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Chestnut Ridge Farmstay B&B and Orchard

Fresh Chestnuts for Sale in Season

(usually 6 weeks mid March to the end of April)

2010 SEASON, 22 MARCH - 30 APRIL (approx)

Re-opened Thurs 1 April

SEE OPENING TIMES CALENDAR BELOW

(please phone to check we are open, and there are nuts to pick, just before coming)

Wednesday 28 April

CLOSED

THE END OF THE SEASON HAS COME

There are still some nuts on the ground but some have been down for a while

so we can't be sure on the freshness

SO WE HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE FOR CHESTNUT PICKING UNTIL 2011 SEASON

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO CAME AND PICKED CHESTNUTS THIS YEAR.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THEM AND COMING HERE TO PICK THEM

If so, please tell your friends.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT SEASON

(from about 15 March - watch this space)

OUR FARMSTAY B&B ACCOMODATION IS STILL OPEN HOWEVER

CLICK HERE TO VIEW

Web site page updated 07:15 am WEDNESDAY 28 April

( X = Orchard Closed, O = Orchard Open for picking)

(am = 9 a.m. to 12 noon, pm = 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

You need to be here by 4pm at the latest to finish picking by 5 pm

Pick your Own

Only $1.50 per Kg (inc GST)

*Free* recipe leaflet and chestnut care instructions
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Date
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
26 March
am
X
X
X
X
O
O
O
pm
X
X
X
X
O
O
O
Date
27 March
28 March
29 March
30 March
31 March
1 April
2 April
am
O
O
X
X
X
O
O
pm
O
X (from noon)
X
X
X
O
O
Date
3 April
4 April
5 April
6 April
7 April
8 April
9 April
am
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
pm
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
Date
10 April
11 April
12 April
13 April
14 April
15 April
16 April
am
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
pm
X-Private Party only
O
O at least until 3pm
O
O
O
O
Date
17 April
18 April
19 April
20 April
21 April
22 April
23 April
am
X - Closed
X- Private Party only
O
O
O
O - but see above
O - weigh in by noon
pm
X - Closed
O from 1 pm only
O
O
O
O - but see above
X - closed from noon
Date
24 April
25 April
26 April
27 April
28 April
29 April
30 April
am
O - but see above
O - but see above
O - but see above
O
CLOSED
FOR THE
SEASON
pm
O - but see above
O - but see above
O - but see above
O
CLOSED
FOR THE
SEASON

Please phone first to make sure we will be open when you want to pick

(07-826-3648, 027-2500-372 or 027-2500-941)

 

Why not bring the family for a picnic in the orchard, or on the lawn, and get them all picking afterwards

A great way to spend an afternoon

Interactive map and directions to get here on Map Page

Please bring:

Your own bags (supermarket bags will do if you don't have any stronger)
Strong shoes (burrs on ground can go through jandels or crocks)
Garden gloves (burrs are sharp when removing nuts)
Long tongs to pick up nuts if you don't want to bend
Your own food and drink if having a picnic

A rubbish bag to take your empty cans, lunch wrappers etc away with you

Cash, as we don't have an EFTPOS terminal

A stop at the public toilets, in the nearby Te Kauwhata Village, before arriving, is a good idea

as we have only our own limited toilet facilities in our house, not in the orchard

Commercial Sales

We have probably got 5 - 6 Tonnes or more available each season

Buy the whole crop in 2011 season. Contact owner to negotiate price.

 

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