This season
The farm opens for the season on Saturday 22 August for pick-your-own apples and peaches, and opens every day thereafter. It takes cards and Apple Pay everywhere and no cash or cheques at all.
Checked August 21, 2026
About This Farm
Shelburne Farm at Stow opens for the season on Saturday 22 August and then trades every day, seven days a week. It is also the only farm in this region that takes no cash at all.
What You Can Pick
Apples, peaches and pumpkins.
What Else is Available
Hay rides, farm animals, John Deere tractor and Gator playgrounds, a bounce house, a cider barn with hard cider, food trucks, live music and an apple shop.
Good to Know
Payment is unambiguous, in the farm's own capitals: "We accept ALL MAJOR credit cards, debit cards and ApplePay EVERYWHERE on the farm! No cash or checks please".
Pro tip: leave the cash at home and check the phone is charged. A card-only farm with a bounce house and a hard cider barn is a farm that has thought about queues, and 22 August is early enough to beat the Stow apple traffic entirely.
What You Can Pick
In Season
Apples
Aug - Oct
In Season
Peaches
Aug - Sep
In Season
Pumpkins
Sep - Oct
Facilities
Cafe
Playground
Farm Shop
Farm Animals
Tractor Rides
EFTPOS
We list what we have confirmed. If something you need is not shown, it is worth calling the farm to check.
How we rate it
Our own assessment, scored the same way for every farm on the site, from what each farm publishes about itself. Not a visit, and not a public review score.
4.5out of 5, the Pickeria rating
- Fruit qualityHow good the picking actually is
- 4.4
- ExperienceWhat the visit itself is like
- 4.5
- Family friendlyHow well it works with children
- 4.8
- FacilitiesToilets, seating, parking, shade
- 4.5
- ValueWhat you get for the entry and the fruit
- 4.1
