Gross Orchard — Local services in Bedford

Gross' Orchard is a nice place to visit for fruits and vegetables, and it's located approximately 11 miles north of the town of Bedford, Va., off of Rt.43. GPS directions as of now from Roanoke, Va. are complicated, so I recommend taking 460, then 221 north through Bedford, and then route 43 towards Peaks of Otter. Once you travel about 6 miles, you will see signs for Gross Orchard, 2.4 miles off Rt. 43. As of today, 7/5/2025, the parkway is closed for repairs, so I wouldn't add the Peaks to your trip in this area. We were impressed with the fruits and vegetables, namely, peaches, early season apples, blackberries, blueberries, and the usual garden variety cukes, tomatoes, corn, squash, etc. They also had a local gentleman playing music. The store also carries honey, jams and jellies. There is alot more to be had but you need to plan a visit and maybe you'll find alot more items. Hours are 8:00 - 6:00 Monday...

The site was beautiful and the apples were delicious, but the costumer service was awful. We parked in front of the store with some other people at around 5 o’clock. We went into the store and bought a bag to fill in the orchard and the employees in the store were delightful, and even gave me tips for my apple pie. But there was this man that came around on his four wheeler and told us that the orchard closed at 5, but we were not informed of that. We left the orchard without filling our bag and when we got to the exit another man yelled at us to move our car and threatening to have it towed. It was a lovely trip besides these two men. I just wished that there was a batter way of handling the situation and better communication. They also took a picture of my license plate , which was extremely rude when I was on my way to...

I caught giardia, lost 12 pounds, and ended up in the ER after their 2018 apple festival where the portopotties were overflowing, I couldn't find any hand sanitizer in the portopotties, and the only place I could find to wash my hands was a little ground spigot right by the farm animals. I called them before this year's festival to urgently recommend they step up their hygiene with some dead simple practices so they don't kill any cute kids or little old ladies and they got incredibly snarky and accustatory. I loved going to this festival with my family, I was hoping to go again, but their ignorance and hostility to what should have been a friendly call...