Adult groups

Thirty varieties. One afternoon.

Adult groups get the version of the farm we'd show another grower: what we planted, what we got wrong, and what it tastes like. Led by Sayako Schwing, our production specialist, and finished in the tap room.

The cider press at work during harvest at Meadowlark Farm

What we run

Four ways in.

Two follow the fruit, two put tools in your hands. All four are led by the person who actually makes the decisions in this orchard, and all four end sitting down.

Orchard to glass
21+ to taste
Walk the blocks with the person who planted them, see the press, then sit down to a guided flight of estate ciders.
90 minutes · Year-round · 8 people minimum
$38.00
Per person
Harvest and press day
21+ to taste
Pick your own fruit, run it through the crusher and press, and taste the juice before it becomes anything else.
2.5 hours · August–October · 8 people minimum
$65.00
Per person
Grafting workshop
Bench-graft your own apple tree with Mrs. Schwing and take it home to plant. Rootstock, scion wood, and tools provided.
3 hours · February–April · 6 people minimum
$115.00
Per person
Pruning intensive
Why an orchard is shaped the way it is, then out into the rows with loppers to do it yourself. Dress for the cold.
3 hours · December–February · 6 people minimum
$95.00
Per person

Want something that isn't on this list — a cider-pairing dinner, a private event in the shelters, a tour built around one question? Tell us in the form and we'll price it.

Who comes out

Mostly people who ask hard questions.

Garden clubs and Master Gardeners: The grafting and pruning workshops are the draw. Bring your questions — Sayako would rather be interrupted than listened to politely.
Extension and grower groups: A working estate cidery at Kansas scale, with the varietal decisions and the mistakes both on display.
Companies and teams: An offsite where people use their hands. The press day in particular turns strangers into a crew inside an hour.
Motorcoach and senior groups: Level gravel parking for a full-size coach, seated tasting, restrooms close by, and a route we shorten to suit the group.
Clubs, churches, and reunions: The tour works as the anchor of a longer afternoon — stay on for the disc golf course, the farm store, and the shelters.

Before you book

The practical part.

Minimum party and deposit

Tours run for eight or more, workshops for six. A 25% deposit holds the date and comes off the final bill.

Everyone tasting is 21+

Kansas law, and we do check. Non-alcoholic flights — sparkling cider, house root beer, seasonal slushies — are poured for anyone who would rather not, at no difference in price.

If you're driving the group

Tell us and we'll pace the tasting, pour smaller measures, or move you to the non-alcoholic flight. Nobody has to choose between the tour and getting everyone home.

Dress for a working farm

Closed-toe shoes and clothes you don't mind. Uneven ground, gravel, and goats. The pruning intensive is genuinely cold — dress like you mean it.

Food

Picnics are welcome and the farm store carries jams, honey, cheese, and local goods. For a catered sit-down meal, ask about the shelters and we'll plan it separately.

Accessibility

Parts of the farm are wheelchair accessible and we adjust route and distance to the group. Tell us in advance and we build the day around it.

The full terms

Deposits, minimum party sizes, how we handle ID and drivers, accessibility, photography, and what happens if the weather turns — written out in full.

Read the terms

Plan a visit

Tell us who's coming.

Send the date you have in mind and roughly how many people. Sayako replies within two working days with a plan; a deposit holds the date once you're happy with it.