COVID Guidelines

 Now open for the 2020 Season

 Open 7 days a week

 Now Picking: Golden Delicious, Cameo,

Blushing Gold, Fuji 

Pumpkin patch is now open.

 Hours: Monday – Saturday, 9 – 6

Sunday 10 – 6

Driving in the orchard Monday-Friday  

No admission charge

Open rain or shine, some weekend activities may be temporarily closed due to rain. 

Professional photographers (those who are being compensated for their photos) please call the farm to reserve a spot.

 

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Harvesting Family Memories for Generations

The Stepp Family has been inviting guests to pick their own apples on our 70-acre working farm and apple orchard in Hendersonville NC for nearly 50 years. We invite you and your family to visit the farm to experience fun, family-friendly farm activities in a beautiful country setting on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina near Asheville.   Pick your own apples and pumpkins or select from varieties of pre-picked apples.  Navigate our 5-acre corn maze or try hitting a target with the apple cannon.  Visit our Country Market for a delicious cup of apple cider or an apple cider slushy.  Enjoy apple cider donuts, fresh from our own bakery.  Bring a lunch to enjoy in picnic area beside the orchard.

5o Years of Pick Your Own Apples

Pick Your Own Apples – 21 Varieties

Farm Market, Apple House & Bakery

School & Adult Educational Tours

Fun Activities at Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard & Farm:

Enjoy Our Apple Cider Doughnuts

Explore Our Corn Maze Adventure

Shoot the Apple Cannon! (Weekends Only)

Weekend Wagon Ride Through the Orchard

 

Pick Your Own Grapes Right Off the Vine!

Take a Walk on the Trail & Enjoy Nature

Capture & Share Family Memories

Pick Jack O’Lanterns & Baby Pumpkins!

Have Lunch in Our Covered Picnic Area

Stroll Through the 38-Acre Orchard

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What Visitors Say . . .


"We LOVE Stepp Orchard. We make several trips up there every year. It's a great family atmosphere and a fantastic way to spend the day!!" Cassandra - Greenville SC …

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"I've been picking apples here since 2001, and now that our family has grown, I am more excited than ever to share this tradition with our little one. They have the best apples, the friendliest …

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Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard & Farm News

Weekend Farm Fun, Sept. 12-13

By Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

 The Weekend is Here,

Sept. 12-13

What’s going on at the farm?

  • Wide open spaces and fresh country air
  •  Pick your own apples – Golden Delicious, Cameo, Blushing Gold
  • Weekend activities: wagon rides around the farm, apple cannon, corn maze, jump pad (weather permitting)
  • Delicious eats – apple cider and pumpkin donuts, fried apple pies, apple fritters (while they last), fudge, caramel apple oatmeal cookies, kettle corn, apple cider slushies, 
  • Ugly Pig BBQ with smokin’ hot food (see menu below)

We are waiting on our next crop of sunflowers so stay tuned.
Reminder: driving in the orchard is not permitted on weekends.
The farm takes cash and credit cards.
Hours: Saturday 9-6, Sunday 10-6
Open rain or shine, some weekend activities may be temporarily closed due to rain.
Hope to see you at the farm.

 

Last Weekend in August, 2020

By Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

August 29-30, 2020

  • Pick your own apples (now picking Early Fuji, Mutsu, Jonagold, Shizuka).
  • Buy prepicked apples in the Apple House (Honey Crisp and Gala).
  • Cut a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers and zinnias.
  • Enjoy apple cider donuts, oatmeal caramel apple cookies, fired apple pies, apple cider slushies, and kettle corn.
  • Shoot the apple cannon.
  • Navigate the 5 acre corn maze.
  • Take a tractor pulled wagon ride around the farm.
  • Bring a picnic lunch and view the beautiful scenery.
  • Refresh in the exhilarating mountain air.
  • Stroll through the Apple House for apple butter and honey, apple wood chips and firewood, handcrafted soaps, and embroidered dish towels.

Twenty pound bags of deer apples are now available for purchase.
**Reminder – Driving is not allowed in the orchard on weekends. Also note, driving will not be allowed on Labor Day Monday.
Pets are allowed on the farm on a leash at all times. Please clean up after them and monitor their behavior. Due to food regulations they cannot come in the Apple

Picking Honey Crisp and Early Fuji This Weekend

By Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

 

Orchard News for the weekend of August 22, 2020

Let’s get apple picking and take in the great outdoors.

  • Pick your own apples now picking Gala, beginning Friday we will add Honey Crisp and Early Fuji
  • Weekend activities: 5 acre corn maze, apple cannon, wagon rides
  • Serving up apple cider donuts and apple cider slushies.
  • Check out The Girl in the Garden Soaps, Lancaster Road embroidered towels, fun farm t-shirts, local honey ,apple butter, jams and jellies.
  • New this year straight from the farm apple wood and apple wood chunks great for grilling and smoking.

You may drive in the orchard Monday – Friday but not on weekends.
We take all major credit cards.
Pets are allowed in the orchard on a leash. Please monitor their behavior and clean up after them. They are not allowed in the Apple House due to food regulations.

Hours: Monday – Saturday: 9-6, Sunday 10-6
Hope to see you at the farm this weekend.