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Beak and Berry Farm at Senoia grows three berries without pesticides and gives you the basket to pick into. It is closed until mid-April 2027, and it is worth marking the calendar, because the farm is replanting on a scale that suggests next season will be its best. What You Can Pick Strawberries - mid-April to early June, on raised beds under plastic Blackberries - June to July, thornless Blueberries - late June to mid-July, naturally grown Berries are sold by the pound and the farm provides the picking baskets, so there is nothing to bring. Coming in 2027 The farm is going into next season with 25,000 new strawberry plants, 165 blueberry bushes and 300 blackberry plants. It is also considering adding raspberries, if it can find the right spot to put them, which would make it one of very few farms picking them anywhere near Atlanta. What Else is Available Farm fresh eggs year round, and seasonal vegetables. Good to Know No booking needed - walk in Cash or credit both accepted There is "a port-a-potty for your comfort", in the farm's own words Pro tip: raised beds mean picking standing up rather than crouching, which anyone who has done a strawberry field the usual way will appreciate. Go in the first fortnight of the strawberry season, when 25,000 plants are all cropping at once.

Buffalo Creek Berry Farm sits east of Athens in Oglethorpe County, and it is the only farm found anywhere on this site picking mulberries. What You Can Pick Mulberries - May and June, and genuinely hard to find Blueberries - June into early July Blackberries - June into early July $8 a pound for all of them. Good to Know Reservations are required, not suggested. You ring Cameron on 706.201.5553 to agree a day and a time, or book online. The hours run backwards from most farms: Monday to Friday - a long day, 8am to 8pm Saturday - afternoons only, from 4:30pm Sunday - from 1:30pm Pro tip: a mulberry does not travel and is almost never sold in a shop. If you have never eaten one, this is the trip to make in late May.

DJ's U-Pick Blueberry Farm is the closest picking of any kind to Atlanta's north-eastern suburbs, on Prospect Road at Lawrenceville, a few minutes from the Mall of Georgia. It is 100% organic, it holds 4.8 from sixty-five reviewers, and it runs entirely on its Facebook page. What You Can Pick Blueberries, and nothing else, at $5 a pound. Cash or cheque only — no cards and no payment apps. Picking happens in two short windows a day, which is the sensible answer to a Georgia July: Morning - 8:00 to 11:00am Evening - 5:00 to 7:00pm The times hold steady but the days move every week, and they are announced on Facebook and nowhere else. What Else is Available There are goats, and you can feed them. Bring bread. One regular's summary is hard to improve on: pick berries, feed the goats, and it is a proper thing to do with children after school or at a weekend without losing the whole day to it. Good to Know The farm closes for stretches mid-season on purpose, to let the bushes ripen, so that anyone who does come finds plenty. That is why the days move, and it is a considerate way to run a u-pick rather than a sign of anything being wrong. Go early. The morning window is cooler and the fruit is at its best. Pro tip: blueberries freeze beautifully and the farm posts its own freezing tips. At $5 a pound for organic fruit this is the place near Atlanta to fill a freezer rather than a punnet.

Jaemor Farms is a north Georgia institution on Highway 365 at Alto, open seven days a week and from seven in the morning on weekdays, which is early enough to pick before the heat arrives. What You Can Pick Strawberries and tulips - spring Peaches, blackberries and flowers - summer Pumpkins - autumn, with a corn maze alongside What It Costs Strawberries - $16 a gallon bucket, plus tax Peaches - $25 a peck container, or two pecks for $40, plus tax Admission is charged separately for all on-farm experiences and is not included in those prices. The farm does not publish the figure, so ask when you ring. What Else is Available The market, eatery and bakery are why a great many people stop here even when nothing is being picked. The fried pies are locally famous and sell out. Good to Know Open Monday to Saturday 7am to 6pm, and Sunday from 12:30pm, which is a later start than the rest of the week. The farm announces its picking by season rather than by date, so the market hours are the reliable ones. Pro tip: those weekday seven o'clock openings are the best hour of the day here in July, and the car park is empty.

B.J. Reece Orchards at Ellijay runs the longest continuous apple picking in the region. The 2026 season opens on August 29 and then runs seven days a week right through September and October. What You Can Pick Apples. The orchard is candid about a thing most are not: "There are more varieties of apples available in the market than available to pick yourself." If you came for one variety in particular, ring first. What It Costs Two charges, and you need both. An admission package per person, and a bag to pick into: Weekday admission - $8 a head Weekend admission - $13, or $18 for Super Farm Fun, or $26 for Mega Farm Bags - $10 a half-peck, $20 a peck, $40 a half bushel Children two and under are free. There is no advance booking and no discount on u-pick. Cards carry a 3 per cent surcharge. Good to Know Tickets are bought at the gate on arrival. The farm states plainly: "You do not need to purchase tickets in advance...You do not need to make a reservation." The last u-pick ticket goes at 5pm, an hour before closing. Handicap parking and a wheelchair-accessible market and restrooms Petting zoo and farm activities Sunday opening is 1pm, later than the rest of the week Pro tip: this is the accessible choice among the Ellijay orchards. It is the only one that says so on its own website.

Mercier Orchards at Blue Ridge is the biggest picking operation in north Georgia, and it grows over forty apple varieties. What You Can Pick Strawberries - spring Blueberries and blackberries - early summer Apples - typically August through October, and the main event Good to Know Picking here needs admission, and it can only be bought on site, never in advance. It is first come, first served, and it stops the moment the fruit in the fields runs out. The orchard's own site could not be read in three passes and it publishes no price here: ring (706) 632-3411. Weekday hours are shorter than weekend ones: Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday to Sunday 9am to 5pm. There is a market and a cafe on site. Pro tip: the orchard's own advice is to arrive early at weekends, for the fruit as much as the crowds. Turning up at two on a Saturday in October can mean paying to pick over a picked orchard.

Tuckaway Blueberry Farm is a small Walton County berry farm at Loganville, about forty minutes east of Atlanta, and it runs on the owner's own timetable rather than a published one. Everything about a visit here is announced on the farm's Facebook page, usually the evening before. What You Can Pick Blueberries, and nothing else. The field opens at 7am, which is the right hour for it: by the middle of a Georgia morning the heat has taken the pleasure out of picking. You must arrive before 11am, and picking stops at midday. What It Costs There is a $5 donation per person to enter, cash only. After that the berries are charged by weight, not by the bucket. Bring your own baskets to pick into The farm supplies bags to weigh in, at no charge, to work out what you picked Fresh-picked frozen berries are $12 a pound, to order Good to Know Closing time is not flexible. The farm shuts promptly at midday and says so plainly, so an eleven o'clock arrival gives you an hour rather than an afternoon. Pro tip: check the farm's Facebook page the night before. Tuckaway posts each picking day individually, including its last one, and there is no other schedule to consult.

Miller Blueberry Farm on Union Church Road at Watkinsville grows eight irrigated blueberry varieties and charges $3 a pound, which is the cheapest picking anywhere in this region by a clear margin. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from the middle of June to late July. The farm opens at 7:30am, but is straightforward that closing times and picking days both vary with weather and crop conditions. What Else is Available Pre-picked berries at $30 a gallon, ordered by email in advance rather than bought on the day. Good to Know Better equipped than most fields this size: Portable toilet and parking Bottled water and Gatorade for sale No credit or debit cards - cash, cheque or Venmo only Pro tip: at $3 a pound this is where to fill the freezer. Ring 706-765-3076 the day before, because the closing time genuinely moves.

RabbitEye Farm is a small berry farm just off the interstate at West Point, grown with organic practices, and it is the only farm in this region that picks twice a day. What You Can Pick Blueberries - the main crop Thornless blackberries Picking days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays through June, and sometimes into July. Morning picking is 8am to 11am, evening picking is 6pm to 9pm, and the field is shut through the middle of the day. That is the sensible answer to a Georgia summer and it is worth planning around. What It Costs $20 a bucket. The farm supplies two-and-a-half quart buckets with liners, so there is nothing to bring. What Else is Available Honey and edible flowers, both from the farm. Good to Know Ring first. The farm says weather moves both the seasonal opening and the daily hours: 706-518-8869. Pro tip: the evening pick is the one to take. Six to nine in June, with the heat gone out of the day, is as pleasant as picking in Georgia gets.

Ecosystem Farm is the only u-pick inside the Atlanta city limits, on Springside Drive in the south east, and it says so itself. Organic, regeneratively managed, grown on living soils with no harmful sprays. Its own summary is hard to better: living soil, amazing taste, and peace inside the Perimeter. What You Can Pick Strawberries and cut flowers, from about mid-April to mid-June, weather depending. What It Costs Charged per vehicle, not per person, and there is a good reason: the farm has parking for five cars at a time, so the car is the unit that matters. Appointment - $15 to $25 depending on the day, including either your first small basket of strawberries (about 1.5 lb) or your first ten flower stems Extra berries - $20 a small basket, $30 a large one at about 2.5 lb Extra flowers - $1 a stem Vases - sometimes available, prices vary Booking Appointments are required and are released on Mondays at noon for the week ahead. You cannot book more than seven days out. The number released changes with the weather and with what is actually ripe, so if there is nothing showing, the farm's advice is simply to check back for next week. Good to Know The weather policy is unusually generous and clearly stated. If it rains you are still welcome, though the farm is honest that the berries will not taste as good. If it storms, they follow pool rules. Either way they will reschedule or refund. Bring your hat, and maybe some bug spray. Pro tip: the per-vehicle price makes this expensive for two people and good value for five, which is exactly what five parking spaces are designed to encourage. Fill the car.

Sweets Berry Farm at Rutledge has the deepest tree-fruit list of any picking farm near Atlanta. Fifteen acres carrying fifteen hundred fruit trees and seven thousand berry plants, and a season that holds for close to three months. What You Can Pick Peaches and nectarines Pears and Asian pears - rare in this region, and the reason to come late European and Asian plums Blueberries - six thousand plants Thornless blackberries - a thousand plants The season opens around May 20 and holds until the middle of August, which is longer than most farms in Georgia manage. Good to Know Open Thursday to Saturday 9am to 4:30pm and Sunday 9am to 2pm. The farm publishes no price and no entry fee anywhere its own site would show it: ring 678-662-6119. Pro tip: the Asian pears are the thing to plan a trip around. Almost nowhere else within reach of Atlanta lets the public pick them.

Arbor Hill Blackberry Farm is ten acres of organic blackberries at the corner of Arbor Hill Road and Gaddis Road, ten miles south east of Canton. What You Can Pick Blackberries, and the window is narrow twice over. The u-pick runs through June only, and only 9am to noon each day. The rows close at midday even though the stand stays open. What Else is Available The roadside fruit stand is open 9am to 6pm daily from June 1 to July 4. What does not sell fresh becomes jam and jelly, which is what the farm sells in September and October when the fruit has gone. Good to Know The farm's own website describes it only as a wholesale grower and never mentions the u-pick at all. It is real: 404-644-9470. Pro tip: the September and October season advertised on the website is jam, not fruit. Do not drive out expecting to pick.

Bank's Vineyard is fifteen acres of muscadines and scuppernongs on Banks Road at Fayetteville, south of the city, and the cheapest fruit within reach of Atlanta. It is a short, late season: the vines open in the middle of August and are finished by the middle of October. What You Can Pick Muscadines and scuppernongs - $2 a pound, with September and October the months that matter Tomatoes and other summer crops alongside the grapes Pre-picked fruit is sold as well, if you would rather not go into the rows. Good to Know Open seven days a week, 9am to 6pm. The vineyard asks pickers to arrive at least an hour before closing so there is time to pick properly, which makes 5pm the real cut-off. The best way to reach the owner is a text to 770-633-9085. She says plainly that she cannot always answer the phone. Fruit is weighed at the stand when you come back in. More than one picker has said they could not see the scale from where they stood, and that the basket was weighed along with the fruit, so it is worth asking to see the reading and checking what an empty basket weighs before you start. Pro tip: a scuppernong is a bronze muscadine and tastes nothing like a supermarket grape. If you have never had one off the vine, this is the cheapest place near Atlanta to find out, and the only one open this late in the year.

Elliott Farms has been a family farm at Lizella, west of Macon, since 1980, and has opened its strawberry rows to the public every spring since 1995. It is at the southern edge of what counts as an Atlanta drive, and it is worth the distance: 4.8 from a hundred and sixty reviewers, and a family that answers every one of them. What You Can Pick Strawberries - April and May, and that is the whole window Pineberries - the pale, pineapple-scented strawberry, and rare anywhere in Georgia Berries are sold by the pound. Pre-picked buckets are available at a dollar more a pound than picking your own. The farm's own advice, given to a reviewer who found hers sour: pick the dark red berries, because the darker the berry the sweeter it is, and strawberries do not ripen after they are picked. What Else is Available The ice cream is the thing people come back for, and it is made with the farm's own strawberries: Homemade strawberry ice cream - soft serve, and mentioned in more reviews than the fruit Animals to pet and feed - goats, rabbits, donkeys and longhorn steers Porch swings, for sitting on while the children visit the animals Vegetables in season - corn, onions, red potatoes, yellow squash, okra and tomatoes Whole or half beef, sold a few times a year. Ring to join the waiting list Good to Know Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, and Sunday from 10am. There are proper indoor restrooms, his and hers. Cash, debit and credit cards. No cheques and no EBT. Two things worth knowing before you plan around them. There is no pumpkin patch, and has not been for nine years, whatever older listings say. And the farm's Facebook page is its only public media source, so that is where the season opens and closes. Pro tip: go in the first week of the season. Reviewers who went early found the fields full and the berries at their best, and by late May the family is telling people the rain has beaten them.

HEMI Blueberry Farm at Greensboro names its varieties, which almost no blueberry farm in Georgia bothers to do, and runs two distinct seasons rather than one. What You Can Pick Blueberries - six varieties: Vernon, Legacy, Brightwell, Camellia, Krewer and Titan. Late May through the end of July Thornless blackberries - the same window Muscadines - roughly August 15 to September 15 Good to Know Booking is by phone. The farm asks you to ring and agree a date and a time before coming. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 8am to 7pm, except Saturdays, which start at 1pm. Fruit is sold by volume or weight at market rate, and the farm publishes no figure. There are restrooms and refreshments for sale. Pro tip: six named varieties over two months means the fruit tastes different in June than it does in July. Ask which is picking best when you ring: 770-403-7018.

LCCL Strawberry Farm at Rome in Floyd County prices its fruit in a way that rewards filling a basket: $4.00 a pound, or $20 for five pounds. What You Can Pick Strawberries - the main crop, spring into early July Blueberries Zinnias and sunflowers - to cut What Else is Available Child's train at weekends, $1 a ride Ice cream and preserves for sale Picking buckets provided, and boxes to carry the fruit home Good to Know Cash or cheques only - no credit or debit cards. Hours are posted day by day rather than set in advance, so the farm's own updates are the only reliable source. The 2026 season closed on July 10. Pro tip: $20 for five pounds is the best value in this region. Take a cool box, because five pounds of Georgia strawberries in a hot car is a jam-making emergency.

Moon Farms Country Market is a strawberry farm and country market on Highway 72 at Colbert, north east of Athens. It holds 4.7 from sixty-six reviewers, and the two things they say most are that the strawberries are extraordinary and that the staff are kind. What You Can Pick Strawberries, in spring, and the farm publishes a full price list, which is rarer in Georgia than it should be: You-pick strawberries - $17 a bucket Pre-picked strawberries - $21 a bucket, and reviewers call the baskets generous Picking bucket - $1, or bring your own Cash and card both accepted. What Else is Available Homemade strawberry ice cream - $4 a bowl, made with the farm's own fruit Strawberry preserves - $7 for 9oz, $10 for 18oz Comfort Colors T-shirts, for those who want the farm on a shirt Good to Know The season is short and it ends abruptly: the farm closed the 2026 picking at the end of May, on a day it described as the last of the good berries. Near the end of a season the farm opens day by day and announces each one, so check before setting out. Ring ahead for pre-picked orders, because the supply is limited by then. Pro tip: join the mailing list in February. Georgia strawberry seasons open earlier than most people expect and this one is finished by the start of June.

Abbottsford Farms at LaGrange has a spring strawberry patch and an autumn pumpkin patch, with a summer vegetable stand on Saturday mornings in between. What You Can Pick Strawberries - April to June Pumpkins - October Good to Know The two halves of the year are run differently, and only one of them has a schedule. Strawberry patch - hours and days vary with berry production, and nothing is fixed Summer vegetables - May to July, Saturdays 10am to noon Pumpkin patch - October, Friday 12pm to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 12pm to 4pm Pro tip: ring 706-402-4626 in April rather than checking a website. The strawberry hours genuinely are decided week by week.

Dickey Farms at Musella is the oldest continuously operating peach packing house in Georgia, and the packing house itself is the attraction: you can watch the fruit come off the line while you eat. What You Can Pick Strawberries, in spring. The peaches here are sold from the shed rather than picked, which is why they do not appear in the picking list. What Else is Available The packing line - running and visible in season Peach ice cream and peaches by the box Good to Know Open every day, 9am to 5:30pm. Many people drive here for the shed alone, in weeks when nothing at all is being picked, and it is worth the trip on those terms. Pro tip: go in July when the line is running. Standing in a hundred-year-old packing house watching Georgia peaches sorted is the actual attraction.

O5 Farms is a family farm at Jefferson, growing blueberries without harmful pesticides or chemicals on ground that has been in the same family for six generations. The house the family lives in was built by the present owner's grandparents, whose cattle and gardening between them are the reason the farm looks the way it does. What You Can Pick Blueberries, naturally grown, sun up to sun down, seven days a week, through June and July. No appointment, no booking, no set hours. It runs on the honour system. The farm sets out the whole procedure and it takes about a minute to learn: Grab a clean bucket and line it with one of the bags provided Choose only the bluest berries Fill the bucket until level with the top Pull the bag out, tie it up, and put the bucket in the "used" bin Pay on your way out Buckets and bags are provided, so there is nothing to bring. Pay cash into the black lock box, or by PayPal, Venmo or Cash App using the QR codes on site. What Else is Available There is a proper menagerie, and several of them have names: Danny the alpaca and Pretty Bird the peacock Cows, goats, mini pot-bellied pigs, donkeys and rabbits Chickens, roosters, guineas and geese The farm also runs a daisy field photo venue, a rustic retreat for people wanting a quiet night out of the city, and events through the year. Those are booked; the blueberry picking is not. Good to Know O5 is in the Georgia Farm Bureau Passport scheme. Take yours for a stamp, or ask and they will start you one. Pro tip: sun up to sun down means you can pick at seven in the morning in a Georgia July, which is the difference between a pleasure and an ordeal. Almost no other farm in this region gives you that choice.

Do Well Homestead is a smallholding at Armuchee, north of Rome, growing seven varieties of blueberry. The season has finished for this year. What You Can Pick Blueberries, sold by the gallon at $20 if you pick them yourself. Good to Know Cash, cheque or Venmo. No cards. The homestead publishes no season dates and no hours of its own, so the pattern shown here is Google's and describes a normal week rather than this one. Pro tip: seven varieties on a homestead this size means the flavour changes week to week through the season. Email steven@dowellhomestead.com in May and ask when the best ones come in.

Feldwood Farms is the closest blueberry picking to downtown Atlanta, on Oglesby Road at College Park, about twenty minutes out and a few from the airport. It describes itself simply as "Your Atlanta U-Pick Blueberry Farm", and reviewers come back for the welcome as much as the fruit. What You Can Pick Blueberries, at $7 a pound, off rows of bushes that do not all taste the same. The farm does not plant every block in the same soil, and a picker who worked his way across noticed it: some of the berries are sweet, some sour, some tart, and each side is different. Worth tasting as you go rather than filling from the first bush you reach. The late-season fruit is the sweetest. The farm said so itself in its final week: "These late season berries are sweeter than normal right now and they taste amazing." Good to Know The hours are built around the weather rather than the working day, and they are unusual enough to catch people out: Tuesday to Friday - 8am to noon, then closed over the middle of the day, open again 1pm to 4pm Saturday and Sunday - long days, 8am to 8pm Monday - closed Ring before you come. The farm closes for rain and for maintenance without notice, and it is straightforward about why: "We do not sell wet fruit." Bring a sun hat. There is no shade in the rows and this is a south Atlanta summer. Pro tip: Google lists the Tuesday to Friday afternoons as 4:30pm to 8pm. The farm's own page says 1pm to 4pm, and the farm is right. Turning up at five means finding it shut.

Sweet T Farms is a family-owned farm on Sandy Creek Road at Commerce, in Jackson County, about an hour and a quarter north east of Atlanta. It runs on messages rather than a schedule: every picking day is announced on Facebook, usually the day before, and the hours change with it. What You Can Pick Four crops across the year, which is a wide list for a farm this size: Blueberries - the main crop, running through June and July Blackberries - Osage thornless Peaches Apples What It Costs Everything is sold by the bucket, and the buckets are provided: Pick your own - $15 a bucket, dropping to $10 on sale days Pre-picked - $20 a bucket, always picked fresh that morning You pick into the farm's bucket and the berries are bagged for the drive home, so there is nothing to bring. Venmo, Zelle or cash - no cards. Good to Know Hours move day by day and are short, typically a four-hour window somewhere between 8am and 2pm. There is no weekly pattern to rely on, so check Facebook or text 770-533-3423 before setting out. Pre-picked orders need at least an hour's notice by message or text, and close before the picking does. On hot days the farm puts out free bottled water. Pro tip: the farm runs genuine sales, cutting the u-pick bucket from $15 to $10 and occasionally giving away a two-bucket limit per family on the last day of the season. Following the page is worth real money here.

Whitley Farms is a family farm at Sharpsburg in Coweta County, running u-pick berries three days a week and a farm stand for six months of the year. What You Can Pick Strawberries - spring Blueberries - through summer Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10am to 4pm. What Else is Available The stand runs May right through to October with farm produce, homemade jams, fresh-baked cobblers, pound cakes and flower bouquets, so there is something here long after the picking has finished. Good to Know Prices and the week's schedule go on the farm's Facebook page rather than a website, and are rewritten weekly. Pro tip: the cobblers are the reason to come in September, when there is nothing left to pick.

Fitzgerald Fruit Farms is a small farm in rural Woodbury, in Meriwether County, where the farm's own pitch is that you step back to a simpler time. The shop is called The Shed, and between the two of them they are open seven days a week whether or not anything is being picked. What You Can Pick Strawberries, and this farm picks them twice a year, which almost nowhere else in Georgia does: Spring - opening in early April and running through the first of June Late autumn - from a second crop planted for the purpose, opened for picking when the weather allows The autumn picking is not guaranteed and depends on the season, so it is worth a phone call rather than a drive. What Else is Available The Shed is the reason a lot of people stop here in the months when the patch is shut: Homemade ice cream, made with the farm's own strawberries Fruit wines Fresh produce Work by local makers - the farm gives shelf space to nearby craftspeople and features them by name A porch to sit on, which the farm suggests you use Good to Know Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, and Sunday from 12:30pm. Ring after rain. The farm closes the patch when it is wet and asks you to call and check it has reopened before setting out. Pro tip: pick, then go straight to The Shed for ice cream made from the same berries. The farm suggests it itself, and it is the right order to do it in.

Gregg Farms at Concord in Pike County is a peach farm first and everything else second, and it opens for picking at weekends only. Monday through Thursday it is shut. What You Can Pick Peaches - what the farm is known for Nectarines Red and green plums Blueberries and blackberries Watermelons and other summer crops What Else is Available Homemade peach ice cream and other peach preserves, which is the reason a lot of people who are not picking still stop. Good to Know Open Friday and Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday noon to 5pm, and only through the summer months. Cash only - the farm takes nothing else, and there is no cash machine nearby. Pro tip: bring more cash than you think. People who came for a bag of peaches leave with a box.

Hadden Estate at Watkinsville, south of Athens, is a working estate where the blueberry field and a wedding venue share the same ground. The fields are never sprayed, though they are not certified organic. What You Can Pick Blueberries, through June, and sometimes opening in the last week of May. Pick your own - $3.50 a pound Pre-picked - $9.00 a pound That gap is the widest on this list, and it is a good reason to go into the rows yourself. What to Bring Bring your own bucket, or buy a souvenir one at the Blueberry Market for $2. The team will point you toward the best rows, and their advice is worth taking: the grey-blue berries are the ripest and sweetest, and you roll them off the stem rather than pull. Good to Know The Blueberry Market stays open year round, Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 2pm Hours move with the estate's event schedule, so check before setting out On wedding days u-pick runs until noon only No dogs in the blueberry fields Pro tip: weigh and pay at the Market on your way out, and look at what the local makers have on the shelves while you are there.

Hillcrest Orchards at Ellijay is an attraction with an orchard attached, and it is worth understanding that before you go. The farm's own description leads with cow milking, swimming pig races, wagon rides and a petting farm, and puts the apples after them. It is open September to November, with u-pick apples in September and October only. What You Can Pick Apples, in September and October. The trees are kept small enough for children to pick from, which is a design decision rather than an accident and makes this the easiest of the Ellijay orchards to bring young children to. What Else is Available A great deal, and it runs on weekdays as well as weekends: Cow milking - 11am to noon Pig races - 12:30, with duck and goat races too Petting farm, wagon rides and a ball zone Jumping pillows, big slides, playgrounds and spin chairs A shop that reviewers rate highly for the range and the quality Good to Know Admission is charged at around $22 a head, and it is the main complaint people make. A recent visitor reported paying full price for a three-year-old. The orchard publishes no price of its own, so confirm it before committing a family, and go in expecting a day out rather than a bag of apples. Take the biggest bags you are offered. More than one picker has been struck by how much fruit ends up on the ground unused. The farm photographs well and knows it, so charge your phone. That is the orchard's own advice, not ours. Pro tip: come on a weekday. The full activity list runs Monday to Friday, the pig race and cow milking included, and the Ellijay orchards get very busy at October weekends.

LongShot Farms is a quiet blueberry farm on Wolfskin Road at Arnoldsville, east of Athens in Oglethorpe County. It runs on an honesty box: you take a bucket, pick, and pay at the end. Reviewers describe it as a staple, and it holds 4.9 out of five. What You Can Pick Blueberries - the main crop, and there are a great many bushes Figs - the only fig picking found anywhere near Atlanta The berries open at 7am. On timing, the most useful advice comes from a picker who went in the second week of June and suggests waiting another week or two, when far more of the fruit has ripened. What to Bring Your own container to take the berries home, or keep one of the farm's buckets for $2. They come in one and two gallon sizes Picking buckets are free to borrow while you are there Closed-toe shoes and long trousers. There are fire ants on some bushes and mounds near the base of others A bottle of water. There is nowhere to buy one Cash or payment apps. No cards. Good to Know Two gallons of blueberries works out at about twelve pounds, and one adult with a tween took an hour and a half to pick that much. Go early, before half past ten, in the evening while the light holds, or any time on an overcast day. There is a portable toilet, benches under shade trees and a tyre swing, which is what makes it bearable with children in a Georgia June. A few of the bushes have wild blackberries growing through them, so there are thorns to catch on, and there is goat muck underfoot in places. Pro tip: pour everyone's pickings into a farm bucket occasionally to keep track of the quantity, then tip them back into your own containers at the end and leave the farm's behind. That is a regular's trick and it saves the $2.

Oakhurst Farm sits on the Alabama line at West Point, on ground the same family has worked for over a hundred years, and it is a Georgia Grown producer. It publishes its prices, which is rarer in this state than it should be. What You Can Pick Blueberries - $4 a pound to pick yourself, or $5 a pound if the farm picks them for you Blackberries - early summer, and they sell out Strawberries - spring Pumpkins - from late September Berry picking runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 9am to noon. Three mornings a week and nothing else, so the day matters as much as the season. What Else is Available From September 27 to October 31 the farm turns over to Fall Daze: Four-acre corn maze and a separate kiddie maze Interactive hayride through the large animal corral Petting zoo, barrel train, lookout tower Live duck slide, rubber duck races, hay jump and double tube slides Good to Know Field trips, church groups and special events are welcome, and there is an eight thousand square foot venue on the same ground. The farm runs two websites. The weddings one never mentions picking at all, and searching the farm's name often lands you there first, so go to the produce site or ring 706-615-2081. Pro tip: a nine-to-noon window three days a week means the fruit gets picked over fast. Tuesday morning after a weekend closure is the best of the three.

Pleasant Union Farm at Canton is the closest picking to Cherokee County and Atlanta's northern suburbs, half an hour out. It runs its blueberry u-pick in the evenings, which is an unusual and sensible answer to a Georgia summer, and opens it as the crop allows rather than to a fixed timetable. What You Can Pick Blueberries - the season usually begins in late June or early July, picked on evenings the farm announces Flowers - u-pick from July right through September, a much longer window than the fruit There is no blueberry picking in 2026. The farm lost most of the crop to a warm spell in early March followed by a hard freeze, and has said so plainly rather than letting people drive out and find nothing. The flowers are unaffected. Good to Know Picking dates and times are posted on Facebook, or you can join the farm's email list to have them sent to you. There is no published weekly schedule, because the evenings depend on what is ready. Pro tip: an early March warm spell followed by a freeze is the single most destructive thing that can happen to a Georgia blueberry crop, and it caught more than one farm in 2026. If you are planning a trip anywhere in this region in a year like that, ring first.

R&A Orchards works a hundred and sixty acres at Ellijay and opens the orchard to the public at weekends only, nine to five, with the last admission sold at 4pm. What You Can Pick Apples U-cut flowers - zinnias, sunflowers and wildflowers What It Costs The orchard charges admission for picking but publishes no price on its own site. Ring (706) 273-3838 before setting off, because Ellijay admissions across the road from each other run anywhere from $8 to $26. What Else is Available Tractor rides out through the 160-acre orchard Cow Train rides for children Farm shop, open longer hours than the picking Good to Know Payment is unusually modern for a farm this size: every major card, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay. Most of its Ellijay neighbours are cash or nothing. Pro tip: the four o'clock admission cut-off is firm, and Ellijay is a ninety minute drive from Atlanta. Leave in the morning.

At Red Apple Barn in Ellijay the picking hours and the market hours are two different things, and the picking window is much the narrower of the two. This is the single most useful thing to know before setting out. What You Can Pick Apples - Saturdays 10am to 5pm and Sundays 1pm to 4pm only Pumpkins - weekends from late September through October Flowers - to cut The farm market keeps much longer hours, Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 1pm to 5:30pm, but the orchard is not open for picking then. What It Costs $12.75 a head plus taxes and fees, children two and under free. That covers a great deal: the tractor ride, an apple from the orchard, cider, a doughnut, the barn animals, playgrounds, swings, picnic areas, flower picking, pumpkin painting and the farm workshops. Apple bags are separate: $7 a quarter-peck, $12 a half-peck, $22 a peck, $36 a half bushel. What Else is Available The market is the draw for a great many visitors on its own: apple pies, doughnuts, bread, fritters and cider. Good to Know The farm currently reports itself open. It publishes an apple tasting chart, which is worth reading before choosing a row. Pro tip: turning up on a Wednesday gets you the market and no picking. It is an easy mistake and the website does not make it obvious.

Scottsdale Farms works sixty-five acres at Milton in North Fulton, and is far better known as a garden centre with a cafe than as a picking farm. The blueberries are real, but you would not learn that from its own website. What You Can Pick Blueberries. The season usually opens in early June and runs to the middle of July. Good to Know Ring for an appointment. The farm asks u-pickers to call rather than turn up, and announces its picking dates on Facebook. The shop and cafe keep long hours seven days a week whether or not anything is ripe: Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm, Sunday 9am to 6pm. Pro tip: this is the only picking of any kind inside the Alpharetta and Milton belt, which is why it is worth the phone call rather than the ninety minute drive somewhere else.

Southern Belle Farm at McDonough has the broadest picking calendar within an hour of Atlanta, and it is the closest farm to the city where the public can pick muscadines. Something is ripe here from April to Halloween, which is true of almost nowhere else in Georgia. It holds 4.7 from close to six thousand reviewers. What You Can Pick The year runs in waves, and they barely overlap: Strawberries - spring, and the first thing open Blackberries and blueberries - early summer Peaches - twenty varieties, finishing in the first week of August Muscadines and scuppernongs - from the middle of August Zinnias to cut, and pumpkins once the fall season opens Last entry into the u-pick fields is 4pm, an hour before the gates shut. That is the detail that catches out anyone driving down after work. What Else is Available The Country Market and Bakery is why a great many people come even when nothing is being picked: The pound cake, which appears in more reviews than most of the fruit Homemade ice cream, cider, and cook-to-order snacks Jams, jellies, syrups, juices and preserves in a range reviewers describe as incredible A petting area, with a hand washing station beside it Autumn attractions from September 19: pedal carts, a train, slides and jumping pillows Good to Know Open Tuesday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday from 10am. Closed Sunday and Monday through the late-summer gap, reopening seven days for the fall season on September 19. Check the farm's Facebook page before you set out, not its website. The Facebook page is updated weekly with what is actually ripe; more than one reviewer has arrived to find a crop finished, including a family who drove nine hours for peaches a week after the peach picking had ended. Tickets for the autumn activities are cheaper booked online. Pro tip: the muscadines and the zinnias open together in the middle of August, and it is the quietest good week of the year here. Everyone else is waiting for the pumpkins.

The Blueberry Farm at LaFayette, in the far north western corner of the state, runs the longest picking day in this region: seven in the morning until eight at night, every day except Wednesday. Its own line is the plainest on this list: "Our farm is a U-pick farm and welcomes everyone!" What You Can Pick Rabbiteye blueberries - around a thousand plants across several varieties, July into August Muscadines - September to October Everything is sold by the gallon and the farm provides the containers, so there is nothing to bring. The current price goes on its Facebook page rather than its website. What Else is Available A better-equipped field than most, and the farm lists it in full: Restroom and hand washing station Drinking water Picnic tables, a swing and lawn chairs for resting Good to Know Closed Wednesdays, and closed outside the season. Pro tip: a thirteen hour picking day means you can arrive at seven in the morning or seven in the evening and miss the heat entirely. Very few Georgia farms offer that choice.

Warbington Farms at Cumming has two short seasons and a long quiet gap between them, and it is honest about which one you are in. The farm currently states plainly that strawberry and blackberry season is over. What You Can Pick Strawberries - late March to the first of June Blackberries - following on through early summer U-cut flowers - including sunflowers, running later than the fruit What It Costs $11.95 weekend admission for anyone over three, and every adult entering the strawberry field must buy their own gallon on top. Saturday u-pick tickets are sold online only, and they go live at 3pm on the Friday before. They are the thing to set a reminder for: the farm has over a hundred thousand strawberry plants and the Saturday slots still go. What Else is Available Through August the farm opens two days a week for the Fun Park and the Farm Store, with no hayrides. A corn maze arrives with the autumn season. Good to Know Hours are rewritten weekly on the farm's own calendar and depend on the weather, so this is a farm to check rather than assume. All major credit cards are accepted with a 2.6 per cent processing fee. No pets other than service animals. Pro tip: an All Season Pass covers unlimited spring and autumn admission. The farm does not publish its price, so ask when you ring about hours.

Washington Farms at Bogart, outside Athens, runs one of the longest strawberry seasons near Athens and follows it with a pumpkin patch and a corn maze. What You Can Pick Strawberries - mid-April to early June Pumpkins - autumn, with a corn maze Good to Know Open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6pm through the strawberry season. Super Spring Saturdays opened the 2026 season on April 4 and ran weekly to May 23. The farm publishes no price on any page that could be read: ring (706) 769-0627. Pro tip: Super Spring Saturdays are the farm's own name for its busiest weekends, and they are exactly the days to avoid if you want a quiet field rather than an event.