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Hanulcik Farm Market & Orchard on Dildine Road at Ionia has been growing since 1936, and it picks across a longer stretch of the year than almost any farm in this region: strawberries in June through to apples in October. What You Can Pick Strawberries - June Peaches, plums and nectarines - July and August Apples - twelve varieties, late August through October Sunflowers - during market hours at peak bloom Good to Know The catch is the apple season. The pick-your-own orchard is open on selected weekends only in September and October, not continuously. During peach season the farm asks you to ring (616) 527-3630 to place orders or check picking conditions. The farm publishes no price. Ring (616) 527-3630 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: plums and nectarines are both scarce as u-pick crops in Michigan, where most orchards run cherries then apples. Late July here gets you both.

Bella Vista Farm is a hundred and five acres in the heart of Fennville, run by Mary and John Renaldi. It was Crane's U-Pick for three generations before them, and a good deal of the internet still calls it that, so do not be thrown if you arrive expecting one and find the other. What You Can Pick U-pick runs from July 3 right through to October 31, which is one of the longest continuous seasons on this side of the state: Blueberries - from about the first of July, and they last three or four weeks Raspberries - early to mid-July, then on through the autumn Peaches, nectarines and plums - through late summer Apples - into the autumn Pumpkins - to the end of October Good to Know Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, and Sunday from 10am. The farm asks you to ring for the daily picture, because what is open changes through a season this long. You will also find them at the Holland Farmers Market every Wednesday and Saturday from May through October, if you want the fruit without the drive. The farm publishes no price. Ring 269-561-5126 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: the sister business, White Barn Flower, grows cut flowers on the same ground. Ask when you ring, because it is not signposted from the fruit side.

Bowerman Blueberries works the peat ground on James Street at Holland, in the middle of the densest blueberry country in the world. The Farm and Market beside the field is the half that stays open when the picking has finished. What You Can Pick Blueberries, through the midsummer window that runs across this whole stretch of the lake shore. Good to Know When u-pick closes, pre-picked blueberries carry on inside the Farm and Market until around Labor Day, while supplies last. That is a useful fortnight or so on the end of the season for anyone who missed the field. The farm publishes no price. Ring (616) 738-3099 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: this farm posts to TikTok as well as Facebook and Instagram, which is unusual for a blueberry grower and means the season updates arrive faster than most.

DeKleine Orchards is a cherry orchard at Hudsonville, in the market gardening country south west of the city, picking in the short early-summer window before the berry farms open. What You Can Pick Sweet cherries - July Tart cherries - July, alongside them Chestnuts - in the autumn, which is unusual anywhere Good to Know The orchard keeps its current picking information on Facebook rather than its own website, and says so plainly. That is where the season opens and closes. Pro tip: picking sweet and tart cherries on the same trip is worth planning for. Tart cherries are the ones that make a pie and are almost never sold fresh in a shop, because they bruise on sight.

Riverbend Farms on 72nd Street at South Haven is a raspberry specialist in a region where almost every farm grows blueberries, and its Instagram handle says so plainly: rbraspberries. What You Can Pick Red and black raspberries - the speciality, u-pick and ready-picked Blackberries Pears, which very few farms here open to the public Chestnuts Good to Know Open mid-June through late October, which is one of the longest runs in the region and far longer than the blueberry farms around it. The farm publishes no hours or prices, so ring before setting out. Pro tip: black raspberries are the ones to come for. They crop for about two weeks in July, taste nothing like a red one, and are effectively unbuyable fresh.

Gavin Orchards works 240 acres at Coopersville, west of the Ridge on the road out toward the lake, and sells to commercial markets as well as to the public. Its stated aim is to grow quality produce "while profoundly respecting our environment". What You Can Pick Sweet cherries - from June 22 Peaches - late summer Apples - from mid-September Summer squash is grown here too. Good to Know The orchard sells online through a Barn2Door store as well as at the farm, so pre-picked fruit can be ordered ahead. No opening hours are published anywhere, so ring 616-837-6472 before setting out. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-837-6472 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: a 240-acre commercial orchard opening its rows to the public means the trees are managed for yield rather than for show, and the picking is correspondingly quick.

Steffens Orchard Market on 13 Mile Road at Sparta is a fourth-generation family farm working over three hundred acres in the middle of the Fruit Ridge, and its u-pick variety list has been growing with new plantings. What You Can Pick Apples, from mid-September, across an unusually long variety list: Blondee, Gala, McIntosh, Honeycrisp Cortland, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious Ida Red, Fuji and Cameo Sweet cherries and pumpkins are grown here too. What Else is Available The market sells pies, jams, cider and caramel apples. Good to Know Open September 11 to October 31, Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm, closed Mondays. That is a short season and a late opening, so it fills up at weekends. Pro tip: ten named varieties in one orchard means you can taste your way along a row and take home a mixed bushel rather than ten pounds of the same apple.

Blok Orchard on 4 Mile Road at Ada is a small operation east of the city, and it is straightforward about its scale: there are a limited number of blueberry bushes, and the farm asks you to ring ahead to be sure there are enough berries for a trip. What You Can Pick Far more than its size suggests, across the whole season: Sweet cherries - from June 11 Blueberries - from July 3 Raspberries and blackberries - through summer Peaches and plums - late summer Zestar apples - from August 10, at 75 cents a pound or a half bushel Pumpkins - autumn The apple picking here runs cheaper than the cherries, which is usual, but the orchard no longer publishes what either costs. What Else is Available A market carrying jams and salsa. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-676-1153 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: a farm that tells you to check there is enough fruit before driving out is being honest rather than discouraging. Ring, and if the answer is yes you will have quiet rows.

Bisacky Blueberry Farm on Leonard Road at Spring Lake is described as great for families of all abilities, and the ground is easily accessible, which is a rarer thing on a blueberry farm than it should be. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 14. Good to Know Open every day, 8am to 8pm, which is a twelve-hour day seven days a week and among the most flexible picking in the region. Cash or cheque only. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-402-2834 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: accessible ground and a twelve-hour day make this the farm to choose if you are bringing someone who cannot manage rough rows or a long walk from the car.

Cotant's Farm Market on M-37 at Hastings is the southern outpost of this region, and it runs the full autumn package: picking, a maze, doughnuts and a cider press. What You Can Pick Apples, from early September, and pumpkins after them. The 2025 price was, though 2026 has not been published. What Else is Available Fresh-pressed cider and homemade doughnuts Corn maze and pumpkin patch Greenhouse and farm market Good to Know The farm's own website has an expired security certificate and could not be read, so nothing here comes from it directly. Ring (269) 945-4180 for hours. The farm publishes no price. Ring (269) 945-4180 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: cider pressed on the same site as the apples were picked tastes nothing like the supermarket version, and every one of these Michigan farms will tell you so. They are right.

Crane Orchards has been farmed since the 1880s and is on its sixth generation, on 124th Avenue at Fennville. Seventeen apple varieties, ten peaches and sweet cherries, and it publishes what everything costs, which is rarer than it should be. What You Can Pick Sweet cherries - from late June Peaches - August. Allstar, Contender, Bounty, Loring and Blushing Star, at $2.30 a pound, or $32 a peck pre-picked Apples - from August 28 into late October, at $1.80 a pound. The early varieties are Premier Honeycrisp, Sweet Maia, Blondee, Gala and McIntosh Pumpkins - from late September What It Costs Admission on top of the fruit: $8 for eleven and over, $5 for six to ten, free for five and under. Cash and cards, though cards carry a 3 per cent fee and cheques are not accepted. What Else is Available Corn maze - back for Labor Day weekend Pumpkin patch - from late September The pie pantry, which is independently run and is a destination in its own right Good to Know Late in the summer the orchard opens Friday to Sunday only, 10am to 6pm, weather permitting. From August 28 it goes daily, same hours, right through the apple season. Pro tip: do not confuse this with Bella Vista Farm across the road at 6017, which was Crane's U-Pick until it changed hands. Different farm, different family, and a great deal of the internet still muddles them.

Carini Farms on Port Sheldon Street at West Olive picks blueberries through July and August, a few minutes from the lake shore. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 8. Good to Know Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 3pm Sunday. Buckets are provided to pick into, and the farm recommends bringing something to carry the berries home in. There is a self-serve option, and cards are accepted. Pro tip: self-serve on a blueberry farm usually means you can pick outside the staffed hours. Ask when you ring.

Overhiser Orchards on 109th Avenue at South Haven publishes more detail than any other farm in this region: named varieties for every crop, a price per pound for each, and a season window for all of them. It is open every single day, 10am to 5pm, including all holidays, rain or shine. What You Can Pick Sweet cherries - end of June to early July Montmorency tart cherries - early to mid-July Blueberries - early July to the end of August, Elliot variety, $2.50 a pound Peaches - mid-July to the end of August. Red Haven, Coral Star, Allstar, Baby Gold and Loring, $2.00 a pound Pears - Bartlett and Harrow Delight, $1.50 a pound Sunflowers - $1 a stem What It Costs Farm Pass, $3 - covers u-pick and a wagon ride Barnyard Pass, $10 - all-day access to the play area Free for seniors over 65, veterans, and children five and under What Else is Available A farm market, bakery and soft-serve ice cream, concessions, a petting zoo, wagon rides, a playground, a corn maze and sunflower trails. Pro tip: $1.50 a pound for Bartlett pears you pick yourself is the cheapest fruit anywhere in this region, and pears are the crop almost nobody here opens to the public.

Post Family Farm at Hudsonville is an autumn farm built for small children, and it prices as a day out rather than as a bag of pumpkins. The homemade pumpkin doughnuts are what most people mention first. What You Can Pick Pumpkins, from the patch, priced by size on top of admission. What It Costs Weekdays - for ages two and over, or Fridays and Saturdays -, or Admission covers hayrides out to the pumpkin patch, the corn maze, pumpkin train rides and the play areas. On Saturdays there are pony rides at and pumpkin painting at , plus food trucks. Good to Know Weekdays open at noon and run to 7.30pm; Fridays and Saturdays open at 10am. There are bonfires, which is what the late closing is for. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-669-1964 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: book online and go on a weekday. It is against, and this is a farm that fills up at weekends.

Pleasant Hill Blueberry Farm on 124th Avenue at Fennville has grown certified organic blueberries since 1977, which makes it one of the oldest organic fruit farms in Michigan and the only certified organic picking farm in this region. What You Can Pick Certified organic blueberries -, from mid-July Strawberries - early summer Peaches - late summer An appointment is required, booked through Sign-up Genius rather than by phone. What Else is Available A four-acre poppy field, which is not something any other farm on this site has. The farm ships picked fruit from early September, useful if you want Michigan blueberries somewhere else in the country. Good to Know is the highest blueberry price in the region and it is a certified organic one, against to for conventional fruit a few miles away. That is the trade, stated plainly. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-502-7545 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: 124th Avenue at Fennville has three picking farms within a couple of miles, and this is the only organic one. Book the appointment first and build the morning around it.

DeLange's Redberry Farm is on Port Sheldon Road at Hudsonville, in the market gardening country south west of the city. Strawberries first, then red raspberries picked from the end of August, which is late enough to be worth knowing about when everything else has finished. What You Can Pick Strawberries - early summer Red raspberries - u-pick from towards the end of August What Else is Available The farm market carries rhubarb, farm fresh eggs, jams and pre-picked fruit, including red raspberries by the pint. Good to Know Open 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, and closed on Sundays. The farm warns that hours vary with the crops and the season, so this is one to ring about. No pets, at the market or in the u-pick fields. Cash, cheque and cards all accepted. Pro tip: a late-August raspberry is a different proposition from a July one. They come on when the summer heat has gone and the flavour is better for it.

Fruit Ridge Hayrides is at Kent City, on the northern end of the Fruit Ridge where the elevation keeps the frost off the blossom. The hayrides are horse-drawn, which is the thing that sets it apart from every other autumn farm in the region. What You Can Pick Apples, and pumpkins and squash, from mid-September through October. What Else is Available Horse-drawn hayrides out to the rows Corn maze and a petting zoo Pony rides Campfire areas and picnic areas Concession stand Good to Know Weekends only, and the pattern is unusual. Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm, with Friday evenings from 5pm to 9pm in October only. Group packages and reservations are handled through a form on the farm's site. Pro tip: the Friday and Saturday evening hours mean you can do this after dark, with a campfire. Very few picking farms anywhere are open at nine at night.

Sandy Bottom Berries on Sandy Bottom Road at Rockford picks blueberries and raspberries together through July, north east of the city. What You Can Pick Blueberries - $15 for a five-quart pail, about seven pounds Raspberries, alongside them Tart cherries, which the farm's own site does not mention Currants, rare anywhere Open Tuesday to Thursday 9am to 1pm, Friday and Saturday 9am to 4pm, Sunday noon to 4pm, closed Mondays. Cash or cheque only. The farm's own summary of its season is four words: see you in July. Good to Know Children of all ages are welcome, which the farm says explicitly, with the reasonable proviso that they are supervised. The phone number is in season only, 616-225-9376, which tells you how this farm works: it is there in July and quiet the rest of the year. Pro tip: blueberries and raspberries ripening at the same time on the same farm is less common than it sounds. Most farms in this region give you one or the other.

North Ridge Berries on 20 Mile Road at Kent City picks four different berries, which is more than almost any farm in the region, and it does it at the northern end of the Fruit Ridge. What You Can Pick Blueberries - from July 10 Raspberries Blackberries Currants, which almost nobody grows for picking Good to Know Open 8am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm Saturday, closed Sundays. The long weekday evenings are the useful part. There is a fruit stand with pre-picked berries for anyone who would rather not pick. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-675-5919 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: currants are worth going out of your way for. They make the best jelly of any berry grown in Michigan and are effectively unbuyable in a shop.

Ven Roy Blueberries on 84th Avenue at Coopersville charges $2.00 a pound, which is the cheapest blueberry picking anywhere in this region, and stays open until dusk on weekdays. What You Can Pick Blueberries, Nelson and Blue Crop, from mid-July to mid-August, at $2.00 a pound. There are raspberries as well, which the farm does not mention on its own site. Good to Know Open 8am to dusk Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm Saturday, closed Sundays. Picking to dusk in a Michigan July gives you until nine or later. The farm provides picking pails and tie ropes; you bring whatever you are carrying the berries home in. Cash, cheque or card. Pro tip: two dollars a pound and open until dark makes this the freezer-filling farm of the region. Take proper containers, because they only lend you the pail.

Adams Blueberry Farm at Hartford is the furthest south of the West Michigan farms in this region, about ninety kilometres from Grand Rapids, and one of the few anywhere near here growing USDA certified organic blueberries. What You Can Pick Organic blueberries - USDA certified Conventional blueberries, in separate blocks Aronia berries, which almost nowhere else in this region grows The season opens July 1 and runs to about the first weekend of August, seven days a week, 8am to 6pm. Conventional berries are and the certified organic ones. The farm has been working for more than seventy-five years. Good to Know There is a children's playground on site, which matters more than it sounds on a blueberry farm: the picking is slow and small children run out of patience long before the adults run out of bushes. No booking. The farm's own word for how to visit is simply to show up. The farm publishes no price. Ring (269) 214-0873 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: aronia is worth trying while you are there. It is sharp raw and turns superb in jam, and you will not find it at a supermarket.

Klenk Orchards on 10 Mile Road at Sparta picks sweet cherries in the middle of the Fruit Ridge, and runs tractor rides out to the trees, which matters on a cherry farm where the good fruit is rarely near the car park. What You Can Pick Sweet cherries, from June 24. Pre-picked fruit is sold alongside the picking. Two sorts: Rainier, the pale yellow-and-red ones, and the dark varieties. Rainiers are sweeter, bruise more easily and cost more in a shop, which makes picking them yourself the sensible way to get them. Good to Know Open 8am to 7pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sunday. Seven in the evening is late for a cherry orchard and the best hour to be in one. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-887-9631 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: cherry season is three weeks and it is the first fruit of the year here. If you only make one picking trip to the Ridge, late June is a better one than October.

Beard's Produce on 140th Avenue at Dorr picks blueberries, and runs two quite different sorts of day: short mornings most of the week, and evenings until eight on Tuesdays and Thursdays. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 6, at. What to Bring Containers. The farm says so in capitals, and it means it: pails are provided to pick into, but you take the fruit home in your own. Cash or cheque only. No cards. Good to Know Open 8am to 2pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 8am to 8pm Tuesday and Thursday. Closed Sundays. The farm publishes no price. There is no phone number on record either. Pro tip: the Tuesday and Thursday evenings are the ones to aim for. Six extra hours, cooler air, and most people do not know they exist.

Bethke Farms is a pumpkin farm at Grand Haven, on the lake shore forty minutes west of the city, and it prices the way a farm should: no charge to walk in, and pumpkins by the pound. What You Can Pick Pumpkins, from small ones up to monsters of a hundred pounds and more, plus gourds and mini-pumpkins. 50 cents a pound, from the vine. Open September 26 to October 30. What Else is Available Hayrides and a corn maze - $5 a person, free under three A pirate ship play area Picnic area Good to Know Weekdays are afternoons only, 4pm to 7pm Monday to Thursday, opening properly at 10am Friday to Sunday. Cash, cheques and all major cards. The farm says personal cheques are gladly accepted, which is a rarer sentence every year. Pro tip: fifty cents a pound with free entry makes a hundred-pound pumpkin fifty dollars and a small one about two. Take a trailer or take a toddler, but decide before you get to the field.

Bird Berry Farm on Belding Road picks strawberries in June and blueberries in July, and runs each on a completely different weekly pattern. It is a farm that tells you exactly what things cost, which is rarer than it should be. What You Can Pick Strawberries - June, $2.25 a pound. Bring your own container, or buy one there Blueberries - July, $2.50 a pound. The farm provides a plastic-lined pail Already picked, if you would rather not: strawberries at $6 a quart or $44 for an eight-quart flat, blueberries at $4 a pint, $7 a quart or $35 for a ten-pound box. Ring during business hours and speak to an attendant to order. Good to Know The two seasons keep different hours: Strawberries - Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 5pm, Sunday 10am to 2pm Blueberries - Wednesday to Saturday 7:30am to 5pm, closed Sunday to Tuesday Cash or cheque only, and the farm gives an unusually good reason: it sits in a mobile dead zone and cannot take card payments at all. Bring a water bottle. No pets. All ages are welcome and encouraged. Pro tip: follow the blueberry flags to the patch, and ring first. The farm warns its own phones are sketchy, so Facebook is the faster check on whether weather has shut picking down.

Blue Horizon Farms on Hyde Park Road at Muskegon is a small family blueberry farm on the northern stretch of the West Michigan fruit belt, and it is one of the best liked farms in the region: 4.9 from twenty-five reviewers, with almost every one of them mentioning the owner rather than the fruit. What You Can Pick Naturally grown blueberries, through the midsummer season that runs along this whole coast. Good to Know Open every day, 10am to 7pm. A seven-day week with a seven o'clock finish is unusually generous for a farm this size, and the late hours are the best of the day to pick in. The farm publishes no price and keeps no website. Ring 231-888-4747 if you need to know before driving out. Pro tip: pickers keep naming Paul, the owner, in their reviews, which on a small farm usually means someone will walk you to the row that is picking best rather than pointing at a field.

The Hubbard Homestead at Pierson is a two-acre blueberry patch, entirely self-serve, open dawn to dusk seven days a week. There is nobody to check in with and no gate to arrive before. The farm's own reminder puts it plainly: the U-Pick blueberry patch is self serve. What You Can Pick Blueberries, at $2.50 a pound. The 2026 season ran from July 4 to July 29. The patch is grown with no sprays and no chemical fertiliser, which the homestead states directly rather than claiming a certification it does not hold. What Else is Available Raw honey, all year round, which makes this one of very few farms on this site worth a visit outside the picking season: Half a pound - $5 One pound - $8 Two pounds - $13, in limited quantities Good to Know Cash and Venmo only. No cards. Dawn to dusk on a self-serve patch means you can pick at six in the morning in July, which is the coolest and quietest hour of a Michigan summer day and something almost no other farm on this site allows. Pro tip: self-serve and dawn to dusk together make this the one farm in the region you can visit on the way to work. Take cash and go early.

Brechting Farms at Comstock Park sells fruit and vegetables in season and opens its pumpkin patch to picking in the autumn, a few minutes north of the city. What You Can Pick Pumpkins, in the autumn. Good to Know The farm keeps a Facebook page and publishes no schedule anywhere else, so ring 616-784-0771 or check the page for hours before driving out. Pro tip: Comstock Park has three picking farms within a few minutes of each other, Krupp and Morse Brothers being the others. Worth ringing all three on the same morning.

Bumbleberry Acres at South Haven grows twenty-four blueberry varieties on one farm, and it will take you round to taste them. Nowhere else on this site offers anything close. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from the first week of July to the second week of September, which is a long run even for South Haven. 1 lb container - $4 2 lb container - $6 What Else is Available A blueberry tasting tour, bookable as an add-on, taking in the twenty-four varieties growing on the farm. There are farm animals as well. Good to Know Open every day, 9am to 6pm, until the first week of September. Picking is crop dependent and availability changes, so it is worth checking late in the season. Pro tip: take the tasting tour before you pick, not after. Twenty-four varieties genuinely taste different from one another and it will change which rows you fill your container from.

Crisp Country Acres on 120th Avenue at Holland runs a u-pick that changes through the season rather than sitting on one crop. June through September, and what is ready is different every few weeks. What You Can Pick Whatever is ready. The farm grows vegetables and flowers alongside its fruit, and picking has covered green beans, potatoes and other seasonal vegetables as well as cut flowers. Good to Know Check in at the market when you arrive. That is where you get directions to the right field and the bags to pick into, which the farm provides. Open 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm Saturday. The farm asks you to check its social media for updated hours before coming, because they move with the crops. Pro tip: this is a vegetable-first farm, which makes it the one place in the region to pick your own green beans and potatoes. Do not turn up expecting rows of fruit.

Crossroads Blueberry Market on Lake Michigan Drive at West Olive pairs the picking with a proper market, and it is the one on this stretch of coast with something for children who have run out of patience. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 10. Buckets are provided. What Else is Available Pie, doughnuts, slushies and ice cream A play area for children Good to Know Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays. Cards accepted. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-676-1153 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: pick first, slushie second. It is a hot open field and the ice cream is the bribe that gets a second bucket filled.

Dee's Lakeshore Farm on 70th Street at Fennville has been growing fruit and vegetables for over sixty years, in the country between Holland and South Haven. It is a general farm rather than a specialist, and the picking is one part of a much longer list. What You Can Pick Blueberries and raspberries, in season. What Else is Available Sold rather than picked, and the range is unusually wide: apples, asparagus, cherries, peaches, plums, pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and potatoes, plus free-range eggs, fresh-cut flowers, herbs, homemade jams and jellies, and honey. Good to Know Groups are welcome, which the farm says explicitly and not every farm this size does. No dates, hours or prices are published anywhere, so this is a ring-first farm: 269.227.3287. Pro tip: if you want one stop for a week's fruit and vegetables rather than a day out, this is the farm on that stretch of coast to aim at.

DeGrandchamp Farms has been family owned since 1958 and is now on its third generation, in South Haven, the town that calls itself the blueberry capital of the world. It is also the only farm in this region where the public can pick cranberries. What You Can Pick Blueberries - July and August Cranberries - October and November, which almost no farm anywhere lets the public do What It Costs New this season: a pre-paid bucket system. You buy the bucket, then refills are cheaper. Small, about 1.25 lb - first, a refill Large, about 6 lb - first, a refill Good to Know The store and ice cream shop are open daily, 8am to 9pm, year round, long after the fields have finished. Those are the hours below; the picking runs inside them in season. The farm publishes no price. Ring 269-637-3915 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: cranberries are harvested in flooded beds, so picking them is nothing like picking a blueberry and worth doing once for its own sake. October and November, and nowhere else on this site offers it.

DK Orchards on 8th Avenue at Conklin is one of very few farms in this region picking apricots, a crop that struggles almost everywhere in Michigan because it blossoms early and the spring frosts take it. What You Can Pick Apricots - July, and rare anywhere in this state Strawberries - early summer Blueberries - midsummer Peaches - late summer Winter squash is grown here too. Good to Know There are restrooms and a picnic area, which is more than most farms this size offer. Autumn hours are 9am to 7pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday. Cash or cheque only. Pro tip: a Michigan apricot is worth going out of your way for. Most years the crop fails outright, so if the farm says it has them, go that week.

Ed Dunneback & Girls is twelve kilometres from downtown on 6 Mile Road, and it is the closest picking to Grand Rapids by a comfortable margin. It is also the only farm in this region with a tap room, a bakery and live music on the same site as the fruit. What You Can Pick Asparagus - spring, and rare as a u-pick crop anywhere Strawberries - from the middle of June Apples and pumpkins - into the autumn There are no cherries this year. The farm lost the crop to spring freezing, which caught orchards across West Michigan in 2026. What Else is Available Farm market, bakery and kitchen Tap room, with happy hour Tuesdays and Thursdays Live music Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons Trivia on Wednesday nights Sunday brunch, noon to five Good to Know Open Tuesday to Sunday and closed Mondays, with late evenings on Wednesdays and Fridays. Farm-to-table dinners and private events are booked through the farm directly. Pro tip: asparagus picking is genuinely unusual and it is the first thing open here, well before any fruit. If you want it, ask in April.

Farmhaus Farms is on Kenowa Avenue ten kilometres from downtown Grand Rapids, which makes it one of the closest orchards to a major American city anywhere on this site. It is under new ownership and now part of the Farmhaus group, which also runs a cidery. What You Can Pick Cherries - early summer Plums - late summer, and unusual as a u-pick crop in this region Apples - autumn Pumpkins - autumn What Else is Available A bakery, ice cream and a farm market, plus wedding and event space. Good to Know Open 7:30am to 6pm on weekdays, 8am to 5pm Saturday and 10am to 3pm Sunday, year round. The half-seven weekday opening is early for a farm market and useful if you are picking before work. The farm publishes no picking dates, so ring or text 616.320.2269 before driving out. Pro tip: u-pick plums are genuinely scarce in West Michigan, where almost every orchard runs cherries then apples and skips what falls between.

Forstner Blueberry Farm on 27th Street at Allegan is described by those who know it as Allegan County's best kept berry picking secret, which is the sort of thing a small farm earns rather than advertises. What You Can Pick Blueberries, with limited use of chemical pesticides, which the farm states rather than claiming certification it does not hold. Good to Know The staff are singled out as helpful, which on a pick-your-own farm usually means someone will walk you to the row that is picking best rather than pointing at a field. The farm publishes very little. Its 2025 season opened on July 12 at , and no 2026 figures were found, so ring 269-673-3475 before setting out. The farm publishes no price. Ring 269-673-3475 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: Allegan is the quiet end of this fruit belt. If South Haven and Holland feel crowded in late July, this is where to go instead.

Gold Barn Blueberries on Quincy Street at Holland grows twelve different varieties on one farm, which is more than almost anywhere else on this coast and the reason its season runs as long as it does. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 6, across twelve varieties including Earliblue, Duke and Collins. Good to Know Cash or cheque only. No cards, so bring notes. Twelve varieties on one farm means a long season and real differences between rows. Earliblue and Duke are early; the later ones carry on well into August. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-899-5400 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: a dollar fifty a pound across twelve varieties is the best value on this site. Fill the freezer and ask which row is sweetest that week.

Goodfellow Orchards on 12 Mile Road at Sparta picks both sorts of cherry and then apples in the autumn, on the Fruit Ridge north of the city. What You Can Pick Tart cherries - from early July Sweet cherries - from June 25, sold pre-picked rather than picked Apples - in the autumn Good to Know Open 9am to 7pm Monday to Saturday and noon to 5pm Sunday. Cash or cheque only, and no pets on the farm. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-887-0825 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: tart cherries at three dollars a pound are what a pie is made of, and this is one of a handful of farms in the region that lets you pick them rather than buying them frozen.

Grange Fruit Farm on 13 Mile Road at Rockford has one of the widest picking lists in West Michigan and is among the cheapest anywhere on this site. It publishes its prices, which most of its neighbours do not. What You Can Pick Blueberries - $2.75 a pound Red and black raspberries - $3.00 a pint. Black raspberries are worth the trip on their own; they are hard to buy anywhere Sweet cherries and Montmorency tart cherries Peaches, when the crop allows. One recent season was lost to frost damage Sunflowers to cut The season runs early July to the middle of August. Good to Know Open 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 2pm Saturday, closed Sundays. The detail that catches people out: u-pick closes an hour before the market does, so the last picking is 5pm on a weekday and 1pm on a Saturday. Cash or cards, with a 3 per cent fee on credit. The market carries honey, jams and salsas alongside the produce. Pro tip: Montmorency is the tart cherry the whole Michigan pie industry is built on, and this is one of very few places anyone lets you pick it yourself.

Gull Meadow Farms on Gull Road at Richland sits south of Grand Rapids toward Kalamazoo, and it has built one of the biggest autumn operations in the state around its orchard: more than thirty attractions alongside the picking. What You Can Pick Apples and pumpkins, through the fall season, September 12 to October 31. What Else is Available Five-acre corn maze Petting farm Food trucks and a farm market Thirty or more attractions in the ticketed activity area Christmas season from November 28 Good to Know The market and the activity area are two different things with two different sets of hours. The market runs Tuesday to Sunday and is closed Mondays; the activity area opens Friday afternoons and Saturdays only, and is ticketed separately. Summer events run on select dates from July 25, including a balloon festival with its own admission. Pro tip: buy activity tickets online before you go. This is a farm where the queue is at the ticket window rather than in the orchard.

Heidi's Farmstand and Bakery on Cascade Road at Lowell opens at seven in the morning, six days a week, year round. That is a bakery's hours rather than a farm's, and it is the reason a lot of people know the place. What You Can Pick Pumpkins, in the autumn. What Else is Available Country store and bakery Corn maze, with a junior course as well as an adult one Fall festival activities Flowers School and group field trips, which the farm accommodates specifically Good to Know Open 7am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 7am to 5pm Saturday, closed Sundays. Pro tip: a junior corn maze alongside the adult one is a small thing that makes an enormous difference with under-sixes, who tend to find a full-sized maze frightening rather than fun.

Jawor Brothers on Heights Ravenna Road at Ravenna is a blueberry farm with a country store attached, north west of the city toward Muskegon, and the berries are known for their size. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 6. What Else is Available The store sells blueberry pie, turnovers and smoothies, and homemade blueberry soap, which is not something any other farm on this site offers. Good to Know Open 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays. The catch: u-pick closes at 5pm, an hour before the store. Arrive at half past five and you can buy a pie but not pick a berry. The farm publishes no price. Ring 231-760-4434 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: the smoothies are made with the fruit off the farm and are the right thing to hold while somebody else finishes their bucket.

Klein Cider Mill and Market on Ten Mile Road at Sparta is a family farm about twenty minutes from downtown Grand Rapids, and the cider is the reason to go. It is fresh, unpasteurised and award-winning, pressed from whatever combination of apples is in season, so every batch is different. What You Can Pick Apples - through the autumn Pumpkins - from the patch, with other activities alongside What Else is Available The farm's own raw honey and maple syrup, vegetables, and gladioli. Good to Know Open August to December, seven days a week, 9am to 5pm. The December end is unusual: most farms in this region shut in early November. Pro tip: unpasteurised cider that changes batch to batch is worth buying more than one jug of, at different points in the season. It is a different drink in September than in November.

Kooistra Orchards on South Maple Island Road at Twin Lake is the furthest north orchard in this region, and it runs on an unusual split: picking two days a week, but a self-serve barn open every day. What You Can Pick Apples, from September 11, and pumpkins after them. U-pick is Fridays and Saturdays only, 9am to 5pm. That is the thing to plan around. What Else is Available A self-serve pole barn, open every day 9am to 5pm, selling apples, pumpkins, winter squash and sweet corn. If you cannot make a Friday or Saturday, that is the fallback. Pro tip: a self-serve barn on an honour system, open daily, is worth knowing about for a midweek drive when nothing else up here is open.

Krupp Farms on Krupp Avenue at Comstock Park is a berry farm with a proper day out attached, and the petting zoo is free to visit whether or not you pick anything. What You Can Pick Strawberries - early summer Raspberries - following on There are no peaches this year. The farm lost the crop to a cold winter and spring, and says so plainly rather than letting people drive out for them. What Else is Available The Berry Barn - pre-picked fruit when the fields are shut The Milk House - ice cream, hot dogs and strawberry shortcake Petting zoo, free to visit Playground and a pavilion Good to Know Payment is made out in the field rather than at a gate or a shop, so bring what you need with you rather than leaving it in the car. Pro tip: strawberry shortcake made with the fruit growing forty feet away is the reason to time a visit for the middle of the strawberry season rather than the end of it.

Lindberg's Blueberries is a Michigan Centennial Farm of twenty-five acres on 84th Avenue at Coopersville, one of a cluster of blueberry farms on the same road west of the Fruit Ridge. It is Environmentally Verified, a state scheme that certifies farm practice. What You Can Pick Blueberries, across six named varieties: Duke, Blue Crop, Brigitta, Nelson, Elliott and Liberty. Picking opened on July 14 at, which works out at two dollars a pound. Good to Know Six varieties across a twenty-five acre farm means the season runs long: Duke is an early variety and Elliott one of the latest grown anywhere, so there is usually something ripe from mid-July well into September. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-268-1848 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: Ven Roy is a mile down the same road and posts its own price and hours. Two farms in one trip, and you can compare Nelson against Nelson.

Palmer Blueberry Farm on Dame Road at Whitehall is the furthest north of the lake-shore blueberry farms in this region, and its bushes are notably well maintained, which on a u-pick farm is the difference between filling a bucket and hunting for fruit. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 3. What Else is Available A play area for children, and ready-picked berries for anyone who would rather not. The farm publishes no price. Ring 231-893-4500 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: Whitehall is the top of the fruit belt, so this farm opens a few days behind the ones at Holland and South Haven. If you have missed the season further south, try here.

Paulson's Pumpkin Patch on West Belding Road at Belding is open an unusually long stretch of the year, June to November, and every day of the week from nine in the morning until dark. What You Can Pick Pumpkins, from the patch. What Else is Available Hayrides on Sunday afternoons in October, which is the one fixed event in the calendar. Good to Know Open daily, 9am until dark. In late October that means about half past six, and in September closer to eight. Pro tip: an October Sunday afternoon is the only time the hayrides run, and it is also when the patch is busiest. Go on a weekday if you want the pumpkins without the queue.

Rasch Cherry & Apple Market on 40th Avenue at Conklin runs golf carts, which it calls Cherry-ots, out into the orchard. That solves the problem every cherry farm has, which is that the good fruit is a long walk from the car park. What You Can Pick Sweet and tart cherries - from the last week of June to about the middle of July Apples - September and October Flowers - August and September What Else is Available Corn maze - August and September Sunflower trail - September Haunted maze and pumpkin patch - October Barn market and a custom bakery, open year round Good to Know Two quite different timetables. In cherry season the market is open 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and noon to 5pm Sunday. From August to October it is weekends only, 10am to 6pm Saturday and noon to 5pm Sunday. Payment is unusually broad: EBT Bridge Card, Senior Fresh Project, cash, cheque and cards, with a fee on credit. Pro tip: the Cherry-ot carts also make this one of the few orchards in the region a person who cannot walk far can actually pick at.

Reenders Blueberry Farms on West Olive Road has been family owned and worked since 1956, and grows twelve different varieties. It is one of the larger operations on this coast. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 10, across twelve varieties. Buckets to pick into and boxes to take the fruit home in are both provided, so there is genuinely nothing to bring. What Else is Available A bakery, and the glazed blueberry doughnuts are what people come back for. Good to Know Open 8am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays. The picking locations vary daily. Twelve varieties across a large farm means the block that is ready changes constantly, so ask when you arrive rather than heading for where you picked last time. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-842-5238 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: providing the boxes as well as the buckets is rare and worth knowing. Most farms lend you a pail and expect you to have brought something to carry seven pounds of fruit home in.

Robinette's Apple Haus & Winery on 4 Mile Road is the best known farm in Grand Rapids and one of the few open for most of the year rather than a season. Fresh-pressed cider and doughnuts all year round, and a winery making hard cider and fruit wines. What You Can Pick Apples, from the beginning of September, when the u-pick orchard and the corn maze open together. What Else is Available Cider and doughnuts, pressed and made on site, available all year Winery with hard cider and fruit wine tastings Hayrides and a corn maze Bakery and market Good to Know The farm opens for the season in early June, running Tuesday to Saturday, 8am to 5.30pm, closed Mondays and Sundays. From September it goes seven days a week for the apple season. Pro tip: the cider and doughnuts are available all year, which makes this the one farm in the region worth driving to in February.

S. Kamphuis Blueberries on 148th Avenue at Holland has just finished its eighty-fifth blueberry season, which makes it one of the oldest continuously picking farms anywhere on this site. Twenty acres of fields, and a farm store that is a destination on its own. What You Can Pick Blueberries, across twenty acres, through the long Holland season. What Else is Available The farm store carries baked goods, gourmet foods, ice cream and blueberry-themed gifts. There is a second site, The Shack on Butternut Drive, which opens separately. Good to Know Open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 5pm Saturday. The Sunday entry on the farm's own opening hours reads, in full: "church, laundry, make pies". The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-399-9545 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: eight in the evening on a weekday is a rare thing on a blueberry farm and the best hour of a July day to pick in. The heat has gone and the fields are empty.

Schwallier's Country Basket on 9 Mile Road at Sparta sits in the middle of the Fruit Ridge, and it opens at seven in the morning on weekdays, which is unusual for an orchard and useful in September heat. What You Can Pick Apples - Zestar!, Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, SnapDragon and Triumph Pumpkins - autumn Open seasonally, August to October. What It Costs Entry to the farm is free. You only pay for the attractions: Corn maze and the Back 40 - $14 a person, under-threes free Apple cannon ammunition - $5 a bucket What Else is Available A farm animal barn, a children's play area, the N.O.B. Café, the market, a pumpkin patch and story time sessions for young children. Good to Know The pattern shifts through the season. In August it is weekdays only, 7am to 5pm, shut at weekends. From early September it runs seven days, weekdays 7am to 6pm and weekends from 9am. Pro tip: SnapDragon and Triumph are both recent varieties bred for flavour rather than shipping, and neither turns up in a supermarket. Ask which block they are in.

Summersweet Orchard on 92nd Street at Caledonia opens on August 20, which makes it one of the first apple orchards picking anywhere in the region, a full three weeks before most of the Ridge. What You Can Pick Apples, starting with Zestar and Sweet MAIA. Both are early varieties bred for flavour rather than storage, and both are effectively unbuyable in a shop because they do not keep. Good to Know The orchard publishes very little beyond its opening date. Its 2023 prices were $1 a pound, or $1.45 for Honeycrisp, which would make it among the cheapest apple picking in the region, but no 2026 figures were found. Ring 616-698-7134 before setting out. Pro tip: an August apple is a different thing from an October one. Zestar is crisp and sharp and lasts about a week off the tree, which is exactly why nobody sells it.

The Orchards at Red Barn on Alden Nash Avenue at Lowell stays open until nine at night, six days a week, which almost no picking farm anywhere does. What You Can Pick Apples Pumpkins, from the patch What Else is Available The BarnYard Petting Farm Tractor Tire Mountain and the Apple Bouncer jump pad Corn maze and yard games Season passes are sold for the year, which is worth doing if you are local and coming more than twice. Good to Know Open 10am to 9pm Monday to Saturday and 1pm to 9pm Sunday. No food, picnics or alcohol may be brought onto the farm. That is stated plainly and it is worth knowing before packing a hamper. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-987-3182 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: picking apples after dark under lights is a genuinely different experience, and this is one of very few farms in the country where you can.

Trapp's Berry Farm on the east side of Rockford is a raspberry farm first, with a stand carrying whatever else is ready: tomatoes, peaches, honey, flowers, beans and other local produce. What You Can Pick Raspberries, which is unusual as a farm's main crop in a region where almost everyone grows blueberries or apples. Good to Know Open 9am to 6pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am to 4pm Saturday, and closed Wednesdays and Sundays. The mid-week closure catches people out. The farm keeps a recorded message on 616-874-5935 with what is picking. That is where the season lives, and it is worth a call before driving out. Pro tip: a raspberry specialist is worth seeking out. Farms that grow them alongside everything else tend to give them the worst ground; here they are the point.

True Blue Farms at Grand Junction opens eight in the morning to seven at night, seven days a week, which is the longest week any farm in this region keeps. What You Can Pick Bluecrop blueberries, from July 1. The farm describes its fields as large, open and constantly trimmed, which is the difference between filling a bucket in an hour and spending a morning at it. What Else is Available A country store on the same site. Good to Know The u-pick fields have their own address, 09589 CR 215, which is not the same as the main farm. Worth checking the satnav before setting off. The farm publishes no price. There is no phone number on record either. Pro tip: a seven o'clock closing seven days a week makes this the most flexible blueberry picking in Michigan. Bluecrop is the standard commercial variety and freezes as well as any.

Veenstra Family Strawberry Farm on 200th Avenue at Holton opens at seven in the morning, which on a strawberry farm in late June is the whole point: the fruit is cold, the field is empty and the sun is not yet on it. What You Can Pick Strawberries, from mid-June to about the first of July. That is a two or three week season and it is the entire year's picking. Good to Know Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7am to 7pm and Saturday 7am to 3pm. Closed Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, which is an unusual pattern and easy to fall foul of. Cash only. Pro tip: a three-week strawberry season with four opening days a week means roughly twelve chances in the year. Put it in the calendar in May.

Visser Farms on 112th Avenue at Holland runs a Country Market open year round alongside its fields, and it is one of very few farms on this site that accepts SNAP, WIC and Senior Fresh assistance. What You Can Pick Strawberries - early summer Blueberries - through the long Holland season What Else is Available The Country Market makes fresh cake doughnuts and sells coffee, seasonal flowers and plants, and goods from partner producers: dairy, meats, bakery items, honey and soda. Good to Know Market hours are 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 3pm Saturday, closed Sundays. The farm is clear that u-pick hours vary from the market's, so this is one to ring about rather than assume. The farm publishes no price. Ring (616) 875-8559 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: accepting SNAP, WIC and Senior Fresh is rare on a picking farm and worth knowing. If you use any of them, this is the farm on this coast to head for.

Wells Orchards opens its sweet cherries on June 20, which makes it one of the first farms picking anywhere in the region. This season is a difficult one and the farm is straightforward about it. What You Can Pick Sweet cherries, from June 20, 8am to 5pm. The crop is much smaller this year and the farm is running only a limited number of u-pick days as a result. That makes ringing ahead essential rather than advisable. What Else is Available A farm store on site, and the orchard also sells at the Fulton Street Farmers Market on Saturday mornings and at Grandville on Tuesdays. Pro tip: if the u-pick days are gone, the two farmers markets are the fallback, and Fulton Street on a Saturday morning is a Grand Rapids institution in its own right.

Woodland Enterprises Berry Farm on Pierce Street at Zeeland picks and plants in nice wide rows, which sounds like a small thing and is not: wide rows mean a pushchair or a wheelchair can get down them. What You Can Pick Blueberries, from July 6, across Duke, Blue Crop and Blue Ray. Good to Know Open 8am to 8pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and 8am to 3pm Saturday. Closed Thursdays and Sundays, which is an unusual pattern and catches people out. Pre-picked fruit is available, but the farm asks you to call ahead to place orders rather than turning up expecting it. The farm publishes no price. Ring 616-875-8853 if you need to know before you go. Pro tip: Duke is early, Blue Crop mid-season and Blue Ray the sweetest of the three. Ask which is at its best rather than picking the nearest row.