Blood Orchards

Our take

The short version

Blood Orchards, about 40 minutes from Wichita in Conway Springs, carries a genuinely long history — its u-pick tradition traces back to 1871, making it one of the older orchards documented in this research. Today the property has grown into something broader than a simple fruit farm: alongside 20 acres of u-pick apples, it’s also home to “reBorn” boutique retail and Blood Orchard Brewing Co., turning a visit here into as much a general-store-and-taproom stop as an apple-picking trip.

Simple, per-pound pricing

Picking here costs $2.40 per pound, and the orchard itself supplies the picking box — a straightforward structure without a separate bag fee or admission charge layered on top. The one payment catch is real: cards aren’t accepted, so cash or a check is required. That’s worth remembering before making the drive, since it’s easy to assume a modern-feeling operation (complete with its own brewery) would take cards.

A history that goes back to 1871

That founding date is a genuinely distinctive credential among the orchards in this research — most operations describe decades of family history, but 1871 predates nearly all of them by a wide margin. This record draws that date from third-party regional guides rather than the farm’s own copy directly, since no dedicated orchard website exists to confirm it firsthand, but it’s a consistent detail across the sources checked.

A brewery and boutique retail, alongside the fruit

The presence of Blood Orchard Brewing Co. and “reBorn” boutique retail on the same property signals a farm that has diversified well beyond simple fruit sales. For a visitor, that could mean combining an apple-picking trip with a stop at the taproom or a browse through the retail shop — a fuller day out than a straightforward u-pick visit elsewhere.

The honest gap: no dedicated website

Blood Orchards doesn’t have its own website, which means there’s no single authoritative source to check for current-season hours, ripeness updates, or any 2026-specific changes. The orchard’s Facebook page is described as the only channel found for that kind of real-time information — worth checking there, or calling 620-456-2706, before making the roughly 40-minute drive from Wichita. A full street address beyond the general town of Conway Springs also wasn’t confirmed, so the coordinates on file are a town-center estimate rather than a precise location.

Getting there

Blood Orchards is located in Conway Springs, in Sumner County’s Wichita area. The coordinates on file are a Conway Springs town-center approximation, since a full street address wasn’t found. Given how rural this stretch of Sumner County is, calling ahead for precise directions is a sensible extra step even beyond confirming apple availability.

Bottom line

Blood Orchards combines a genuinely old u-pick tradition with a modern twist — its own brewery and boutique retail — at a simple $2.40-per-pound price, cash or check only. Without a dedicated website, checking the orchard’s Facebook page before the roughly 40-minute drive from Wichita is the most reliable way to confirm current 2026 hours and apple availability.