Spring · March to May
Blossoms, then strawberries
The orchard blooms in spring. Strawberries can usually be picked from mid-May to the end of May, and we celebrate with a Strawberry Jam.
Our story
We want to help your family
enjoy nature.
Meadowlark Farm Orchard and Cidery was started by my wife and I, Tom and Gina Brown, in 2010, with the help of many friends.
The orchard in bloom, with the farm dog on rounds.
Who we are
Kansas natives,
back home.
Gina and I are both Kansas natives, but we lived for many years outside of the US, where I worked in agriculture development in Pakistan and Afghanistan and Gina provided health care. We have three adult children that we are very proud of, and we are very thankful to have been blessed with rich lives of creative work and friends from all over the world.
We bought the land in 2010, and it did not have any fruit trees at that time. We have planted, and replanted, over 5,500 trees by hand to develop the orchard you see today. Our fruit is sold fresh as well as used to make hard cider, and we sell what we grow here at the farm and at the Old Town Farm and Art Market in central Wichita.
We are unique from other cideries because our cider is from apples we have grown ourselves. We welcome visitors to the farm all year round. Come pick your own fruit, or come out for a draft, snacks and games.
“We love the good people of Kansas and we really enjoy our customers at the farm!”
Tom & Gina Brown
- The year we bought the land
- 2010
- The year we bought the land
- Trees planted by hand
- 5,500+
- Trees planted by hand
- Apple varieties
- 30+
- Apple varieties
- Hard ciders on tap
- 8
- Hard ciders on tap
In our words
Our mission
Grow delicious, healthy food for our customers
Practice careful land stewardship and conscientious crop husbandry
Support and collaborate with local farmers and businesses
Commit to the unique standards of estate cideries
Be a place of honest and creative work
Provide a place in Kansas nature to walk, play, drink, eat and enjoy family and friends
The year at Meadowlark
What is ripe, and when.
Produce varies by the season, so check our Facebook page or what's ripe before you come.
Summer · June to August
Peaches, yellow and white
Cling peaches are ripe at the end of June. Free-stone varieties like Red Haven, White County and Blaze Prince start in July and go into August, when the first apples, Zestar, Gala and Pixie Crunch, come in.
Fall · September and October
Apples, pumpkins and sweet cider
Jonathan, Honeycrisp, Early Fuji and Empire are in their prime in September; Late Fuji, Gold Rush and Arkansas Black carry on into October. You cut your own pumpkins from the vine, and we press apples for sweet cider, raw and unpasteurized.
Winter · November to February
Bonfires, and open all year
Bonfire Nights close out the season in late November. We welcome visitors all year round, so come out for a draft, snacks and games.
Come see it for yourself.
Open year round, no appointment necessary.
11249 SW 160th St, Rose Hill, KS 67133