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Current Berry Picking Status:
These are approximate times for the 2012 season. Look for updates as picking times get closer and daily updates when picking opens..
Blueberries: Late June beginning of July
Blackberries: Mid to late July
Peaches: August
Red Raspberries: July through Fall
Apricots: Mid to late June
Apples: July through Fall
The U-Pick Patch opens at dawn and closes at dusk. We close the patch every couple of days to ensure that there are plenty of ripe berries for all of our pickers. To check whether the patch is open for picking and for daily fruit availability check this website, find us on Facebook, or call us toll-free at 888-459-2586. The message on this machine changes from season to season and also includes greenhouse hours and more.
Features:
The Story of the Hiawatha Oregon Trail Sugar Maple
Have you ever wondered what value trees bring to your property and your life? Check out the National Tree Benefit calculator!
National Tree Benefit Calculator
The National Tree Benefit Calculator was conceived and developed by Casey Trees and The Davey Tree Expert Co.
Champion Tree Program
What is a champion tree?
Champion Tree Program
Every state has a champion tree program. You may ask why? And there are no great rocket scientist answers to this question – just simple nuts and bolts. . The champion tree program at the national level is nothing more than a competition between the states for which state has the largest of that particular species. One thing the national program promotes is proper specie identification, as well as the accuracy of following the program rules.
At the state level it is much more than just a competition for the biggest tree. Identifying champion trees in Kansas allows all our citizens the opportunity to locate and view these special trees. There is a certain fulfillment and enjoyment in finding the extraordinarily large trees of any species in their normal habitat as well as when they have been planted out of their normal habitat.
It is through this champion tree program we have discovered many different kinds of trees growing and growing very well outside of their native range. The giant trees are either lucky trees not to have been struck by lightning or drowned by floods or killed by droughts, or in some other way reduced from diseases or insects. Perhaps they have a special genetic advantage, yet unknown to us, as there are many unknown things in the natural growing world, the mycorrhizae, the fungi, all the interconnecting supporting underground things, as well as above ground help in which one plant gets aid from another one that helps produce these magnificent, ancient specimens. Maybe there are special genetics in these old giants that have caused them to grow faster and stronger or have some resistance to some of the pests that have otherwise destroyed their relatives. It is the unknown answer to these questions that is why I believe it is important to sustain the champion tree programs.
It is seldom that a tree is ever planted with the thought that the tree could become the next state or national champion, but rather we plant our trees for our lifetime, perhaps our children and grandchildren’s lifetime enjoyment. But to stand underneath the shade of a tree that has fulfilled that need for 50-60 generations is really more than what our weak minds can comprehend.
Visit the Champion Trees Of Kansas site to learn more about the Champion Tree program. Doug Grimm participates in the state champion tree program and assists in measuring potential state champion nominees.
http://www.kansasforests.org/community/champion/index.shtml
Grimm’s Gardens nursery has seed-grown offspring of several state champion trees.
2991 Goldfinch Road
Hiawatha, Kansas 66434
