PICK YOUR OWN - (BOOKINGS are ESSENTIAL)
During some of our. fruit seasons, we allow people into the orchard to experience picking their own fruit. This is always very busy on weekends! Bookings must be made via our online booking system for ALL SESSIONS - FOR ANY DAY of the week ,that we have sessions offered, to allow time for groups to be transported to and from the picking areas. There is plenty of free parking available.
PLEASE do not bring your dogs to the farm.
Please bring your own bags for the fruit you pick & you should wear appropriate closed in footwear.Please Note: Our farm DOES NOT offer "all you can eat fruit". That is not how we operate. You are welcome to sample a couple of pieces of fruit whilst picking. Also, to keep the tractors running without a queue, we ask people to limit their time inside the orchard, & we expect people to return to the shed after around an hour in the orchard.
Sorry, we don't know if we will be offering any Apple picking in the '25 season (usually early Feb).
Persimmon picking usually operates from earlyish in April, to the end of May. Stonefruit picking is usually on select dates in November, December & early-mid January.
STONEFRUIT PICKING
PYO Nectarines AND/OR Peaches will be in Nov/Dec 24 & early Jan 25.
Bookings are now open for our Nov/Dec sessions. We have some mid-week sessions as well as some weekends.
Entry fees: $8.50 adults & $4.50/child (3 years & up).
WHITE PEACHES ONLY AFTER 29th Nov this season, except a small amount of white nectarines available around Christmas
Friday 6th Dec - White peaches
Sat/Sun 7th-8th Dec - White peaches
Mon 9th Dec - White peaches
Wed 11th Dec - White peaches
Sat/Sun 14th-15th Dec - White peaches
Mon 16th Dec - White peaches
Wed 18th Dec - White peaches
Sat. 21st Dec - White peaches
CLOSED SUNDAY 22/12/24
Mon 23rd Dec - White peaches
No picking 24th Dec - shed open until 12:30pm only
CLOSED XMAS DAY & BOXING DAY
Fri 27th Sat 28th/Sun 29th/Mon 30th/Tue 31st December - White peaches
Will advise January dates soon.
BOOKINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL PICK YOUR OWN SESSIONS
Please note - we are NOT ABLE to add ANY extra people to any sessions that have already been filled & are booked out.
PERSIMMON PICKING - BOOKINGS have now finished for 2024 - bookings for 2025 SEASON should open mid-March,'25
PYO operates with set session times only, which can vary from week to week - some weekdays & some weekend days.
Note that we do not run sessions all day - only mornings or some early afternoon. It's possible we may add a day here & there at short notice, too, depending on how the picking is going.Maximum group size to book online is 20 - to help us run the Pick Your Own in an orderly manner. Large coach-loads will not be allowed, sorry. Small coaches of around 30-35 will be permitted - but you MUST email or ring us to discuss please. Deposits will need to be paid to confirm numbers.
BOOKINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL PICK YOUR OWN SESSIONSPlease note - we are NOT ABLE to add ANY extra people to any sessions that have already been filled & are booked out.
BOOKINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY OF OUR PICK YOUR OWN SESSIONS!
WEEKENDS: PERSIMMON Picking Entry Fee for 2024 is $12 per adult & $7 per child. BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL for ANY number of people - it is best & easiest to use our Online booking system. (Children are 3 - 15 yrs, and Under 3’s are free entry). Bus groups/small coaches are limited to 30 people & we WILL NOT book more than ONE coachload at any one half-hour time-slot.
We must be contacted if you are bringing anything larger than a mini-bus.
'Pick-Your-Own' sessions include being taken on a tractor ride into the orchard, and shown how, what, and where, to pick your persimmons, and you may also taste 1 or 2 of our beautiful persimmons whilst picking. You will be transported in our special “Persimmon Express” people-mover, and allowed to stroll through the persimmon trees for approximately 60 minutes, making your own choice of fruit to pick & buy.
WEEKDAYS: We operate some sessions of weekday PYO - only on days that suit us - sometimes we will add weekday dates just a few days in advance - depending on fruit availability. We require a minimum group size of 8 adults for any week-day bookings, however, you can book less people, & join others for weekdays - you may receive a 'Pending Booking' email , rather than 'Confirmed' - but we will confirm later on, once the timeslot reaches the numbers to go ahead, otherwise we will offer you a different time on the same day, perhaps.
NOTE: PLEASE BOOK THE CORRECT NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR ALL PICKING (including children!) - Deposit of $3 per person required to book.
Special Note: Please BRING YOUR OWN BAGS to pick fruit into - Also, wear APPROPRIATE footwear for a farm - closed in shoes (best not your nice white shoes!!) and not heels or thongs please. If we happen to get a decent amount of rain, or a big storm, it can get muddy under foot again quite quickly.
You will need to pay a $3 non-refundable DEPOSIT, per person, for all bookings, so make sure of your numbers please, before booking.