Cherry Gardens is a small farm of about 25 acres, situated on the Kent and East Sussexborder near the attractive village of Groombridge.The farm sits on top of a hill (Cherry Gardens Hill) about 400 feet above sea level, overlooking the Sussex Weald. To the North can be seen the North Downs, and towards the South the High point of Crowborough Beacon and the Ashdown Forest. The Weald of Kent and Sussex has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Our family has owned the farm since 1921, when it was bought from the Earl De La Warr, by Mr David Obbard and his brother William - although it has been occupied and farmed by the Obbard family for much longer.

For the last 25 years the farm has been run by Keith and Sue Obbard growing a wide selection of fruit and vegetables for sale direct to the public, through a farm shop and on the pick your own basis.

We have tried to grow our crops as sensitively as possible towards the wildlife on the farm, using a minimum of pesticides - this has created a most attractive island of small fields and tall hedges where birds and butterflies thrive. Song birds such as the skylark, and yellowhammer, as well as linnet, goldfinch and greenfinch all are common at Cherrygardens, where their numbers remain high, or are even increasing, whilst they are dwindling in numbers in many other parts of England.

The farm is a lovely place to visit at any time of the year, and the customers who have come to pick their own fruit and vegetables in the summer enjoy the wonderful views, fresh air, and can listen to the skylarks singing whilst they gather the harvest for freezing or for jam making.

Sadly, after twenty years of serving our customers, we have decided to give up the pick your own business. A number of factors have led to this decision, mainly the very unreliable weather over the last three or four years when late frosts and mild winters have damaged crops and wet summers have put off pickers and customers from coming to the farm. Also, many economic factors have lead to the decline in the popularity of Pick Your Own as a regular thing for families to do.