Orchards near Kansas City, KS

Kansas City

Cider Hill Family Orchard grows 1,500 apple trees across 18 varieties on 38 acres in Kansas City, Kansas. Apple season runs August through November, with cider donuts, kettle corn, hayrides, and train rides alongside the picking. The orchard also rents out an Event Barn that holds up to 250 guests, plus a guest house on the property.

Kansas City

A community orchard planted near Troost Lake in central Kansas City, at 29th and Highland Avenue. Community orchards like this one grow fruit trees on neighborhood land, tended by volunteers, with the harvest shared among nearby residents. Picking follows the season rather than fixed retail hours. Check with Kansas City's community garden network before visiting, since access and harvest days vary from tree to tree and week to week.

Platte City

Bucyrus

Gardner

Wagon Wheel Orchard is an orchard operation in Gardner, on the western edge of the Kansas City metro in Johnson County, one of the fastest-growing suburban counties in the state. No specific fruit varieties, hours, or contact details are publicly listed; call ahead to check what's in season.

Edgerton

Frank and Melanie Gieringer planted their first peach trees in Edgerton in 2001 and picked their first crop in 2004; blackberries, strawberries, sweet corn and pumpkins followed, and their son Brice now runs the u-pick fields alongside them. The season moves from strawberries in May through blackberries and peaches in summer to sunflower fields and pumpkins each fall. The farm market sells jams, frozen pies, local honey and doughnuts.

Cleveland

Edgerton

Cleveland

Tubby Fruits Peach Orchard grows more than 50 varieties of tree-ripened peaches near Cleveland, south of Kansas City toward Belton. The farm also runs about an acre of pick-your-own thornless blackberries and offers U-pick cherries, apples, and home-grown tomatoes as they come in. Run by Mark Angermayer, it goes by ripeness rather than a fixed calendar, so check its Facebook page before going.