Aug — Sep
Discovery Apples
£3.80 / kg
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Back to Our Work~ Pick-your-own open daily from 8am ~ Strawberries now in season ~
River Valley
~ orchard ~
Family grown since 1947
Farm fresh,
family grown.
Three generations of growing the juiciest apples, pears, plums and soft fruits in the Kentish countryside — picked at peak ripeness and shared with our community.
3
generations
120
varieties
8am-6pm
open daily
Just picked!
Discovery apples
🐝
RHS Award
Pollinator Friendly
est. 1947
by the Hartwell family
Our story
A working family farm in the Stour Valley.
When grandfather Frank Hartwell came home from the war in 1947 he planted forty Bramley apple trees on the river meadow behind our cottage. Today, his grandchildren tend two hundred and fifty acres of orchard, soft fruit and bee meadow on the same stretch of Kentish chalk.
We farm without synthetic pesticides, harvest every fruit by hand, and run our own bottling, milling and pressing on site. Whatever you take home from our farm shop was picked, pressed or baked within a hundred yards of where you bought it.
🐝 Pollinator certified
RHS
🍃 No synthetic sprays
Since 1998
🤲 Hand harvested
Always
🏡 Three generations
Hartwell family
What's growing right now
Today's harvest
Sep — Oct
Conference Pears
£4.20 / kg
Aug only
Victoria Plums
£5.40 / kg
Year-round
Pressed Cloudy Juice
£6.50 / 750ml
Sep — Jan
Bramley Pie Apples
£3.20 / kg
Jun — Aug
Summer Berry Basket
£8.40 / box
Plan your visit
Spend a day at the orchard.
Pick your own fruit, ride the tractor, eat in the café and take home a basket of sunshine.
Step 1 of 3
When are you coming?
Pick-Your-Own Day · 2 guests
The farm shop
Shop the harvest
Boxes hand-packed every morning. Free delivery across Kent. Add to your basket — checkout below.
The Orchard Box · Small
5kg mixed fruit · serves 2
£18
The Orchard Box · Large
10kg mixed fruit · serves 4-6
£32
Pressed Juice 6-Pack
Cloudy & still · single estate
£36
Preserves Hamper
Six jars · jams, chutney, curd
£42
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What's on at the farm
Seasonal celebrations
08
JUN
🍓Family
Strawberry Picnic Day
10am - 4pm · £6
22
JUL
🐝Workshops
Lavender & Honey Festival
11am - 6pm · £8
13
SEP
🍎Live music
Apple Harvest Weekend
9am - 5pm · £10
26
OCT
🎃Half-term
Pumpkin Patch & Maze
10am - dusk · £12
30
NOV
🎄Mulled wine
Christmas Market Night
5pm - 10pm · Free entry
07
DEC
🌿All materials
Wreath Making Workshop
1pm - 4pm · £45
Notes from the kitchen
Recipes & orchard news
Recipe45 min
Granny Hartwell's Bramley Crumble
The crumble that taught three generations of Hartwell children to bake on a Sunday afternoon...
Orchard4 min read
Why we plant wildflower strips between rows
Twenty acres of meadow are quietly the most productive land on our farm — and here's why...
Recipe1 hour 20
Spiced Quince & Pear Chutney
A jar of this in October, opened with Christmas cheese in December. Slow, simple, perfect...
Get in touch
Come say hello.
We love a chat over a hot drink. Drop in, ring us, or send a message and we'll get back to you the same day.
River Valley Farm
Lower Stour Road, Wye, Kent TN25 5HJ
01233 812 044
hello@rivervalleyorchard.co.uk
Open daily
8am — 6pm · Easter to December