HOT: Blossom Festival, Cherryhill Orchards, Wandin East

Spring has sprung and the cherry trees are blossoming! Cherryhill Orchards is celebrating with a Blossom Festival that includes live music, giant yard games, workshops and food trucks.

The setting is really gorgeous as Cherryhill Orchards is set amongst the rolling hills of the Yarra Valley. There’s limited seating in the grassy area where the main festival action takes place so BYO picnic rug.

You’re also welcome to BYO food or there are several food trucks on site.

Save space for one of their famous soft serve ice creams made with macerated pitted cherries mixed with vanilla ice cream ($5)!

Note that this year because of a cool Spring the orchard isn’t fully in bloom yet. With a bit of judicious cropping and positioning you can still get some beautiful shots. You can also use your pre-purchased tickets for a later date without having to change the date. The website says that the orchard will be closer to full bloom from Friday.

Tickets are only $10 for adults and $5 for children and each ticket includes a bottle of their non-alcoholic Cherish Cherry Spritzer (valued at $4.50 a bottle).

I recommend that you buy your tickets online as there are only a limited number of tickets available per day. Also get there early to make sure you don’t miss out on entering, as when we arrived at 12 midday there were only 5 car spaces remaining.

Cherryhill Orchards is only 45 minutes from Melbourne and the Blossom Festival is a relaxing half-day adventure that you can combine with nearby attractions like Warratina lavender farm and Seville Water Park, not to mention the region’s farm gates, vineyards and breweries.

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