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What's your favourite place to pick your own? Where can you find the best blueberries and strawberries? Leave a comment (or send us an email) and let us know! And check out our collaborative list of Good readers' top PYO spots...

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What's your favourite place to pick your own in New Zealand? Where can you find the best blueberries and strawberries? Leave a comment (or send us an email) and let us know!

Auckland
  • Massey Gardens & Orchard
    45 State Highway 16, Massey
    09 416 8262, 9am to 5.30pm daily
    Strawberries, end of December to January
  • Windmill Orchards
    294 Coatesville Highway, Coatesville
    09 415 9497, 8.30am to 5.30pm daily
    Peaches and nectarines, January to early March
    Apples, mid-January to April
    Pears, mid-February to early April
  • Sunset Orchards
    Main Road, Huapai
    09 412 9630
    No longer pick-you-own, but offering bags of apples and second-grade fruit for bottling.
Northland
  • No listings yet. Send us your pick-your-own spots!
Tauranga
  • Redwood Lane Blueberries
    17 Redwood Lane, Tauriko
    8am to 6pm daily, until mid or late March
  • Somerfield Berryfruit
    1002 Oropi Road, Tauranga
    07 543 1513
    Strawberries (huge)
  • Strawberry Lane
    35 Harrison Road (intersection of Moffatt and Cambridge Roads), Bethlehem, Tauranga
    9am to 5.30pm daily
    Strawberries
  • Iona Boysenberry Orchard
    Corner of Bell Road & State Highway 2, Papamoa
    07 542 1405
    Boysenberries, December-January

Blueberries are plentiful throughout New Zealand in the summer months. Photo by mollypop @ Flickr

Blueberries
Bay of Plenty
Waikato
  • Kaipaki Nursery & Orchard
    1309 Kaipaki Road, RD3, Cambridge
    07 827 9562
    Plums, December to February; Apples, January to June
  • Monavale Blueberries
    790 Wallace Road, RD3, Cambridge
    07 827 9456, 9.30am to 4.30pm, Wednesday to Sunday
    Blueberries, January to March
  • Blueberry Country
    397 Jary Road, off SH3, south of Ohaupo
    07 823 6923, 8am to 5pm daily
    Blueberries, late December to early February
  • Fruitdale Orchards
    78 Osborne Rd, RD1, Horsham Downs, Hamilton
    07 829 4838
    Apples, pears, berries
East Coast
  • The Strawberry Patch
    Havelock Rd, Havelock North
    8.30am to 5.00pm daily
    Strawberries and strawberry ice cream, mid-November onwards
Palmerston North
  • Massey University rent apple trees to the public for the picking season (Feb-May). For $40 you're entitled to everything the tree produces. Read more here.
  • 201 Pohangina Valley East Road, Pohangina Valley, Manawatu (near Palmerston North)
    Blueberries, every day in January from 9am-2pm
Wellington/Whanganui
  • Bluebank Blueberry & Emu Farm
    1301 Akatarawa Valley Road, RD2, Upper Hutt
    04 526 9540, 10am to 5pm daily
    Blueberries, January to April
  • Ration Creek Orchard
    119 Paekakariki Hill Road, Pauatahanui, RD1 Porirua, Wellington
    Apples, including Red Delicious, Gala, Royal Gala, Granny Smiths and Braeburn, from late February to June
  • Penray Gardens
    Between Te Horo and Otaki on State Highway 1
    06 364 5302, 9am to 5pm daily
    Email: penray@xtra.co.nz
    Strawberries, from December
    Chillies and tomatoes, late February onwards
    Apples, from March

Make jam with your extra raspberries or freeze them for use in winter. Photo by See-ming Lee @ Flickr

Raspberries
Nelson
  • Berrylands
    108 Appleby Highway, Appleby, Nelson
    03 544 2099, open 8.30am to 5.30pm daily
    Raspberries and boysenberries, mid-December to mid-January
Canterbury
  • Broadfield Berryfruits
    475 Robinsons Road, Broadfield
    03 325 2232, 10am to 5pm most days
    Blueberries, January to March
West Coast
  • No listings yet. Send us your pick-your-own spots!
Otago
  • Keen's Berry Farm
    Matsinger's Berry Farm
    Strawberries and raspberries
    Both farms are a 10-15 minute drive from Oamaru
  • Darlings Orchard and Pure Fruit Juices roadside stall
    5090 State Highway 8, Ettrick
    03 446 6763
    Wide range of fresh fruit, juices and vegetables including pick-your-own cherries and pre-picked apricots, plums, nectarines, peaches, apples and pears
    "Most trips to Central Otago will take you past many stalls and PYO orchards. Ettrick is a great place to start followed by Roxburgh and Cromwell." –Lesley

 

Comments

Emma
emmaholder.co.nz
 
Thu January 27, 2011 @ 02:06 PM

Tauranga
Redwood Lane Blueberries
17 Redwood Lane, Tauriko
Opens 8am to 6pm Daily - Closed Tuesday

Rebekah White
 
Fri January 28, 2011 @ 10:59 AM
Thanks Emma, have added that to the page.
Maria
 
Fri January 28, 2011 @ 01:38 PM
Somerfield Berryfruit
1002 Oropi Road
Tauranga

07 543 1513

Their strawberries are huge
Maddison
 
Sun February 20, 2011 @ 01:30 PM
Ration Creek Orchard
119 Paekakariki Hill Road
Pauatahanui
RD1 Porirua
Wellington

Fantastic fresh apples straight from the tree, they have Red Delicious, Gala, Royal Gala, Granny Smiths and Braeburn (as they come into season so I think thats from end of Feb through to June) you can buy apples by the bag ofr PYO. Apples are great sizes for kids lunch boxes!
George
 
Thu February 24, 2011 @ 02:22 PM
Hi, I'm from 17 Redwood Lane just outside Tauranga on the highway to Hamilton.  The listing says our blueberry field is closed on Tuesdays, but thanks to the magic of an honesty box people are welcome all day every day.  Thanks for listing us.  It has been a good season and I think we'll have blueberries through to mid or late March.  Cheers, George
Jo
 
Wed March 02, 2011 @ 09:21 PM
Havelock North has a gorgeous place called 'The Strawberry Patch'.  http://www.strawberrypatch.co.nz/
They are always really busy and make the best real strawberry ice creams to order!
Alex
 
Tue November 15, 2011 @ 05:52 PM
Strawberry Lane Tauranga have beautiful strawberries really close to town (only 10min drive from CBD). We really love going there!
Address:
35 Harrison Road (intersection of Moffatt and Cambridge Roads)
Bethlehem
Tauranga
Open 9am - 5.30pm 7 days a week
Rebekah White
 
Wed December 21, 2011 @ 03:52 PM
Thanks guys - I've updated the listing above to include all of those!
Naomi
 
Thu December 22, 2011 @ 11:01 AM
Penrays - between Te Horo and Otaki on State Highway 1.  PYO strawberries, tomatoes, chilli, apple and maybe some other things.  They have the best strawberries I have ever bought.
Rebekah
 
Thu December 22, 2011 @ 11:40 AM
Penrays is up there now. It's pretty cool - they've got a Facebook page where they give updates of what's ready to pick: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Penray-Gardens/163958680366751
Kate
 
Thu December 22, 2011 @ 04:23 PM
Does anyone know where I can get Raspberries and/or Currants in the Waikato area?  We picked Blueberries at Monavale yesterday but looking for Raspberries for a summer pudding. 
Fifi
 
Fri January 27, 2012 @ 08:44 AM
Iona Boysenberries in Papamoa=favourite, vines are always laden and berries are plump and lush.

Iona Boysenberry Orchard 
Cnr. Bell Road & State Highway 2, Papamoa 
Ph: 07 542 1405 
Usually PYO starts December and ends January. 
They may have finished PYO for this year, might be best to give them a call. 
Katherine Huynh
 
Fri January 27, 2012 @ 12:12 PM
201 Pohangina Valley East Road, Pohangina Valley, Manawatu (near Palmerston North).

PYO blueberries everyday in January from 9am-2pm.
Katherine Huynh
 
Fri January 27, 2012 @ 12:20 PM
201 Pohangina Valley East Road, Pohangina Valley, Manawatu (near Palmerston North).

PYO blueberries everyday in January from 9am-2pm.
Christine
 
Mon January 30, 2012 @ 11:40 AM
Also "Blueberry Country" just before/after Ngatea depending on the direction you come from.  I took my kids there last week and couldn't get over the amount of Blueberry bushes and packed full of blueberries!  We had a great time eating/picking them!  :-)  Apparently they have two farms?
Di
 
Sat April 21, 2012 @ 09:26 AM
What I would like to get hold of is a list of places to get seconds or bottling grade fruit (pick your own would be fabulous).  Does anyone know of any places like this? 

I spoke to Sunset Orchards today and they no longer do Pick your own, but do sell bags of apples in bulk and second grade fruit also.
Lesley Burns
 
Sat April 21, 2012 @ 11:05 AM
Darlings Orchard and Pure Fruit Juices Roadside stall –  A
wide range of fresh fruit,juices and vegetables including pick your own
cherries and pre-picked apricots, plums, nectarines, peaches, apples
and pears

5090 State Highway 8 Ettrick,

ph: 03 446 6763.
If you are in the south most trips to Central Otago will take you passed many stalls and PYO Orchards.Ettrick is a greatplace to start followed by Roxburgh and Cromwell.

I have had to do it myself this year as our trees that we usually allow others to help pick for free  were decimated by drought,rain and finally when a few fruit remained the Possums moved in ate the lot and then started on thr trees.
Sad as I I usually share so many and eventake boxes to elderly and families so they can preserve them.

I know
Stephanie
 
Sat April 21, 2012 @ 09:48 PM
Fruitdale Orchard in Hamilton (on Osbourne Road) is great of picking of apples, pears, berries, etc.  

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