Editorial policy
We build each listing from farms' own websites and social pages, tourism sources and direct contact, then record the date we last confirmed the details. We aim to re-verify each farm at least every six months and again ahead of its main season.
Farms marked unconfirmed are shown with an amber notice and reduced claims until we can re-check them. Featured placement is a labelled commercial option that affects position only — we don't accept payment to change factual information such as season, price or opening details.
Farm experiences
Alongside pick-your-own, we list hands-on experiences that take place at real Australian farms: animal encounters, farm tours, tractor and wagon rides, farm stays with activities, workshops, and farm-based seasonal events. We do not list general zoos, mobile petting zoos, ordinary rural accommodation, or farm shops and cafés without a hands-on farm activity. To be listed, an experience must take place on a genuine working farm, be open to the public, and have a current source we can point to.
Picking and experiences are tracked separately: a farm can be closed for picking but still running animal feeding or a workshop, so each experience carries its own status and last-verified date. A farm with a qualifying experience but no current pick-your-own is clearly labelled Farm experience only so you know what to expect. We prefer the farm's own website or booking page as our source, then its official social channel, then an official tourism or council listing.
Our experience listings are desk-checked against those public sources on the date shown — we don't book, inspect, accredit or endorse them, and desk research isn't a live guarantee. Where we can't confirm an experience is currently running, we hold it back rather than publish an unverified claim. Always confirm availability, prices and any age, safety or biosecurity requirements with the farm before you travel.
This policy was last reviewed 3 Sep 2026. To report a change, use the link on any farm page or our contact form.
How we research listings
Every farm is built from public sources: the farm's own website, its Facebook or Instagram page, and where available, regional tourism sites or local council information. We look for the details that matter before a visit — what crops are grown, typical picking months, whether booking is required, price notes, opening days, and facilities such as toilets or an on-site cafe. We don't visit every farm in person, and we don't take payment from a farm in exchange for a better description or a higher season estimate.
Last verified dates
Each farm listing carries a last-verified date, showing when we last checked its details against the farm's own current website or social pages. A recent date means the core facts — crops, season window, contact details — matched what the farm was publishing at that time. An older date doesn't mean the listing is wrong, but it does mean conditions like prices, opening days or booking requirements are more likely to have shifted since we checked.
Unconfirmed listings
Some farms don't publish enough current information for us to confirm key details like season dates or whether they're still operating. Rather than guess or remove them, we mark these as unconfirmed and label them clearly with a "call ahead" note. If you find an unconfirmed farm, treat the listing as a starting point for your own check, not a confirmed opening time.
Reporting a change
Farm details change often — a patch closes early after a hot spell, a farm adds a new crop, or a phone number changes. If you notice a listing is out of date, wrong, or missing something, email us at [email protected] with the farm name and what's changed. We read every message and update listings accordingly; we just can't guarantee a same-day turnaround given the size of the directory.
Update cadence
We re-check listings on an ongoing basis, prioritising farms heading into their peak season and any farm flagged by a reader report. There's no fixed annual review date for every listing; instead, updates are driven by season timing, reader reports and changes we notice in a farm's own published information.
What happens after you report a correction
A report doesn't go straight onto the page. Every correction is checked against a public source before anything changes — usually the farm's own website or its social page, because that's where a small seasonal business posts first when a patch closes early or a gate opens for the weekend. If we can confirm it, we make the change and re-read the rest of the listing at the same time, since the thing that's gone stale is rarely the only thing that's moved. If we can't confirm it, we don't quietly split the difference: the listing either keeps its existing detail or drops back to an unconfirmed state until there's something solid to point at.
What that looks like in practice depends on what you tell us:
| What you report | What we do |
|---|---|
| A wrong phone number, address or website | Check the farm's current published contact details and correct the listing |
| Prices or booking rules have changed | Update the price or booking notes where the farm publishes them, or remove the old note rather than leave a stale figure |
| The season runs earlier or later than we show | Treat it as one data point, weigh it against the farm's own posts, and adjust the typical window rather than swing it on a single visit |
| The farm has closed, sold or stopped u-pick | Move the listing to unconfirmed while we verify, then correct or retire it |
| A farm is missing from the directory | Research it from scratch and add it if it's a genuine pick-your-own operation open to the public |
Farm owners can correct their own listing the same way, through the contact page or by getting in touch via list your farm. An owner's word is the best source we have on their opening days and prices, so we take it at face value on those — but we'll still note where it sits against what's published publicly, because that's what a visitor will find when they go looking.
What an unconfirmed listing means when you're planning a day out
Unconfirmed is a statement about our evidence, not a judgement on the farm. Plenty of excellent orchards barely touch the internet — they take a booking sheet at the gate, tell their regulars in person, and update a Facebook page twice a season. When a farm like that goes quiet online, we can't honestly say it's open, so we say so rather than let an old season window imply a promise nobody made.
If a listing you're interested in is unconfirmed, treat it as a lead worth two minutes of checking rather than a reason to cross it off:
- Ring first, and ring before you drive. A phone call settles opening days, fruit readiness and whether they've had a run on the patch — three things no directory can guarantee for you.
- Look at their social page, not just their website. A farm website can sit untouched for years while the Facebook page is posting daily picking updates through the season.
- Have a second farm in mind. Weather closes patches at short notice, so it's worth knowing what else is within a sensible drive before you set out.
- Check the crop, not just the farm. A farm can be shut for one fruit and busy with another — our what's in season pages are a quicker way to see what's likely to be picking.
If you do ring a farm we've marked unconfirmed and find out where things stand, we'd genuinely like to hear about it. Reader reports are the fastest way an unconfirmed listing gets its detail back, and they're the reason a lot of small farms on this site have accurate season windows at all. New to this? Our guide to how pick your own works covers what to expect at the gate.
Explore the directory
The directory covers 610 farms across all eight Australian states. Quick entry points:
- Homepage — what's in season this month and the most-picked crops nationally
- All regions — every geographic cluster we cover, from the Bilpin orchard district to the Huon Valley
- What's in season — month-by-month picking calendar across Australia
- Farm experiences — farm stays, animal encounters, farm tours and more beyond pick-your-own
- PYO industry data — booking trends, pricing benchmarks and crop coverage from our directory dataset
Browse by state: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Northern Territory. Or browse by crop: strawberry picking, cherry picking, apple picking, blueberry picking and more.
Frequently asked questions
Can a farm pay to change the season dates or prices shown on its listing?
No. Featured placement is a labelled commercial option and it affects position in a list only — it never alters a season window, a price note, a booking requirement or a verification status. If a farm tells us its published details are wrong, we treat that as a correction and check it like any other, whether or not the farm is a paying advertiser. The one thing money cannot buy on this site is a more flattering set of facts.
Do I have to be the farm owner to report something that's out of date?
Not at all. Visitors are often the first to notice that a gate is locked, a patch has been picked out or a phone number rings out, and those reports are welcome from anyone. You don't need an account, a photo or proof — just the farm name and what you found. We verify before we publish a change, so an honest mistake in a report won't push bad information onto the page; it simply prompts us to go and look.
A farm I know is open still shows as unconfirmed — why hasn't it changed?
Almost always because the farm hasn't published anything recent that we can cite. Our checks run on public sources, so a farm that tells its regulars by word of mouth, or posts only to a private group, can be thoroughly open and still leave us with nothing to verify against. It's a gap in our evidence rather than a mark against the farm. Letting us know through the contact page usually resolves it quickly, because it tells us where to look.