Welcome To
U-pick at Peter's Orchard
2025 SEASON
MARCH 26 2025
Our family-owned u-pick orchard is excited to announce that we are anticipating an excellent crop of cherries and peaches this season thanks to the favourable weather conditions over the past few months.
The cherry and peaches trees are full of flower buds which will attract bees and other pollinators. This natural event not only brings beauty to our surroundings but also signals the arrival of a new season filled with life and growth.
We've been carefully tending the orchard, ensuring the trees are well-taken care of, pruned, and protected from pests so that you can enjoy the best quality fruit.
We expect the cherries and peaches to be ready for picking around July 1st, give or take a few days depending on the weather. So mark your calendars and plan a trip out to the orchard in early July to stock up on fresh, tree-ripened cherries and peaches straight from the branch. Bring the whole family for a fun outing in the country and the satisfaction of picking your own fruit at the peak of freshness.
We'll provide the buckets and ladders.
We look forward to seeing you at the orchard for a fruit-filled start to the summer!
Please note:
While we do not have an entrance fee, out of respect for our operation and all the hard work involved in caring for and maintaining the orchard, we strongly encourage a minimum purchase of $5 per person visiting our u-pick farm (children 12 years and younger excluded). Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Our fruit picking season usually starts with the ripening of the sweet cherry 'Chelan', our earliest variety. The Chelan will be followed by another early variety, Santina, and then others. Santina are beautiful heart shaped cherries which are easy to pick; they also pack nicely. Small baskets of fresh hand - picked cherries make a lovely gift to friends and family (trust us, we've had lots of experience on this front!).
Did you know that cherries are part of the 'Rosaceae' family and that its cousins include apricots, almonds, peaches and plums? So many different textures and flavours in the lovely Okanagan open air environment, nature's bounty at its finest.
We are open 7 days a week from 7:00 till 18:00 during growing season for your picking pleasure. Also, fresh picked fruit will be available daily at our Farm Stand at our orchard.
To better serve our customers, this year (2020) we are making a few changes.
We haven't had much luck growing nice edible nectarines as they would develop cracks and moulds. As a result, we have decided to remove our nectarine trees and replace them with varieties of cherry and peach trees. These new fruit trees will take couple of years to bear fruit; in the meantime we hope you enjoy what we have at present.
Also, we are providing more parking space, as this has become somewhat problematic. Additional space is being made at the front of the property.
Our goal is always to serve our customers as best we can. We hope our changes will make your fruit picking experience more comfortable and enjoyable.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing you this summer.
PEACHES
With over 700 varieties peaches are among top five most popular fruit that is grown in British Columbia where it was introduced around 1890. With low calories they are good source of Vitamins A, B and C. In China it is considered fruit of longevity, health and good luck.
