfilling experience than going to the grocery store. Right?

Thanks to BuyLocalVirginia.org, these are some of the orchards in Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson:

• Carter Mountain Orchard
• Chiles Peach Orchard
• Dickie Brothers Orchard
• Drumheller’s Orchard
• Fitzgerald’s Orchard
• Flippin-Seaman, Inc.
• Fruit Hill Orchard
• Henley’s Orchard
• Saunders Brothers Farm Market
• Seamans’ Orchard
• Silver Creek Orchards
• Spring Valley Orchard
• The Apple Shed
• Vintage Virginia Apples

Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes at RealCentralVA, RealCrozetVA and AgentGenius.