Bad Seed Hard Cider
Cider on a Highland apple farm, if the taproom is actually open that day.
- Food
- The taproom kitchen or the food truck
- Farm stand
- Locust Grove Fruit Farm, Heart of the Hudson Valley Farmers Market
- Kids
- Marked for kids
- Groups
- Marked for a big group
- Lodging
- Gardiner
Crowd level: Easy. Busy only at the obvious hour
Good with kids
Good for a big group
Best season Weekends. Their site has listed Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and has also listed the place closed Monday to Friday. Read the taproom page the week you go.
Drive About 1 hr 45 min–2 hr
General guidance from Midtown to Highland. A calm midday is faster than a Friday afternoon.
Parking. On the farm. It is a rural road. Do not block the lane.
A small cidery and taproom on a family apple farm in Highland. Weekend hours. No table reservations. Dogs and families are on their own sign.
Worth knowing
Just show up
They say they do not reserve tables, and that the taproom is family- and dog-friendly. Private events are a separate booking. Weekend hours have differed across their own pages.
Weekend only
Their own pages have listed Saturday and Sunday afternoons and have also listed the taproom closed Monday to Friday. Read the taproom page the week you go.
With kids. Their taproom page says family-friendly. It is a cidery, so the adults are drinking. Kids are welcome in the room. It is not a playground.
With a group. Walk-in tables are not reserved. Weddings and private parties are. Use the events form if the group is the point.
The short version
Bad Seed pours cider from apples they say they grow on a Hudson Valley farm, at 43 Baileys Gap Road, Highland. Ulster County tourism calls it a multi-generation farm. The taproom is the visit. It is not a festival grounds.
Food nearby
The taproom kitchen or the food truck
Their pages mention pizza, snacks, or a food truck, and the hours do not always match from one page to the next. Eat what is on that weekend. Or bring nothing and just have a cider.
Farms and stands nearby
Locust Grove Fruit Farm
A fruit farm in Milton, south of Highland. Their page lists a U-pick and a farm stand at 199 North Road. It does not itemize the stand. Bad Seed's own pages are the taproom, not a produce list this desk could copy.
Season. Their page says Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It does not print the months.
The brewing company at 162 North Road is a different door. The farm phone on their page is 845-232-6853.
Official pageHeart of the Hudson Valley Farmers Market
Their site says local, farm-fresh food for a meal, at Cluett Schantz Park in Milton.
Season. Their site says every Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., rain or shine, June through mid-October, plus a Thanksgiving market on November 18.
Milton is the next town south of the cidery. Locust Grove's page lists this market as June through October and does not mention November 18. Read hhvfarmersmarket.com.
Official page
Staying in Gardiner – snapshot (lodging only)
Last checked: 2026-10-16. We recommend; you book directly. Prices are nightly, low–high by season, with a source. “From” prices depend on your dates. Items we couldn't verify are marked †.
The quiet base: Gardiner, with Brookfield Farm in Modena as the farm stay. Highland sits next to both.
Inns, B&Bs, farm stays, guesthouses, campgrounds
- Little Logan's Farm, Gardiner
- Type.
- Farmhouse, 4 BR
- Price (low–high).
- No price on file
- Good for.
- Strong, sleeps 8
- Book via.
- Airbnb (per its own site; listing not found); Glamping Hub listing found
- Why we like it.
- Working veganic farm
- Brookfield Farm B&B, Modena
- Type.
- Farm B&B
- Price (low–high).
- $210 Mon–Thu, $230 Fri–Sun, 5% off 5+ nights; no seasonal variation shown (own)
- Good for.
- Suite for 4
- Book via.
- Booking/Expedia: not found
- Why we like it.
- Highland cows, orchards
Vacation rentals
- Charming Cottage, Gardiner
- Sleeps.
- Up to 8
- Price (low–high).
- No price on file
- Good for.
- Up to 8
- Book via.
- Vacasa
- Why we like it.
- Up to 8
Know before you book: Little Logan's is seasonal and has no price. Charming Cottage has no price.
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