Local growers
Picked here.
Driven here.
Sold here.
Almost everything on the bench at The Fruit Basket Mount Pleasant is WA-grown. We buy in the early hours at the Perth markets and from named growers in Manjimup, Pemberton, Carnarvon and Donnybrook, then pack from 76 Cranford Ave for walk-in, Click & Collect and same-day local delivery. When the WA season tapers off, we bring in eastern-states or imported fruit so the bench stays stocked — but the WA tray is always on first, and the price card will tell you what is what.
Sourcing map
From the south-west,
up to Carnarvon.
Most of our produce travels less than 350 km. Carnarvon mangoes are the outlier, and worth the drive.
Direct supply lines · WA-grown
Numbers match the region list →
The growing regions
Five regions, named growers.
01 · ManjimupNo. 01
305 km south
Manjimup
Pink lady & royal gala apples · cherries · late peaches & nectarines · butterhead lettuce
The cool-climate orchards of Manjimup grow the apples we sell year-round and the late stone fruit that closes out summer. The leafy greens we get from a small Manjimup grower hold their structure for days, the difference between a 'salad' and 'wet leaves'.
02 · PembertonNo. 02
335 km south
Pemberton
Yellow & white peaches · nectarines · plums · apricots
Peak peach and nectarine season runs out of Pemberton from December through January. The growers we buy from pick at full sugar, not for shelf-life, which is why ours go from firm to perfect in two days, not two weeks.
03 · CarnarvonNo. 03
900 km north
Carnarvon
Kensington Pride mangoes · honey gold mangoes · table grapes · melons · tomatoes
Mango season starts in Carnarvon. The Kensington Pride trays we put on the front bench in December usually came off the tree two days earlier. The honey golds follow in early January and run through February.
04 · DonnybrookNo. 04
210 km south
Donnybrook
Stone fruit · cherries · early apples
A smaller orchard region we buy from for early-season stone fruit and the first eating apples each year. Closer to Perth than Manjimup, so the truck times are tighter and the fruit lands fresher.
05 · Wanneroo & GinginNo. 05
50–80 km north
Wanneroo & Gingin
Strawberries · seasonal vegetables · herbs
Our strawberry trays come from family-run patches in Wanneroo and Gingin from late winter through summer. Same growers most years; when something's been a hit one season, we go back to the same farm the next.
How we buy
Early markets.
Named farms.
Same counter.
The morning buy is the job. We walk the markets while Perth is still dark, then open the Cranford Avenue doors with trays that still smell like the farm. When a grower has been good one season, we go back the next — that is how the Manjimup apple lines and Wanneroo strawberry patches stay familiar on the bench.
Locals ask us what peaked overnight before they order a basket or a platter. Soft fruit is packed on top, greens stay cool, and the WA label stays honest: if it is not West Australian this week, the price card says so. That is the difference between an independent Mount Pleasant fruit shop and a warehouse catalogue photo.
Want the current peak for a delivery suburb or a catering brief? Phone (08) 9364 3417or browse the live range.
From the orchard
See it in store
Whatever’s peaked this week
is on the front bench.
Grower questions
Where the fruit comes from.
Is the fruit at The Fruit Basket WA-grown?
Almost everything on the bench is WA-grown when the season allows. We buy from Manjimup, Pemberton, Carnarvon, Donnybrook and the Wanneroo–Gingin strawberry belt. When a WA season ends, we bring in eastern-states or imported fruit so the bench stays stocked — the price card always says what is what.
Do you buy direct from growers?
Yes. The team buys at the Perth markets in the early hours and from named growers we return to each season. Orders are then packed at our Mount Pleasant shop at 76 Cranford Ave for walk-in, Click & Collect or same-day local delivery.
How fresh is the seasonal fruit?
Carnarvon mango trays on the front bench in December usually came off the tree a couple of days earlier. Pemberton stone fruit is picked for sugar, not for a long supermarket shelf life. That is the difference you taste mid-week.
Can I ask what landed this morning?
Phone (08) 9364 3417 or ask at the counter. The range turns over with the season, and the team will tell you what peaked overnight before you order a basket or platter.