A visit to the PYO farm

Ever since we found Garsons in Esher six years ago, we have been visiting this Pick Your Own farm every year. So there is no exception for this year. We always choose to visit Garsons during their food fair, and today is the first day. We thought it will be a good day out so we invited our friend Lau and his family to join us since they have never been there before.

This garden centre is huge.







There is a restaurant inside the garden centre which serves fresh ingredient food.

Look! a bumblebee on a flower!



Me and Rachel, the daughter of Lau and Joanne. She is about 1.5 years old.

Entrance to the food fair and farm shop.







This is the reason why we always schedule to come here during the food fair.



Have you ever seen such a big garlic?

The farm itself is enormous and it is advisable that you drive your car and park next to whichever crops you want to pick, otherwise you will definitely be exhausted by the time you finished walking around the farm, like what we did during our first visit!



You can also plan your visit depending on the crops you want with this calendar.



Some of the winning designs for the scarecrows competition.



Gooseberries


Blackberries


Dahlia flowers






One of our favourite crops - the strawberries





Happy Rachel with handful of the strawberries.








Redberries


Blackcurrents




"I dig, I dig and I dig...."



"... and I finally got ONE.. yeah!!"







"Nah...!"



You can choose to cheat by picking up the potatoes here.



... or you can get your hands dirty like what Lau did.



The freshest potatoes you can ever get!



These sweet corns are not ready yet.



Finally, the cherries farm. They are only available for picking in July at Garsons.



Most of the cherries are hidden underneath the leaves, so you really need to either bend down or squat down to see them.



See how many we had picked...!



Lastly, remember to pay for all the crops that have been picked, otherwise you could be embarrassed by the security guards waiting for you before driving off at the exit.