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Churchill Orchard in the Ojai Valley is in the beautiful East End of the Ojai Valley in Southern California.
We grow about 12 acres of tangerines – mostly Pixie tangerines, Seedless Kishu tangerines, and Page tangors, – and 3 acres of avocados – Hass, Fuerte, and Bacon varieties, plus a single magnificent Mexicola Grande. Everything we grow is CCOF-certified Organic.
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Visit the Churchill Orchard web store
Our web store offers mail order service during our growing season – late January thru May. We offer Kishu Mandarins in February (short season), followed by Pixie tangerines, Hass avocados, sometimes other seasonal delights depending on our supply. Our catalog is open year round for browsing.
2022 Kishu Crop NewsWe hope to offer limited quantities of our seedless Kishu Mandarins starting in late January 2022. We hope for 3 weeks of shipping. Things usually loosen up later in the season – we have a nice crop of Ojai Pixies and Hass avocados, plus some Oro Blancos and Pages.
Yes, we use that word “hope” a lot. Things usually work out.
Pixies @ the Monterey MarketMy how time flies. We just noticed that it’s been 30 years since we started selling Pixies to the Monterey Market in Berkeley. It’s a beautiful thing.
News from the Grove
Spring Flower Show – April 2022
April 27, 2022April is a glorious and fragrant time in the orchard. Fruit and flowers abound, and the air is delicious. April is also harvest time for Pixies, and most of our other varieties, so it’s the busiest time. Here are some pictures of the beautiful bloom – we smile as we hustle… Read more
Same Kishus, More Folks – we sold out in 5 hours. Why? Read on.
February 2, 2022Same Kishus, More Folks – we sold out in 5 hours. Why? Read on. 2nd Feb 2022 We’ve heard from a number of Kishu customers and prospective customers who missed the window for Kishu ordering this year. We sent the Kishu email alert at 8:30 am Saturday Jan 22 –… Read more
2022 Season Preview
January 8, 2022Many of you are new to Churchill Orchard and our little deal – let us introduce ourselves. We specialize in seasonal citrus and avocado varieties, which means our offerings change as things come into season. We’re getting ready for our 2022 season. Our mail order program runs January through May, and our… Read more
First rain
October 25, 2021I’m not a regular poster on social media, not even on my own website. But it’s raining! You have no idea how existential the drought is for us – even worse if it’s not drought but change of climate, from Mediterranean to Desert. That’s going to mean the end of… Read more
Heart of Pixie
April 1, 2021April 1 We head into the heart of Pixie and Hass avocado season. Most of our acreage is planted to these two varieties. This is the season of larger picking crews and 1000-lb bins. Read more
Spring 2021 – a note from Jim
March 20, 202120th Mar 2021 Momentarily bucolic — dawn at the orchard. The organic Kishu season has ended at Churchill Orchard, and the organic Pixie season has begun. Kishu season was kind of a project – we got that lovely write-up in the Wall Street Journal in mid-December, right as we were starting a… Read more