Berkshire

<p>Grays Farm is always the TOPS  for fresh fruits and vedges. ,  we will always go back for bmore treats.</p>



<p>Somehow, despite the juice stains and paying-to-do-manual-labour, picking one’s own fruit / flowers / veg is unassailably charming. So dust off the broad-brimmed straw hats, grab the children, and head to the fields.</p>



<p>We love a bit of wholesome rural fun here at Muddy and — as luck would have it — there are a fair few PYO farms to choose from. Time to break out your inner Milly-Molly-Mandy, clear out some fridge space, and pick some darned delicious in-season fruit. Here&#8217;s the best PYO farms in Berkshire.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-gray-s-farm-wokingham"><a href="http://graysfarm.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gray&#8217;s Farm</a>, Wokingham</h2>



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<p>This is your moment to get your kids to eat their five-a-day (and pimp up your Champers, obvs).&nbsp;Pick your own season is in full swing. Slam on the breaks when you see the giant strawberry in the field at Gray’s Farm, opposite the entrance to Holme Grange Craft Village, near&nbsp;Wokingham. This is a PYO giant,&nbsp;offering 24 different crops from traditional soft fruits&nbsp;to veggies. Get your mitts on strawberries, rhubarb, currants and gooseberries. Needing greens? Spinach, beetroot, broccoli, beans and more are available to pick.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-copas-farm-lower-marsh-farm-cookham"><a href="https://www.thefruitfields.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Copas Farm</a>&nbsp;(Lower Marsh Farm), Cookham</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1500" height="1500" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601.jpg" alt="Where to PYO fruits and flowers in Berkshire" class="wp-image-52636" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601.jpg 1500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601-800x800.jpg 800w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601-400x400.jpg 400w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601-768x768.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601-525x525.jpg 525w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601-500x500.jpg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/06/bilge-tekin-GgT9SilesTQ-unsplash-scaled-e1686221776601-1100x1100.jpg 1100w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" /></figure>



<p>Copas Farm is another big boy in the PYO world, with branches in Berks and Bucks. PYO costs £4, to be refunded against the weight of the produce you’ve picked — there&#8217;s asparagus, strawberries, raspberries, peas, beans, and cherries. There is also a farm shop on site selling homemade apple juice, local honey, chutneys, cream, and eggs. Oh, and a Maize Maze will be ready in time for the summer hols. Lose the kids in the name of fun.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hildred-s-reading"><a aria-label="Hildred's (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.hildredspyo.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hildred&#8217;s</a>, Reading</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="666" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Asparagus-in-womans-hands.jpg" alt="Farmer holding freshly picked green asparagus close up Where to PYO fruits and flowers in Berkshire" class="wp-image-34749" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Asparagus-in-womans-hands.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Asparagus-in-womans-hands-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Asparagus-in-womans-hands-720x480.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Asparagus-in-womans-hands-150x100.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Asparagus-in-womans-hands-768x511.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Asparagus-in-womans-hands-788x525.jpg 788w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Things are pretty simple at Hildred&#8217;s. Top drawer, locally grown fruit and veg at affordable prices. Right now you can get your hands on asparagus and rhubarb, running late April to beginning of June. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-little-park-flowers-brimpton-west-berks"><a href="https://littleparkflowers.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Park Flowers</a>, Brimpton, West Berks</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1000" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/little-park-flowers-1.jpeg" alt="Little Park Flowers, Brimpton, West Berks pyo" class="wp-image-64875" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/little-park-flowers-1.jpeg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/little-park-flowers-1-800x800.jpeg 800w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/little-park-flowers-1-400x400.jpeg 400w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/little-park-flowers-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/little-park-flowers-1-500x500.jpeg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>A beautiful flower farm and florist in the once neglected Victorian cottage gardens of a small country estate. Buy by the stem, the jam jar, the bunch and the bucketful, as well as arranged into beautiful hand-tied bouquets.&nbsp;Plus there’s events and arranging and growing workshops galore.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-micklems-farm-knowl-hill-berks"><a href="https://www.micklemsfarm.com/flowers-pages/pick-your-own" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Micklems Farm</a>, Knowl Hill, Berks</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1500" height="1500" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105.jpg" alt="PYO FLOWERS MICKLEMS FARM BERKSHIRE WOMAN IN FIELD OF FLOWERS Where to PYO fruits and flowers in Berkshire" class="wp-image-52631" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105.jpg 1500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105-800x800.jpg 800w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105-400x400.jpg 400w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105-768x768.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105-525x525.jpg 525w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105-500x500.jpg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/07/Untitled-design-105-1100x1100.jpg 1100w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" /></figure>



<p>Micklems is a hive of creative activity, with a massive array of workshops on offer from batik and lino-printing to furniture painting and floral design. The four-acre smallholding produces flowers and fruit which it sells in bunches for collection Thurs-Sat with the option of adding on tea in the garden. For limited times of the year you can PYO flowers. They provide you with snips and a flower bucket for you to put your flowers (up to 30 stems), but you&#8217;ll need a container to transport them home. £30.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-crockford-bridge-farm-addlestone-surrey"><a href="https://www.crockfordbridgefarm.co.uk/farm-pyo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Crockford Bridge Farm</a>, Addlestone, Surrey</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1500" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/daiga-ellaby-iILsR041WL4-unsplash.jpg" alt="Where to PYO fruits and flowers in Berkshire" class="wp-image-64845" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/daiga-ellaby-iILsR041WL4-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/daiga-ellaby-iILsR041WL4-unsplash-533x800.jpg 533w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/daiga-ellaby-iILsR041WL4-unsplash-667x1000.jpg 667w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/daiga-ellaby-iILsR041WL4-unsplash-267x400.jpg 267w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/daiga-ellaby-iILsR041WL4-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Set on an 80-acre farm in Addlestone, near Weybridge, Crockford Bridge Farm is one of the oldest continually farmed farms in Surrey. More than 20 different fruit and vegetables are grown here, from asparagus, beetroot and broad beans to strawberries, squash and sweetcorn, and in the summer, you can pick &#8217;em all.  Do check beforehand though as crops differ over the months. You must&nbsp;book&nbsp;ahead for a farm pass. The cost is £5 adults, £2 children which is redeemed against the weight of the produce you’ve picked.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-dahlia-beach-millets-farm"><a href="https://www.dahliabeach.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dahlia Beach</a>, Millets Farm</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="832" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/dahlia.png" alt="Dahlia Beach, Millets Farm" class="wp-image-64864" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/dahlia.png 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/dahlia-800x666.png 800w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/dahlia-400x333.png 400w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/dahlia-768x639.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Dahlia Beach is the brainchild of insta star and former TV director, Andrea McDowell, who launched the endeavour when her wedding video business went a little on the quiet side during covid. Now she’s an media/Chelsea Flower Show sensation thanks to the PYO dahlia business she’s launched at Abingdon’s Millets Farm (bit of a one stop shop with its farm shop, PYO, garden centre, kids soft play, farm park and more). The PYO flower farm is open August to October, and is also the site of workshops in how to grow and arrange dahlias alongside Poggy, Andrea’s bright pink open top double decker bus.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-wheedon-hill-park-aka-farmer-paul-aylesbury"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Wheedon Hill Park (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.farmerpaul.co.uk/sunflowers" target="_blank">Wheedon Hill Park</a> (aka Farmer Paul), Aylesbury</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="666" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Girl-face-in-sunflowers.jpg" alt="Girl face in sunflowers" class="wp-image-36280" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Girl-face-in-sunflowers.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Girl-face-in-sunflowers-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Girl-face-in-sunflowers-720x480.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Girl-face-in-sunflowers-150x100.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Girl-face-in-sunflowers-768x511.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Girl-face-in-sunflowers-788x525.jpg 788w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>PYO isn’t just about fruit: at Wheedon Hill Park near Aylesbury over the border in Bucks, Farmer Paul is bringing a sea of sunshine this August courtesy of his magnificent Sunflower Field. Head to the Cutting Area to choose and PYO sunflowers to buy (you&#8217;ll need your own secateurs), there&#8217;s a Sunflower Trail for the kids, pre-cut flowers to buy as well as wheat posies and other sunflowery goodies made by Mrs Farmer Paul. It&#8217;s thirsty work, thank God for the café.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-howe-farm-flowers-near-thame"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.howefarmflowers.com/" target="_blank">Howe Farm Flowers</a>, near Thame</h2>



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<p>PYO isn’t just about fruit: at Howe Farm in Dorton you can pick your own beautiful bouquets of seasonal flowers, all hand-sown and sustainably nurtured (in fact, we love from so much, we asked for Howe Farm Flowers for the Muddy Awards 2022!). Available from April-October, visitors can either simply spend an hour picking blooms in lovely zinc buckets (£25 for up to 30 stems), or upgrade to include a pot of tea and homemade cake in the garden once the buckets are full, £65 for two people.&nbsp;Booking ahead&nbsp;is essential for both.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-green-and-gorgeous-flowers-near-wallingford"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.greenandgorgeousflowers.co.uk/farm-gate/" target="_blank">Green and Gorgeous Flowers</a>, near Wallingford</h2>



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<p>Passionate about the environment, Green &amp; Gorgeous Flowers grows a range of classic, nostalgic and unusual flower varieties in a sustainable manner, meaning the farm hums with insect and bird life. Drop in on Saturdays between 9am and 4pm to pick up blooms, vegetables, fruit, eggs, seeds, plants and even local hand-thrown pottery from the shop.</p>


Where to PYO fruits and flowers in Berkshire

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