2024 Coastal Georgia, including the Savannah area Strawberry U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Strawberry U-Pick Orchards in Coastal Georgia, including the Savannah area in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for strawberries that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have strawberries orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

Appling County

• Louanna Grimes - Strawberries
  190 Joe Smith Road, Baxley, GA 31513. Phone: . Open: Call before you go!. Click here for a map and directions.
• Mathews Farms - Strawberries
  3804 County Farm Road, Baxley, GA 31513. Phone: 912-367-2363. Open: From April to early June they have strawberries, then in June, they have already picked blueberries and tomatoes. Click here for a map and directions. . Alternate Phone: (912) 278-7798. See their Facebook page or call before you go. We-pick or u-pick! (UPDATED: September 26, 2019, JBS)

Bulloch County

• Clark Farm & Produce - Strawberries, tomatoes
  400 Clark Farm Road, Twin City, GA 30471. Phone: 912-865-3200. Open: Monday through Saturday, from 9 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm; call ahead to verify availability Crops usually ready in mid-April. Click here for a map and directions. Clark Farm & Produce (Mail: P.O. Box 107, Portal, GA 30450). Monday through Saturday, from 9 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm; call ahead to verify availability (Crops usually ready in mid-April). Bring your own containers. Tomatoes start in early July.

Camden County

• Merck Farms - strawberries, vegetables
  4745 Clark\'s Bluff Road, Kingsland, GA 31548. Phone: (912) 674-0197. Email: bob@merckfarms.com. Directions: type . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
  Merck Farms Facebook page. . is open based on crop availability, they update open times every afternoon/evening on their Facebook page. Please call or text prior to driving out to the farm to confirm seasonal hours of operation and crop availability. "" into Google Maps, Apple Maps or Car GPS systems or if you are on your phone just click on this link. Click here for a map to our farm. LLC is a locally owned farm located on the St. Mary's River in Kingsland, GA. Our mission is to grow fresh fruits and vegetables, and provide them to our community. We believe in reducing our footprint on the earth by growing locally and sending the food straight from the farm to your table. Strawberry U-pick started earlier than normal in February in 2020 and ended the season in early April. Vegetable U-pick began about one month after the strawberry U-pick ended. The vegetables typically include sweet onions, bell peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, cherry tomatoes and slicing tomatoes. (ADDED: September 16, 2020, JBS)

Candler County

• Berry Good Farms - blackberries, pumpkins, strawberries
  RR 3 Box 215 Excelsior, Metter, GA 30439. Phone: 912-685-9869. Email: deloach@gnet.net. Open: April, May, June, July, September, October. Directions: Exit 111 off of I-16, 2 miles to Excelsior, right at 4 way stop, farm is .75 miles on left. . Click here for a map and directions. . Fax: 912-685-6417. . Click here for a map to our farm. We are open Our hours are: Tuesday to Saturday, 8 am to 6pm, Sunday, 1 pm to 6pm Farm is available for tours and field trips. We also grow about 600 acres of flue-cured tobacco with 67 curing barns on site. Also on premises is an old Commissary building which has been refurbished. It is excellent to rent for parties, meetings, or receptions. We use it as a Haunted House during Halloween.
• Carpenter's Farm - Strawberries
  RR 1 Box 76-A, Metter, GA 30439. Phone: 912-685-3812. Open: No idea, apparently they publish zilch online, you we must all call them yes, that does seem crazy to us, too. Click here for a map and directions. . No idea, apparently they publish zilch online, you we must all call them (yes, that does seem crazy to us, too.

Chatham County

• Ottawa Farms - blackberries, blueberries, muscadine grapes, strawberries, Honey from hives on the farm, porta-potties are available, school tours
  702 Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, GA 31302. Phone: 912-748-3035. Email: ottawafarms@gmail.com. Open: Mid March thru August Tuesday thru Saturday 8 am until 6 pm; Sunday 1 pm until 6 pm, closed on Monday. Directions: Exit 152 from I-16, go north on Bloomingdale Road, go approximately 2 miles, farm is on the right. Hwy 80 turn onto Cherry Street, cross railroad track, farm is on the left. Motor homes and buses, please use service entrance beside railroad track. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Fax: 912 748 3035. . Strawberries: Mid March thru April Blackberries: May Blueberries: June Muscadine grapes: September. We will hold our annual Strawberry Festival April 14 & 15, 2012 Entertainment, craft & food vendors, children's activities, fun for the entire family. Saturday 9:00 until 6:00 Sunday 1:00 until 6:00 Admission $5.00 ages 6 and older, children under 6 are admitted free. Our Corn Maze and Pumpkins will be in October, please call for dates and hours of operation. is a third generation family owned farm. U-pick Strawberries, Blackberries and Blueberries. Hormone and Antibiotic free Black Angus beef. Vegetables and melons available spring and summer. Clover honey from our farm. Beginning mid March when the strawberry crop is ready. Hormone and Antibiotic free Black Angus beefWe also have sausage, bacon and pork chops for sale, PLUS our Beef (no growth hormones or antibiotics). No PETS please, no wagons, strollers, backpacks, in the field. We provide picking containers. In 2021, Berries are $3.00 per pound U PICK, if we pick they are $4.00 per pound.
  Comments from a visitor on April 09, 2011: "I always use this site to verify what is in season around me. Today, we went to in Chatham County to pick strawberries. I found the link on your site and it lead me to the flyer and today happened to be Strawberry Festival day. It was a couple of hours away from our home, but we spent the day there playing and picking strawberries, which are delicious! Thank you so much for the information and for taking the time to inform the public about all of these great places. "

Effingham County

• Hodges Farms - strawberries, blackberries, peaches
  8705 Hwy 21, North Newington, GA 30446. Phone: 912-754-7257. Email: hodgesfarm@yahoo.com. Open: Strawberry and Blackberry season which usually starts in March thru JuneMay and early June, Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm. Click here for a map and directions.
  Hodges Farms Facebook page. . facebook page. (UPDATED: February 26, 2021 JBS) A visitor writes on June 27, 2020: "this farm is still active..we were 1 week too late, their blueberry season ended on June 21..will reopen again in march 2021" (UPDATED: March 24, 2010, GAMB)
• John Martin - Strawberries
  533 Exley Loop, Rincon, GA 31326. Phone: . Click here for a map and directions.

Screven County

• Hodges Farm - Strawberries, blackberries
  8705 Highway 21 North, Newington, GA 30446. Phone: 912-754-7257. Open: Strawberries can start as early as late February, but March and April are the typical harvest months. Click here for a map and directions. . Phone: (912) 687-6448. We are a local family owned "Pick Your Own" or "We Pick" farm of Strawberries and Thornless Blackberries. Please stop in to get some fresh berries , jams, jellies or local Honey or just to sit and catch up with owners Eddie & Christy Hodges. We are located on the Effingham/Screven County border just 20 minutes from Statesboro and 50 minutes from Downtown Savannah.
• Jacobs Produce - Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries
  22695 Scarboro Highway, Rocky Ford, GA 30455. Phone: 912-863-7522. Email: jacobsproduce@yahoo.com. Open: Monday to Saturday from 7:30 am to 6 pm; Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm. Click here for a map and directions.
  Jacobs Produce Facebook page. . a family owned and operated business started in 1993 with our first strawberry patch. Today, we have farm fresh fruits, vegetables, and more available seasonally.Jacobs' Produce is a locally owned business and specializes in fresh produce beginning in April that continues through early September each year. A variety of vegetables are available throughout the produce season, and we plan to update our customers with the available ones as they become ready. If you cannot make it out to our store during the week, check us out at the Farmers Market in Statesboro on Saturday's from 9:00a.m.- 12:30 p.m. We are also now offering home delivery in designated areas with Farm Fresh Express. Go to our website to learn more. Don't hesitate to call us with questions about where we are located, when certain vegetables will be available, etc. We look forward to seeing you! Facebook page. Our location is about 15 miles outside of Statesboro into Screven County. on Hwy 17.
• Wade Plantation - blackberries, strawberries, and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms
  752 Oglethorpe Trail Highway 301 North, Sylvania, GA 30467. Phone: 912-829-3391. Directions: From Sylvania take Highway 301 North approximately 18 miles. Turn left at the Wade Plantation sign. Immediately begin looking for signs on the left. Follow signs. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Fax: 912-829-3599. Call BEFORE you got; I haven't found an update in YEARS - Monday thru Saturday 9 am to 6 pm. Sunday 1 pm to 6 pm. Crops are usually available in April, May, June, July. Strawberries available April & May. Blackberries available June & July.

Tattnall County

• Durrence Farms - U-pick strawberries, blackberries and prepicked vegetables
  14381 Hwy 301(5 miles north of Glenville), Glenville, GA . Phone: 912 654 4367. Email: danny@jdbeef.com. Open: Daylight, March for strawberries, onions, May for blackberries, squash, cucumbers, June for tomatoes, cantaloupes, July for watermelons, peppers etc, Fall for greens. Click here for a map and directions. . If attendant is not available you can pay in the honor box. Bring small bills to verify yourself out. Greens, turnips, mustard, etc in cold weather; Strawberries March to May; Blackberries in May-June; Tomatoes June; Squash May-June & later; Cucumbers Bell peppers, others. DC Durrence Farm knows a thing or two about home-grown. A fourth generation family owned and operated farm, Durrence Farm has four poultry houses, a farm-fresh road side market, and JD Beef cattle operation. The farm grows strawberries, tomatoes, sweet corn, and a variety of fresh garden vegetables and fruits. When owners Danny and Sandra Durrence are not busy managing the farm they can be found making trips to supply the Daniel Reed restaurants with seasonal produce and beef. Farm Fresh U-Pick, Angus Cattle, USDA Certified. A visitor writes on May 6, 2020: "II go there several times a year and was just there last week to get strawberries. There is a review on your web site that leads people to think it is closed. Please know that it is NOT closed but actually doing better than ever. They seem to have had a better farm the last few years - more organized and a wider variety of crops. I always do the U-Pick strawberries and blackberries. It is a wonderful roadside farm with very friendly owners. If the owners aren't there, they have an honor box which is great if I can only get their in early evening or Sundays..
  Comments from a visitor on June 08, 2010: "Mr & Mrs Durrence are friendly and provide high quality produce at a reasonable price."
• Roger Dasher Farms - Strawberries
  Roger Dasher, Route 5 Box 290 Highway 144 East, Glennville, GA 30427. Phone: 912-654-4931. Click here for a map and directions. hter-arrested-in-fathers-2012-murderRoger Dasher Farms It looks like they must be closed. According to the news story, the owner was murdered. (UPDATED: May 24, 2016, JBS)

Ware County

• The Red Barn (formerly the Berry Patch) - strawberries, green beans vegetables
  6446 Valdosta Highway, Manor, GA 31550. Phone: 912-283-5060. Email: elmond@att.net. Open: closed on Sundays. Click here for a map and directions. The Red Barn (formerly the Berry Patch) . In April and May: strawberries, greens, potatoes, cabbage, yellow squash and zucchinis. Starting sometime in June, also Tomatoes, sweet corn, okra, and several varieties of beans(i.e. limas, grean beans, fordhooks,etc.). Be sure to call before you go to verify on their hours and availability of crops. We sell fresh quality produce by the pound or in bulk at low prices. Please call before you come to check on produce availability. Hours may vary. U-PICK TOMATOES: Tomato field is typicaly open in June and July for u-pick. 2020 price was $8 a 5 gallon bucket . Note: BRING YOUR OWN BUCKETS! STRING BEANS: Round Green String Beans and Flat Green String Beans in June and July. in 2020, they were $8.00 a 5 gallon bucket for u-pick green beans.
  Comments from a visitor on June 11, 2010: "Very friendly people willing to go the extra distance to make sure their customers are happy. Very reasonable prices and great vegetable/fruit quality.
  Comments from a visitor on July 17, 2009: "They were very nice. The turn in is there before you know it. Slow down in Manor near "Friendly Express" convenience store. Tomatoes available again in Oct. great watermelon and other produce. "

 

Strawberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

In the U.S. strawberries typically peak during April in Florida and Texas, May in the deep South, and in early June in middle sections and later June in the far North and Canada. Keep in mind that crops are ready at various times of the month depending on which part of the state you are located. In order to produce good local strawberries, producers depend on ideal spring weather conditions. 

Before you leave to go to the farm:

1. Always call before you go to the farm - strawberries are affected by weather (both rain and cooler temperature) more than most crops. And when they are in season, a large turnout can pick a field clean before noon, so CALL first!
2. Leave early.  On weekends, then fields may be picked clean by NOON!
    
3. Most growers furnish picking containers designed for strawberries, but they may charge you for them; be sure to call before you go to see if you need to bring containers.
   
   
   If you use your own containers, remember that heaping strawberries more than 5 inches deep will bruise the lower berries. Plastic dishpans, metal oven pans with 3 inch tall sides and large pots make good containers. I like the Glad storage containers like the one at right.
4. Bring something to drink and a few snacks; you'd be surprised how you can work up a thirst and appetite! And don't forget hats and sunscreen for the sun. Bugs usually aren't a problem, but some deet might be good to bring along if it has been rainy.

Tips on How to Pick Strawberries

1. Grasp the stem just above the berry between the forefinger and the thumbnail and pull with a slight twisting motion.

2. With the stem broken about one-half inch from the berry, allow it to roll into the palm of your hand.

3. Repeat these operations using both hands until each holds 3 or 4 berries. 

4. Carefully place - don't throw - the fruit into your containers. Repeat the picking process with both hands.

5. Don't overfill your containers or try to pack the berries down.

General Picking Tips

Whether you pick strawberries from your garden or at a Pick-Your-Own farm, here are a few tips to keep in mind:

1. Be careful that your feet and knees do not damage plants or fruit in or along the edge of the row.
   
2. Pick only the berries that are fully red. Part the leaves with your hands to look for hidden berries ready for harvest.
   
3. To help the farmers, also remove from the plants berries showing rot, sunburn, insect injury or other defects and place them between the rows behind you. If they are left in the plants, the rot will quickly spread to other berries.
   
4. Berries to be used immediately may be picked any time, but if you plan to hold the fruit for a few days, try to pick in the early morning or on cool, cloudy days. Berries picked during the heat of the day become soft, are easily bruised and will not keep well.
   
5. Avoid placing the picked berries in the sunshine any longer than necessary. It is better to put them in the shade of a tree or shed than in the car trunk or on the car seat. Cool them as soon as possible after picking. Strawberries may be kept fresh in the refrigerator for two or three, depending upon the initial quality of the berry. After a few days in storage, however, the fruit loses its bright color and fresh flavor and tends to shrivel.
   
6. For interesting and fun strawberry facts and trivia from the California Strawberry Commission, click here!

When you get home

1. DON'T wash the berries until you are ready to use them.  Washing makes them more prone to spoiling.
2. Pour them out into shallow pans and remove any mushed, soft or rotting berries
3. Put a couple of days supply into the fridge, wash and cut the caps (green tops) off the others and freeze them up! (Unless you're going to make jam right away) See this page about how to freeze strawberries.
4. If you like the strawberries you picked, ask the farm what variety they planted, and not the weather conditions the week or two before. The flavor of a strawberry is affected by the variety, the weather and the degree of ripeness when picked.
5. Now, get ready to make strawberry jam. It is VERY easy - especially with our free strawberry jam instructions - they're illustrated and easy.

Strawberry Recipes, Canning and Freezing Strawberries

• How to freeze strawberries!
• Strawberry jam (with pectin) (uses less sugar or honey and less cooking)
• Strawberry jam (without pectin) (requires much more sugar and cooking)
• Strawberry (and other berry) jams without sugar
• Strawberry jelly
• Strawberry-rhubarb jam!
• Homemade strawberry ice cream (regular, low fat, nonfat, low sugar, vanilla and even gelato)
• Canning strawberries
• Make gourmet chocolate-covered strawberries
• How to make fruit juice -  strawberry and other berries
• Strawberry pie filling
• Strawberry pie
• Easy Rhubarb-Strawberry pie
• Fig-strawberry jam
• Fig-strawberry jam, made with Jello gelatin

Strawberry Facts, Measurements and Tips

• Picking the best strawberries: Select firm, fully red berries. Strawberries DO NOT continue ripen after they are picked! In the photo, only the berry on the far right is completely ripe.
• Strawberry festivals: Most areas that grow strawberries have a strawberry festival, at which you can taste all kinds of fresh strawberry foods, pies, jams, cakes - and most commonly, fresh strawberry shortcake.  To find out where and when there is one near you, see this page for a list of strawberry festivals, sorted by state!
• Strawberries measurements: government agriculture websites tell us that
  1 quart = 2 pints = 4 cups and is about the same as 1 liter and
  1 quart of fresh strawberries weighs 1 lbs to 1.25 lbs (or 450 to 600 g). Of course, the weight varies on variety and weather conditions. 
  1 quart is normally enough for 4 servings, although I'll admit my son can eat 1 pint by himself!
• How much to pick? In general, 1 quart of fresh, whole, just-picked strawberries = approximately 3.5 cups hulled, whole berries. In other words, removing the caps/hulls and the occasional mushy berry means you lose 1/4 cup to 1/2 (it depends how much fruit you remove with the hull) or about 7 to 12% of every quart you pick.
• One cup of strawberries contains only about 50 calories
• U-pick strawberries are much healthier than store-bought.  Consumer reports says store bought strawberries have so many pesticide and fungicide residues on they, that they don't recommend you eat them at all!
• U-pick strawberry farms typically sell berries by the pound. 1 lbs of fresh strawberries is about 2/3 of a quart.
• It takes about  10 to 15 minutes to pick a quart, if the berries are reasonably plentiful
• The strawberry plant adapts to wide variety of soil conditions, but does not tolerate drought well, and the berries quickly rot if the weather is rainy. For this reason, the plants are usually grown on raised beds through plastic mulch!
• Cultivation of strawberries began in Europe in the 1300's, but the berry only became very popular in the early 1900's in California.
• Do the math and be careful not to over-purchase as strawberries quickly mold when left at room temperature, and only last a couple of days in the refrigerator.
• You can easily freeze berries that you cannot use right away - just wash, cut the hulls off and pop them into a ziplock bag, removing as much air as possible.  Those vacuum food sealers REALLY do a good job of this! The berries will keep for many months frozen without air.
• Want to grow your own strawberries?  Here's an article about how to: Strawberries are an Excellent Fruit for the Home Garden, HYG-1424-98!
• See this page for many more fun and interesting strawberry facts, nutritional information and trivia

Other weird strawberry facts

• Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.
• Strawberries were originally called strewberries because the fruit was 'strewn' amongst the leaves of the plant.
• California is king of strawberry productions because: California produces 75 percent of the nation's strawberry crops; one billion pounds of strawberries each year.  If all the strawberries produced in California in one year were laid berry to berry, they would go around the world 15 times. Each acre of land in California in strawberry production produces an average of 21 tons of strawberries annually, with a total of 23,000 acres of strawberries planted in California each year.

More conversions

1 pint (2 cups)  of fresh whole strawberries

• = about 8 oz (1/2 lb) of strawberries
• = 2.25 cups of sliced strawberries
• = 1 cup pureed strawberries
• = 12-14 large strawberries

2 quarts of fresh strawberries are needed for a 9" pie

A 10 oz package of frozen berries is about the same as 1 cup of sliced fresh strawberries

References:

• University of Illinois Extension
• Driscolls
• Ohio State University Extension
• Strawberries-Average retail price per pound and per cup equivalent

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers