Merlin's Grove – Merlin's Grove – an Olive Grove near York, Western Australia

WE are all about Olives

Mature Olive Trees and Extra Virgin Olive oil

Buy Olive Trees

For full details click on the picture of the olive trees above

Buy Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Delicious high quality olive oil grown on our farm

Make a statement

These mature trees really are beautiful

make your own delicious table olives

Check out our Recipes section for pickling methods.

Merlins Grove

About

Merlin's Grove is owned and operated by the Widenbar family

Merlin's Grove is the home of some 6,000 olive trees

Merlin's Grove is situated in a beautiful little valley west of York, in Western Australia. York was named by the earliest explorers after the city of York in England, as the rolling hills and rocky outcrops reminded them of home. York was the first inland town settled in WA (in 1831), and was needed to supply food for the growing Swan River Colony. A variety of different types of olive trees has been planted. Most of the property is still native bush, with many species of native birds and kangaroos roaming freely , sometimes over the olive grove too, nibbling here and there. We have a strict NO GUNS policy, and are learning to share our olives with the local fauna.

Large Variety of Trees
Suitable for single or mass planting
Delivery or pick up from farm

Our TEAM

We are a small team

Lynn Widenbar

The Boss

After a long career as a Geologist working all over the world, Lynn is enjoying the peace of farm life in York

Meryl Widenbar

Chief Cook and Bottle Washer

Olives have been Meryl’s passion for the past 15 years, growing, pickling and eating them !

Dini

Director of Fun

Dini is now 13 years old, and although still playful, she likes to sleep a lot

Testimonials

Hi Meryl, Hope your second day of harvest went as well as the first day! I just wanted to thank you for a lovely day out, Jane & Athol really enjoyed the experience and the beautiful food (and wine) you provided, as did Tony & I. You were very generous to give us each 2 litres of olive oil and we will definitely enjoy the fruits of our labour! We will definitely be volunteering again! Kind regards, Nola & Tony

Nola and tony

What a fabulous day we had on Saturday. It was so much fun, very interesting, all wonderful people, great to be outside on the glorious day working – I hope we worked hard enough – . Talking and picking, not difficult but fun. On behalf of John and myself can I say what a delicious feast you put before us. The morning tea was excellent and the lunch/dinner was just amazing. We found watching the process to make the oil very interesting and rewarding, knowing that we had all picked the olives. Thank you so much for a wonderful day and we hope to be invited again next year. We look forward to using the oil. Thank you again for the great experience, new friends and old, a gourmet feast and a great day. Cheers Jenny and John

Jenny and John

Hi Meryl and Lynn; Thanks again for inviting us to your Olive picking day. We all had a wonderful time and the kids LOVED it. It’s always nice to get away from the big city (ha ha ha) and get into the country!!! I’m sure they will be talking about it for years!!! Luca loved the Squisshing bit and wanted to almost swim in the oil!! Sofia has a few pics ready to take to school for news to show off her activities over the weekend!! Once again thanks for the opportunity to join you. Kind Regards Paola

Paola Mena