Pick Your Own

The season starts with our first Strawberries, until late in the Autumn.

This year it is a very early season and we have just started Pick Your Own Strawberries, three weeks earlier than last year.

Grown early under protection, these herald in the beginning of the summer in Kent.

The first strawberries are often the best flavoured of all.

Our second Pick Your Own crop will be Raspberries A traditional fruit, they are great for making jams, desserts and wine. Unfortunately due to bad weather our raspberry crop will be delayed for few weeks.

However, raspberries grow through to the end of September, giving people plenty of time to pick their fill. They are a popular fruit and can be used for jams, puddings, on your breakfast granola or in delicious smoothies. 

Blackcurrants & Redcurrants come in July and last for about a month. These provide the middle of the season with colour, flavour and versatility. Delicious as jams, you can also make wonderful sorbets, easy jellies and quick  compotes to accompany roasted meats. Blackberries season begins in mid- July and last until the first frost.

Try mixing them with other fruit for comfort food such as crumbles and, of course, summer pudding. 

In August comes the Plum season. We grow varieties from Opal, Czar, Jubilee, Victoria and Marjories to make the most of English fruits into early September.  Plums are fantastic for making jams, chutneys cakes and crumbles but are also delicious on their own or as an alternative topping for a pavlova. 

We end the season with our wide range of English Apples. Kent is famous for its apples and we are proud to grow Discovery, Cox, Russet, Bramley, Gala, among other varieties. They all have a unique flavour, texture and appearance; just ask us for advice if you are not sure what to pick.  Whether you want to freeze some apple and blackberry crumble for the winter months, make your own cider or simply have the freshest fruit bowl in town, we have the apples for you.