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Pick-your-own farms in New Zealand 

This page provide listings and links to pick- your- own (PYO, U-pick, upickem, pick-it-yourself) farms in New Zealand.

If you have any to suggest or have any feedback about any you have visited, or want to suggest a farm, please email me via the feedback form or suggest a farm form!  And if you own a farm and want to add it or correct the information, please let me know!

And if you want simple illustrated, instructions on making and canning (preserving, bottling, freezing, etc.) many common items, like how to make jam, applesauce, apple butter, spaghetti sauce, salsa, fruit pies, freezing vegetables, putting up peaches, green beans, etc., just click here. For tips on picking click here!

Harvest time calendar (tells when crops are available)

South Island

Christchurch area

• Broadfield Berryfruit - blueberries,
  475 Robinsons Road, Broadfield, Christchurch, South Island 7676. Phone: 64 3 325 2232. Email: dbabe@blueberrybliss.co.nz. Directions: Located just 20 minutes from Cathedral Square in Christchurch, the orchard has a quiet country atmosphere within a short drive of Christchurch. Click here for a map and directions. Crops are usually available in January, February, March. Open: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, seven days a week. Payment: Cash, only. The bushes have a generous coating of berries and no prickles. The staff encourage customers to pick wherever they like and can sample the berries to get the ones they really like. Training is given by the staff on the way to pick and ice cream containers are provided to pick into. Picking is not arduous, most females manage 3 kgs per hour and men do a bit less. Children are good pickers too. Family groups are encouraged, children are our customer of the future. (UPDATED: January 07, 2009)

Canterbury County

• Otahuna Berries - raspberries
  Rhodes Rd R D 2, Tai Tapu, North Canterbury, New Zealand. Phone: (03) 3296687. Open: January to ?. Also have a cafe (Raspberry cafe) A visitor writes on January 06, 2009: "Great!" (Suggested by a visitor, ADDED: January 06, 2009)
• Pataka Pottery and Berries - raspberries
  768 Marshland Road, Christchurch, NA, 8083. Phone: 03-323-8915. December, January, February, accepts credit cards. Click here for a map. A visitor writes: "It is wonderful! I take my daughter every summer to pick raspberries there."
  

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• Gary & Lyndas Narshi Pear Orchard - Follows organic practices, pears,
  1127 Shands Road Broadfield, Christchurch, South Island 7676. Email: smith_trev@hotmail.com. Directions: On Shands Road between Robertson's and Tancred s Road. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in March, April. Open: As of the 07/3/09 and 08/3/09 and each week - end till end of March; hours are 8am till 5pm on both days All Nashi Pears 15 aches of trees BRING YOUR OWN BAG OR CONTAINER. We follow organic practices, but are not seeking certification. The price is $1.70 kg . Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard. (ADDED: March 04, 2009)

Otago - Cromwell County

• Kawarau Gardens - PYO cherries
  State Highway 6, Ripponvale ( 3 miles from Cromwell at entrance to Kawarau Gorge), Ripponvale, NA, Phone: +64 3 445 0733. December to Jan.

Pictou County

• Parker's Farm Maket - beans, beets, blackberries, blueberries, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, grapes, melons, onions, other berries, peas, peppers, pumpkins, raspberries, rhubarb, summer squash, winter squash, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables,  straw or hay bale maze,
  4534 Greenhill Rd RR 2 Pictou, Durham, NS B0K 1H0. Phone: 902 485-1584. Email: kennie.parker@ns.sympatico.ca. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October, November. Open: Strawberry: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 to 6:00 pm. Strawberries in July 01 pm to July 21 and end of August and beginning of September. Payment: Cash, Check.

North Island

• The Berry Farm - gooseberries, raspberries, Other fruit or veg
  46 Redwood lane Tauriko, Tauranga, North Island 3001. Phone: 07 5433051. Fax: 07 5430451. Email us at: tga_berryfarm@yahoo.co.nz. We are open January, February, December. Our hours are: Wednesday to Sunday 8am to 4 pm.
• Bluebank Blueberry & Emu Farm - ORGANIC, Blueberries
  Bluebank Farm is about 45 minutes drive from New Zealands capital - Wellington - and less than 10 minutes north from Upper Hutt City in the picturesque Akatarawa Valley.  Take a stroll through the wildflower meadow, or Pick Your Own organic blueberries. Have a close encounter of the " Emu" kind or just browse in the shop for blueberries, emu skin care products and meat, blueberry jam, fudge, pottery and hand made candles.  Winter time is the emu breading season with chicks hatching from July.  For more information please phone 526-9540.  Groups are welcome by arrangement and guided tours provided.  Info@bluebank.co.nz 
• The Blueberry Farm - ORGANIC, Blueberries, petting zoo, free picnic area
  1229 Akatarawa Road, Upper Hutt, New Zealand. Phone: (04)526-6788. Directions: Take SH2 from Wellington towards Upper Hutt, and turn left on the Akatarawa road heading towards Staglands. It is the first blueberry farm on the left about 5 km from the Highway. Open: 10am to 5pm, Thursday to Sunday, in season (January through April). Our farm is the only Organic pick your own farm in the Wellington Region and has been farmed organically since 1994. Come and enjoy our delicious desserts café and then take a picnic to our swimming hole, one of the best in the Wellington region. The adults and children will enjoy the petting zoo with the baby animals. We do not charge an access fee to picnic on our portion of the river. We offer birthday party packages as well as school tours of the farm.
• Blueberry Patch - Nangkita Road 
  Pick your own berries in season  85 56 9100.
• Kaipaki Nursery & Orchard - Apples,
  1309 Kaipaki Road, Cambridge, North Island 3495. Phone: 07 827 9562. Fax: 07 827 9562. Email: kaipakinurse@xtra.co.nz. Directions: From Cambridge take Te Awamutu Road approx 2 km at cross road turn right first gate on right >From Hamilton go past Mystery Creek head towards Cambridge on Kaipaki Road last gate before road junction Cambridge Te Awamutu Road Open: 8-30 am to 7pm 7 days. (UPDATED: February 21, 2009)
• Julians Berry Farm and Cafe - blackberries, boysenberries, currants (red and black), loganberries, olallieberries, other berries, raspberries, strawberries, tayberries,
  RD1 12 Huna Road, Whakatane, North Island 3191. Phone: +64 7 3084253. Fax: +64 7 3084253. Email: juliansberryfarm@paradise.net.nz. Directions: 3kms on the left just before you get to Whakatane from Tauranga or Rotorua Open: Labour weekend end of October to Waitangi weekend early February 7 days a week 8am -6pm except Xmas day. Typical crop availability dates:
  Strawberries - late October to late January;
  Raspberries -  mid-November to late January;
  Blackberries - mid-November to January;
  Boysenberries - December to early January;
  Ranui berries - Late November to mid- December;
  Loganberries - mid-November to mid- December;
  Tayberries mid-November to mid- December
  Payment: Julians Berry Farm and Cafe is a a one stop shop for all your berry needs as well as freshly picked berries, frozen berries, and pick your own berries, we stock products made from our berries including jams, sauces, soaps, moisturisers, and many more. We have a beautiful outdoor sheltered cafe overlooking our farm and serve delicious home cooked meals and berry baking. Our most famous product apart from our lovely berries are the berry ice creams made from our own berries.
• Kaipaki Nursery and Orchard - Apples
  1309 Kaipaki Road, Cambridge, North Island 3495. Phone: 07 8279562. Fax: 07 8279562. Email: kaipakinurse@xtra.co.nz. Directions: From Cambridge take Te Awamutu Road Turn right at sign to Mystery Creek First gate on right >From Hamilton past Mystry Creek head for Cambridge turn left into Kaipaki Road Last gate on left before cross roads And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in April, May, June. Open: 9am 5pm Weekdays 1pm -5-30pm weekends Braeburn Apples April to mid June Pink Lady Mid May - Mid June.
• Paradise Valley Berry Farm - raspberries, strawberries,
  351 Corbett Road Bell Block, New Plymouth, North Island 4373. Phone: 06 7553368. Fax: 06 7553368. Email: enquiries@berryparadise.co.nz. Directions: 3.5 kilometres form Devon Road, north of Bell Block, New Plymouth. Open: Monday to Sunday, 9.30am to 6pm. Strawberries generally from 1 November to mid March; Raspberries generally November and December.
• RTW New Zealand Limited - Apples, asparagus, apricots, beans, blackberries, blueberries, carrots, grapes, nectarines, onions, pears, peas, peaches, plums, pumpkins, raspberries, summer squash
  24-412 Whitehead Road, Hastings, North Island 4201. Phone: (0064)21187274. Email us at: personal@rtwnewzealand.com. We are open January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October, December. Our hours are: Monday to Friday, 7 am to 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 7 am to 5 pm. Payment: cash.

Harvest Calendar in New Zealand