Organic Berridale Farm at Blackheath sold by Kalina family for $1.6 million
Herb and vegetable growers Richard and Nina Kalina have sold the organic Berridale Farm at Blackheath.
Richard Kalina, a British photographer-turned-farmer and his wife, Nina never expected to become celebrity foodies renowned for their radishes, aubergines, onions, tomatoes, artichokes, pea seedlings, fennel, turnips, broccoli, carrots, plums, pears, currants and berries.
Berridale Farm, near the Blue Mountains village of Blackheath, was bought in 2004 after spotting it on the internet from London.
And then after a chance meeting in 2006 with chef Peter Gilmore from the three-hatted Quay restaurant, the 20-hectare property turned into a cool-climate organic oasis growing 35 varieties of heritage fruit and vegetables that have served up on the menus of Sydney's finest eateries.
Its been sold for $1.6 million by Downer and Maher Real Estate Leura.
Berridale Farm was cleared over 100 years ago and began its life as a berry farm.
It then became an orchard with apples and pears and later an Alpaca property when the house was updated and became an architect designed getaway as a armhouse with a two storey cedar redwood four bedrooms house.
It has an entertaining deck with north eastern Megalong Valley views.
It was initially listed for auction last November as the family - including daughters Luna, and Natasha, - are moving to England, where Richard has a new job at the amazing Eden Project, a large organic produce facility in Cornwall.
Set on the Shipley Plateau between the Megalong and Kanimbla valleys, Richard and Nina came with no plans to farm the land.
The new owner's intentions are not known.
