Chestnuts have begun to fall. Our first nuts were harvested on the 15th of March.. We expect the season to last until late May. So, if you are planning to join us on Pick Your Own, you have few weeks to plan your trip. This year we have two NEW additions to our range...
To prevent getting infected, maintain basic hand and respiratory hygiene and safe food practices and avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing. Surabhi Gupta Chestnut Brae disinfect the farmstay before and...
It has taken us 6 years but we finally have our first production of chestnut honey. We have our own hives and we managed to get a rather nice Chestnut Orchard Honey from our two hives, but it took an expert, he has a doctorate in honey production, to produce our...
Take a walk through the hills of Corsica in Autumn and you will see farmers picking sweet chestnuts, roasting them and making them into chestnut flour that is exported around the world. You can now visit Nannup in the south west of Australia where Chestnut Brae have...
Chestnut Brae has a new product in its range, Sweet Chestnut Honey. Chestnut honey is one of the most sought-after honeys in the world due to its health attributes. Our bees are located in our organic sweet chestnut orchard during the flowering season , from December...
Learn how to use herbs from the garden to create your own range of health and beauty products. Day One: Saturday 16th November 2019 Learn and Extract Day Two: Saturday 7th December 2019 Make and Use (follows on from Day One) Programme: Day One – Learn and...
Keeping children happy on the farm used to be a case of setting up a purpose built play area that was safe and secure and the kids would be happy all day long. That is not the case anymore, children’s expectations and demands have increased and we need to keep pace...
Destination WA at The Cidery in Bridgetown this week when Trevor Cochrane gets to taste our Chestnut Ale that Blackwood Valley Brewing make for us. We are thrilled to see that Trevor is wowed by our Chestnut Ale. Although of course it is not surprise to all of us...
Learn the skills of a propagator Budding and Grafting Workshop Event Date: Saturday 12th October, 2019 Capacity: 20 Sweet chestnuts were grafted by the Romans and records suggest they were one of the first trees to be grafted. Alas, the skills of the grafter and...
We are tickled pink on becoming a finalist in the 2019 Perth Airport Western Australian Tourism Awards in the Excellence in Food Tourism category. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for us please. All winners and medallists will be announced at the Gala Dinner which...
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