Orchards in Missouri

Blue Heron Orchard

Canton, MO

Blue Heron Orchard became Missouri's first certified-organic apple orchard in 2000, having planted its trees under organic practice back in 1990. It grows apples and presses cider on a Mississippi River bluff near Canton, about 30 miles north of Hannibal, and also sells vegetables and its own Tap Dancer popcorn. Autumn is the main season to visit.

Bowen Creek Farm and Orchard and CSA

Niangua, MO

Bowen Creek Farm and Orchard runs a CSA on Bowen Creek Road in Niangua, in the Ozark hills east of Springfield, with members picking up shares at the farm. Listings point to orchard fruit and seasonal produce grown on site. Online details are limited, so anyone interested in a share or a visit should reach the farm through its directory listings to confirm what's available.

Cates Orchard

Dudley, MO

Cates Orchard runs a farm stand on State Highway WW in Dudley, in Missouri's Bootheel near Dexter, selling sweet corn, pecans, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and bell peppers along with jams, jellies, and beef. Produce shifts with the growing season, and pumpkins arrive for fall. The family posts what's in stock to its Facebook page. Call ahead to check hours and availability.

ElderBlossom View Orchard and Winery

ElderBlossom View grows elderberries in New Bloomfield, Missouri, and turns the estate fruit into pure elderberry juice, syrup, and wine. The tasting room pours those wines and elderberry cocktails on Sundays and by appointment in winter, and the winery sells year-round at Columbia Farmers Market. Elderberry is one of the few crops well suited to mid-Missouri's climate.

Gardener's Orchard and Bakery

Brighton, MO

The Gradinariu family has run Gardener's Orchard and Bakery in Brighton since 2013, working 20 acres of a 95-acre place north of Springfield. It's a pick-your-own farm, scratch bakery, and cider mill in one: apples, peaches, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and tomatoes in the field, plus bread, pastries, cakes, and coffee inside. Fall adds pumpkins and family activities.

G's Orchard

Verona, MO

G's Orchard grows tree fruit near Verona in Lawrence County, southwest Missouri. Orchards in this region carry apples through late summer and fall, and many open the farm for picking and seasonal sales. The Ozark-edge setting along Farm Road 1130 keeps it among the small farms of Lawrence County.

Hermans Farm Orchard

Saint Charles, MO

Herman's Farm Orchard is an orchard in St. Charles, on the Missouri River bottoms just west of St. Louis. Orchards in this area pick apples and pumpkins from late summer through fall. No working website turned up to confirm crops, hours or contact details.

Hickory Ridge Orchard

Mexico, MO

Hickory Ridge Orchard grows apples and pumpkins you can pick yourself or buy from the shop, in Audrain County east of Mexico. Fall weekends add a corn maze, a kiddie maze, a corn cannon, and tractor hayrides, plus a petting zoo and face painting for younger visitors. School groups and birthday parties book ahead. The stand takes cash, checks, and major cards. It's on Audrain Road 820.

Hickory Ridge Orchard

Mexico, MO

Hickory Ridge Orchard grows tree fruit outside Mexico, Missouri, in the farm country of Audrain County. Orchards in this part of the state usually bring apples in late summer and fall, sometimes with peaches earlier in the season. The rural Audrain Road location on the town's edge puts it among the row-crop and livestock farms of north-central Missouri.

Huffstutter Orchards

New Franklin, MO

Huffstutter Orchards grows apples near New Franklin, in Howard County along the Missouri River between Boonville and Fayette. The orchard offers apple picking in season along with apple products such as cider, butter and preserves. Central Missouri apples ripen from late summer into fall. The farm's website posts current details; no phone or email was listed on the page.

Ozark Mountain Orchard

Highlandville, MO

Ozark Mountain Orchard runs a u-pick and pre-picked blueberry operation on Pleasant View Road in Highlandville, south of Springfield. Alongside fresh blueberries the farm sells potted plants, candied nuts and blueberry muffins, and it texts or posts picking conditions so you know what's ripe before the drive. Blueberry season here runs through the summer months. Call or text ahead, since open-picking days depend on the crop.

Rock Creek Apple Orchard

Lone Jack, MO

Rock Creek Apple Orchard is an apple orchard on Lone Jack–Lees Summit Road in Lone Jack, southeast of Kansas City in Jackson County. The name points to apples as the main crop. No hours or variety list appear in the listing. Check with the orchard directly for picking season, which usually runs late summer into fall in western Missouri.

Schreiman Orchards

Waverly, MO

Schreiman Orchards sits on Highway 24 in Waverly, a Missouri River bluff town in Lafayette County long known for apple growing and its annual Apple Jubilee festival. The orchard sells tree fruit in season from this stretch of orchard country between Kansas City and Marshall. Contact the orchard to confirm current varieties, farm-stand hours, and pick-your-own availability.

Schweizer Orchard

Agency, MO

Schweizer Orchard is a fruit orchard near Agency, just southeast of St. Joseph in northwest Missouri. Orchards in this region pick apples and peaches from late summer into fall. The farm keeps a website at schweizerorchards.com, though the page was unreachable when checked to confirm current crops and hours.

Shawnee Mound Orchard

Chilhowee, MO

Shawnee Mound Orchard is a fruit orchard near Chilhowee, in Johnson County in west-central Missouri. Orchards in this area pick apples and other tree fruit from late summer into fall. No website or public listing turned up to confirm crops, hours or contact details.

Sibley Orchards & Cider Mill

Sibley Orchards & Cider Mill is a family grower on North Buckner-Tarsney Road near Sibley, northeast of Kansas City, selling peaches (Glo Haven and Loring), blueberries, blackberries, apples, and garden produce like watermelon, tomatoes, and cantaloupe. The farm stand also carries local honey, preserves, pickles, and Mexican vanilla, and visitors can pick apples, blackberries, and pumpkins in season. It's closed Tuesdays and takes cash, check, and cards.

Thierbach Orchards & Berry Farm

Marthasville, MO

Thierbach Orchards & Berry Farm grows a long season of pick-your-own fruit near the Katy Trail in Marthasville, about an hour west of St. Louis. Strawberries come in May; blueberries, cherries, and blackberries in June; peaches through July and August; apples in fall. A farm market, plus a second stand in Washington, sells what's ripe alongside the pick-your-own patches.

Timberland Troost Lake Community Orchard

Kansas City, MO

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.

Tri-Lakes Orchards

Forsyth, MO

Tri-Lakes Orchards is an orchard on US Highway 160 in Forsyth, in Taney County near Branson and the Table Rock, Taneycomo, and Bull Shoals lakes that give the area its Tri-Lakes name. The name points to tree fruit as its focus. No varieties or hours appear in the listing. Contact the orchard to confirm its season and what's for sale.

Tubby Fruits Peach Orchard

Cleveland, MO

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.

West Orchards

Macon, MO

West Orchards is a fruit orchard on Jewell Avenue in Macon, a north-central Missouri town along Highway 63. Orchards in this region grow apples that ripen from late summer through fall, the main season for picking and farm sales. Public details are thin online, so call ahead to check what's ready and whether the orchard is open to visitors.

Amazing Grace Orchard

Waverly, MO

Cates Orchard

Dudley, MO

Centennial Farms and Orchard

Augusta, MO

England Street Orchard and Apiary

Callao, MO

First Fruits Orchard, LLC

Drexel, MO

Gardener's Orchard and Bakery

Brighton, MO

G's Orchard

Verona, MO

Hermans Farm Orchard

St. Charles, MO

Ozark Mountain Orchard

Highlandville, MO

Ozark Mountain Orchard

Springfield, MO

Serendipity Farm & Orchard

Platte City, MO

Sibley Orchards

Sibley, MO

Tri-Lakes Orchards

Forsyth, MO

Tubby Fruits Peach Orchard

Cleveland, MO