Late-season
hours:
Monday-Saturday: 9-6
Sunday: 11-6
Our
activities have closed for the season,
but our store remains open as long as we have apples.
Varieties
now available (in store only): Honeycrisp, McIntosh,
Jonathan, Daybreak Fuji, Empire, Red Delicious,
Mutsu, Chieftain, Fuji.
We
still have gourds and a few pumpkins.
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Open late-season hours through November 26.
After that, by appointment.
Monday-Saturday: 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Click
here for directions and map.
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Get
a Farmyard Pass for only $7.35 for ages 3 and
older ($5.35 on weekdays without wagon rides); sales tax included.
(Prices reflect 2008 season.) A Farmyard Pass is not needed
just to shop in our store,
pick your own apples or enjoy our Welcome Porch.
We
offer season
passes. Save money by paying one low price
for an entire season of visits!
Step
Into "The Farmyard"
A
Farmyard Pass is your ticket to all of the following:
- weekend
hayrides around the farm
- Jumping
Pillow NEW
in 2008!
- corn
pool
- corn
maze
- hay
maze
- rubber
duck races NEW in 2008!
- apple
sling shot (weekends only, set hours) NEW
in 2008!
- one-room
schoolhouse and time tunnel
- Three
Little Pigs houses NEWLY REMODELED
in 2008!
- farm
animals
- elk
- pedal
tractors
- antique
tractor display
- "rope-a-steer"
- Molly
Moo, our life-size milking cow
- goat
walk
Good
Shopping, Good Eats, Good Times
We
have a Country Store for those who wish to pick apples from the
cooler, rather than our trees. There is also a wide and unique
selection of jams, jellies, honey, sauces, baking mixes, frozen
homemade apple pies, fudge and gift items. You'll find apple prices
here.
Our
Country Kitchen offers apple cider slushies, cider donuts, caramel
apples, apple crisp and a variety of other good things to eat.
On
weekdays, we have over 7,500 children visit each year with school
tours.
Center
Grove Orchard is the perfect place for no-fuss, full-of-fun birthday
parties.
We
are also a memorable gathering place for group
outings. We offer bonfires and fire pit areas by
reservation to church groups, clubs, youth groups and family gatherings.
Now
Open For Evening Fun NEW
in 2008!
You've
mastered the corn maze in the daytime, now try it after dark!
We're
now open select evenings until 10 p.m. Starting at 6:00 p.m.,
admission will be just $5.35. (Price reflects 2008 season.) The
last admission will be taken at 9:30. We will also have the hay
maze and Jumping Pillow open, and there will be a campfire set
up in that area to roast a free s'more (included in the price
of your Farmyard
Pass).
Come
out with your flashlights for a completely different experience.
Our
Story
Center
Grove Orchard, owned and operated by the Larry D. Black Family,
has been open to the public since 1994. The first apple trees
were planted in 1986. We now have over 18 acres with 4,500 apple
trees. We have 31
varieties of apples!
We are a working farm and apple orchard. Our wish is for our guests
to experience a lively farm atmosphere and gather as many happy
memories as apples. We work to provide our visitors with an enjoyable,
educational experience in a peaceful country setting.
Directions
We
are located just north of Ankeny and south of Ames, 5 miles east
of I-35 on Highway 210 (Exit 102, Cambridge). Then, north 1/8
mile on 610th Ave.
We accept cash, check, MasterCard, Visa and Discover.
We also accept purchase orders for tour groups.
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