Join us on Labor Day Monday as we celebrate the most prized apple from our orchard - the Honeycrisp Apple! Honeycrisp apples grown in our orchard are even better and sweeter than their grocery store counterparts. Perfectly crisp, juicy, with a watermelon-like crunch, come find out why this apple is so popular! Make your way over to the U-Pick Apple Shed (next to the Cider Mill) to enjoy the festivities, including special pricing on U-Pick honeycrisp apples, free samples of honeycrisp apples and our Honeycrisp sweet cider, and a visit from the Apple Queen! In the Cider Mill, watch as [...]

We kick off our 2024 season celebrating the apple harvest and the end of summer with two weekends of our CIDER & SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL!

Join us for an extra-special, adult only evening of apple picking paired with a guided tasting of Vala’s most exclusive farmcrafted hard ciders.   Join us at the U-Pick Apple Shed (located near the Cider Mill), where you will load onto a tractor ride out to our beautiful orchard led by our Ag Director, who will talk about Vala’s orchard and apple growing in Nebraska. From there, our Orchard Hosts will greet you with your first pour and introduce you to the evening’s lineup of delicious orchard-based ciders. Enjoy an at-your-own-pace tasting, including our brand new award-winning Autumn’s Harvest and [...]