Pick Your Own Fruit Blue Mountains and Beyond: Discover these 11 Farms and Orchards for a Fabulous Family Day Out

Pick Your Own Fruit Blue Mountains & Beyond Guide

‘Pick your own fruit‘ farms are a popular family activity. We hope that you enjoy a wonderful family day out fruit picking in and around the beautiful Blue Mountains!

Use the quick links below to skip straight to your favourite ‘pick your own fruit’ destinations in the Blue Mountains and surrounding areas. Remember to please check their Facebook Page or Website for any changes due to COVID restrictions and weather affecting the ripening of fruit and vegetables.

• Canoelands Orchards, Canoelands (strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes, eggplant, nectarines, peaches, plums).
• Pick Your Own Strawberries, Bilpin
• Bilpin Fruit Bowl, Bilpin (peaches).
• Pine Crest Orchard, Bilpin (stone fruit, apples, pears and persimmon).
• Nutwood Farm, Mount Irvine (walnuts and chestnuts)
• Kookotonga Chestnut And Walnut Farm, Mount Irvine (chestnuts and walnuts)
• Cedar Creek Orchards, Thirlmere (nectarines, peaches).
• Berrylicious Strawberries, Thirlmere (strawberries).
• Huntley Berry Farm, Huntley (strawberries, blackberries, raspberries).
• Bilpin Springs Orchard, Bilpin (apples, pears, stone fruit, persimmon, plums, lemons, quinces and more).
• TNT Produce Pick Your Own Apples, Bilpin (apples).

Pick Your Own Fruit Blue Mountains & Surrounds

Some orchards open in October and others in November, depending on whether their fruit and vegetables are ripe and ready for picking. If it is a warm Spring, many farms and orchards hope to open earlier, but the ripening of the fruit depends on the weather.

Pick your own fruit is a lovely activity for children as it shows them where their food originally comes from and how it is grown.

Canoelands Orchards, Canoelands

Enjoy the beauty of Canoelands Orchard with your whole family this Spring. Pick your own fruit, buy raw honey from the shop, enjoy a picnic or a refreshing drink at their cafe. Children may even enjoy visiting the farm animals at Canoelands Orchard!

Where: 27 Canoelands Rd, Canoelands NSW 2157 (halfway between Glenorie and Wisemans Ferry – View map).
When: 7 days, 9.00am to 5pm. Bookings are two hours long with 3pm being the last booking time each day.
Season: Harvesting times vary from season to season. See estimated harvesting times here. During January Canolands Orchard have some fruit available for booked vacation care groups only. Should there be any excess fruit, they will promote visits on Facebook and you will need to book online but these will have very limited spaces. The next harvest will be tomatoes starting in late March.
Produce: Canoelands Orchard’s major harvest is from late October until around Christmas with nectarines, peaches and plums. They also grow blueberries, strawberries, oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, finger limes, apples, pomegranate, feijoa, persimmon, tamarillo, tomatoes, eggplant and peas.
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 1 hour 20 mins
Contact: 0419 688 039
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Entry Fee: Adults $5, kids (aged 5 – 15) $3, under 5 FREE,  Family 2 adults and 2 or more kids $16. Bookings are required via the website.

Pick Your Own Strawberries, Bilpin

Where: 2093 Bells Line of Road, Bilpin, NSW 2758 (View map).
When: The farm is only open on weekends (weather permitting) during harvest time which is between November and May, between the hours of 10am and 4pm. 
Season: Check out Bilpin Fruit Bowl’s seasonal calendar for harvest times.
Produce: Strawberries, six varieties of lettuce, 1000 cucumber plants, radishes, bok choy, carrots, turnips, beetroot, kohlrabi (German turnip), & shallots.
Contact: fruit275@tpg.com.au. Bookings are usually needed for strawberry picking.
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Bilpin Fruit Bowl, Bilpin

Bilpin Fruit Bowl is open for pick your own fruit most weekends of the year – please check their Facebook Page for week to week fruit picking information.

The shop remains open 7 days a week from 8am – 5pm, all year round. So you can still come out and purchase all different kinds of locally made products, including Bilpin Fruit Bowl’s famous apple pies, meat pies, cakes and scones, which are all freshly made on-premises.

Bilpin Fruit Bowl is now also growing strawberries for a delicious and sweet pick your own fruit experience!

Where: 2093 Bells Line of Road, NSW 2758 (View map).
When: The farm is open on weekends and public holidays for fruit picking from 10am – 4pm. No bookings are necessary. The shop remains open every day all year round from 8am to 5pm.
Season: From mid-end of November.
Produce: Apples
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 50 mins
Contact: (02) 4567 1152; info@bilpinfruitbowl.com.au; fruit275@tpg.com.au for strawberry picking.
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Entry Fee: $5 adults, $3 kids

Berrylicious Strawberries, Thirlmere

This popular strawberry picking farm is all undercover in tunnels to protect their strawberries from pests and bacteria, which means less spraying of the fruit is needed. Eat as many strawberries as you like on your fruit picking visit and then take some home! Please check their Facebook Page for updates.

Where: 200 West Parade, Thirlmere NSW 2572 (View map).
When: Monday to Friday, with weekends opening up soon too. Strawberry picking starts 8 October 2020, with more dates becoming available soon. Check Facebook for updates.
Produce: Strawberries
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 1 hour 20 mins
Contact: berryliciousstrawbs@gmail.com
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Entry Fee: $20 adults, $10 kids (aged 2 – 10), kids under 2 are FREE. Eat as many strawberries as you like! Strawberries you take home are $20 per kilo. Bookings essential.

Many orchards are starting their fruit picking season in November. This will likely be a popular activity, so book in advance, if necessary, and enjoy supporting these local Blue Mountains gems for the new fruit picking season. Other orchards and farms are open in November too but are located further out of the Blue Mountains.

Pine Crest Orchard, Bilpin

Pick your own Peaches, Plums, Apples and Pears at Pinecrest Orchard! Enjoy a day out with your family picking your own fruit, strolling through the fruit trees and appreciating the adjoining Australian bush. You may even like to bring a picnic lunch.

In addition to picking your own fruit, Pinecrest Orchard also sells homemade jams, including apricot, nectarine and traditional plum jam. The Shed also stocks local honey and nuts (when in season).

Where: 2549 Bells Line of Road, Bilpin NSW 2758 (behind Bilpin Public School)
When: Open in November for fruit picking.
Produce: Stone fruit, apples (Jonathan, Jonagold, Jonee, Sweetie, Gala, Fuji, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious), pears and persimmon.
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 55 mins
Contact: (02) 4567 1143; johngalbraith06@gmail.com
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Entry Fee: FREE. Pick and pay system. No bookings are required. However, if you plan to come in a big group, please ring in advance so that they can plan for your arrival.

Pick Your Own Chestnuts & Walnuts At Nutwood Farm, Mount Irvine

Season Begins In March (Weekends Only)

Pick your own walnuts and chestnuts at Nutwood Farm. Nutwood Farm is just over 100km from Sydney, and 19km from the famous gardens of Mount Wilson. BYO gloves.

Where: 22 Danes Way, Mount Irvine, NSW 2786
When: Season begins March 2022. WEEKENDS ONLY for the 5-week season (mid-March to mid-April) + Easter, 9am – 4pm. No bookings are needed.
Season: Pick your own walnuts and chestnuts are available for about five weeks in Autumn only.
Fruit: Walnuts and chestnuts ($10/kg – subject to change). CASH ONLY.
Drive from Springwood: Approximately 1 hour 20 mins via Great Western Highway. Google Maps is not very helpful in getting to Nutwood Farm – correct on January 2022. You will find detailed directions from the Nutwood Farm Facebook Page.
Contact: Online or email: nutwoodfarmau@gmail.com
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Pick Your Own Chestnuts & Walnuts At Kookootonga Chestnut And Walnut Farm

Season Begins In March (Open Every Day)

Kookootonga is one of the original farms to be established in the beautiful region of Mount Irvine in the Blue Mountains. Kookootonga has a long tradition of picking your own walnuts and chestnuts and is open each year during March and April.

Where: 247 Mount Irvine Road, Mount Irvine NSW 2786
When: Season begins Saturday 19 March 2022 until about late April, from 9am – 4pm EVERY DAY. No bookings are needed. EFTPOS accepted.
Season: Pick your own walnuts and chestnuts are available for about five weeks in Autumn only. View tips for your visit to Kookootonga Chestnut and Walnut Farm.
Fruit: Walnuts and chestnuts ($10/kg – subject to change). CASH ONLY.
Drive from Springwood: Approximately 1 hour 20 mins via Great Western Highway (View Map).
Contact: hello@kookootonga.com.au
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Pick Your Own Fruit Orchards and Farms a Bit Further Afield

Cedar Creek Orchards, Thirlmere

Nestled in the hills just out of the country town of Picton is the 4th generation family owned and run Cedar Creek Orchard. The Silm family began planting apple trees at Cedar Creek Orchards in the 1940’s and today, the orchard has expanded into a variety of fruits, a total of around 23,000 trees, including apples, peaches, nectarines and persimmons.

Where: 269 Mulholland’s Rd, Thirlmere NSW 2572
When: Open November for fruit picking. The Shed is open for sales of apples, juice, honey etc from 8.30am – 4.30pm, Monday – Friday (not weekends). Season closing mid-January 2021.
Produce: Persimmon picking (ranging from $4 – $8/kg depending on quality) usually operates from early or mid-April, to the end of May. Stonefruit picking is usually on select dates in November, December & early January.
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 1 hour 15 mins
Contact: (02) 4681 8457; enquries@cedarcreekorchards.com.au
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Entry Fee: Adults $6, children $3.50 (for stone fruit picking). Bookings are required to pick your own fruit but no booking is required to buy from the shed.
Minimum group size of 8 adults required for week-day bookings. (You can book & join others for weekdays – confirmation after booking if the group has the numbers to go ahead). No minimum number of people is required on weekends.

Huntley Berry Farm, Huntley

There are plenty of animals to greet and abundant berries to pick at Huntley Berry Farm – it’s a great day out for the whole family! Arm yourself with a bucket and pick your own berry produce with over eleven berry varieties available throughout the berry season (early December to May).

Set in picturesque farmland in the basalt plains of Mount Canobolas, Huntley Berry Farm, also provides visitors with ample parking, leveled grass areas with complimentary BBQs and picnic benches, and an amenities block.

Huntley Berry Farm, is also a great place for a picnic or children’s birthday party, with its extensive grass areas for games. Come out and see the farm animals – goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chooks and the friendly farm dog Jack.

Where: 1053 Huntley Rd, Huntley NSW 2800 (near Orange)
When: Open early December – March for fruit picking. Open 7 days a week 9.30 am – 3 pm for picking (when berries are available) and for jam sales all year (COVID restrictions may alter these hours).
Produce: ALL ORGANIC strawberries, blackberries and raspberries. From March, veggie picking starts – tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, cucumber, squash and sunflowers.
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 2 hours 20 mins
Contact: (02) 6365 5282; huntleyberryfarm@octec.org.au
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Entry Fee: Gold coin donation (Huntley Berry Farm is a not-for-profit disability enterprise). Pick and pay system. Just turn up – no bookings required.

Bilpin Springs Orchard

Where: 2550 Bells Line of Road, Bilpin NSW 2758
When: 15th and 16th May, 2021 from 7 am – 1 pm
Fruit: Pink Lady, Sundowner and Granny Smith apples, pears, stone fruit, persimmon, plums, lemons, quinces and more. Check the seasonal guide here.
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 1 hour 10 mins
Contact: (02) 4567 1294
Website: Please check the website for changes before visiting.

TNT Produce Pick Your Own Apples Bilpin

TNT Produce is the largest orchard in Bilpin and has plenty of good quality fruit for you to pick. There are farm animals to visit, including alpacas, guinea pigs, birds, ducks, rabbits and chickens. TNT Produce Bilpin also sell free range eggs from their own chickens and has lots of local produce for sale in our shed such as homemade jam, honey, vinegar, cider, Bilpin apple juice and lots more. So visit Bilpin for a fun day out with family and friends!

Where: 153 Kurts Road, Bilpin NSW 2758
When: Open 10am to 4pm. No booking is required. Buses welcome.
Season: Apples from January to June 2021,
Fruit: Apples $5/kg and persimmons $10/ kg, tomatoes $5/kg, Lebanese cucumbers $5/kg, capsicums & banana chilli $10/kg. Free range eggs and sunflowers are also available (prices subject to change).
Drive from Springwood: Approx. 1 hour
Contact: 0410 676 152; tntproduce@hotmail.com
Entry Fee: Entry is $3 per person and children under 3 are FREE.
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Before You Arrive For Your Pick Your Own Fruit Experience

Before you pack your family, gumboots and reusable bags in the car to pick your own fruit, it is always best to check the particular farm or orchard’s Facebook Page or website for up to date details of opening hours and booking availability. This is because bookings, weather and fruit availability is variable and cannot always be predicted.

Entry Fees and Bookings

Many farms and orchards charge an entry fee and others are free entry. Some require a booking and others you may turn up as you please. Pick your own fruit farms and orchards are extremely popular, so it is usually best to make a booking early to ensure that you are not disappointed on the day if it is all booked out when you arrive.

Thank You For Taking Care of the Farms and Orchards

Please take care when you visit the farm or orchard that you take all rubbish with you and only pick what you wish to buy. Even though it is all very exciting to pick your own fruit, there is often wastage at ‘pick your own fruit’ farms with a lot of fruit left on the ground. So please keep an eye on your children so that they don’t get too carried away with the picking.

The Farm Gate Trail

Do you love discovering the best, local, farm-fresh produce in NSW?

Then you’ll love the Farm Gate Trail App, which helps you to find farms, plan a self-guided trip to visit them and buy the freshest farm produce.  You’ll also locate local events, exhibitions and places to stop for fun and food, or to stay-over in boutique accommodation.

The App updates for you regularly to highlight fresh seasonal produce and activities. Tag your favourites and make visiting the Trail a seasonal experience.

Download the app to check in regularly to see what’s in season and what’s happening out on the Trail.

Download the App for iPhone: The Farm Gate Trail

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We would love to hear from you! Please leave a comment below to let us know about your fruit picking visit and what adventures you and your family embark on in and around the Blue Mountains National Park.