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U-Pick Farms and Orchards, sorted by county

Adams County

• Mill Creek Farm - pumpkins, strawberries, prepicked produce, restrooms
  2833 S. 48th Street, Quincy, IL 62305. Phone: 217-222-8430. Email: roegge@warpnet.net. Directions: 2.5 miles south of Broadway (Route 104) on 48th Street in Quincy. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Click here for picking updates. Crops are usually available in May, June, October. Open: Strawberries- open Mon-Sat, Pumpkins open daily Strawberries available (usually) mid May thru early June Payment: Cash, Check.

Calhoun County

• Ringhausen Orchards - U-Pick: blackberries, vegetables. 
  Route 16 & 100,  Phone: 618-576-2811. 

Champaign County

• Curtis Orchard Ltd. - apples. 
  3902 S. Duncan Road, Champaign, IL 61822 Phone: 217-359-5565. E-mail: curtisp777@aol.com
• Stone Organic Pastures - ORGANIC, raw cow milk, eggs, grassfed Angus beef (No blueberries in 2007 due to the frost)
  1, Fisher, IL 61843. Phone: 217-897-6085. Fax: 217-897-6085. Email us at: trstone@gmail.com. Directions: Email or call Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in spring and summer. Open: Anytime, call first to make sure available. We are certified organic for all crops! Payment: Cash, Check. Fisher, (near Champaign, IL | Central Illinois): Stone Organic Pastures, Certified Organic by Indiana Certified Organic, LLC. Our farmland/pasture has never been sprayed with any chemical for 20+ years. Summer 2007 we will have available: Raw cow milk in July or Aug. ’07, (100% grassfed, no grain, no soy).  Organically raised, all grass-fed Angus beef, Brown eggs fed organic feed.  Chickens are allowed to roam anywhere on the pasture (fenceless/grass-ranged)
• Tomahnous Farm - ORGANIC, Apple, Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Blueberry,
  480 E. 2500 N. Mahomet Il. 61853. Phone 217-586-5632. E-mail lhaynes@prairienet.org  Also beef, chicken, lamb, and turkey. Organic, and transitional organic.

Clinton County

• Sugar Creek Orchard - apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums & nectarines. 
  3800 Wesclin Road,  Trenton, IL 62293. Phone: 618-224-7587 or 314-727-4512. 

Clay County

DeWitt County

Edwards County

• Seals Orchard - Strawberries. 
  R. R. 1, Bone Gap, IL 62815 Phone: 618-456-3545. U-Pick area has doubled from last year's patch. Larger patches next year. 

Ford County

• Bensons Blueberries - Pick-Your-Own blueberries and raspberries. 
  Box 136, Elliott, IL 60933.  (217) 749-2309. 

Hancock County

• Walnut Ridge Farm - Pick-Your-Own raspberries.  UPDATE June 22, 2007: They've closed / out of business
  Hamilton, IL 62341. 

Henderson County

• Twin Brook Farm - apples, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, beans, broccoli, cabbage & sweet corn. 
  R. R. 1, Box 209, Stronghurst, IL 61480 (Henderson County)  Phone: 309-924-1529. 

Jackson County

• McLaughlin Strawberry Farm - strawberries,
  936 McLaughlin Road, Murphysboro, IL 62966. Phone: 618-684-4034. Email: CharlMclghln@aol.com. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May, June. Open: May and June. Payment: Cash, Check.

Jersey County

• Eckert’s Farm - apples, pumpkins, peaches.  
  Route 1, Box 87A, Grafton, IL Phone: 618-786-3445. Open: Monday - Saturday - 8 am to 6 pm, Sunday 9 am to 6 pm
• Joe Ringhausen Orchard & Apple House (II) - apples, apricots, blackberries, grapes, melons, peaches, pears, plums, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers & gherkins, eggplants, onions, peppers, potatoes, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, turnips, 
  Also cider, honey sorghum, jams, jellies, preserves, marmalades, popcorn & pecans. Rte 67 South, Jerseyville, IL 62052 (Jersey County) Phone: 618-498-6951 or Phone: 618-376-6772. Illinois Products gift baskets available.Open: July5 - Christmas, 9 am to 5 pm. 

Jo Daviess County

• White's Berry Farm - Strawberries & raspberries (red, yellow and black), peaches, tomatoes, peppers, melons, sweet corn, pumpkins, gourds, squash and much more. 
  1729 N. Blackjack Road, Galena, IL 61036 Phone: 815-777-3106. Call for directions and for more information.

Johnson County

• Larry Trover Produce - Krissara’s Pride tomatoes (20 lb. U.S. #1), pears, strawberries, beans, peppers. 
  992 Gilead Church Road, Vienna, IL 62995. Phone: 618-658-5100. 

Knox County

• Nyman's Harvest Corner - strawberries. 
  R. R. 1, Maquon, IL., 837 Brown Avenue, Galesburg, IL, 61401. Phone: 309-342-5059 or: 309-462-5242. cnyman4@insightbb.com Roadside Market: fresh blueberries, strawberries, asparagus, honey and popcorn.  Farm is one mile North of Herman Illinois on Knox County Rte. 8. Open May 1. Hours: 8am–5pm, Monday to Saturday, 8am–3pm Sunday. Call first.

Logan County

• Clark’s Greenhouse & Herbal Country - herbs, scented geraniums & edible flowers, fresh flowers and bouquets. 
  2580 100th Avenue, San Jose, IL 62682 Phone: 309-247-3679. Other: sells vegetables, display garden, classes year round, newsletter, open year round. E-mail: wclark@mtco.com

Macon County

• Green Shadows Farm - fresh green beans. 
  908 S. Route 121, Mt. Zion, IL 62549 Phone: 217-864-3223. Roadside Market: apple cider, apple butter, fresh apples, tomatoes, honey, asparagus, broccoli, gherkins, peppers, squash & Indian corn, tomatoes (hydroponic year round) sweet corn, asparagus, pumpkins (seasonal).  E-mail: stutzermd@aol.com

Macoupin County

• Backwoods Berry Farm - strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, asparagus
  27244 Hettick & Scottsville Road, Hettick, IL 62649  Phone: (217) 436-2510.  Blake: A visitor writes: "The owners are SO nice and helpful. They sell some related items, such as cookbooks too..."   
• Broom Orchard - apples, corn maze, pumpkins, pony rides, straw maze
  12803 Broom Road, Carlinville, IL 62626.  Phone: 217-854-3514. Email: info@broomorchard.com. Open: May, September, October. Broom Orchard is celebrating their 24th (2006) annual Apples Festival, Saturday and Sunday, September 23rd and 24th, 2006 from 9:00-6:00 each day. Brooms will offer freshly picked apples or you can pick-your-own in the orchard. The farm market is stocked full of Amish-made apples butter, preserves, no sugar spreads, Illinois honey, popcorn, village candles, fall and Halloween decor, as well as pottery and crafty items. Mo Beeler will have pony rides and a petting zoo. Children will have fun hiking in the Corn Maze, crawling through the Straw Maze and getting their face painted. Outside crafters will be outside such as tye-dying clothing, jewelry and country crafts. Old-fashion Kettle Korn will be piping hot and the Pork Producers will be serving sandwiches. Brooms will have their famous cider slush, hot dogs, nachos and home-made caramel apples and apples crisp. Entertainment for the weekend will be the Uptown String Band on Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 and Blue Mountain Tradition Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00. Brooms will promote "We sell fruit, the fun is free!" The annual Pumpkin Festival, Saturday and Sunday, October 14th and 15th, 2006 from 9:00 to 6:00 each day. Brooms will offer pre-picked pumpkins or you can enjoy the finding that perfect pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch.

Madison County

• Berry Patch - strawberries. 
  351 Spangle, Stauton, IL 62088.  (I-55 Frontage Road 1 mile North of Livingston)  Phone: 618-637-2686.  Open: after May 15- June 9.  Suggest you call before coming. 
• Demange Farm - 
  10349 W. Astor Road, St. Jacob, IL 62281 Phone: 618-644-9218. 
  You pick or they pick. Ready end of May. Open: Around May 20, 7 am to 7 pm daily (only)
• W. J. Donahue Sunshine Farm -  strawberries. 
  3540 Fairmont, Collinsville, IL 62234 Phone: 618-345-0766. Open: 8 am to 7 pm
• Hanfelder’s Farm Market - U-pick: strawberries, peppers, tomatoes, peaches, apples.
  Horseshoe Lake Road & Illinois route 111, Granite City, IL (Madison County) Phone: 618-931-0512. Hours: May 1 - November, 9am to 6pm daily
• Mills Apple Farm - U-Pick: peaches, apples, Christmas trees, 
  11477 Pocahontas Road, Marine, IL (Madison County) Phone: 618-887-4732.  Will open 2nd week in July. Market: peaches, apples. 
• Reinhardt's Berry Patch - blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries.  
  7503 Kerin Road,  Alhambra, IL 62001 (Madison County)  Phone: 618-633-2888.  Also Pre-picked Also available: handmade arts and crafts; pumpkins and gourds. Call for availability and picking appointments.
• Strackeljahn Farms - U-pick: strawberries. 
  Highway 40,  St. Jacob, IL (Madison County)  Phone: 618-644-2982. 
• Stumpf Peach Orchard - peaches.  
  6210 Geiger Road,  Alhambra, IL. (Madison County)  Phone: 618-488-7423.  Farmer’s/Roadside.

Marion County

• Beal's Orchard - Pick your own: Blueberries, peaches, apples
  471 Jasper Road, Centralia, Illinois, IL, 62801. Phone: 618-822-6169. Also a roadside market with breads, cakes, pastries with fillings, donuts, caramel apples, popcorn, molasses, fresh apples, blackberries, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, sweet corn and turnips. Aunt Beth's brand apple butter (sweetened/unsweetened). Beal's Orchard apple cider, cherry apple cider and mulling spices. Prairie Apiaries brand honey and Larry Miles/Millsap brand sorghum.
• Sager Farms - blackberries & strawberries. 
  5251 Kell Road, Kell, IL 62853. Phone: 618-822-6637. Roadside Market: fresh apples, blackberries, peaches, strawberries, tomatoes & sweet corn.
• Schwartz Farms - apples, blueberries, peaches, pears, strawberries, watermelons, tomatoes, pumpkins
  1941 Copple Road,  P. O. Box 885, Centralia, IL 62801 (Marion County)  Phone: 618-532-8058 or Phone: 618-249-8546. Also apple cider, honey, molasses & apple butter. 

Mason County

• Windmill Farm Berries - raspberries.   
  29961 E. County Road,  Manito, IL 61546  Phone: (309) 968-7722. 

McLean County

• Pleasant Hill Farm - raspberries.  
  R.R.2 Box 10B,  Lexington, IL 61753. Phone: (309) 365-8539. 

Menard County

• Frank Farms, Inc. - asparagus, sweet corn when in season, 
  R. R. 2, Box 41, Athens, IL 62613 Phone: 217-636-8112. E-mail: kfrank54@aol.com  Wagon ride fall through winter, Christmas trees day after Thanksgiving, can tag own tree. 

Monroe County

• Stuckmeyer’s Plants & Produce - U-pick: strawberries, pumpkins .  
  9204 Bluff Road,  Waterloo, IL (Monroe County)  Phone: 618-935-2501.     Market: tomatoes, corn, beans, melons, pumpkins. 

Moultrie County

• Okaw Valley Orchard - apples, plums.
  RR 2 Box 124, Sullivan, IL 61951  Phone: 217-728-8269 or jennifer@okawvalleyorchard.com. Open: Mid July to Mid Nov. Hours: Mon - Sat 8am-6pm, Sun. 12pm - 5pm. Other products: prepicked apples, peaches, plums, pasteurized fresh cider, apple doughnuts, jams & jellies, fresh pies, dumplings, peach bread, gift & kitchen items. We also have a large playground and picnic area with restrooms for families to enjoy. Ask about our educational group tours. Don't miss our Old Fashioned Apple Festival the first weekend in October.
• The Great Pumpkin Patch - flowers, melons, pumpkins, summer squash, winter squash, OTHER fruit or veg
  R R 1, Box 100, Arthur, IL 61911. Phone: 217-543-4188. Fax: 775-719-3958. Email us at: tgpp1@wireless111.com. Directions: 2 miles South, one half mile West of Arthur And for a map to our farm, Click here. Our hours are: September 15- October 31 Daily, 9 am to 6 pm Indian corn, Mums, Straw mazes, Corn maze, Harvest Gift Shop, Sweet Shop, Pumpkin Ice Cream, Rack Wagon Rides, Squash Tasting, Squash Cooking Seminars

Peoria County

• Christ Orchard - apples, cherries, plums, pumpkins & squash. 
  4313 N. Texas Road, Elmwood, IL 61529.  Phone: 309-446-3324. Also jams, jellies, honey, cider, Indian corn, 
• Terry's Berries - U-pick strawberries. 
  6930 N. Dog Town Lane,  Elmwood, IL 61529 (Peoria County)  Phone: 309-742-8081 (Call if you have questions.).  They will pick for a fee.

Piatt County

• Pontious Farm, Inc. - following organic practices, blueberries & raspberries, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, rhubarb, pumpkins, Indian corn. 
  1958 Blueberry Lane, P. O. Box 70, White Heath, IL 61884 Phone: 217-762-7714. E-mail: richardpontious@netscape.net  Open late June for blueberries, sour cherries, rhubarb, and herbs. Red raspberries, tomatoes, and peppers available in August. UPDATE: The farm is now following organic practices; however, it is not certified organic

Putnam County

• Morrissey Family Farms - raspberries.  
  R.1 Box 56,  Putnam, IL 61560. Phone: (309) 364-4500. 
  

Randolph County

• G & C Meyer Farm - strawberries, blackberries, pumpkins. 
  4370 Rockcastle Road, Steeleville, IL 62288 Phone: 618-965-3800. Roadside Market: strawberries, blackberries, red & black raspberries, garden vegetables in season, pumpkins. Open April 26 - Halloween, 8 am to 6 pm, Monday-Friday; 1 pm to 5 pm, Sunday; call for appointment otherwise.
• Guten Tag Orchard - apples. 
  3946 State Route #3, Chester, IL (Randolph County) 6 hours from Chicago. Phone: 618-826-3300. Market: peaches, nectarines, corn, apples, pumpkins, strawberries.

St. Clair County

• Braeutigam Orchards - U-pick: blackberries, peaches, apples, pumpkins, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers. 
  2765 Turkey Hill Lane, Belleville, IL.  Phone: 618-233-4059
• Eckert Orchards, Inc. - apples, blackberries, peaches, strawberries, pumpkins, 
  951 S. Greenmount Road, Belleville, IL 62220 Phone: 618-233-0513.  Farm is closed January 1 - March 1. Restaurant is closed first two weeks of the year. Opens after January 15th. Has also a gift store. Also apple cider, apple juice, bread products, gift and fruit baskets. 
• Green Acres Farm/ Janet Wiser Produce - U-Pick Farm: wheat, soybeans, corn, horseradish - November, mustard, turnip, tendergreen, collard greens, kale, green, roma, white lima, speckled butter beans, crowder peas. Market: sweet potatoes and spinach. 6200 Rock Springs Road, East St. Louis, IL (St. Clair County) Call for directions. Phone: 618-397-6237. Open around Labor Day

Sangamon County

• The Berry Patch - asparagus, strawberries, blackberries, red raspberries (fall crop), pumpkins, ornamental corn, gourds. 
  11471 Lynn Road, Buffalo Hart, IL 62515.  Phone: 217-364-5606.  jdcdorr@fgi.net
• Jefferies Orchard - strawberries. 
  5 miles north of Springfield off of Rt.29 on Jefferies Road, Phone: 217-487-7582.  
• Sabattini’s Garden Center and Associated Growers - raspberries and vegetables
  Hochester Road,  P. O. Box 112, Springfield, IL 62607 (Sangamon County)  Phone: 217-529-3620 or 217-529-2347. Roadside Market & Wholesale: dried/dehydrated apples & tomatoes, beans, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, garlic, onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, sweet corn. 
  

Tazewell County

• Austin’s Strawberries & Red Raspberries - fresh raspberries 
  12505 Springfield Road, P. O. Box 361. Tremont, IL 61568  Phone: 309-925-3206.  (no raspberries until August) & strawberries. 

Union County

• Alto Vineyards, Ltd. -  seedless grapes
  8515 N. Highway 127. P. O. Box 51. Alto Pass, IL 62905. E-mail: altovin@midwest.net Phone: 618-893-4898.
• Blue Berry Hill Farm - blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes and watermelons. 
  675 Wrights Crossing Road, Cobden, IL 62920.  Phone: 618-893-2397. Fresh peppers, squash and turnips.  (Strawberry farm just off Hwy. 51, north of Cobden)

Wayne County

• Shreve's Pumpkin Patch - strawberries, pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, corn maze, child-sized haybale maze, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area
  R.R. 4 Box 309 , Barnhill, IL 62809. Phone: (618)896-5656. Email us at: bosspumpkin@yahoo.com. Directions: We are located just North of the Mill Shoals exit 110 on I-64. Turn East at the Barnhill crossroads(there are blue tourists info signs telling you to turn here). From there follow the orange pumpkin patch signs to our farm. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May, June, September, October. Open: Strawberries: 10:00 am to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday Pumpkin Patch: 10:00 am to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday and 12:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. on Sunday Strawberries: mid-May through Mid-June Pumpkin Patch: September 1st through October 31st Payment: Cash, Check.

Williamson County

• Greer's Lost Creek Farm - blueberries
  5023 New Hope Lane, Carbondale, IL 62901. Phone: 618.457.5949. Directions: 2 miles east of Giant City Grade school. OR Take Skyhawk West from Spillway.....you'll see the sign Click here for a map to our farm. We are open June, July. Our hours are: Monday thru Saturday. 7 am to 12:30 & 4:00 pm til... Late June & early July. Depends on weather. 2004 prices: $1.20 per pound if you pick $1.85 per pound pre-picked daily

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