Petty's Orchards

“What an amazing find! Get down here! How is something this beautiful and rural stuck right in the middle of the suburbs?! Organic farm store with new season apples and pears, plus local organic produce. Heritage buildings, over 200 apple varieties, a pretty cafe with great coffee (serving to 5pm!!!). They've got homemade cakes, Casper's pies and pastries, smoothies, juices, and organic vegan icy poles. Take a 5 minute stroll to the river, or the kids can play on the playground. Plenty of parking”

“Best quality fruits and vegetables.. already picked.. no picking permitted.. farm and cafe are well maintained.. Cafe food and beverage are delicious.. Playground for kids.. Car park inside the farm area.. Toilet facilities available but needs a bit more maintenance..”

“What a beautiful place! Petty’s cafe serves good food 👍 and the lady who served us today was very nice and friendly!”

“What a discovery today. In the wild’s of Templestowe far far away, their lurks an Apple Orchard, a rather popular café and organic fruit store here at Perry’s Orchard. The orchard is leased out to a local operator and the sign says it’s maintained by local volunteers. The staff are helpful and the choices vary from home cooked - I was told ‘the lady who does the baking’ - pies and sausage rolls to quite amazing vegan and vegetarian slices, tarts quiches and cakes? Stars of our show? Probably the spinach and zucchini cake that looked like a carrot cake with the same icing walnuts and raisins on top. What an amazing flavour, spiced with nutmeg cinnamon. Absolutely yum! Next, the caramellised onion tart and vegetarian tart with beetroot was a hit. And we tried their vegetarian lasagna it was delicious strong tomato base flavor. The late coffee was strong and the English breakfast tea was good. They have a wide variety of milk and soy drinks as well as sweet cakes and tarts. Wrapped around the serving counter is an organic fruit and vegetable 🥦 display. Prices are expensive here, as you might expect? Outside the is a small children’s play area and down the lawn a bit is a pergola for that personal café experience away from the crowd. It’s winter so no blush or fruit on the apple trees, still there some lemons on the trees next to the café. Petty’s seems to be a popular cyclist’s stop over and fun for all ages. It’s five minutes away from the Templestowe branch of Aumann’s nursery so a double garden experience is very doable. We enjoyed this sojourn. Not so much the drive back to Mernda via the C746 squiggly road though 🫢”