Plump, juicy cherries are a summertime staple and the season’s best are from local organic producer, Marriott Orchards.
Our team recently visited Marriott Orchards at Montacute in the Adelaide Hills. Cherry grower Phil and his family have owned the property for 15 years and converted the orchard from conventional farming to organic production 8 years ago. The Marriott family live on the property which was their motivation behind transitioning to organic growing methods.
“We have 5,000 trees and what is called a modern ‘pedestrian’ orchard which means we don’t use ladders, we can easily pick all the fruit by walking around the trees. Everything is hand-picked, no machines, and is sorted by hand in our packing shed,” Phil says.
