6 life Tuesday 29 January 2019 Gardens full of tasty delights In the strawberry season, why not take a field trip in fruit gardens in Jiading. Visitors can pick fresh strawberries and eat them on-the-spot in the gardens.

Nongdeng Strawberry Garden The garden produces the renowned Nongdeng brand of strawberry. The gar- den is in Dengta Town in the Jiading Industrial Zone where there is a history of 30 years of strawberry-growing. Imported from Japan, the strawberry varieties in Nongdeng Garden are large, sweet and nutritious.

Price of strawberry picking: 60-70 yuan per kilo Address: 3028, Jiahe Rd, Dengta Village, Guangzhou Hongtai Jiading Industrial Zone Garden How to get there: take Metro to North Jiading Station, and then change to Hongtai Garden has a variety of firm Bus No. 66 to Hongqiaowan Station and succulent strawberries ready to be Tel: 130-4569-6661 (Mrs He) picked.

Price of strawberry picking: 100 yuan per kilo Juyuan Orchard Entrance fee: 10 yuan The strawberries in Juyuan Orchard Address: 3425 Liuxiang Rd, Malu Town have hit the market and are ready to How to get there: Take Metro line 11 to be picked. Visitors need only to register Malu Station, and then change to Jiading at the orchard’s tourist center before Bus No. 101 to Zhijiawang Rd and Liye Rd picking the fruit in the orchard’s air- Tel: 5915-3218 conditioned greenhouses. The orchard also provides other entertainment such as boat rides, a vir- tual reality train ride and a children’s palace.

Price of strawberry picking: 76 yuan per kilo Entrance fee: 20 yuan (can be used to pay for purchases in the orchard) Address: 300 meters to the north of Shish- eng Rd S. and Huyi Rd intersection How to get there: Take metro line 11 to West Jiading Station, and then change to bus No. 61, 57, or 55 to Huyi Road Peng- men Center Station Hengjia Zhuang Tel: 5991-0800 This picturesque garden has a 21.33- hectare area where visitors can set up Huating Hami Melon Themed Park tents, have outdoor barbecues, campfire parties, and experience other outdoor The strawberries at Huating Hami sports. Melon Themed Park arrived at the market The garden has a strawberry farm two weeks earlier than last year due to and it only receives appointment from favorable weather conditions, and now groups of more than eight persons. the strawberries are ready to be picked.

Price of strawberry picking: 70 yuan per Price of strawberry picking: 80 yuan per kilo kilo Address: 778 Xuxing Rd, Beixin Village, Price of strawberry retail: 70 yuan per kilo Huating Town Address: 889, Shuangwu Rd, Huating Town How to get there: Take Metro line 11 to How to get there: Take Metro line 11 to North Jiading Station, and then change to North Jiading Station, and then change to Jiatenghua Line bus to Bei Xincun Station bus Jiatanghua Line to Qipanqiao Station Tel: 3950-2577 Tel: 5997-2116