June and July are excellent months for picking a variety of orchard and soft fruits grown in the High Weald. There are a number of local pick your own farms where you can go and spend an hour or a whole afternoon gathering the fruits of the season, whether your indulgence is Kentish Cherries or locally grown strawberries, raspberries and plums. Ideal for summer puddings, jam making or simply eating fresh the following farms have both pick your own or sell the fruit through their own shop.

Early June to the end of July is the best time to see the High Weald's wildflower grasslands with their pale pink Orchids, white Ox-eye daisies, purple Knapweed and yellow Bird's-foot trefoil. You don't have to travel far to see these flowers - many grassy roadside verges have escaped 'improvement' and are an important home to wildflower species. If you wish to sit amongst the swaying grasses and flowers and listen to the hum of bees and insects that they attract the following visitor attractions allow access to the wildflower grasslands within their properties.

High Beeches Gardens

Wakehurst Place

Great Dixter House and Gardens

Wildflower grasslands are a rare and vanishing feature of the Weald. Visit our wildflower grassland section to find out  more about their history, management and creation.