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Staiceleskrūmmellenes
Blueberry branch full of ripe blue berries

Fresh blueberries, a sauna and quiet in Staicele

The Ģinēni family farm on the Salaca river: pesticide-free berries, a traditional Latvian sauna and the Melleņu ligzda guesthouse.

  • Family business since 2011
  • 11,000+ bushes
  • No pesticides
  • 130 km from Riga

Berry season: from 15 July to the end of August

Ģinēni in numbers

7
greenhouse complexes
11,000+
blueberry bushes
2.52
hectares under film
2011
the year we started
Grass path between rows of blueberry bushes inside a tunnel

How we grow

Only water and sun

The berries grow in 100-metre film tunnels that keep out rain, birds, diseases and pests. That is why no chemicals are needed, and the harvest comes earlier and better.

  • No pesticides
  • Irrigated with river and pond water
  • 7 varieties that ripen in turn
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What our guests say

  • “Viss pa smuko. Lai veicas turpmāk un it visā !”

    Evija Z. ·

  • “Staiceles krūmmellenes un saimnieki ir super! Hari bol!!!”

    Liene A. ·

  • “Malači!!”

    Jānis M. ·

  • “Ļoti garšīgas mellenites iesaku aizbraukt jums tur vasarā un nogaršot tas nammmmaa”

    Ģertrūde Ā. ·

  • “Garšīgas mellenes!”

    Dzintra L. ·

  • “Brīnišķīgi saimnieki! Prieks, ka viss tikai attīstās. Ja vēlaties garšīgu dzērienu, tad noteikti pagaršojiet Staicelīti!”

    Mieriņš ·

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