About This Farm
Ford's Farm grows citrus beside the Hawkesbury River at Laughtondale, where the family has turned winter picking into a tidy, booked-in experience: $20 per car covers the whole family, then you pay about $5/kg for what you pick across mandarins, oranges, lemons and limes, with cumquats at $12/kg for the marmalade makers.
What You Can Pick
- Mandarins, oranges, lemons and limes - late May to July, about $5/kg
- Cumquats - $12/kg
Activities
- Coffee, hot chocolate and homemade cakes served on the farm
- Farm shop with honey, jams, oils, cordial and chutneys made on site
- Riverside picnic spots
Good to Know
Bookings are essential and are made per car spot online, closing 24 hours before each session; the farm refunds if it cancels a session for lack of fruit. The season runs strictly late May to around July, and the family has flagged that the 2027 season will run May to June only, so book early once dates open.
Pro tip: cumquats make the marmalade; take a kilo home alongside the mandarins.
Entry & Pricing
Adults
Free
per person
Children (under )
Free
per child
💡 $20 per standard car (covers up to 7 people); larger vehicles may cost more. Fruit charged per kg on top. Bookings essential per car spot, closing 24 hours before each session.
What You Can Pick
Mandarins
May - Jul
Per kg$5
Oranges
May - Jul
Per kg$5
Lemons
May - Jul
Per kg$5
Limes
May - Jul
Per kg$5
Cumquats
May - Jul
Per kg$12
Facilities
Cafe
Wheelchair Access
Parking
Picnic Areas
Farm Shop
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. Not a public review score.
4.0out of 5, the FarmHop rating
- Fruit qualityHow good the picking actually is
- 4.0
- ExperienceWhat the visit itself is like
- 4.0
- Family friendlyHow well it works with children
- 4.0
- FacilitiesToilets, seating, parking, shade
- 4.0
- ValueWhat you get for the entry and the fruit
- 4.0
