This Week at The Orchard
Check out all that’s happening @ MCO
Eastern Randolph Farmers Market
Opening day: May 4th from 9am-2pm
Parade of Poppies Weekend Adventure
may weekends | join us!
2024 Orchard Tours
spring, summer & fall field trips avaialble for booking
Early Season Hours: Wednesday-Saturday: 10-5pm | Sundays: 1-5pm
Opening Weekend of the Eastern Randolph Farmers Market
Saturday, May 4th from 9am-2pm | Local vendors, educational events, & more
If you love supporting local then you don’t want to miss our opening weekend of Eastern Randolph Farmers Market featuring a variety of local vendors, our interactive & educational Honeybee Day activities, Parade of Poppies adventures and lots of freshly prepared Orchard treats! Check out a few of the stellar activities we have planned and join us as we kickoff our 2024 market season:
🐠Catch & Release Fishing | 9-5pm ($2/per person to fish)
🏃🏻♀️Kiddie Korral Playground | 9-5pm
💐 Parade of Poppies Weekend Adventure featuring Dooley, the Highland Cow | 10-12pm (Register now)
🐝Honeybee Day | 10-1pm: Honey & Honeybee education, honey sampling, honey bee coloring activities, & storytime @ 11am under the pines
🥙Lunch by Black Lantern | 10-3pm (Order at Granny's Goodies or the Apple Barn): Ham & Cheese on a Pretzel Roll, Chicken Salad Croissant, & Turkey Wrap
🍓Granny’s Goodies Open with Strawberry Donuts & Strawberry Patch Float | 10-3pm
Weekly vendor line-up: We will update our vendor list each week on Thursdays.
Seasonal Donut Schedule
Our freshly cooked, hot and delicious donuts are a fan favorite around the Orchard and during the summer months, we theme them out to match the fruit harvest! While apple cider will always steal our hearts, check out the other flavors coming to Granny’s Goodies this summer. During May-August, we will only have donuts available on Saturdays from 10-3pm, but come September-December, we’ll have them available every Saturday (10-4pm) and Sunday (1-4:30pm).
May: Strawberry Donuts (However, on Memorial Day Weekend, we will be switching to Apple Cider for our 20th anniversary)
June: Blueberry Donuts
July: Peach Donuts
August - December: Apple Cider Donuts
Upcoming Events @ The Orchard
may 4th: eastern randolph farmers market season kick off & honey bee day
may weekends: Parade of poppies weekend adventure*
may 10th, 17th, 23rd: Homeschool day: poppy patch excursion*
may 11th & 12th: mother’s day casual waterfront picnics*
may 25th: Party @ The Pond: musicfest & family fun day (Free event)
Thank you to our sponsors:
Orchard Champion: Liberty Leader Newspaper
Harvest Hero: Chick-Fil-A, Old Mountain Furniture & Gifts, Realty World Carolina Properties, Stallion Air Inc
Orchard Friend: James River Equipment
*reservations required - learn more under our special events tab
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We look forward to welcoming you back in june 2024 for berry season.
Our guests are the best!
“This is such an amazing place. The awesome apple cider slushies with donuts, hayrides, vendors for shopping local and so many activities for kids and the whole family. This place is a tradition for us now.”
“Each staff member we came across genuinely seemed like they were SO happy to have us there!”
“Customer service was fantastic, everyone who worked there seemed to love what they were doing and working at the orchard”
“Great Family Experience! Overall Great Place!! Well Worth the Money Spent and Drive!!”
“MCO is the best place in NC for making perfect memories. If you have never been here, you are missing out on making family memories from a family oriented place.”
“This is my favorite orchard in NC and I love the experience and quality of goods. Can’t say enough good things!”
“We love coming to the orchard and being greeted as family.”
“Our entire family ranging in age 2 - 32 years old had an amazing time!”
