Pick Your Own

Wander the rows, pick your own bouquet, and make a day of it at the farm. Below is what it costs, when we're open, and what to know before you drive out.

Picking days and hours

We are anticipating that our Pick Your Own sessions are going to start from 1 November, subject to the farm's start date. The flowers decide, and they don't give notice.

  • Wednesday to Sunday. No picking Monday or Tuesday.
  • The field is open 11am to 3pm.
  • Last entry 2:40pm, and all picking finishes at 3pm.

We set the day's status by 9am. If you're travelling a distance, check the field status on this page or our Instagram stories before you set off.

Pricing and entry

Pre Pay online OR pay at the farm shop when you arrive.

  • 30-Stem Bucket$57.50Fill a bucket with up to 30 stems, enough for a big arrangement, an event or gifting.
  • Pay Per Stem$5 flat fee, plus $2.25 a stemFor a handful of stems or a small gift. Paid at the farm shop on the day.
  • Not picking but want to join?$10 per personFor anyone coming along to look, take photos or keep a picker company. Paid at the farm shop on the day.

Children are welcome and must be supervised at all times — at least one adult per child in the picking field.

Buy before you come

30-Stem Bucket

$57.50

Fill a bucket with up to 30 stems. Pre-pay here or pay at the farm shop.

Take a bucket home

$5.00

An empty bucket to carry your stems in. You don’t need one to pick.

Not picking

$10.00

For anyone coming to look, take photos or keep a picker company.

Photographer

$100.00

Bring a professional photographer along on a picking day.

Pre-pay here, or pay at the farm shop when you arrive.

What to expect

Everyone checks in at the farm shop first, whether you paid online or not. Groups go into the rows in batches, first come, first served — there are no booked times. The detail is below.

On the day

Everyone checks in at the farm shop first, whether you paid online or not. Groups go into the rows in batches, so the field doesn't get crowded.

  • Check in at the farm shop, and we'll take you through a quick safety briefing.
  • Batches head into the field every 20 minutes — 11am, 11:20am, 11:40am, and on through the day.
  • Batches are first-come, first-served. There are no booked times.
  • If there's a wait before yours, there's somewhere to sit, with coffee and ice cream close at hand.
In the field

Bring your own clean snips if you can, and something to carry your flowers home in. Bucket hire is free at check-in while you're picking, and you can take a bucket home for $5.

Staff instructions are followed at all times. You pick it, you keep it — anyone dropping, discarding or throwing cut stems on the ground will be asked to leave, with no discussion and no refund.

Photography
  • Phone and hand-held camera snaps are included with your entry, at no charge.
  • Bringing a professional photographer along during picking hours costs $100 — add it online or at check-in.
  • Private sessions, with the fields to yourself, are booked separately and run outside our normal hours.
How do you decide when to open/close the fields to PYO?

We only open up certain varieties once we've finished picking that variety for export. We will keep it open based on growth - closing it again when the plants need to rest and set new buds or if the weather is not suitable for picking. That's why picking days change throughout the season rather than running straight through it.

  • Heavy rain or strong wind closes the field, for everyone's safety.
  • Opening days depend on the day's bloom count. After a busy session we may close the next day to let the plants recover.
  • We may close entry early if the day's blooms run out sooner than we expected.

Best way to know if it is open - We watch the crop every day and will update the PYO status at the top of the website.

Are you doing a Fill Ya Bucket event?

FYB is not currently planned... it will be a late addition IF we do. The Pick Your Own has taken its place, and the change was a deliberate one.

Fill Ya Bucket packed everything into a single day and a set time slot. Pick Your Own offers a chance to pick over more of the season, Wednesday to Sunday, so there is more time in the rows and a gentler pace through the field. Peonies set next year's buds off this year's growth, so a steadier rhythm of picking is what keeps the plants strong and the blooms coming back.

The bucket itself has not gone anywhere - just changed. You can fill one with up to 30 stems on any open picking day, and you can pre pay before you come or pay at the farm shop when you arrive. We have also opened up the opportunity to Pay Per Stem. Picking days, hours and pricing are all on this page.

Not picking? The farm shop has pre-cut stems, made-up arrangements and styled flowers. Visit the Farm.