Pick your own fruit farms near Melbourne
High Grove Chestnut & Berry Farm
A wide variety of fruit to pick from (puns included), this place has many facilities for you to enjoy your time here. Picnic spots, places to buy food and drinks and enjoy the view.
Sunny Creek Organic Berry Farm
Over hundred varieties of berries, with over 40 types of raspberries alone. And if for some reason fruit isnt your thing, not sure why you would be at a farm if that is the case. You can buy jams, jellies, cordial and sauces.
Kinglake Raspberries
25 hectares dedicated to growing raspberries right near The Great Dividing Range, they also sell jams and cordials and vinegars.
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Blue Hill Berries and Cherries near Silvan Reservoir is a great little family run farm.
You can pick your own cherries for $10 a kg at Cherry Hill Orchards in Wandin East (about 1 hrs drive from Melbourne) https://www.cherryhill.com.au/contact.
Pick your own strawberries at Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm in Main Ridge (approx 1.5 hrs drive from Melbourne). $9 entry, 1 punnet of strawberries included http://www.sunnyridge.com.au/u-pick.php.
The Bramble Farm in Langwarrin (45 mins outside of Melbourne) has a great variety of berries, including blackberries, raspberries, jostaberries, youngberries and red currants. They're open 9am-5pm 7 days a week, and harvest time is Nov-April. They also make their own honey, marmalades and conserves http://www.bramblefarm.com.au/.
I visited Sunny Ridge Strawberry farm (in Main Ridge near Red Hill) over the weekend http://www.sunnyridge.com.au/. They have the sweetest strawberries you'll ever taste. They even have free samples at the door.
You can pick your own punnet of strawberries for $9 (incl. berries) from April to November. Their jams and produce store is also great too for every type of strawberry treat imaginable!
I picked some of the best strawberries I ever tasted at Beechworth Berry Farm. Even if it's raining they have a lot of undercover spots to pick!
Their season runs Oct- May https://www.beechworthberries.com.au/