Orchards in Iowa

Appleberry Farm (Atha's Orchard)

Marshalltown, IA

Appleberry Farm, also known locally as Atha's Orchard, is listed as a Marshalltown-area orchard. Current hours, crop details, and contact information aren't available online — check locally before visiting.

Appleberry Orchard

DONNELLSON, IA

Appleberry Orchard claims the title of Iowa's oldest working orchard, with its first apple tree planted in 1852, and still offers u-pick apples alongside pre-picked pumpkins, squash, and farm-made pies from a historic 1882 barn. The Donnellson property also runs a corn maze, petting farm, and educational tours for school groups.

Autumn Grove Orchard

Sioux City, IA

Autumn Grove is a you-pick apple orchard outside Sioux City with more than nine apple varieties plus pears, harvest running from early September through the end of October. The family-owned operation also sells baked goods at the stand. Check the farm's Facebook page each fall for the exact opening date, since it shifts with the season.

Buffalo Ridge Orchard

Central City, IA

Buffalo Ridge Orchard in Central City, Iowa grows quality local produce for its community, with a farm store open Tuesday through Saturday from May to mid-December. Its Collaboration CSA bundles 6–12 weekly items from the orchard and other local growers, while dedicated Apple Shares deliver 6–20 apples a week for the apple-a-day crowd.

Center Grove Orchard

Cambridge, IA

Center Grove Orchard grows more than 34 apple varieties across 20 acres outside Cambridge, open for pick-your-own from May into June and again August through December. Beyond apples, the farm runs a store with a restaurant and online ordering, plus pumpkins, a corn maze, hayrides, and farm animals for kids. It's built for repeat visits across two separate seasons rather than one fall trip.

Community Apple Orchards

Fort Dodge, IA

Community Apple Orchards sits along 160th Street outside Fort Dodge, in Webster County's corn country. It's listed in regional agritourism directories as an apple-picking destination, though no independent details on hours or varieties were confirmed — call ahead before visiting.

Ditmars Orchard

Council Bluffs, IA

Ditmars Orchard and Vineyard has grown apples outside Council Bluffs since 1994 and calls itself one of the largest orchards in Iowa. Beyond apples, the farm grows pumpkins, strawberries, apricots, peaches, and cherries, and presses some of its own fruit into wine under the vineyard side of the operation. It's a rare Iowa farm running both a u-pick orchard and a working winery on the same ground.

East View Orchard

Fredericksburg, IA

East View Orchard grows 1,500 apple trees across 35 acres outside Fredericksburg, and visitors do their own picking rather than buying pre-bagged fruit. Beyond apples, the farm raises sweet corn, pumpkins, squash, gourds, green beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes as the season allows, plus a side business in antiques and collectibles at the farm stand. It's a working orchard first — the selection changes with what's actually ripe that week.

Ericksons Orchard

Altoona, IA

Ericksons Orchard grows pick-your-own apples on NE 38th Avenue outside Altoona, backing the orchard with a bakery, fresh cider, and a country store. The farm hosts an annual Applefest with live music and food vendors and is open seven days a week, 9 to 4 Monday through Saturday and 9 to 2 on Sunday.

Gravert's Apple Basket Orchard

Sabula, IA

Gene Gravert planted this orchard in 1986, and it's grown to more than 65 apple varieties across 600-plus trees along Iowa's Great River Road between Dubuque and the Quad Cities. The on-site store sells apples alongside home-made jams, cider, honey, and pickles, and the orchard opens its rows for u-pick apple season.

Hinegardner Orchard

Montour, IA

Hinegardner Orchard grows tree fruit on 295th Street outside Montour, a small Tama County town in the rolling farmland of central Iowa. It's a working orchard property rather than a large tourist destination.

hodge greenhouse and orchard

logan, IA

Hodge Greenhouse and Orchard grows vegetable and bedding plants in its own greenhouse and sells them on-site in Logan, alongside orchard fruit, annuals, perennials, and vegetable starts. The shop also carries gardening supplies and decorative planters for home growers. It's a working greenhouse-and-orchard combination rather than a pure retail nursery, so what's on the shelves shifts with the growing season.

Iowa Orchard

Granger, IA

Iowa Orchard grows more than 20 apple varieties, including Honeycrisp and Jonathan, on its Granger u-pick grounds, with a separate farm market in Urbandale selling homemade pies, preserves, and raw honey. The farm runs apple picking from September into mid-October, summer u-pick berries by appointment, and a pumpkin patch through Halloween.

Little Sioux Orchard

Milford, IA

Little Sioux Orchard is a pick-your-own apple orchard on 160th Avenue near Milford in the Iowa Great Lakes region, with a bakery for pies and other treats and a hard cider label, Okoboji TWP Ciderworks, made from its own fruit. The farm also runs tractor rides and a corn maze, open Saturdays 10am-5pm and Sundays noon-4pm in season.

Pioneer Trail Orchard & Pumpkin Patch

Council Bluffs, IA

Pioneer Trail Orchard & Pumpkin Patch is located on Chestnut Road in Council Bluffs. Current details on what's grown, hours, and contact information aren't available online — the name suggests a combined orchard and pumpkin operation typical of the area's fall circuit.

The Big Apple Orchard

Mount Vernon, IA

The Marti family grows 2,200 apple trees across 20-plus varieties on their property west of Mount Vernon, and the on-farm store sells what the orchard doesn't move as fresh fruit — fried donuts, baked goods, and honey. It's a weekend operation, open Saturday and Sunday, closed the rest of the week, which keeps the pace closer to a small family orchard than a full-time retail operation.

The Community Orchard

Fort Dodge, IA

The Community Orchard is located on 160th Street outside Fort Dodge in Webster County. Specific crops, hours, and contact information aren't available online — confirm directly before visiting.

Trapple Orchard

Little Sioux, IA

Trapple Orchard grows fruit in Little Sioux, in the Loess Hills of western Iowa near the Missouri River. It's part of the small-orchard tradition scattered through the region's bluff country.

Upstream Gardens & Orchard

Altoona, IA

Upstream Gardens & Orchard sits on NE 88th Street in Altoona, on the eastern edge of the Des Moines metro near Adventureland. It's an orchard and garden operation in a fast-growing suburban corridor.

Welch's Orchard Pumpkin Patch

Council Bluffs, IA

Welch's Orchard grows five apple varieties alongside pumpkins and gourds on its Council Bluffs farm, and keeps its own bees for honey sold on-site. Visitors can pick apples straight from the trees or take a honeybee tour before browsing the farm stand. Hours run 4 to 7pm weekdays and 9am to 7pm on weekends during picking season. Cash only.

Wilson's Orchard & Farm

Iowa City, IA

The site of the Orchard was purchased by German immigrants, Leonhard and Catherine Degen Brack. The Bracks had met and married in Brooklyn, New York. Their path West took them West to Ontonagon County, Michigan. There, Leonhard worked in the mines. Their first born son, Peter, arrived in 1854. Shortly afterwards, Leonhard left his wife and infant son and traveled by boat to Dubuque, Iowa where he worked in the Mines of Spain. Highway 1, the military highway, surely brought him to Johnson County

Wilson's Orchard & Farm

Iowa City, IA

The site of the Orchard was purchased by German immigrants, Leonhard and Catherine Degen Brack. The Bracks had met and married in Brooklyn, New York. Their path West took them West to Ontonagon County, Michigan. There, Leonhard worked in the mines. Their first born son, Peter, arrived in 1854. Shortly afterwards, Leonhard left his wife and infant son and traveled by boat to Dubuque, Iowa where he worked in the Mines of Spain. Highway 1, the military highway, surely brought him to Johnson County

Allens Orchard

Marion, IA

Appleberry Orchard

Donnellson, IA

Deal's Orchard

Jefferson, IA

Iowa Orchard

Urbandale, IA

McWilliams Apple Orchard

Maxwell, IA

Orchard on Sand Road

Lone Tree, IA

River Sioux Orchard, Trapples

River Sioux, IA

The Big Apple Orchard

Mount Vernon, IA

Upstream Gardens Orchard

Altoona, IA

Wills Family Orchard

Adel, IA

Wilsons-Orchard Des Moines Orchard

Cumming, IA