Our Family's Story

Come Gather Beautifully

The pick-your-own experience has been at the heart of everything we do, right from the beginning.

In 1983, when Gary retired from the Merchant Marines, he had a dream to spend more time with his family and build an apple orchard. He envisioned a place where friends and neighbors could pick their own fruit. So he and Patty bought 42 acres of land — really just a pond and a cornfield — and planted the first apple trees a year later. 

Gary, Patty and their two children moved to the farm in 1985 and waited for the first trees to mature. Just as the trees were ready to bear fruit, however, the orchard was completely destroyed by round-headed apple-tree borers, small beetles that make tunnels in an apple tree’s trunk and disrupt its ability to move water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves. 

Our family’s dream seemed to be slipping away.

But we still had each other, and together, we can do anything. With faith and determination, we replanted. And by 1995, we sold our first apples.

Today there are more than 18 family members and countless friends who help us run the farm. From our Cafe, Farm Store and Petting zoo to our fun Festivals and our award winning Corn Maze, we are always dreaming up new things to do “at the farm.” 

Our goal today is much like Gary’s original vision in 1983: to spend time with family and to create a place where other families can join in the experience of our family farm.

There’s no other place we’d rather be than right here, working together as a family and with our community, providing some old-fashioned, wholesome fun for everyone who visits us.  We hope each of our guests leaves feeling a little closer to the land and to the family farming tradition.

Our Mission 

At Treworgy Family Orchards

We believe in connection to community - choosing to be known by folks who accept us as we are and challenge us to become more.

We believe in connection to the land - allowing nature to nourish our bodies and our souls, living close to the land, and following the seasonal rhythms of rest and work.

We believe in connection to God - through community and nature we remember we are a small, but important part of a larger story. Here we remember who we are.  

We believe in family - there’s always a place at the table. Everyone is welcome. 

We believe in generosity - there’s always enough. We help those in need, take folks at their word, and trust that generosity produces abundance. 

We believe in beauty - in bringing order to chaos and living in the space between the wild and the cultivated. We believe everyone can embrace their space and make it beautiful. 

We believe in stewardship - this land and our lives are not our own. We have a sacred responsibility to leave it better than we found it. 

We believe in innovation - everyone is created to be creative. We believe in defining ‘better’ and in always asking ‘How can I improve this?’

We believe in faith - we are a part of something bigger than ourselves and no matter how bad things look, this story has a good ending. 

We believe in real food, hard work, and joyful celebration. 

We believe in supporting small local businesses, knowing our neighbors, and creating space for people to thrive. 

We believe in playing the long game, real-world entertainment, and food we harvest ourselves tastes better. 

At Treworgy Family Orchards we believe everyone was made to gather and grow. 

Our Team

We are a second generation farm family and community living and working together.