By Renee Wood
Jay Berries is hosting a special Easter affair once more at the farm, encouraging families to come and enjoy egg hunts, tractor rides, u-pick sessions and much more on Easter Sunday and Monday.
Tickets are open for the Easter Festival and events manager Justine Stewart said it’s something everyone looks forward to.
“We are a really family friendly farm and we want people to come and have a relaxing day and enjoy their time,” Ms Stewart said.
Easter egg hunts will be held for two to 16 year olds through the rows of strawberries, while a smaller version for the under twos will also be on offer.
Tractor tours are also available for anyone who’s interested in learning about the 17 acre farm and its history, something that’s regularly offered by owner John Stewart to share knowledge on their food production.
“We’re not classified organic but we run organically, we biologically control pests and use all organic fertilisers,” she said.
“Not a lot of farms are organic like we are and the most important thing for us is to produce natural healthy fresh produce that you can’t get in the stores.
“We were in the commercial industry for roughly 20 years and all the sprays that were on the fruit, we realised that’s not we want to eat so why give it to others, so we came out of the commercial business to go organic.”
U-pick sessions will be part of the ticket, with strawberries and raspberries to be ripe for the picking.
“For strawberries, we’ve got a decent crop now and in the next couple of weeks it’s only going to increase, so we will have a good to fantastic supply.
“Raspberries are a bit more reliant on the weather, so it depends on that over the next couple of weeks. We hope to have a light to medium supply of raspberries for Easter as well.”
The event will run Easter Sunday 17 April and Easter Monday 18 April from 8.30am to 4.30pm at 140 Wandin Creek Rd, Wandin East VIC 3139.
For more information visit https://jayberries.com.au/easter-festivities-2022/
