Brignoles, Var
The orchard
Planted in spring 2019 on the hillsides of Brignoles. Seven years later, in September 2026, the trees gave their first harvest.
The trees
One male tree for every eight females. The wind does the rest.
Pistachio trees carry their male and female flowers on separate trees. In spring the pollen travels from row to row with no help from bees, carried by the mistral.
- Town
- Brignoles, Var
- Planted
- Spring 2019
- Trees
- 3,400 pistachio trees
- Varieties
- Kerman, Sirora, Peters
The harvest
The orchard’s year
One harvest a year. The rest of the time, the trees grow and we wait.
Flowering
April
Pistachio flowers have no petals. The wind carries the pollen from the male trees to the females, from one row to the next.
The shell forms
July
The clusters grow heavier. The shell hardens and the kernel forms inside, still soft and pale.
The pink hull
August
The hull around the shell turns pink. Underneath, the shell splits open on its own. The pistachio is ripe.
The harvest
September
We shake the trees over large sheets. The pistachios are hulled the same day, so the shell stays pale.
Drying and sorting
October
Three days of air-drying, then sorting by hand, one handful at a time. Shells that stayed closed are set aside.
Leaving the orchard
November
The bags are filled, dated and numbered. Each one leaves with its harvest card.
Patience
A pistachio tree takes its time.
7years
between planting in 2019 and our first harvest, in September 2026.
1to8
one male tree for every eight females, so the wind can pollinate the whole orchard.
24h
at most between harvest and hulling. Any longer and the shell stains.
In the shop
The first harvest has sold out.
In the shell, salted and roasted, shelled or as a cream. Join a product’s waiting list to be first to order the 2027 harvest.
Visit the shop
Restocks and new products
The orchard letter
A product is back in stock, a new one comes out, the next harvest is near: you hear it first, by email. Nothing else.