Apples are ready Picking daily 9 to 5
Apples are ready Picking daily 9 to 5
Fall at the orchard
By the crew at Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard · September 2026
One Trip, Both Crops
Orchard or pumpkin patch? If you’ve got one free fall Saturday and a car full of kids, that’s usually the choice you’re stuck making. Out here, you don’t have to make it.
Yes, you can pick apples and pumpkins in the same trip. At Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard in Weston, Missouri, 35 minutes north of Kansas City, the pumpkin patch runs daily through October, 9am to 5pm, and apples are picking at the same time, right up to October 31. One farm admission covers both.
Apples come first. The orchard opens for picking in mid-August, and for the first few weeks it’s apples only. The pumpkin patch joins in the fall, and from then until the end of October you can do both.
The biggest overlap weekend is Pumpkin Fest, the last weekend of September. In 2026 that’s Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27, with hayrack rides running all day, live music and the candy cannon at 1pm. It’s the biggest weekend of the year here, so plan for company.
Every window on a farm shifts a week or two with the weather. If you’re driving out for something specific, call ahead at (816) 640-4013.
Pumpkin season lines up with the second half of apple season, which is when the orchard has the most going on. Roughly:
That’s handy if you’re baking. Granny Smith and Ida Red are the pie apples, and they’re on the trees in the same weeks the pie pumpkins are in the field. For the full picture, see our apple ripening chart.
Apples first, while the rows are quiet.
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Pick apples first. The rows are quiet before 11am, the picking is best in the morning, and a bag of apples is a lot easier to carry around than a pumpkin.
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Then head out to the pumpkin patch. On weekends the hayrack runs you out to the field and back. You cut your pumpkin straight off the vine, and wagons are welcome if you’re bringing home more than one.
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Your apples get weighed and priced by the pound, and pumpkins are priced by weight too. If you’re short on time, there are pre-picked pumpkins near the market.
Save the pumpkin for last. You’ll be carrying it to the car, not around the orchard.
Both work, and they’re different trips.
Weekdays
$9.99 for ages 3 to 64 ($7.99 for seniors). The patch and the orchard are calmer, which is great with little kids.
Weekends
$17.99 for ages 3 to 64 ($14.99 for seniors and active military with ID). That’s when the hayrack rides run out to the pumpkin field and the farm is at its liveliest. Buying tickets online saves you the line on busy fall weekends.
Kids under 3 are free every day.
One ticket
Farm admission covers all 16 activities, the hayrack ride, the corn maze, parking and a picking bag. The only extras are what you take home: apples by the pound and pumpkins by weight.
Hours and directions are on the plan your visit page.
12 minLeavenworth15 minPlatte City25 minParkville35 minKansas City
Yes. Fall farm admission covers the orchard, the pumpkin patch and all 16 activities. You pay separately only for what you pick.
By weight. Apples are weighed and priced by the pound at the market, and pumpkins are priced by weight after you pick.
Early October has Golden Delicious, Red Delicious and Empire, plus Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Late Fuji and Ida Red. Evercrisp comes in around mid-October. The season ends October 31.
Yes. Pre-picked pumpkins are available near the market if you’re short on time.
Apples in the morning, pumpkins by afternoon
One ticket covers both. Open every day, 9am to 5pm, through October.
