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Agritopia peach trees

This is model and photographer Cheyenne at the peach tree orchard at Agritopia when it was in bloom on February 22, 2025.

The peach trees at Agritopia are in bloom in February and sometimes the very beginning of March.

Agritopia is a super fun location to visit in Gilbert, Arizona. There are multiple restaurants and a cute coffee house that have delicious food and drinks, little shops, a real working farm that grows and sells its produce, paths to walk around, garden plots to rent, huge trees, and picnic tables.

There is a citrus and peach orchard that is rented out to photographers a few times a year for about $100. If you want to be the first to learn about when their orchard permits go on sale, get on their email list. They usually make it available for three hours at either sunrise or sunset and only sell it to a few photographers, so while you sometimes have to work around other photographers and their clients, you usually have enough space.

Photo info: I shoot with a Canon 5D, 50mm1.2 and 24-70 mm 2.8 lenses. I edit with retouchup, Topaz, Evoto, and Greater Than Gatsby actions for Adobe Photoshop. I sometimes use a Godox flash and a gold or white reflector. I deliver images in a Shootproof gallery.

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tags: Agritopia, Agritopia peach trees, Arizona peach trees, Peach trees in bloom
categories: Agritopia peach trees, Agritopia photographer, Agritopia, Arizona photographer, Gilbert, Gilbert photographer, Peach orchard, Peach trees
Thursday 04.24.25
Posted by Brenda Eden
 

Agritopia Orchard

I first met Erin at an ultimate frisbee game at a park in Tempe. She was there to watch her boyfriend Ryan play ultimate and I was there to watch my boyfriend Ryan play ultimate. It was soon after my spinal fusion surgery, when I couldn’t play ultimate. (Thankfully my spine got much better after surgery and I eventually was able to play my beloved sport again.) I had a really good time chatting with her and getting to know her!

Fast forward some years later and Erin and Ryan are married with two little kids!

We met up at Agritopia at the peach and citrus orchards for some holiday photos. I loved how their family portraits turned out!

If you want photos at Agritopia, reach out to me on my contact page here. The Agritopia orchards have very limited availability (more limited than it used to be) so if you are interested, we have to sign up right when spots become available. Usually there are some spots in September, October, and November and some very limited spots available when the peach trees are in bloom in early February.

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tags: Agritopia photographer, Agritopia peach trees, Agritopia Farm, Agritopia citrus, Agritopia family photographer, Gilbert family photographer
categories: Agritopia, Agritopia photographer, Arizona, Arizona family portraits, Arizona photographer, Family portaits, Gilbert photographer, Gilbert, Mother and daughter, Peach trees, Peach orchard, Agritopia peach trees, Agritopia citrus trees
Friday 01.13.23
Posted by Brenda Eden
 

Agritopia sunflowers

I met up with Alice and her Little Sister Lila at the gorgeous sunflower fields at Agritopia one early evening in late July, after Arizona got a ton of summer rain. I know Alice from playing ultimate frisbee at local pick up games. It was the first time I had met Lila, but now I follow her on social media and know that she does roller derby (which seems very cool to me!)

We were warned to be careful because the farm fields were flooded and muddy due to recent monsoon storms. If you scroll down a little you will see Sarah, who I think is a farm manager at Agritopia, holding a huge bouquet of sunflowers that she had just cut. She shared all those gorgeous sunflowers with Alice and Lila and me.

Thanks for meeting up with me for sunflower photos, Alice and Lila!

Want sunflower photos for yourself? I am always on the look out for sunflower fields, and right now I have sessions available in October 2022 at Rocker 7 Farm Patch in Buckeye, Arizona. More info about that here: SUNFLOWER PHOTOS AT ROCKER 7 FARM.

Photography equipment used:

Canon 5D, Canon 1.2 prime lens, 43 inch gold reflector, Adobe Photoshop for editing.

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Are you looking for a photographer so that you can get photos at Agritopia? All year long photographers and their clients can walk around Agritopia to get photos, after buying a location permit. Agritopia also gives photographers a chance to purchase permits to photograph in their peach orchards. Those are usually available in September, October, and November and sometimes in the spring. Permits for the pink peach blossoms are available in February. Some years permits are available for the sunflower fields.

Fill out this form if you would like me to photograph you at Agritopia!

Name *
Phone
Thank you!
tags: Sunflower portraits, Sunflower photos, Arizona sunflower farm, Agritopia photographer, Agritopia Farm, Agritopia, Agritopia sunflowers
categories: Agritopia, Agritopia photographer, Arizona, Arizona photographer, Arizona sunflower farm, Gilbert photographer, Sunflower photos, Gilbert sunflowers
Thursday 08.11.22
Posted by Brenda Eden
 

Rebecca at Agritopia

Agritopia in Gilbert, Arizona has a few restaurants, shops, lots of outdoor seating, community gardens, a farmers market, farm tours, pretty paths to explore, tons of trees, seasonal events like citrus picking, and the cutest coffee shop (that sells cupcakes with edible glitter) plus so much else.

When Agritopia first opened to the public over ten years ago, they didn’t advertise very much and word hadn’t gotten out. I would take my dad there and we were amazed to have this beautiful place almost all to ourselves. I did some of my very first photo shoots there of my friends Annie and Aaron and their two kids, and also of my friends Kelly and Bill and their kiddo. Annie and Aaron’s photo shoot was on a hot summer night that cooled off at the end of the evening because a dust storm monsoon blew through and rained down on us. It was so much fun to go get ice cream afterwards at Joe’s Farm Grill - they make the best shakes! Kelly and Bill’s photo shoot was especially beautiful because the grape vines were in full bloom and made for a gorgeous background. And for each photo shoot, we had the place pretty much all to ourselves.

I got to experience having the place (almost) all to myself when I went there with my sister and nephew early in the pandemic. We got curbside pickup and found a place to sit outside and eat away from other people, picnic-style.

Agritopia makes their citrus and peach orchards available to photographers a few times a year with the purchase of a permit. I love having access to the orchard for photo sessions because the orchards are so beautiful. The grass there is the clover kind - tall and lush. I regularly schedule summer and fall/winter/holiday photo sessions there.

These images are of Rebecca. She met up with me to get portraits created at the beginning of summer early in the morning. I love how summery these photos look. We wandered around the Agritopia grounds for a bit, getting photos in front of their magnificent flowering cactus and then headed to the orchard. Thanks, Rebecca for having me take photos of you at the Agritopia orchard. I love how they turned out!

I will most likely be doing more Agritopia summer portraits, probably at the very end of May and beginning of June 2021. If you are interested in getting photos then, please contact me!

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Are you looking for a photographer so that you can get photos at Agritopia? All year long photographers and their clients can walk around Agritopia to get photos, after buying a location permit. Agritopia also gives photographers a chance to purchase permits to photograph in their peach orchards. Those are usually available in September, October, and November and sometimes in the spring. Permits for the pink peach blossoms are available in February. Some years permits are available for the sunflower fields.

Fill out this form if you would like me to photograph you at Agritopia!

Name *
Phone
Thank you!
tags: Portraits, Agritopia Farm, Gilbert, Arizona
categories: Agritopia, Portraits, Gilbert, Arizona
Thursday 02.04.21
Posted by Brenda Eden
 
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