We grow delicious Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Boysenberries and Blueberries at our farm in Riverhead for Pick your own experience or we have punnets freshly picked daily from our farm shop. Our Best Berries strawberries are also sold at all major supermarkets.
Strawberries
Our delicious strawberries are available for Pick Your Own and we have fresh strawberry punnets available daily from our farm shop when in season. Our strawberry season runs from October to April. Our strawberries are guaranteed high quality, tasty and naturally delicious.
We currently grow two different varieties of strawberries.
1. Camerosa – This fruit is very sweet and is suited for Auckland weather conditions.
2. Ventana – This variety is a favourite to many due to its great taste and size.
3. Monterey
We work closely with 5+ A Day charity to promote the benefits of eating strawberries. Including strawberries in your diet may improve heart function, boost brain function, improve skin health, reduce high blood pressure and boost immunity.
We also produce a range of artisan products available from our farm shop which include our popular Best Berries strawberry jam, strawberry sauce and frozen whole strawberries - great for desserts, baking and smoothies.
We supply our strawberries wholesale to both the NZ domestic market and the international market, under the Best Berries brand, please get in touch with us if you are interested in our berries.
Raspberries
We grow delicious fresh raspberries in the summer months for Pick Your Own and we have freshly picked punnets available during the season. Our raspberry season runs from November to April.
We also produce a range of artisan products available from our farm shop which include our popular Best Berries raspberry jam and raspberry sauce - great for desserts and baking.
Other berry varieties we grow…
We grow several other berries for our Pick Your Own experience. These are:
Boysenberries - Season runs from Dec to Jan
Blueberries - Season runs from Dec to Feb
Blackberries - Season runs from November to Jan
Our Best Berries products
Best Berries is our diverse range of products created on the farm including packaged fresh and frozen strawberries for local and export markets and our range of artisan jams, sauces, freeze dried whole fruits and powders. Our freeze-dried strawberries and raspberries are great for baking and decoration and are 100% natural. Please visit our Best Berries website to order or contact us for wholesale details.
Artisan berry products…
Export quality fruit, picked in season and hand processed to enhance and maintain their delicious flavours. We turn these into tasty snacks, decadent freeze dried fruit, powders, jams and sauces. Click here to order online