PYO OF THE YEAR 2025 - FINALIST!
We're utterly thrilled to have been named a finalist by the Farm Retail Association Awards as PYO of the Year 2025!
Farm Retail Association Press Release
UK’S BEST PICK YOUR OWN FARMS SHORTLISTED
Some of the best Pick Your Own Farms in the UK have been named after being shortlisted for the national Farm Retail Awards, sponsored by Fieldfare – chosen, frozen and ready to pick.
The finalists, who are from near Edinburgh, Staffordshire and Surrey, will now go through to the Farm Retail Association annual awards in March 2025.
This will be an exciting year for FRA, which is set to unveil a new rebrand as part of ambitious plans to expand the UK-wide membership organization, which champions farm shops, PYOS, and farmers markets nationally.
The category has been judged earlier than others in the awards in order for the judging to take place at the height of the PYO season, allowing the visits to take place at the peak time of year for these businesses.
The shortlist is:
Craigie's Farm, West Craigie Farm, Queensferry, near Edinburgh... Manor Farm Fruits, Hints, Tamworth, Staffordshire...
Garson Farm PYO, Esher, Surrey is proudly one of the UK's largest PYO Farms. Spanning over 155 acres, the farm is open to visitors from the end of May to the end of October. The farmland has been tenderly cultivated since 1871 by the same Thompson family line. For 110 years, the farm's fresh produce was transported to the London market traders up to 1981, when the gates opened to the public and PYO began. Today, Garson Farm PYO sees over 115,000 visitors each season and offers around thirty fruit, vegetable, and flower crops throughout the picking season.
Chair of the Farm Retail Association, Emma Mosey said: “The first raft of finalists have been announced and the competition is fierce. The awards are now open, make sure you get your entries in to be part of this prestigious competition celebrating PYOs, farm shops and farmers markets nationally. This is a big year for FRA, we have plans for expansion and growth in the sector – come and be part of it!”
The awards will be announced on Tuesday 12th March 2025 at a glittering dinner at the FRA Conference at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham.
To find out more about joining the Farm Retail Association, contact hello@farmretail.co.uk
The FRA (formerly known as FARMA) was established 1979. The FRA is the national body which represents farm shops, farmers markets and pick-your-own enterprises across the country. Around 325 UK farm shops and farmers markets are already members of the FRA.
