Sweet Retreat Orchard

A Holistic Orchard in Hillsborough, North Carolina


Welcome to Sweet Retreat Orchard, a pick-your-own eco-friendly farm located in Hillsborough, North Carolina. We grow a variety of Asian and hybrid persimmons (Fuyu, Nikita's Gift, Saijo, Hachiya, Tamopan), jujubes (Sugarcane, Honey Jar, GA 866, Sherwood, Li, Lang), mulberries, blueberries, figs, and produce caffeine-free herbal teas made from our own dried leaves. No synthetic chemicals are used anywhere on our land, which is located within the Eno River watershed. We take care of our 10-acre orchard by using sustainable practices to protect the soil, water, and our pollinator friends. 


Picking Seasons:

Blueberries and Mulberries - July, August

Jujubes - August, September

Figs - August, September, October

Persimmons - September, October, November


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Sweet Retreat Orchard Newsletter

We still have plenty of persimmons.

Come get this locally grown tropical delight!

Wednesday, November 5
Friday, November 7
Saturday, November 8
Sunday, November 9

1 pm - 5 pm

Persimmons can be stored in the fridge for weeks, and they continue to sweeten as they ripen further. Eat them when they are still hard like a crunchy apple, or wait until they become soft and spoon out the pulp that

tastes like honey-apricot jelly.

This fruit really has it all!

We ask everyone to wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. Like all the other farms around us, we have some fire ants, so please always look down before you look up!

Persimmons need to be cut from the trees.

Feel free to bring your own pruning shears, but we will also have them.

no-spray persimmons
$4.00 per pound

2925 Frank Perry Road, Hillsborough


We also have persimmons at the Eno River Farmers Market on Saturday mornings.
We take cash, check, credit cards and Venmo.


Pick Sweet Retreat!
Anikó and Phil

Sweet Retreat Orchard Newsletter

We still have plenty of persimmons.

Come get this locally grown tropical delight!

Wednesday, November 5
Friday, November 7
Saturday, November 8
Sunday, November 9

1 pm - 5 pm

Persimmons can be stored in the fridge for weeks, and they continue to sweeten as they ripen further.

Eat them when they are still hard like a crunchy apple,

or wait until they become soft and spoon out the pulp that tastes like honey-apricot jelly.
This fruit really has it all!

We ask everyone to wear closed-toe shoes and long pants.

Like all the other farms around us, we have some fire ants, so please always look down before you look up!

Persimmons need to be cut from the trees.

Feel free to bring your own pruning shears, but we will also have them.

no-spray persimmons
$4.00 per pound

2925 Frank Perry Road, Hillsborough


We also have persimmons at the Eno River Farmers Market on Saturday mornings.
We take cash, check, credit cards and Venmo.


Pick Sweet Retreat!
Anikó and Phil