PYO - pick your own - now closed

but will open again, briefly, later in the month for plum picking. Details, when confirmed, will be announced here.

Plums - currently finished for PYO - plenty in the shop across the road from the PYO hut. There will be more plums available later in the month, and in early September. Watch this page for details of the dates & opening times.

Cherries - finished for PYO, but plenty of ready-picked in our shop across the road from the PYO hut.

Raspberries - finished!

Strawberries - finished!

Check into the Pick Your Own hut (on the opposite side of the main road from the shop) from 10am. Cash only in the PYO hut. Please take a moment to read the housekeeping & safety information that is displayed on the PYO hut. The hut may close if the weather is poor. No entry after 5pm, no dogs allowed as this is a food production area.

BE CAREFUL ON THE LADDERS - no children allowed to climb!

There is now a 50p charge per punnet at the beginning of your visit. This is to reduce the waste of plastic that has been a problem in previous years and is payable in advance of picking.
The 50p (or multiples of 50p) will be refunded against the value of fruit picked upon return of the punnets to the hut.
If the value of fruit is less than the value of the punnets then there is no refund.
If you pick no fruit there is no refund of punnet cost.
No refund on empty, but soiled punnets.
It would be very helpful, and speed up the process if customers could bring some 50p/£1 coins to cover cost of initial punnet purchase.
You are welcome to bring your own punnets for picking but they must be marked by a staff member in advance of picking.
If the PYO hut is unattended then the PYO is closed. No picking without a staff member present.

Watch this space for information about:

PYO strawberries & raspberries

PYO cherries & morello cherries

PYO raspberries & blackberries

PYO plums & damsons

Our PYO season gets up and running with strawberries, then the cherries. Here's our guide about what is in season when. ‘Picking your own’ is a great experience – you may be having a party and want to serve fresh strawberries for the dessert, you may want a quantity of raspberries for jam-making or simply want to enjoy spending some time in the cherry orchard picking a rare treat – the Harwell cherry. It’s a particularly popular activity for children – so many of whom don’t know where their food comes from – this is a great way of letting them know!

Housekeeping

* Remember the PYO order: pick, pay, eat.

* You are required to pay for the fruit before eating it.

* We will not tolerate theft of fruit - if you refuse to pay for what you have picked we will call the police.

* Please follow the directions given by our staff or signage.

* We patrol the orchards & fields and monitor pickers' behaviour.

* Please do not allow your children, or anyone else in your party, to eat the fruit prior to purchase. We know that you are likely to try a small sample of the fruit, but this is not a free lunch!

* Sorry, no picnics in the orchards or fields.

* Do not allow your children to play with the fruit - we work hard to grow it and don't enjoy seeing it wasted.

* Please follow instructions regarding the use of ladders when picking cherries.

* Dogs are not allowed in the orchards or fields.

* We reserve the right to close the PYO fields because of bad weather or lack of fruit.

* PYO Health & Safety Advice.