PYO with us
OUR PICK YOUR OWN FIELDS ARE OPEN APRIL – OCTOBER, GROWING FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS. EXPLORE OUR FARM AND HAND-PICK DELICIOUS PRODUCE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ENJOY AT HOME.
pick your own
Come and pick your own Oxfordshire fruit, vegetables and flowers from our 45 acres of colourful produce, all grown just for you.
You can enjoy Rectory Farm produce practically all year round - it simply doesn't get fresher than picking your own. Start with asparagus brunches and rhubarb tarts and crumbles in April, and then enjoy a long summer of strawberries, artichoke, broad beans, courgettes, raspberries, redcurrants, blackberries and blackcurrants.
Autumn brings a hearty crop of sweetcorn and pumpkins, and our many varieties of potatoes are available to buy all year round, from baby salad potatoes to red and white spuds perfect for baking, mashing, roasting and boiling.
Pick Your Own
Our new booking system is now open, weekend and holiday visits to the pick your own will require a ticket. The Farm Shop and Cafe do not require a ticket at any time. Please read our FAQ’s on Plan Your Visit – this should answer most questions.
We grow over 30 types of fruit, vegetables, and flowers, each with its own season. Check our website or social media (Facebook & instagram @rectoryfarmpyo) for updates on what’s ready to pick and explore our crop pages for recipes, growing details, and picking tips!
We’re also growing THOUSANDS of pumpkins for our 2025 Pumpkin Patch and new PYO flower varieties. Stay tuned for more!
Important Info:
-
Weather-dependent crops, keep an eye on our social media for updates on early closures, especially during busy weekends.
-
Bring your own containers to save money and reduce waste! We offer discounts when you use your own bags or containers, but if you forget, we’ve got you covered.
-
Weigh your picking containers at the outdoor station, so the weight is deducted when you pay.
-
Follow farm signs to find your crops and head to the pay station when you’re done picking. Cash and card is accepted.
- Dogs are allowed on site but not in fields where we grow crops on the ground.
- Children must be supervised at all times while on site, we are a working farm with machinery and tools on site.
-
Last entry is one hour before closing.
Please note: Anyone caught eating (outside of tasting a few berries!) or not paying for their produce will be asked to leave.
For real-time updates on strawberry availability or field closures, please check our social media—our team is busy on the farm and may not be able to respond quickly via email or phone.
Artichokes
Available: Available now
Cook our beautiful globe artichokes in boiling water and serve with melted butter and cracked black pepper. Read more
Asparagus
Available: Back in 2026
The English asparagus season traditionally runs from St George's Day until Midsummer. Read more
Blackberries
Available: Due July
Enjoy the first taste of Silvan variety blackberries in mid-July. Perfect eaten fresh or made into blackberry jam. Read more
Blackcurrants
Available: Available now
Our blackcurrants are best picked in mid-July: eat them fresh or turn into a beautiful jam for your toast or porridge. Read more
Broad Beans
Available: Available Now
Pick our summer broad beans from June till August: eat them raw, blanched, in a risotto, a pesto, a soup or a salad. Read more
Courgettes
Available: Back in 2025
Ambassador courgettes - a dark green small variety - will be available to pick from the fields from early July every summer. Read more
Gladioli
Available: Available now
Just a few stems of colourful gladioli will make a bold statement in the home or given as a gift. Read more
Gooseberries
Available: Available now
Delicious and sharp, our Invicta gooseberries are just perfect for making into jams and puddings. Read more
Gourds
Available: Due September
Farm-grown gourds for cooking and home decor, from grey-blue Crown Prince squash to sweet and nutty uchiki kuri. Read more
Green Beans
Available: Back in 2025
Green beans are a delicious summer vegetable, find them in the veg patch for pick your own. Read more
Pinks
Available: Available now
These dainty frilled flowers grow in an array of shades of pink and white and smell absolutely divine! Read more
Potatoes
Available: In farm shop from now
Sacks of our Saxon, Jelly and Mozart potatoes are available in the farm shop from the autumn. Read more
Pumpkins
Available: Due October
Our pumpkins are ready to pick in October, with a big pumpkin picking festival as the main event. Tickets on sale NOW. Read more
Raspberries
Available: Back in 2025
Pick your own raspberries from June: perfect for eating on the day or freezing to eat all year round. Read more
Redcurrants
Available: Available now
Our tart and jewel-like redcurrants are ready at the end of June and can be picked until August. Read more
Rhubarb
Available: Back in 2026
Our 'Ruby Red' variety rhubarb is vibrant and sweet, and typically ready to pick from mid-April to mid-June. Read more
Strawberries
Available: PYO Open May - September
Our strawberry season runs mid-May to September. Perfect for smoothies, ice creams, puddings & jam! Read more
Sunflowers
Available: Back in 2025
Our beautiful sunflower walk opens in late summer for flower picking and memory-making photo opportunities. Read more
help us to reduce waste
Please try wherever possible to bring your own containers and carrier bags when you visit our Farm Shop and PYO. We offer a discount on all our PYO fruit and vegetables when you bring your own container - do good and save money!
Lots of small containers for PYO are better than one large one, as soft fruit will easily bruise and squash at the bottom of a deep container.
Use our "bring your own weigh station" to weigh your containers before picking – we can then deduct these from the weight of your fruit when you come to pay at the end.
Remember to bring your own 1 litre bottle for milk or buy a Rectory Farm glass bottle in the shop.
Homegrown
We have been growing strawberries at Rectory Farm since 1981. Back then we started with just one acre and a three week season! Today you can pick your own strawberries from May-September across 20 acres. We grow over 20 different crops from PYO fruit, vegetables and flowers.
Quantity discount
Picking more saves you money! Our quantity discounts start at eight full punnets of fruit, which can be a mixture of any of our produce or eight + punnets of the same thing. A great deal if you like making jam! You can mix and match our PYO vegetables as well: one full carrier bag of vegetables plus four punnets of fruit qualifies – or just two full bags of vegetables if you really love your broad beans, sweetcorn, artichokes, asparagus or broad beans. Remember that a fresh crop can be picked and frozen to be eaten all year round.
More this Year
We are always looking for new crops to grow. This year we are planting our standard orange pumpkins plus a huge variety of smaller ones – all of which are great for eating and decoration. Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know when tickets go on sale for The Pumpkin Patch.
We are also growing more courgettes, beans, sweetcorn and vegetables for pick your own alongside our many fields of strawberries.
Growing Principles
Because we want to grow the very best fruit and vegetables possible, we adopt modern techniques such as growing strawberries on table-tops and in poly tunnels. This reduces the need for pesticides, shields the crops from the harshest weather conditions and produces a really consistent higher quality crop for you to pick. We choose the very best varieties based on flavour, and you simply won’t find strawberries this tasty (or local or fresh) in the supermarket. We irrigate all our crops using a fertigation system, a precise technique which minimises water waste, pollution and use of additional fertilisers.
Flowers
Once again this year we will have fields of clourful gladioli, dainty pinks and bright sunflowers to pick in the summer months. Sign up to our newsletter to hear about upcoming floral workshops on the farm, too.
Outdoor Escape
With over 45 acres on our site to explore you can spend hours picking with no interruption from the outside world. There is no greater satisfaction than picking your own produce then cooking and eating it that same day.
PYO
The Rectory Farm picking season runs from April - October, starting with asparagus and finishing with pumpkins.
Our strawberries ripen up at the start of May and finish into September. Check out our PYO page to see what's in season when, and for lots of recipe ideas.
Plan your visit
Enjoy a day out at Rectory Farm picking all your favourite fruit and vegetables to take home and enjoy. Remember to bring your own punnets and carrier bags to help us reduce plastic use.
Visit the shop from March - December to stock up on kitchen essentials and all our ready-picked fruit and vegetables if you’re short on time.
rectory farm cafe
Join us for coffee and locally baked pastries, a pot of tea and a slice of homemade cake or a cool ice-cream topped with a flake.
We have both indoor seating and outdoor seating (covered and uncovered) and plenty of space for families and groups to gather and catch up over good food and drink.