Mercier Orchards

Mercier Orchards is located on Blue Ridge Drive (Highway 5) in Blue Ridge, Georgia and is approximately one and a half hours from Chattanooga in Tennessee. The family owned business was started in 1943 by Bill and Adele Mercier. The apple orchards sit in the North Georgia Mountains and visitors can come every day between 7am and 8pm.

Over 45 different varieties of apple are grown here using as few pesticides as possible and all picked by hand. From the store here customers can purchase fresh apples, bottles of cider and jars of jams and jellies as well as other products. There are now over 200 acres taken by the Mercier Orchards and school tours are welcome to learn more about the growing process and the work involved here.

Visitors can pick fruits for themselves and as well as apples there are strawberries, cherries and blueberries available at the orchards. There is also a bakery located here where customers can buy fried fruit pies, donuts, pastries and different types of bread. Breakfast is served here from 7am to 11am each day with freshly baked muffins, French toast and biscuits all available to early visitors to the bakery.