Thistle Creek Orchard
Pick-your-own (U-Pick) farm
Address: 35 Shady Lane
Thistle Creek Orchard, a pick-your-own farm, operates in Avon, Illinois. It offers pick-your-own and CSA shares. Listing details come from the USDA Local Food Portal.
Local context: 39 other farms within 25 miles, 713 across Illinois. About 16% of Illinois farms offer u-pick.
How this farm compares
- Offers 2 ways to buy direct — pick-your-own and a CSA share — more options than a typical single-channel farm stand.
- Runs a CSA farm-share — among the roughly 9% of Illinois farms that offer one.
- Offers pick-your-own harvesting — one of about 16% of Illinois farms that do.
Benchmarks computed from USDA Local Food Portal listings across Illinois.
About this farm
Thistle Creek Orchard is a local farm located in Avon, IL in Lake County. Products available include Pumpkins, Radishes, Tomatoes, Pears, Persimmons, Nuts, Asparagus, Cucumbers. You can buy direct through a CSA (community supported agriculture) program.
How to buy from Thistle Creek Orchard
- Pick-your-own (U-Pick)
- Harvest produce yourself in the field — call ahead to confirm what's ripe and in season.
- CSA shares
- Subscribe to a recurring share of the harvest. See our CSA guide for how it works.
Location
Contact & links
- Phone:
- 3096787216
- Email:
- Jim@Thistle-Creek.net
Frequently asked questions
- How can you buy from Thistle Creek Orchard?
- Thistle Creek Orchard offers pick-your-own (u-pick) and a CSA farm-share, per its USDA Local Food Portal listing. Call ahead to confirm what's available and in season before you visit.
- Is Thistle Creek Orchard a u-pick farm?
- Yes — Thistle Creek Orchard is listed as offering pick-your-own (u-pick) harvesting, one of roughly 16% of Illinois farms that do. U-pick availability follows the harvest, so call ahead to confirm what's ripe that week.
- Are there other farms near Thistle Creek Orchard?
- Yes — there are 39 other farms within 25 miles of Thistle Creek Orchard, the closest being Krueger's Vegetable Farm about 5 miles away. Illinois has 713 farms listed in this directory.
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Data freshness: Sourced from the USDA Local Food Portal; directory entry last reviewed July 14, 2026.
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