Southern hemisphere
Orchards and pick your own farms in Australia & New Zealand
November to April
The southern hemisphere runs the picking calendar in reverse. Berries fill Victorian and New Zealand farms from November to January, and apple country in Batlow and Hawke's Bay picks through March and April, right when northern orchards are bare.
Berries & stone fruit in Australia & New Zealand
Peaches & nectarines in Australia & New Zealand
Pink Lady apples in Australia & New Zealand
Visiting farms in Australia & New Zealand
- • Summer picking means real heat — go at opening time and wear a hat.
- • Berry farms sell out of rows on hot weekends; weekdays are reliably better.
- • Batlow and Hawke's Bay apple picking peaks in March and April.
Questions people ask
- When can you pick strawberries in Australia?
- November to January in the cooler south, and earlier — from September — in Queensland and other warm regions.