The orchards at the centre of a liquidation of a fledging Central Otago fruit company are up for sale.
Ardgour Orchards, Valley Orchards GP Ltd and Ardgour Valley Orchards LP went into liquidation in early August, although details were scant on why.
The orchards had been situated on part of Ardgour Station, near Tarras.
The sale consisted of a 48ha property with 11.94ha of cherry trees, which were fully bird-netted, and 22.83ha of apricots.
The sale also included an irrigation system, three frost-fighting machines and a large eight-bay 480sqm packing shed.
Liquidators Diana Matchett and Colin Gower, of BDO in Christchurch, had been appointed liquidators.
The trees for the orchard were planted in 2020 and last summer the apricot…