South Australia, Australia PYO Farms: Where in South Australia, Australia to find pick your own farms and orchards for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and canning & freezing instructions!

South Australia, Australia PYO Farms: Where in South Australia, Australia to find pick your own farms and orchards for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and canning & freezing instructions!

This month's notes: February 2012: Summer is upon us! Be sure to check out the Harvest time calendar for Australia to see what is likely to be available. See this page for hundreds of easy canning and freezing instructions/recipes, canning equipment guide! Also make your own ice cream - see How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manuals. Organic farms are identified in green! Please tell the farms you found them here - and ask them to update their information!!

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South Australia, Australia's U-Pick Farms and Orchards

Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close, run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!

 

South Australia

Adelaide

  • Beerenberg Strawberry Farm - strawberries
    Mt Barker Road, Hahndorf, South Australia, 5245, Australia. Phone: +61 8 8388 7272. Fax: +61 8 8388 1108. Email: form on their website. Other crops grown (not pyo) on the farm include strawberries, sweetcorn, cherries, gherkins and hot chillies (peppers). Ample free parking and no admission charge. Open: 7 days a week 9 am to 5pm. Directions: Beerenberg Strawberry Farm is situated at the Eastern end of the Hahndorf main street in the picturesque Mount Lofty ranges, some 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Adelaide in South Australia. The Strawberry season is usually November to May (the warmer months of the year).
    Go to the Beerenberg shop first.
    The shop is open everyday (except Christmas day) from 9am to 5pm. 
    Pick Your Own open 9am to 4.15pm.Container supplied at the Beerenberg shop.
    It is $3 (inc GST) to get into the strawberry patch (13 years and under free).
    For organised groups of children 13 years and under (eg. school groups, camps, etc.), Beerenberg can supply a small punnet for each child to fill at a cost of $3.50 per child (includes entry fee).  Bookings for groups essential ph 8388 7272.
    Price varies from season to season but is usually around AUD $9.00 per Kg (you must purchase all strawberries you pick).
    One adult entry fee refunded for every 2 kgs picked and paid for in a single transaction.
    (UPDATED: October 06, 2010)
  • Cherrytime Orchard - cherries
    Location: Adelaide Rd, Lobethal, UBD Map 124 J1, Gregory’s Map 169 E12. Phone: 8389 6902. Email: cherrytime@adam.com.au. Open: from the first week of December through the first week of January, by appointment only. A special feature of CherryTime Orchard is the opportunity for people (including family groups) to have private access to pick their own cherries by booking a discrete time. Times can be booked by telephoning and asking for Bob Barnard.
  • Olive Grove Onkaparinga Hills - Uses natural growing practices, Olives
    Lot 1 Spriggs Road, Onkaparinga Hills, Adelaide, SA 5000. Phone: 0405261275. Email: firmaoz@bigpond.com. Open: Please call us at 0405 261 275 for opening times and dates; Grove is open on appointment only. Directions: Off Main South Road into States road. Turn into Spriggs Road and find the grove at the end of Sprigss Road. Click here for a map and directions. March - June. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Payment: Cash, only. Olives organically grown. Suitable for crushing into Extra virgin olive oils or table varieties. Depending upon what is available at time of picking. (ADDED: April 17, 2011)
  • Stella Creek Cherry Orchard - cherries
    Plummers Road, Forest Range, South Australia. Phone: 8389 8572. Email: sales@stellacreek.com.au. Open: from the first week of November through the first week of January from 8 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week. ; Closed on Christmas Day. Directions: 1.8kms from the main Adelaide – Lobethal Road on top of the ridge - look for the Stella Creek sign at our entrance.
    Stella Creek - stunning views over the Onkaparinga Valley. Permanent netting gives year round protection to our orchards with trees specifically pruned for easy picking – no ladders. Entry to our orchard is free! Hillside picnic spots, natural bush, native birds and maybe even a koala or kangaroo - all just 25 minutes from the Tollgate.

Ashton

  • Ashton Blue - PYO Cherries
    Marble Hill Road, Ashton, South Australia. Phone: 8390 1651. Email: hlindon@paintedwall.com.au. Open: 8 am to 8 pm from December 15 to January 5th , except Boxing Day and Christmas Day unless sold out or unless a fire ban day. 
  • Marble Hill Cherry Farm - cherries (already picked, not pyo)
    Marble Hill Rd, Ashton, South Australia. Gregory’s Map 187, A13. Phone: 08 8390 1651. Alternate phone: 08 8390 0327. Mobile: 0411 361 651. Email: hlindon@paintedwall.com.au. Open: December to early January 11am to 7pm Wednesday to Sunday; closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Mt Lofty Fireban Days, call Fire Ban Hotline – 1300 362 361 to check. Enjoy the tranquil orchard, nearby bushland, native birds and occasional koalas. 20 minutes from the CBD. Picnic tables available. We suggest you wear sneakers, jeans, an old shirt and hat. Artists studio. Close to Scenic Hotel, Heysen Trail, and Marble Hill ruins. Cherry vinegars, pickled cherries, home made lemon squash, iced tea. (UPDATED: October 06, 2010, from the web)

Mount Compass

  • Blueberry Patch - Blue Berries
    Nangkita Road, Mount Compass, NA, 5210. Phone: (08) 85 56 9100. Pick your own or buy freshly packed. Open from the 26th December until the 26th January - 7 days. At other times visits by appointment.
  • Fleurieu Cherries - cherries
    Pages Flat Road (B34), South Australia. Phone: 08 8556 1314. Alternate phone: 0419 823 721. Open: mid December to early January, daily, from 9 am to 6 pm; Closed on New Years Day. Directions: 1.5 kms from Victor Harbor Road,  Member of the Mount Compass food & tourism trail. Also available: Plums, apples (I don't know if these are also PYO). (ADDED: October 6, 2010, from the web)

Other areas

  • Bimbimbi Cherries - cherries
    Lake Edward Road, Glencoe, South Australia. Phone: (08) 8739 4066. Open: Boxing Day to mid January,daily from 9 am to 5 pm; closed on Christmas Day. Directions: We are situated between Mt Gambier's Blue Lake and the limestone coast caves at Tantanoola, and surrounded by farmland and forestry. Tranquil Lake Edward is only 5 km away. Also available jams & preserves. (ADDED: October 6, 2010, from the web)
  • BP Cherryfarm - ORGANIC, cherries, Honey from hives on the farm, PYO and already-picked cherries, restrooms
    18 Mawson Rd, Lenswood, SA 5240. Phone: 08-8389 8222. Fax: 08-8389 8222. Email: bpcherry@hotmail.com. Open: early December to mid January 9 am to 00am t0 5 pm to 00pm 7Daysc. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Organically grown cherries Naasa in conversion certificate no 5375. (ADDED: October 05, 2010)
  • Forest Range Cherries - Cherries
    Plummers Road, Forest Range, SA, 5139. Phone: (08) 8389 8500. See these pages for more information: Varieties, Directions: How to Get Here and Prices. We are one of the few orchards to offer Pick-Your-Own. The trees are kept short and most of our fruit can be picked standing on the ground. On a typical hot summer's day we are normally one of the coolest spots in the state - in amongst the trees it is even cooler. The view from the top of our hill is also well worth the climb. In the immediate vicinity there is the vineyard and cellar door of an excellent independent small winery Mt Lofty Vineyards - they are open most weekends and public holidays.
    If you have any energy left after tramping up our hill there is a nice walk available by turning right at the top of our road. This takes you along the edge of the state forest - initially bordering grazing land and then through natural scrub where you get views in one direction to Marble Hill and Cherryville - in the other direction right out to the Port River. Kangaroos can often be seen at dusk.
  • Greengyle Orchards, Masasa Harvest - cherries
    Dohle Road, Mount Gambier, South Australia. Phone: 8725 9937. Email: bosmanhg@bigpond.com. Open: from the third week of December to the end of January, please contact us to confirm, 9am to 5pm on Monday to Friday; 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday; Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day. Directions: We are situated 4 kilometres east of central Mount Gambier, incorporating 6 hectares of cherries & one hectare of lemons, which are grown on a biodynamic reduced spray program. The farm shed has been converted into an Organic Farm Shop, specialising in fresh and packaged organic produce.. Close to Mount Gambier you have the Blue Lake, plus numerous limestone caves worth visiting. The Coonawarra wine belt is a stone’s throw away.
  • Montacute Valley Orchards - NOT PYO - all prepicked: Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines, Lemons.
    Institute Road, Montacute, South Australia, 5134. Phone: 83902213/883902311. Email us at: montvale@chariot.com.au. (UPDATED: December 19, 2009)
  • Old Coralinga -  cherries
    Corner of Mawson and Harris Roads, Lenswood, South Australia. Phone: 08 8389 8027. Email: suew@kern.com.au. Open: from the second week of December through the second week of January, daily from 9 am to 6pm; Closed on Christmas Day. Directions: UBD Map 111-K14, Gregory’s Map 171- K14. Old Coralinga is in the Lenswood high country and was once part of Antartic explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson's property. His shearing shed is still being used.
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