Ms Chisholm has about 1800 cherry trees on an Allan St property, planted over the past four and a-half years.
She established the Borderland cherry orchard with her former partner.
With an academic, rather than horticultural background, it had been a steep learning curve and Ms Chisholm had discovered cherries were "tricky" to grow.
The fruit had a lot of "dislikes", she said.
Experienced Central Otago grower Earnscy Weaver had been invaluable in providing advice and a nutritionist had also been consulted.
With five varieties of cherries, picking started in mid-December and stopped in February.
Ms Chisholm had been involved with a group of other cherry growers in Waimate and North Otago who wanted to establish a packhouse and export their cherries.
A building had been leased.
Unfortunately, the project "fell over" when a heavy snowfall destroyed many of the trees.
It had been a "huge shame" the initiative did not go ahead, she said.
She was selling on the local market and meeting people through gate sales was one of the highlights of the business.
Ms Chisholm said there were two things she wanted to educate people about cherries - eat the fruit after Christmas and remember they would not ripen off a tree.
The property will feature on the Hunger for the Wild television programme on January 17.
