There's nothing better than fresh picked berries! It's also lots of fun for the kids to actually visit the farm to pick them!
Below is a list of farms in "road trip" driving distance of our area. Pick one or try them all and enjoy the fun time with your family! As a bonus, check out books from the library with a similar theme and/or look up kid-friendly recipes to try with your little macaronis. "Blueberries for Sal" was my kids favorite!
You can find more information about harvest dates or about pick-your-own farms at www.pickyourown.org. Make sure to call ahead to confirm your visit, as farms often have to change their schedules depending on the weather and harvest. I will be updating this article as more information becomes available.
Strawberry Picking at Mercier Orchards: www.mercier-orchards.com; 8660 Blue Ridge Dr., Blue Ridge, GA 30513; U-Pick strawberries - call 800-361-7731 for upcoming u-pick dates, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Pricing will be $10.00 per person, and it will get you a tractor tour of the orchard and a whole gallon of our fresh strawberries! 12 and under will be free and will get a free small container to pick his or her own berries!
Strawberry Picking at Warbington Farms: www.warbingtonfarms.blogspot.com; 5555 Crow Road, Cumming, GA; U-Pick strawberries. Check their Facebook page for daily hours and details as they change frequently. Farm Fun Park - (includes "hey" ride, petting zoo, giant inflatables, tire yard, corn crib, roller slides, and playground sets); Corn Crib- let the kids play in our giant sandbox filled with corn; Petting Zoo; Tire Yard. Weekends - $8 Per Child 12 & under - $5 Per Person 13 & Up; Weekdays - $5 Per Child 12 & Under , $2 for 13 & Up *(includes everything except for the "hey"ride) *Hayrides are only offered on Saturday & Sunday with the exception of Field Trips and/or groups of 20 persons or more that are scheduled in advance.
Strawberry Picking at Harry Stacy Farms: www.harrystacyfarms.com; 623 Poplar Road, Dallas, GA 30157. Phone: 770-443-0292. Open: Monday through Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM and Sundays from 1 - 5 PM, but call ahead for availability. Payment: Cash only.
Strawberry Picking at Washington Farms - Watkinsville: www.washingtonfarms.net;5671 Hog Mountain Road, Watkinsville, GA 30677; Our Watkinsville farm is open during the spring for strawberry season as well as during the fall for pumpkin season, and during the summer for blueberry and blackberry season. All of our farm activities are at this location.
Strawberry Picking at Washington Farms - Loganville: www.washingtonfarms.net; 270 Willowwind Dr., Loganville, GA 30052; Our Loganville farm is open during the spring forstrawberry season. Please remember that all of our fall activities are at our Watkinsville location only.
Strawberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, and Blueberry Picking at Adams Farms: www.adamsfarmfayettevillega.com; 1486 Georgia Highway 54 West, Fayetteville, GA 30214; Berry fields are well maintained, clean, easily accessible and filled with rows and rows of ready to pick berries. There are always people there to assist with picking so you can locate the biggest, ripest berries in the field. Two gallon containers are provided for easy picking. Please provide your own containers to take your berries home. For those who do not desire U-Pic, on most days pre-picked berries are available. U-Pick Dates: Strawberries - Mid-April - June; Blackberries: End of May - June; Raspberries: Mid-May - Mid-June; Blueberries: June 1 - August 1
Blueberry Picking at Berry Patch Farms: www.berrypatchfarms.net; 786 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, GA 30188; Beginning around July 1st: Berry Patch Farms provides a pick-your-own blueberries experience for the whole family. Our farm is a great place for your family to enjoy a picnic and hayride, or a visit to the barn yard! Our blueberries are never sprayed with pesticides. So feel free to eat them right off the bushes! Blueberries can be frozen for your blueberry muffins, pancakes and desserts all year long. Click on our recipesection for some ideas.
Blueberry Picking at DJ's U-Pick Blueberry Farm: www.u-pickblueberries.webstarts.com; 1839 Prospect Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; Phone: 678-442-7853; We are a u-pick farm and we welcome everyone! All of our berries are sold by the gallon and we supply 1-gallon containers to use in the fields. However, we encourage you to bring large containers or boxes to carry your berries home in. Opening date expected to be around mid-June. Blueberries are $12/gallon. Check website and Facebook for hours as it depends on the volume of pickers we get at one time.
Blueberry Picking at Hard Labor Creek Blueberry Farm: www.sites.google.com/site/hlcblueberries; 38 Knox Chapel Road, Social Circle, GA 30025; More information coming as the farm is under new ownership, but it will likely be open in mid-June.
Blueberry Garden's U-Pick Blueberry Farm & Nursery: www.blueberrygarden.org; 5445 Crow Road, Cumming, GA 30041; Blueberry Garden's is a 5 1/2 acre blueberry farm 50 miles north of Atlanta Ga. just off of Ga. 400. We are a U-Pick Blueberry Farm open to the public every year from mid June to August on Friday & Saturday for berry picking. (By appointment Monday - Thursday) and throughout the year for plant sales. We also offer Pre-Picked berries, (Please call 2 hours a head for each gallon). No Pesticides or Herbicides used. We are using organic practices to grow the best blueberries possible. We accept cash and personal checks only.
GEORGIA HARVEST DATES:
Apples- July 25-November 21
Blackberries- June 1-July 30
Blueberries- June 15-August 15
Sweet Corn-May 15-July 1
Peaches- May 8-August 25
Pumpkins- September 15-November 15
Strawberries-April 5-June 10
Watermelons-June 25-September 1
