

Here are our top picks on where to find some locally crafted beers, food, ice cream and more. It is only natural that in the heartbeat of agriculture you will find some of the freshest food and drink as well as artisans that create from the local bounty.

Find your favorite fruits on the list below: What is more fun than getting to pick your own fruit from the field it is grown in? This is a great family activity that everyone will enjoy. Hurley Avenue and Shirk Road (also known as Road 92) Just a few blocks north of the 198 freeway.Ben Maddox Way and Tulare Avenue (south of highway 198).The Big Orange Road 120 north of Avenue 432.Farmer Laro's at Caldwell Avenue and Lovers Lane (3283 E Caldwell Ave, Visalia).The Main Squeeze Market - Highway 198 at Lemon Cove on the way to Sequoia National Park.Sometimes there is not a specific address but that's OK! You will be exploring some of California's most beautiful farmland. Seasonal fruit and vegetable stands can be found on corners around the area.

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We also grow chemical free vegetables such as zucchini, squash, cucumbers, eggplants, broccoli, chillies, capsicum, and red and green lettuce. Pick your own Strawberries is in covered hothouses so is an all-weather activity. We have weekly Facebook updates advising each week what is available for picking. We grow lots and lots of other fruits which will be available for picking between end of November and end of June. The fruit in theses hothouses and on our farm is ALL Pick your own. We have 2 hothouses which are both now fully operational each one being on one acre. If we have an abundance of strawberries, we will also open during the week. Now that we have completed the largest Pick your own Strawberry farm in the Hawkesbury with just under 100,000 strawberry plants, we are endeavouring to have it open every weekend all year round for strawberry picking. We also have soft serve ice cream made from our strawberries picked fresh from the farm. Find the best Fruit Stands near you on Yelp - see all Fruit Stands open now. When other fruits are in season such as cherries, blueberries, mangoes, apricots and raspberries you can also be tantalised with one of these fresh baked pies. In Summer we also sell Peach pies made from peaches grown in our orchard.

We bake all our very famous, very popular Apple Pies, meat pies, cakes, scones and slices on the premises. In our shop we stock local honey, local home made jams, souvenirs, cider from local cellar doors, apple juice, candles, pottery, fresh fruit and seasonal summer fruits and lots more. The Fruit Bowl shop is open 7 days a week from 8.00 am till 5.00pm. We also have our 13 year old grandson who also helps out extensively both in the farm and shop.
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Our daughters help control and run the shop full time, they make all the apple pies, meat pies, cakes, slices, scones, while our son now works on a part time basis on the farm. We have 4 children, 3 daughters and one son, who were all born into the business and now with all their help we all manage both the orchard and the shop. It is the most iconic business in the Hawkesbury district. The Bilpin Fruit Bowl is proudly owned and operated by Simon & Margaret Tadrosse.
