Where to pick your own fruit and flowers in Lincolnshire and Rutland

Pop on a pair of wellies, grab your wicker basket and get ready to pick your own.

Farmers across Lincolnshire and Rutland have been hard at work readying their fields for summer picking.

Whether you are looking for a fun family day out or you are just keen to know exactly where your produce has come from, there are plenty of places to visit across the area.

From berries to flowers, here is a list of where you can go to pick your own.

Syston Park Farm, Grantham

For the past 30 years farmers at Syston Park have been growing pick your own strawberries, raspberries, tayberries, blackberries, gooseberries, currants, rhubarb and asparagus.

While strawberries have come to an end this season, there is a crop of ripe raspberries ready to be picked.

Sunflowers will also be ready soon.

And for those counting down the days until spooky season, the pumpkins at Syston Park Farm are in full flower which means they should be ready for picking and carving in October.

Updates on what’s available are posted on the Syston Park Farm Shop and Cafe Facebook.

Rutland Water Fruit Farm, Edith Weston

This soft fruit farm near Rutland Water offers strawberries and raspberries.

Although the strawberries are getting smaller, there is still the chance for people to pick their own.

Opening times and available slots are posted on the Rutland Water Fruit Farm Facebook page.

Old Oak Farm, Preston

For £25, visitors can spend one hour filling a bucket with flowers.

There are a number of flower types on offer including snapdragons, dahlias and straw flowers.

The pick your own field opened to visitors at the end of last month and is part of a glamping site near Uppingham.

Children are welcome but must be accompanied by another adult and remain outside the flower picking enclosure.

Willows Farm, Chapel St Leonards

This pick your own field is open seven days a week throughout the summer.

Several different varieties of strawberries, raspberries, red, black and white currants, tayberries, blackberries, gooseberries, plums and cherries are grown at this farm, which is just a short drive from the seaside town of Skegness.

For those who don’t see the fun in getting their hands dirty, freshly picked fruit is available in punnets at the farm shop on site.

Galley Hill Farm, Caythorpe

Blackberries and strawberries are in season at this Lincolnshire farm.

Also available throughout the year are blackcurrants, cooking apples, eating apples, gooseberries, pears, pumpkins, raspberries, redcurrants and tayberries

The orchard is open from early September to the end of October.

The farm is only open when ripe fruit is ready to be picked, and opening times and availability are updated daily on www.galleyhillfarm.co.uk.

The Picking Patch, Corby Glen

Due to this year’s wet weather, The Picking Patch in Corby Glen is temporarily closed.

Pickers are keen to descend on the site and the owner has pledged to provide updates as soon as the crops are ready.

Set up by a husband and wife team in 2021, the aim of the project is to advocate the ‘grown not flown’ ethos, which promotes flowers and produce from the area as opposed to from abroad to reduce the number of travel miles, helping the environment. It was taken over by Paula Edgington last year.

Updates on opening hours are provided on The Picking Patch Instagram page.