We're now CLOSED for the '22 season

We're two ICU nurses whom wanted a tree change, wanted to watch things grow and be a place where we could make people happy - so we bought an orchard and turned it into a Pick Your Own tourist destination.

See our unique story on ABC's Landline.. Click HERE or read our ABC NEWS article.. Click HERE...

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Come and say hello! We are the only orchard that isnt just an orchard. We're a tourist destination aimed at families. We have everything you need for a memorable family day out. We have our tractors on display, games for the kids, kids scavenger hunt with a prize at he end and sections of our orchard that are pram and wheel chair friendly. We have onsite toilets and parking and most weekends a coffee van! And more importantly, our business is all about making people happy so we regularly have themed weekends to donate funds to help out the community!

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we're different..

we do..

SCHOOL EXCURSIONS

CHILDCARE EXCURSIONS

HOMESCHOOL EXCURSIONS

EVENTS

GIFT VOUCHERS

got an idea.. contact us!

info@atlenswood.com.au

A farm in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Unique luxury accommodation, a pick your own apple orchard and a wedding venue all in the heart of Lenswood.

We are putting pick your own apples on the map.. you've seen us on ABC LANDLINE and ABC NEWS now check us out on these sites!

ABC LANDLINE EPISODE

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/programs/landline/2022-04-09/orchard-escape:-the-city-nurses-who-escaped-to-the/13834266

ABC NATIONAL NEWS

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-09/adelaide-icu-nurses-with-no-farming-experience-take-on-orchard/100894472

LIVE CROSS - STUDIO 10 - 9th May 2022

Australian Farmers - Telling Our Story Podcast

Emily Shipway

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/australian-farmers-telling-our-story/id1599031178?i=1000559918743

South Australia Tourism

https://southaustralia.com/products/adelaide-hills/tour/lenswood-pick-your-own

WELLNESS WANDER

https://wellnesswander.com.au/activities/pick-your-own-apples/

KIDDO Magazine

https://www.kiddomag.com.au/do/ripe-for-the-picking-lenswood-pick-your-own-orchard/

Visit Adelaide Hills

https://www.visitadelaidehills.com.au/fruit-picking

Pick Your Own.org

https://www.pickyourown.org/australiasouth.htm

The National Tribune

https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/where-to-go-fruit-picking-in-south-australia/

Kids In Adelaide

https://kidsinadelaide.com.au/pick-your-own-fruit-adelaide/

Trip Advisor

https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g12706856-d23599634-Reviews-Lenswood_Pick_Your_Own-Lenswood_Adelaide_Hills_Greater_Adelaide_South_Australi.html

Kids In Adelaide Gift Guide

https://kidsinadelaide.com.au/kids-in-adelaide-christmas-gift-guide/

GLAM Adelaide

https://glamadelaide.com.au/pick-your-own-apples-at-an-enchanting-orchard-in-lenswood/

Play and Go Adelaide

https://playandgo.com.au/pick-your-own-apples-lenswood-adelaide-hills/

Secret Adelaide

https://secretadelaide.com/lenswood/

Weekend Notes Adelaide

https://www.weekendnotes.com/at-lenswood-pick-your-own/

OUR BLOG

24/JAN/2021

4 TIPS TO MAKE YOUR APPLES BETTER THIS YEAR..

Once we get chatting to people and they find out that we have an apple orchard, we often get asked lots of questions about people's apple trees. It was very common back in the hey day when houses had larger blocks to have a few fruit trees in the back garden. So, it is no suprise that pleantly of people buy houses with old apple trees in them that are still producing fruit but - the apples are just a bit average.

Did you know there are a few quick, cheap and easy things that you can do to make the apples on your apple tree bigger and better.. let us take you through our tips!

1. Treat your tree to a little fertilzer. There are pleanty of fertilizers on the market, even if you use one that is quite basic, if the tree has been let go for quite some time it will benifit from the extra nutrients that it can then put into the fruit. If the tree is stressed and does not have the right amount of nutrients it can drop it's fruit as the tree will go into survival mode.

2. Prune your trees in winter. Pruning is a huge job in commerical apple growing, it is where not only many hours of work are put in but many thousands of dollars in labour. Pruning your trees in winter allows the apple trees to be shaped and trained in a way that is benifical to fruit growth and prevent fungus infections. See our pruning guide coming soon! if you would like the tips and tricks that we use to prune our trees.

3. Water! Seems obvious doesnt it, water the tree. Apple trees do not like to have 'wet feet' like most plants and trees they prefer to be watered alot at once (enough for the roots to be able to reach the water) and then dry out. This prevents issues like root rot and stunted growth. We water our trees for 6 hours straight once a week. So if you have an older apple tree that is obviously well established think about giving it a decent water once a week.

4. Thinning.. thin the amount of fruit on your tree. This seems ridiculous, you are trying to gain more fruit and better fruit and we are telling you to get rid of some of your fruit?! The reasoning to this is that the more fruit that is on the tree the more that it has to support, therefore, if you have alot of fruit on your tree but it appears small and they are all clustered together it is best to 'break up the bunches' into groups of one or two apples per cluster. Our secret is, for 1mm of a branch you can have 1 apple, therefore if your limb or branch is 1cm that limb can support 10 apples. This is a rough guide to space out your fruit.

Give these 4 easy tips a good go and you'll see that by giving your apple tree a bit of love it will give you some amazing apples! Need any more advice - send us an e-mail with your questions!

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