Pick Your Own Fruit Near Brisbane

Fruit picking. There can be little doubt that we live in one of the most wondrous places in the world when it comes to farm-fresh and delicious year-round fruit. Here in Brisbane, we are spoilt for choice regarding local farms that offer pick-your-own fruit. Many Brisbane farms also offer a range of delicious and fun extras like farm animals and ice cream to make the outing memorable.

We 100% recommend calling or checking social media pages before attending any of the following locations. Open days can change, weather can cause PYO options to be put on hold and sometimes seasons start late and end early. All fees are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change.

Why Picking Your Own Fruit is So Good

There is something about taking the kids out to the fields or orchards and hand-picking their own fruit that makes it taste just that little bit sweeter. Straight from the farm itself, picking their own produce not only teaches kids about where their food actually comes from, but it is a fun outdoor activity that will gift you punnets of goodness to take home with you as well.

Tips for Parents

Before you head to the fields, below are a few tips that will help make your adventure more enjoyable.

Make sure everyone wears flat shoes – a few hours out in the field are best navigated in comfortable, well-worn shoes.
Pack the sunscreen, sleeved shirt and hat – strawberry fields rely on the weather and therefore offer no protection from the sun.
Most farm’s have a Facebook page that offers up-to-date information on the current picking season. Always check this before heading out (or call if possible) to avoid any disappointment as each season’s dates can change depending on the weather.
Pack in a picnic blanket – most farms have a area to relax in after you have picked your fruit. With hungry bellies and plump produce, most families want to enjoy the fruits of their labour as soon as the picking is done.
Don’t forget to wash your fruit before you eat them if possible! Many farms have an area where you can do this.

Places to Pick Your Own Fruit Near Brisbane

Chambers Flat Strawberry Farm

The Chambers Flat Strawberry Farm is well-loved and popular, especially for those wanting to pick fruit on the south side of Brisbane. The Berry Patch grows strawberries from June to November annually and once the crops are ripe and plentiful, generally around late July, it opens up for public strawberry picking.

Upon arrival, visitors can head into the shop and purchase their empty punnet before navigating the rows upon rows of strawberry goodness. There is no limit to how long you spend in the field, with the only rule being you must be able to close your punnet lid on the way out.

The farm has a small play area with a slide for kids and an onsite shop selling freshly picked strawberries, strawberry ice cream and other goodies. Give them a call to find out the latest updates on their PYO and opening hours. The farm has a pre-recorded message updated weekly with these details for visitors.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Cost: $15 Adults, $7.50 Kids, 2 and under Free. Prices are for a 500g picking punnet.

Picking Season: August – November (ring them first)

Address: 912 Chambers Flat Rd, Chambers Flat QLD 4133

Phone: (07) 5546 3652

Opening hours during season: Mon – Sun: 9am – 4pm

Website: Chambers Flat Strawberry Farm

Locals Tip: Make sure you bring some cash along with you for your visit. It is the farm’s preferred method of payment and what they will want you to use to pay for your strawberries.

The Longan Farm

If you are looking for something other than the usual berry-picking experience, The Longan Farm grows longans (similar to lychee and rambutan), mangoes and dragon fruit available for picking. Located in Narangba, the farm prides itself on being a fully operational commercial farm and is open for picking during longan season, usually around February to April.

You can bring your own secateurs or borrow a pair for a deposit, although children are not allowed to use secateurs. They accept cash only and charge per kilo for any fruit you pick. There are plenty of wide, green spaces to lay out a picnic and you are welcome to bring your food for lunch.

Fruit Available: Longans, Mangoes, Dragon Fruit

Cost: $2 per person entry, Longans are $15 / kg

Picking Season: February – April

Address: 359 Raynbird Road, Narangba, 4504

Phone: 0478 745 338

Opening hours during season: 9am – 5pm Daily

Facebook Page: The Longan Farm

Locals Tip: This farm is extremely popular and during the picking season can see long lines of locals hoping to pick up their fresh goodness. We definitely advise keeping an eye on their Facebook page for daily updates. They also have boxes of fruit you can email them to secure – again their Facebook feed will be your best friend with any updates and daily information.

Forest Dragon Fruit Farm

For a genuine and authentic farm experience, with delicious fruit to pick yourself and plenty of barnyard animals to feed, why not head to Forest Dragon Fruit Farm in Brisbane’s Southwest suburbs. The Forest Dragon Fruit Farm grows 15 different varieties of dragon fruit, which means their fruiting season lasts from November until July, with most fruit available in the summer and autumn months.

The fruit themselves are sweet and delicious, with the insides similar in look to kiwi fruit with their black seeds, but with flavours ranging from berry-like to similar to lychees, and colours including white, red, purple and yellow. Once you’ve picked your fruit, it gets weighed with prices for the different varieties, ranging from $8 per kilo to $40 for a rare and highly prized variety (and occasional discounts or sales when the fruit is abundant).

The Forest Dragon Fruit Farm is also home to many animals, including chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep and alpacas. Visitors to the farm are able to hand feed the sheep and alpacas, and throw a different mix of grains to the chooks, ducks and pigs. There are also beehives on the property, with the bees assisting in pollinating the fruit and producing delicious honey.

Fruit Available: Dragon Fruit

Cost: $20 min spend per family car. This can be spent on dragon fruit and feed for animals.

Picking Season: November – July

Address: 151 Dickman Rd, Forestdale QLD 4118

Phone: 0426 501 978

Opening hours during season: Daily from 9am – 5pm.

Website: Forest Dragon Fruit Farm

Locals Tip: Don’t be shy to ask questions of the owners. They are not only very passionate and knowledgable about their fruit, they are also super friendly. Did you know you can even get your own cutting so that you can create a small dragon fruit tree of your own?

McMartin’s Farm

McMartin’s farm is set in a peaceful, rural setting and has been family owned and operated since 1945. For the past 25 years, strawberries have been the predominant winter crop, while custard apples, lychees and figs are grown in other seasons. At the farm, you will find not only your fields of delicious berries but a gift store, cafe, deck and kids’ playground. On arrival, you can get your ready-to-fill punnet container from the gift shop before making your selection.

Once your strawberries and picked and purchased you can order light meals and refreshments from the farm’s café and sit out on the covered deck overlooking the beautiful landscape. The café serves Devonshire tea with delicious homemade scones (with strawberry jam, of course!), barista coffee, smoothies, sundaes and light lunches. If the weather’s not too wintery, you must try the award-winning fruit-flavoured ice creams, marketed as Strawberry Lane Ice Creamery. It’s fruity. It’s creamy. It’s divine.

Once they have refuelled, your Brisbane Kids will want to play on the playground, situated within full view of the café’s seating area.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Cost: Free entry, price per punnet is market indicative.

Picking Season: June – October

Address: 105 Sports Road, Bli Bli

Phone: 07 5448 4912

Opening hours during season: 8.30am – 4.30pm everyday

Website: McMartin’s Farm

Locals Tip: The Strawberry Lane Ice Creamery on the farm serves up award-winning strawberry ice-cream – literally. Many awards adorn their walls to prove it. Made with over 30% fruit, it would be a crime not to try one out before you leave.

Rolin Farms

Rolin Farms is located only moments from the Glasshouse Mountains and makes for a perfectly sweet stop when you are next heading to the Sunshine Coast. From June to October for berry-picking, the farm’s fields are open to anyone who has pre-purchased a picking container (with kids under 4 being free).

Along with their fields of strawberries, the farm also has a store that sells freshly picked and packed strawberries, farm-made strawberry jams, blended real fruit strawberry ice creams, hot and cold drinks, strawberry souvenirs, flowering orchids and even their own honey! There is a playground for the kids, shaded seating and on the weekends you can also enjoy some pancakes from their pancake man. There is also a nursery onsite; however visiting the nursery is strictly by appointment only.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Cost: Per picking container, kids under 4 are free

Picking Season: June – October

Address: 124-190 Rutters Road, Elimbah, 4516

Phone: 07 5497 4253

Opening hours during season: Everyday except Wed: 8:30am – 4:00pm, Wed: 8am – 4pm

Website: Rolin Farms

Locals Tip: Don’t leave without trying the pancakes sold from the vendor here. They are super delicious – especially when paired with farm fresh strawberries and honey!

Freeman’s Organic Farm

Since 1915, Freeman’s Organic Farm has been run by four generations of Freeman’s. Traditionally Freeman’s Organic Farm grew high quality tropical fruits such as avocados, custard apples, mangoes, paw paws, and of course award winning bananas. Today, Freeman’s Organic Farm has expanded their produce and grow an extensive range of organic fruits, vegetable and herbs. On the first Saturday of every month, Farmer David offers guided farm tours. These are full of educational value and children are also invited to pick their own seasonal vegetables for free. Anyone wishing to participate, please get in touch with the farm to secure your place.

Every Friday at 10am (weather permitting), they also host a Mums and Bubs session at the farm. The session involves fun arts, crafts and reading activities and will entertain children of all ages from babies in arms, to toddlers, to the young at heart! Mums can enjoy connecting and sharing with other mums over coffee, and every child who participates gets to pick their own fresh strawberries to eat!

The farm also has a cafe that is open on the weekends and offers delicious coffee and snacks using organic ingredients sourced from the farm.

Cost: $15 per adult for a tour and includes strawberry picking. Children and students are free.

Picking Season: Call to confirm

Address: 618 Tomewin Mountain Road, Currumbin Valley

Phone: 0438 777 763

Opening hours during season: Mon / Fri: 8am – 1pm, Sat – Sun: 8am – 2pm

Website: Freeman’s Organic Farm

Locals Tip: Being a veteran himself, Farmer David is dedicated to supporting fellow veterans, and has a Veterans Healing Garden on the farm. Every Wednesday from 9am-2pm, veterans and volunteers are welcome to find healing through gardening, learn about sustainable agriculture, healthy eating habits, and community building.

LuvaBerry

LuvaBerry has been operating for nearly two decades, growing everything from strawberries and herbs to native finger limes, and offer a variety of activities to enjoy on our farm. On weekends from July through September you can learn about the farm while strolling along the property on a complimentary tour, then try your hand at picking your own fresh strawberries.

Unlike other strawberry farms that say no eating on the field, LuvaBerry do exclusive PYO experiences called ‘Peckish Picking’. They know that when surrounded by tasty Queensland strawberries, it can be challenging for the little ones not to help themselves. That’s why they are happy for you to eat as many strawberries in the field as you like. If you’d like to pick more than 500g to take home, then they will weigh your fruit and charge you per kilo.

LuvaBerry also has a container shop offering homemade strawberry ice cream and several other tasty treats. Self-serve tea and coffee is also available. Please feel free to bring a picnic to enjoy under the trees or by the dam. Grazing platters are available to preorder.

Fruit Available: Strawberries, finger limes to purchase (seasonal)

Cost: $16.50 for adults or $10 children (including 500g box to take home), $5 ages 2-5 (pick in field only).

Picking Season: July – October

Address: 65 Ziviani Road, Wamuran, Qld 4512

Phone: 0417 741 692

Opening hours during season: 9.00am – 3.00pm Daily

Website: LuvaBerry

Locals Tip: There are a number of different experiences and events that LuvaBerry host throughout the year, on top of their famed strawberry picking. They even cater for kids’ birthday parties! You can find out everything you need to know about these on the ‘experiences‘ tab on their website.

Oasis Berries

Oasis Berries is a family-owned business that has been operating for over 20 years. Each year near the end of the season, they open up their fields for PYO fruit picking. The price is per box, which at last check was $30. Visitors are welcome to fill their box as high as they can and are even welcome to eat as much as they can while out in the field. This is usually a big event to celebrate the season’s end – with food trucks and strawberry ice-creams making it all the more festive.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Cost: $30 per box. Fill it up as high as you can!

Picking Season: July – October

Address: 434 Bribie Island Road, Caboolture QLD 4510

Phone: 0421 166 324

Opening hours during season:

Website: Oasis Ber ries

Locals Tip: Oasis Berries loves to have a bit of fun with their visitors, and often run treasure hunts throughout the season with prizes to collect. This year it was a small hippo toy hidden amongst the fields with a grand prize of $1,000 to whoever found it. No one did, so he is still out there somewhere….

Pick Your Own Fruit – Further Afield….

Eastern Colour

Located about 3 hours from Brisbane in the Granite Belt region, Eastern Colour farm specialises in both strawberries and apples. At different times throughout their season, the farm opens up for special pick your own fruit events. For smaller kids, wandering up and down the strawberry fields, tasting their fruiting delights, is an adventure in itself, while older kids might enjoy the challenge of picking some lunchbox apple favourites straight from the tree too.

Fruit Available: Strawberries and Apples

Cost: Contact the farm directly for seasonal quote.

Picking Season: February through May

Address: 244 Aerodrome Road, Applethorpe

Phone: (07) 4681 0797

Opening hours during season: 10am – 5pm Daily

Website: Eastern Colour

Locals Tip: The farm also grows pear trees and even has some trial plots of blackberries growing too. Stay tuned on those picking opportunities in the future…

Ashbern Farms

Ashbern Farms is a joint venture between two Sunshine Coast families. With strawberry farms based in both the Glasshouse Mountains and Stanthorpe, only the latter is open to the public for pick your own opportunities. Surprisingly, they have mastered the summer strawberry – enabling families to pick their own in the months usually reserved for other fruits.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Cost: Free admission.

Picking Season: October – May

Address: 2 West Road, Stanthorpe

Phone: (07) 4681 0124

Opening hours during season: 10am – 5pm Daily

Website: Ashbern Farms

Locals Tip: Try to time your trip to Ashbern Farms with the annual Stanthorpe Berry Festival! You can then pick your own strawberries, see a working commercial farm in action, and celebrate all things berries in one trip!

Tinaberries

Opening up at the end of it’s strawberry season, Tinaberries is loved by locals for its rustic setting and generous fields filled with farm-fresh strawberries. It’s ice-cream is world class and available all year round, with a range of flavours available including not only strawberry but passionfruit, dragon fruit, lime and mango varieties too.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Cost: Contact the farm directly for seasonal quote.

Picking Season: August – Early October

Address: 15 Zinks Rd, Woongarra

Phone: 0428 415 930

Opening hours during season: 10am – 5pm Daily

Website: Tinaberries

Locals Tip: The farm is really a family-friendly adventure it itself. Yes, there is strawberry picking and ice-creams, but the rustic buildings, old tractor, manicured picnic area, shaded trees and lawn games all make for a really wonderful day out for all.

SSS Strawberries

SSS Strawberries really has to be seen to be believed. The three S’s stand for Seven Successful Siblings and this is definitely true. Together, the second generation of the Dang family have grown their original 5 acre field into over 300 acres, producing more than 4 million strawberry plants. There is an abundance of award-winning strawberries to be devoured here, and a wonderful Strawberry Store that you will want to check out before you leave too.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Picking Season: August – November

Address: 11 Rosedale Rd, Oakwood

Phone: 0402 466 110

Opening hours during season:

Website: SSS Strawberries

Locals Tip: Be sure to get the experts advice (and directions!) before you head to the PYO strawberry field. They will happily share their tips on how to select the very best strawberries for your punnet.

Bargara Berries

Farming in the area since 1988, Bagara Berries is well-loved amongst its local community and tourists. Head on down during their picking season to enjoy strawberries straight from the field, or sweet gelato from their store. They often have special Sunday events throughout the season too, complete with music and fun family entertainment.

Fruit Available: Strawberries

Picking Season: May – October

Address: 104 Hoods Road, Meadowvale

Phone: 0438 599 520

Opening hours during season: Daily 9am – 4:30pm

Website: Bagara Berries

Locals Tip: Be sure to try one of their handcrafted fruit jams too! With over 25 different varieties to choose from, they have mastered the delightfully sweet spread too.

Brisbane Public Harvest – free fruit on public land

Another fun way to pick your own fruit in Brisbane is to go foraging for fruit that is growing freely in your area. A Brisbane local actually created a google map called Edible Brisbane that shows the location of edible fruit trees on public land. Including directions and helpful tips about how best to reach the fruit, the extensive list details hidden Brisbane locations where you can find a range of different tropical fruits including mangos, guavas, avocados, passionfruit, mulberries and more.

Another site that also maps out free fruit trees in and around Brisbane is Falling Fruit. Head to this site and you will be gifted with an interactive map detailing numerous free fruit that can be foraged for on the Gold Coast and beyond!