A diversified berry-and-apple farm south of Kansas City with seven named varieties spanning late summer to fall, but the farm relies on social media rather than a fixed calendar for current u-pick status.
Gieringer’s Family Orchard & Berry Farm, south of Kansas City in Edgerton, is a diversified fruit operation that grows berries alongside its seven named apple varieties. What distinguishes this record is the farm’s own acknowledgment that it leans on frequent social-media updates — Facebook, Instagram, and an email newsletter — rather than a fixed website calendar to communicate current picking status. That’s a candid, if slightly inconvenient, way of managing a crop that likely varies week to week.
The record lists Gala, Jonathan, Summerset, Sweet Maia, Autumn Crisp, Crimson Crisp, and Empire. That’s a genuinely broad ripening spread: Gala typically comes in during late summer, while Empire tends to be one of the later apples of the season. For a visitor with a specific variety in mind, that width is useful context, though it also means the farm’s actual pickable inventory shifts considerably as the season progresses.
Farm Market hours are set — 9am to 3pm, Tuesday through Sunday — but beyond that, the farm’s own site is upfront that it doesn’t publish a fixed 2026 season calendar the way some larger operations do. Instead, it points visitors toward its social channels for real-time updates on what’s currently ready to pick. That’s a reasonable approach for a smaller diversified farm managing multiple crops, but it does put more responsibility on the visitor to check shortly before a trip rather than planning weeks in advance from a printed schedule.
Play areas are listed among the farm’s activities, giving kids something to do beyond walking the rows, and the farm stand sells donuts, ice cream, and slushees — confirmed treats that make a visit worthwhile even on a day when picking might be limited. Because Gieringer’s grows berries in addition to apples, the property likely sees visitor traffic across a longer stretch of the year than a single-crop apple orchard would, though the record doesn’t detail a specific berry-picking calendar.
No specific 2026 season-start or season-end date was posted, and no apple pricing was found either. Given the farm’s own reliance on social media for current updates, that’s less of an oversight and more a reflection of how this particular farm operates — the honest recommendation is to check Gieringer’s Facebook or Instagram, or call 913-893-9626, close to when you actually plan to visit, rather than trying to pin down a specific date months out.
Gieringer’s Family Orchard & Berry Farm is at 39345 W 183rd St in Edgerton, in Johnson County’s Kansas City area. The coordinates on file are Edgerton city-center estimates rather than a geocode of the W 183rd St address, so navigate by the street address itself rather than a generic map pin.
Gieringer’s offers a genuinely wide variety selection and a diversified berry-and-apple operation worth considering for anyone in the Kansas City area, but this is a farm that communicates in real time through social media rather than a fixed calendar. Checking Facebook or Instagram shortly before a visit will tell you far more about current conditions than this record, or the farm’s own website, can promise months in advance.
The farm's own site describes apples typically available 'late August - October (sometimes early November),' though no explicit 2026 season dates were posted — the site directs visitors to Facebook, Instagram, or its email newsletter for current u-pick status.
You need firm 2026 hours or pricing confirmed before visiting — the farm's own site acknowledges it relies on frequent social-media updates rather than a fixed season calendar.
Seven are named: Gala, Jonathan, Summerset, Sweet Maia, Autumn Crisp, Crimson Crisp, and Empire, spanning an unusually wide ripening window from late summer into fall.
9am-3pm, Tuesday through Sunday, per the farm's own site.
The farm's own site directs visitors to check Facebook, Instagram, or its email newsletter for current u-pick status, rather than relying on a fixed printed season calendar.
Yes — play areas are listed among the farm's activities.
Yes — donuts, ice cream, and slushees are sold on-site, per the farm's own site.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Tue-Sun. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard.
Gala, Jonathan, Summerset, Sweet Maia, Autumn Crisp, Crimson Crisp, Empire — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
39345 W 183rd St, Edgerton, KS 66021, in Johnson County. It is one of 3 orchards we track in Kansas City Area.
We track 3 orchards in Kansas City Area, 3 of which let you pick your own apples. The orchard has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
What sets it apart locally: it has a playground, which most Kansas City Area orchards on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 3 orchards we track in Kansas City Area had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There are 3 other orchards we track in Johnson County. All Kansas City Area orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
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Checked September 2026.