Auckland area of New Zealand U-Pick Farms - 2024 PickYourOwn.ORG

Looking for a local, pick-your-own farm in Auckland area of New Zealand? Scroll down this page and you will see the U-Pick farms in Auckland area of New Zealand, sorted by county. Those that offer organic or sustainably grown produce are identified by the words "organic" and/or "sustainable" in Green, next to their name  (see "What does Organic mean?"). The U-pick crops they offer follow the name of the farm. To search the page for a specific crop, use Ctrl-F (or on an ipad or Mac, use their "search on this page" function) If they have a website, the name will be in blue and underlined; click on it and it will open their website. If you find anything outdated or inaccurate, see the customer and farmer menus (as appropriate) at the top menu bar to submit updates and corrections and help me keep each current!

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Note: Beware the copycat websites like the one that stole our name and uses .farm extension: they copied my work and do NOT even update the info! I make updates EVERY day. They use tech tricks to get higher rankings, but have many more inaccuracies and out-dated info. Obviously, I cannot check every farm every day, but I do check as many as I can every day, and respond to all requests.  They don't. Don't support the scammers!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! And if you know of any farms I missed and want to add a farm, please let me know!   I'm making updates for this year as fast as I can - if you find anything out-of-date, wrong or not working - please let me know! This website is supported by purchases you make through the links to products on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This allows me to continue to maintain the website and make improvements!

What's in season in December 2024, and other timely information:

Notes for December 2024:Apples are usually January to May; Blueberries are ready in December to mid January in MOST areas of Australia. Strawberries can have a long season, November to April - depending on the variety. See your area's crop availability calendar for more specific dates of upcoming crops. The U-pick crops they offer follow the name of the farm. To search the page for a specific crop, use Ctrl-F (or on an ipad or Mac, use their "search on this page" function) If they have a website, the name will be in blue and underlined; click on it and it will open their website.

Home canning and freezing directions. You can access it from the drop down menus at the top of the page or the site search. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me!

Auckland area of New Zealand U-Pick Farms and Orchards, by area

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!

This page provide listings and links to pick- your- own (PYO, U-pick, upickem, pick-it-yourself) farms in New Zealand, organised by Region and District. Or click here for Farm Markets 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)

If you want to start your own food business, at home or otherwise, see this page.

Auckland

• Bells Berries - strawberries, farm animals
  Corner of Mill and Hamlin Road, Takanini, South Auckland, NZ. Phone: 0274 436612. Email: bellsstrawberry@gmail.com. Open: daily from September to mid January, Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5:30 pm; Weekends 10am to 6pm and Public Holidays 10 am to 5:30 pm. They are a sustainable pick your own strawberry farm, in its second year. Named after our 2-year-old daughter Annabel, we pride our berries on being as low input as possible. To achieve this we use symbiotic planting and bio bugs as well as using seaweed and other natural fertilizers. Our packaging is made from sustainably sourced sugar cane and we invite you to bring your own reusable containers when coming to pick! They also have real fruit ice creams and locally sourced Roma coffee. Plus goat kids and lambs to feed. Bells Berries Facebook page. (ADDED: 18 December 2020, JBS)
• Clevedon Strawberries - Strawberries
  291 Monument Road, Auckland, NZ. Phone: 64 210 256 9037. Email: clevedonstrawberries@gmail.com. Open: From early-November to mid-January PYO will be available Monday to Friday by appointment only. Limited spaces available so call ahead to confirm. Please call 02102569037 to make a booking.Clevedon Strawberries is a family owned business that says they grows some of the best strawberries in New Zealand. Pick your own at the farm or head to one of our two stores for freshly picked strawberries, made to order strawberry ice cream, coffee and more! We look forward to seeing you. Clevedon Strawberries Facebook page. (UPDATED: 18 November 2020 JBS)
• Clevedon Strawberries Alfriston - Strawberries, restrooms, picnic area
  217 Alfriston -Ardmore Road, RD2 Papakura, NZ 2582. Phone: +64 21 0256 9037. Email: patch@clevedonstrawberries.co.nz. Ardmore-Alfriston Road, Auckland, NZ. Open:Clevedon Strawberries Facebook page. Directions: located south-east of Auckland 30 minutes from Auckland city, 10 mins from Manukau city in the rural picturesque Ardmore valley. Only minutes from the Clevedon village, See their website for directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards . Fresh Strawberry Ice cream Formerly called Strawberry Corner. (UPDATED: January 18, 2021 JBS)
• Danube Gardens - apples,
  143 Fred Taylor Drive, Whenuapai, NZ. Phone: 0272 991562. Open: Tree ripened Golden Delicious and Fuji. in 2018, PYO APPLES $1.50kg. Brief opportunity, usually just one Saturday in March only, from 9am till 4pm. Call for the date Yvonne
• Garelja Bros Strawberry Gardens - UPDATE for 2020: They are permanently closed
  83 Old North Rd, Kumeu, NZ. Open: permanently closed after 2020.
• MacNuts Macadamia Farm and Cafe - Macademia nuts,
  914 South Head Rd, Helensville, NZ 0874. Phone: 09 420 2501. Alternate phone: 021 288 1198. Email: admin@macnut.co.nz. Open: Tuesday-Sunday from 8 am to 4 pm. Directions: About 50 minutes from Auckland along SH16. Follow the signs to Helensville, turn left toward Parakai at the roundabout. Go through Parakai and follow the main road for 11km until you see the sign for MacNuts. About 50 minutes drive from Auckland City. MacNuts produce a wide range of macadamia products, which can be ordered online, or purchased at discounted prices from the on-site cafe, just minutes from Helensville and 45 minute drive from Auckland. Guests are free to wander on our graded paths around the tranquil lakes and orchard. You can see the picking, cracking and preparation of the macadamia products during weekdays. In spring time there is a blaze of perfumed white and pink macadamia blossoms and in summer the water lilies flower. Prebooked guided tours are available for groups. Informative, self-guided tour sheets are available on request for people who prefer to just relax with their family, do their own tour and view the beautiful scenery at their own pace. A guided tour for a very low $5 per person (minimum 12 people) includes a railed walk through the orchard to view the producing trees, processing plant and lakes.
  
• Massey Gardens and Orchard Ltd - strawberries,
  45 Fred Taylor Dr, Massey North, Auckland, NZ 0814. Phone: 64 9 416 8262. Email: maree@sharenko.co.nz. Open: 7 days a week from 9am to 5;30pm. Directions: Massey Gardens is located just 1 km off the end of the northwestern Motorway along State Highway 16. It is only 1 km past the Westgate shopping centre on the right hand side at 45 State Highway 16. Click here for a map and directions. We are open for Pick Your Own Strawberries from 26 December to the end of January, 7 days including all holidays from 9am to 5;30pm. Payment: Cash, Debit cards. Massey Gardens is the home of the world famous "Sweet Red" strawberries so come and see us for a fun-filled family experience and a great day out. We look forward to sharing our farm with you!!!. Massey Gardens and Orchard is a third generation Strawberry farm owned and operated by the Marinovic Family since 1974. Massey Gardens is famous for producing "Sweet Red" Strawberries "The Worlds Best Strawberries. Many families mark Boxing Day onwards down for a wonderful day out picking their own Strawberries at Sweet Red Gourmet. At our farm shop you can purchase our Sweet Red Strawberries and enjoy our famous Real Strawberry Ice-Creams, Smoothies and Milkshakes all made from our own "Sweet Red" Strawberries. We have a relaxing family area complete with vintage tractors for the children (or adults) to enjoy and rest your feet. Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
• Sweet Red Gourmet - 2024 May have closed, strawberries
  61 Bradly Road, Helensville, Auckland, NZ. Open: UPDATE for 2024, Their website and Facebook page are gone or years out of date, so I assume they have closed permanently. If you know anything for sure, please write me, their last reported hours were  We open our farm on Boxing Day every day 9am to 6pm (including all Public Holidays) and close the fields on Waitangi Day (6th Febuary) . Many families mark Boxing Day onwards down for a wonderful day out picking their own Strawberries at Sweet Red Gourmet. As the farm is over 40ha in size with 20 dedicated strawberry fields, you and your family can easily spend a fun day exploring the farm and finding the yummiest strawberries to pick.Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
• Phil Greig Strawberry Gardens - strawberries, U-pick and already-picked
  464 State Highway 16, Kumeu, NZ 0862. Phone: 412 7329. Fax: 4128151. Email: phil.greig.strawberry@xtra.co.nz. Open: From December 26 and throughout January a nd early February, Monday to Sunday 9am to 6pm. Directions: 7km from Westgate shopping centre on the left side of State Highway 16. Click here for a map and directions. Pick Your Own Strawberries The PYO season starts 26th December 2018 and runs through to Waitangi weekend, early February. Pick your own strawberries then enjoy a delicious ice cream, gelato or coffee at our ice cream truck or shop.Strawberry sales, real fruit ice cream and smoothie shop open from October 10 to Easter. Payment: Cash, Debit cards. In 2020-2021, the entry fee is $8.50 per adult and the first kilo of strawberries is FREE. All subsequent kilos are charged at $8.50 per kilo. There is no entry fee for children under 12 when accompanied by a parent
• Pick Your Own Mandarins - Minimizes chemical and pesticide use, mandarins,
  41 Riverlea Road, Whenuapai, Auckland, NZ 0618. Phone: 64 9 4161245. Email: Happybarb@gmail.com. Open: May through July on Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Directions: Follow north western motorway to round about at end take 3rd exit on round about which is Brighams Creek Road and just before shops at Whenuapai turn left onto Totara Road then take first left which is Dale Road then take first right into Riverlea Road and you will find us at number 41 which has a gravel drive down a right away driveway. Click here for a map and directions. We minimize use of pesticides and other chemicals. Payment: Cash, only. Mandarin fruit for sale - Please call before coming to orchard.
• Pick Your Own Strawberries Coatesville - UPDATE for 2020: They are permanently closed
  114 Sunnyside Road, Coatesville, Auckland, NZ. Open: last year was our final ever year of strawberries! Thank you for all of your support over the years. (ADDED: February 16, 2019, JBS)
• Runciman Berries and Emus - Uses natural growing practices, boysenberries
  552 Runciman Rd, RD 2 Drury, Auckland, NZ 2578. Phone: 09 2381808. Email: sven_harlos@hotmail.com. Open: Late Harvest this year - Farm open from January 15th 2013; Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 4pm,Closed December 12. Directions: Please get of SH1 at Drury offramp, go 500m into Pukekohe direction and turn left into Great South Road, after 2km turn right into Runciman Road and follow for 3km - 552 is on the left. Please use the second farm entrance. Click here for a map and directions. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, only. Runciman Berries and Emus Bed and Breakfast is a farmstay with a difference! Here friendly emus graze in the paddocks and guests can feed them and admire their chicks which hatch between August to October. A horse, sheep, chickens, ducks, turkeys and a Labrador dog complete the picture. Visitors who stay when the berry harvest is at its peak in December and January, can pick their own boysenberries or raspberries.
• Shelly Beach Blueberries - No pesticides are used, blueberries,
  Shelly Beach Road, RD1, Helensville, NZ 0874. Phone: 09 4202117. Open: Sunday, from 9 am to 4 pm, January 24 to March 6. Directions: We are about 55 minutes drive north of Albany or Massey, Auckland. Please call to make an appointment and get directions. Click here for a map and directions. We do not use pesticides on the crops. Payment: Cash, only. Please do not come without calling first to arrange a time and to check for availability of fruit for picking. (ADDED: January 20, 2016)
• Troost Family Strawberry Fields - 2024 permanently closed, Strawberries, picnic area
  114 Sunnyside Rd, Coatsville, NZ 0793. Phone: 09 415 9552. Open: UPDATE for 2024, Google says they are permanently closed. December 26th till late January possibly early February, open from 9am till 5pm . Directions: Call for directions. Payment: Cash, only. Organic strawberries, they allow you to eat while you pick, and they also have homemade jam and marmalade.
  Comments from a visitor on January 11, 2013: "Very helpful and easy place to get strawberries. I was impressed with the service and the friendliness of the people. Excellent experience. "
  Comments from a visitor on December 22, 2011: " they let you pick straight from the bush. You might need to bring your own containers, but they will provide temporary ones and later put them in bags for you., It is huge, so bring comfortable shoes. Also sun block if you don't want to get sunburned."
• Windmill Orchards Coatesville - PYO apples, peaches, nectarines, pears.
  294 Coatesville Highway, Coatesville, Auckland, NZ 0793. Phone: 08 415 9497. Email: info@windmillorchards.co.nz. Open: every day from 9.00am with last entry at 4.30pm. Directions: just 5 minutes from Albany village, and only 15-20 minutes from downtown Auckland,. Windmill Orchards is one of the few remaining orchards that welcome families, groups and individuals to Pick Your Own during the harvest season from January to the end of May. All fruit is available at the orchard shop throughout the year - details are listed on our fruit availability page. Our speciality is the most amazing apple juice we make onsite from our very own apples that is renowned for it's flavour. Customers regularly comment, "It is the best juice I have ever tasted", and it surely is.We also sell garden fresh vegetables, organic whole foods, artisan jams, pickles, mustards, honey, specialty breads and many other quality products.
• Young's Tomatoes Farm - tomatoes, restrooms
  75 Pukaki Road, Mangere, Auckland, NZ 2022. Phone: 09 2757323. Email: yoaiky@hotmail.com. Open: Typical season is late February through April, when in season open 7 days from 10am to 2 pm, see Facebook page for current availability and hours; Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Beefsteak tomatoes Pick-Your-Own, typically in season late February/ early March through April ( 09-2757323 for enquiry). Beefsteak tomatoes ripen to full flavour under hot sun, so they are typically ready for picking around late summer, these beautiful tomatoes are big, sweet and full of flavours! Ideal for sandwich toppings, tomato sauce, bottling or simply eating as a fruit. no EFTPOS(ADDED: March 18, 2019)
• Zaberri NZ Limited - strawberries,
  340 Riverhead Road, Riverhead, Auckland, NZ 0892. Phone: 09 412 8933. Email: info@zaberri.co.nz. Open: We open on the 26th December until early February; Our opening days and hours are 7 days a week from 9am to 5pm (this includes public holidays). Directions: Click here for a map and directions. 26th December - early February;. Payment: Cash, Debit cards. Click here for our Facebook page. Zaberri is a destination with lots to do & experience, enjoy a delicious & fun day out picking your own strawberries & raspberries, playing with the kids on our inflatable world & enjoying a real fruit ice cream or smoothie.(ADDED: December 23, 2018)
• Zaknich Farms Strawberry Gardens - strawberries
  125 Waitakere Road, Waitakere, Auckland, NZ. Email: enquiries@zakberry.co.nz. Open: daily from December 2020 until the strawberry season ends in 2021 9am to 4pm (Zaknich Farms is closed on Christmas Day). We have opened one of our farms for Pick Your Own strawberries, daily (except Christmas), No entry fee, $6 per kg until the end of the season. Otherwise, you will find our Zakberry punnets are available at your local New World or PakNSave store. Bring your own containers to pick into and large flat containers (dishpans, trays, etc) to transport the berries home. The farm does have containers to use if you don't. Given the summer heat, it is also a good idea to bring coolers or blue ice to put under the trays to help cool the berries on the way home.
  NOTE SCAM ALERT: Please be aware of a bogus website that has been set up in their name, which appears to be made up of details from Lewis Farms website and our facebook page:
  https://www.zaknichfarms.com/ <-- That is NOT associated with Zaknich Farms. Zaknich does not have a website, and the email address and phone number on there are not theirs. This is the real Zaknich Farms Facebook page.
  (ADDED: 18 December 2020, JBS)

 

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Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

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New Zealand Crop Availability Calendar

New Zealand Pick-your-own calendar
October
November
December	Raspberries, Strawberries
January	Apples (early, starting mid-Jan), Blueberries, Melons, Raspberries, Strawberries, Sweet corn
February	Apples (early), Blueberries, Melons, Sweet corn
March	Apples, Some Blueberries (early March), Grapefruit, Lemons, Melons, Raspberries (Fall crop), Sweet corn
April	Apples, Grapefruit, Lemons, Melons, Oranges, Raspberries (Fall crop), Sweet corn
May	Apples, Grapefruit, Lemons, Mandarins, Oranges, Raspberries (Fall crop)
June	Apples, Mandarins, Oranges, Raspberries (Fall crop)
July
August
September

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• Picking Tips!
  • General picking tips and a guide to each fruit and vegetable
  • How much do I need to pick? (Yields - how much raw makes how much cooked or frozen)
  • Selecting the right varieties to pick
  • All about apple varieties - which to pick and why!
  • Picking tips for Vegetables
  • Strawberry picking tips
  • Blueberries picking tips
• Recipes
• Simple instructions:
  • How to make jam
  • How to make applesauce
  • How to make apple butter
• Canning and Freezing
  • FAQs - Answers to common questions and problems
  • Comprehensive addition resources
  • Free publications to download and print

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Picking Tips

[General picking tips and a guide to each fruit and vegetable] [How much do I need to pick? (Yields - how much raw makes how much cooked or frozen)] [Selecting the right varieties to pick] [All about apple varieties - which to pick and why!] [Picking tips for Vegetables] [ Strawberry picking tips] [ Blueberries picking tips]

Illustrated Canning, Freezing, Jam Instructions and Recipes

[ Easy Home Canning Directions] [FAQs - Answers to common questions and problems] [Recommended books about home canning, jam making, drying and preserving!] [Free canning publications to download and print]