Topeka, Kansas
86th Street Orchard
A small family-operated orchard just north of Topeka offering u-pick fruits, veggies, and local honey.
Topeka, Kansas
86th Street Orchard
A small family-operated orchard just north of Topeka offering u-pick fruits, veggies, and honey.
What’s Ripe and Ready?
Latest News
The best way to know what’s ripe and ready for picking is to check our Facebook page and subscribe to our email newsletter.
Call us to reserve a time to pick produce or purchase honey:
785-409-3224
Cathy or Kenny will let you know what’s ready to pick and arrange a day and time with you.
785-640-6863
Try this number if you can’t reach us at the number above, or leave a message. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can!
Seasonal Produce
What’s available at 86th Street Orchard?
Tomatoes
Garden fresh tomatoes picked and ready for you. Generally available in July and August.
Honey
Raw honey harvested on our orchard. Call ahead for availability.
Apples
Red Delicious, Jonagolds, and a few other varieties. Generally available in September for u-pick.
Apples
Red Delicious, Jonagolds, and a few other varieties. Generally available in September for u-pick.
Peaches
Yellow peaches are usually ready in late July and August.
Peaches
Yellow peaches are usually ready in late July and August.
Blueberries
Blueberries ripen in June and early July.
Blackberries
We have a few blackberry bushes remaining and they generally ripen in July.
About the Orchard
86th Street has been home to Cathy and Kenny Hamilton for over 50 years. The 86th Street Orchard is their work in progress and labor of love.
Here’s how it all started…
October 2023
We are closed for the season.
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Address
5332 NW 86th St.
Topeka, KS
Phone
(785) 409-3224
Please call before coming out to the orchard.
Closed holidays and off-season.
86th Street Orchard
Retired?
Retired?
When my husband, Kenny, finally retired after 35 years in the fire service, I thought, “let the fun begin!” But NO, not him; he had an entire new career in mind.
“Let’s plant some more fruit trees and start a small orchard,” he said to me.
And now, 40 trees later we have a full-blown fruit orchard!
Our variety of apple trees include Delicious–Red & Yellow, Winesap, Granny Smith, Fuji, & Ein Shemer. We have some Kansas and Stella cherry trees, and a great semi-dwarf sour cherry that produces year-after-year. Pear trees produce good ol’ Bartletts. We also have a variety of peach trees, limited blackberry bushes, and several blueberry bushes.
When you have an orchard, you might as well get some bees to pollinate the fruit so we have been producing honey for several years. The “girls,” as Kenny calls them, are really pretty gentle. If you don’t scare them, they won’t bother you. Our Brittany dog, Tanker, found out firsthand that you don’t bother the hives or they will let you know to leave them alone! He respects them now and doesn’t go near.
We are located in the north part of Shawnee county and live on a small plot of about 10 acres. Kenny and I have two adult children and three grandchildren who love to eat fruit straight from the trees and fish in the pond.