Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Macon - Columbus area of Georgia in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for blueberries that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have blueberries 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!

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Baldwin County

• Pot Luck Nursery - No chemicals used, blueberries,
  282 Cox Woodland Road, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Phone: 478-932-5390. Email: popluck18@windstream.net. Open: 7 days a week from 9am to dark, usually from June 15 until end of August. Directions: From highway 22 & 441 continue west\( towards Gray\) to Old Monticello Road, Make a right and continue 3.5 miles to Cox Road, make a left and continue 1.5 miles to Cox Woodland Road make a left and we are second drive on right. Look for blueberry sign.. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Fax:. . From highway 22 & 441 continue west( towards Gray) to Old Monticello Road, Make a right and continue 3.5 miles to Cox Road, make a left and continue 1.5 miles to Cox Woodland Road make a left and we are second drive on right. Look for blueberry sign. Crops are usually available in June, July, August. Containers available for picking. (UPDATED: May 13, 2013)

Bibb County

• Judd Blueberry Farm - No chemicals used, blueberries,
  9481 Hopewell Road, Lizella, GA 31052. Phone: 478-935-8431. Email: ejudd55@gmail.com. Open: Saturdays 7 am to 1 pm . Directions: Eisenhower Parkway US80 turn right on Old Columbus Road, go to Hopewell Road turn right on Hopewell go 3 miles turn right at sign, gravel driveway takes you to Blueberries. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . Fax: 478-474-5137. . No Chemicals used, pick by the gallon with buckets provided. (UPDATED: June 04, 2016) . (ADDED: March 24, 2015)

Crawford County

• Fox Valley Farms - blackberries, blueberries, farm animals
  550 Greer Rd, Fort Valley, GA 31030. Phone: 478-822-9483. Open: Starts around first week in June; Open Tuesday Thursday; Saturday; 7:30 am to 7 pm Pick through mid July. Directions: From Ft. Valley go north on highway 341North. Go through 4Way Stop at bi-pass, take first road on right . 1.7miles on left. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Irwin County
• Sunshine's Berry Farm - No pesticides are used, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, & figs.
  Big Six Farms Rd, Fort Valley, GA 31030. Phone: (478) 955-7688. Email: sunshinesberryfarm@gmail.com. Open: Saturdays 8-12 for U-Pick & during the week by appointment. Click here for a map and directions. . This is a small family farm south of Macon, GA. We have 5 acres of organic blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, & figs. is a small family owned & operated farm in Crawford County just outside of Fort Valley, south of Macon. We currently have five acres of organic blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, figs, and grapes. Although we aren't CERTIFIED ORGANIC, we use only organic fertilizers with no pesticides or herbicides. We will even pick for you! Come by yourself or with family & friends for a basket of juicy fresh mouth-watering berries! You will also find us at the local markets. Future plans are to raise vegetables and free-range chickens. In several years we will have pecans from our 95 trees that are two years old. Bring a picnic with you to enjoy on our family-friendly farm after you pick your blueberries! Sunshines Berry Farm Facebook page. We have picnic tables, a play area for children & lots of chairs for relaxing! (No pets please.)

Harris County

• A&J Farm - blueberries, Muscadines and Scuppernongs.
  6876 Hamilton Pleasant Grove Road, Pine Mountain, GA 31822. Phone: 706-663-8352. Email: ajfarms34@aol.com. Open: 8 am to dark everyday; Call for availability. Directions: If you use map quest, we are north of Hopewell Church road. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . blueberries are ready usually starting around June 10th. Picking buckets furnished and bags to take home. Muscadines and Scuppernongs are usually available at A and J's from August 20 to September 30th.
• Champion Blueberries - blueberries, porta-potties are available
  10137 Ga. highway 18, Pine Mountain, GA 31822. Phone: 706-315-3336. Email: championblueberries@gmail.com. Open: from early June until mid-July usually, 7 days a week from 9 am til sundown. Directions: located 1mile East of exit 34 on I-185, Ga highway 18. Follow the signs on highway 18 to the blueberry field. Please being a bucket. 8 acres of blueberries. Blueberries ripe and ready in June. Directions: Take I-185 to Exit 34, Hwy 18, go towards Pine Mountain 1 mile and look for the blueberry sign. Follow signs approx. 1 mile back to the blueberry field. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . from early June until mid-July (usually), 7 days a week from 9 am til sundown. . Facebook Page.

Houston County

• Nash Farms - blueberries,
  240 Lake Joy Road, Perry, GA 31069. Phone: 478-256-0854. Email: ben9878966@hotmail.com. Open: seven days a week; sunrise to sunset. Directions: From Interstate I-75 take Exit 138 in Perry and head East on Perry Parkway for 2.5 miles. At the second traffic signal take and left and in .25 miles take another left onto Lake Joy Road. 240 Lake Joy Road will be one mile on the right. For a map to our farm, . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . . Our Blueberries typically are in season from late May until early August. Our PYO works on the honor system. So, come when it is convenient for you. Instructions are located at the blueberry patch along with buckets for picking and bags to take the berries home. Bring the whole family and enjoy some time outside picking blueberries!. (UPDATED: December 20, 2016)
• The Berry Patch Farm - Blueberries,
  Tharpe and Hatcher Rd, Warner Robins, GA 31088. Phone: 478-953-5671. Open: While blueberries are in season. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Usually the end of May thru July. They will also pick for you. Just call to place an order.
  Comments from a visitor on June 27, 2010: "Excellent farm. LOADS of berries!"

Peach County

• Cougar Creek Farm - blueberries,
  44000 Carver Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030. Phone: 478-825-3330. Email: flochner@aol.com. Open: Late June, July, August; Monday to Saturday, Hours by appointment. Directions: Call for directions. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . .
• Lane Southern Orchards - strawberries, corn maze, pumpkins, blueberries and blackberries
  50 Lane Road, Fort Valley, GA 31030. Phone: 478-825-3362. Email: wendybarton@southernorchards.com. Open: daily from 9 am to 5 pm; Memorial Day through September, daily from 9 am to 7 pm; the six-acre, you-pick, we-pick strawberry patch is open the second week of April through May. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. . Alternate phone: 800-27PEACH. . click here for a map. Southern hospitality will greet you at, where Georgia's most famous product is being harvested and processed only 5 short minutes from I-75. From I-75, take Exit 142 Georgia Hwy 96 and go west. Lane Packing Company is only 5 minutes away. Formerly called Lane Packing Company. Facebook page. There also already picked (not U-pick) crops, like peaches, and pecans. We grow over 10,000 acres of peaches and pecans! Our Roadside Market has fresh produce, gourmet items, craft beers and wine! While you're here, enjoy lunch at our Peachtree Cafe. is dedicated to planting, growing and harvesting the best-tasting peaches and pecans in Georgia. Around here, that's something to be proud of. To keep things friendly, we give each crop the same amount of special attention. The farm has grown over the years to include 5,000 acres of peaches, 5,000 acres of pecans and 5 acres of strawberries.

Sumter County

• Cornwell Blueberry Farm - blueberries, blackberries
  304 Cornwell Road, Americus, GA 31709. Phone: (229) 938-9496. Email: lcturpin@att.net. Open: call or email, their hours vary; please call ahead for us to pick. Click here for a map and directions. . . Family owned Blueberry and Blackberry Farm. Come pick your own or we sell to local Markets. Come enjoy the taste of a fresh blueberry or blackberry. 2022 price update: $18 for u pick and $24 for prepicked. (ADDED: June 14, 2022, JBS)
• Holloway Farms - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, U-pick and already picked
  4470 Commerce Road, Leslie, GA 31764. Phone: 229-344-5922. Email: hollowayfarms.bw@gmail.com. Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 7am until 7pm June 7th through July 31 depending on availability. Directions: We are located off Highway 280 west of Cordele in Leslie, Georgia on Commerce Road. Turn on Parker\'s Crossing Road across from Brickyard Golf Course. Follow Parker\'s Crossing until you reach the 2nd stop sign. Turn left onto Commerce Road and we are located on the right hand side of the road just after you turn onto Commerce Road. There will be a sign out front marking the driveway. For a map to our farm, . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . . We are located off Highway 280 west of Cordele in Leslie, Georgia on Commerce Road. Turn on Parker's Crossing Road across from Brickyard Golf Course. Follow Parker's Crossing until you reach the 2nd stop sign. Turn left onto Commerce Road and we are located on the right hand side of the road just after you turn onto Commerce Road. There will be a sign out front marking the driveway. For a map to our farm, Blueberries: June 7th is opening day. Rabbit Eye Blueberries- naturally grown- U Pick or We pick Available from June until August. We hope to see you this summer. We will have buckets to use for picking blueberries. (ADDED: May 15, 2016)
• Koinonia Farms - ORGANIC, blueberries, Scuppernongs, muscadines, grapes, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area
  1324 GA. Hwy. 49 South, Americus, GA 31719. Phone: 229-924-0391. Email: products@koiniapartners.org. Open: all year. Directions: >From Americus, take 280 west \(towards Plains\). Make a left on 49 south, then proceed 5 miles. Farm is on right side, just past Koinonia Village. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard. . >From Americus, take 280 west (towards Plains). Make a left on 49 south, then proceed 5 miles. Farm is on right side, just past Koinonia Village. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September. Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm. Blueberries: early June to mid-July. Scuppernong/muscadine grapes: early August through September. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. You-pick blueberries and grapes are $1.00 a pound. We are also a retreat center. We welcome overnight visitors, and have group accommodations for up to 20 people. Please call at least a week ahead for reservations.

Upson County

• Sweet Retreat Farms - blueberries
  2025 Yatesville-Barnesville Road, Yatesville, GA 31097. Phone: 678-561-2084. Click here for a map and directions. . Click here for a map to our farm. June through mid July for ; 8 am to dark, 7 days/week. Containers are supplied. are normally ready in late June and early July. 2013 blueberry prices: $10/gallon. . (UPDATED: June 06, 2016) (UPDATED: March 24, 2010, GAMB)

Webster County

• Brasfield Farm - blueberries, blackberries, plums, peaches
  430 Pine Valley Road, Richland, GA . Phone: 706-566-2107. Open: May through September, call for hours and availability. Click here for a map and directions. . Tell them you saw their information on PickYourOwn.org! (ADDED: May 13, 2013, from GaFCMB)

Wilcox County

• Anna's Garden - blueberries, U-pick and already picked, and frozen
  644 Briarwood Road, Abbeville, GA 31001. Phone: (229)-425-5331. Email: elizabethcarol53@gmail.com. Open: Season is typically April - May, always call ahead or see their Facebook page to check they have berries to pick. Click here for a map and directions. . 2019 price was $12/bucket. You can get frozen berries, packed at Mallard Point in 30lb poly bags for $45. This is approximately 20qts. Call Beth at 229-425-5331 or Colony Dental Care at 229-423-4500 to order. Georgia Grown member. Facebook page. is a 74 acre blueberry farm. We use good farm practices to grow delicious blueberries. Their blueberry season usually runs from late April - July 1. Frozen blueberries are available after fresh season ends.(ADDED: September 20, 2019, JBS)

 

Blueberry

Blueberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Blueberries are one of the easiest fruit to prepare and serve. There's no peeling, pitting, coring or cutting. They have few natural pests, (other than birds), so pesticides are generally unnecessary! This year's crop is fantastic (see related news story), thanks both to the weather and to more farms planting more blueberry bushes due to increased consumer demand over the past few years as more studies proclaim the anti-oxidant and other health properties of blueberries.

Click here to find a local Blueberry Festival (usually held between April and July).

If you are looking for information about a similar berry, the saskatoon (also called the June berry or Serviceberry) see this page about saskatoons.

Picking tips:

Select plump, full blueberries with a light gray-blue color. A berry with any hint of red isn't fully ripened.

Ripening AFTER picking?

First, it is key to know that once picked, blueberries will NOT become any sweeter, nor will the flavor improve. The only change that occurs is the color. They will APPEAR to ripen, but it is only a color change, from white to green to rose to red to pale blue to fully blue. So, white and green colored blueberries will not "ripen" after they are picked; while blueberries that have already turned purple, red or blue-ish usually DO change color after they are picked (if they are kept at room temperature to "ripen").

As the blueberries ripen ON THE BUSH, the flavor goes from tastless to bitter to tasteless tart to tart blueberry flavor to sweet blueberry flavor.

Grocery stores sell blueberries that are tart, not sweet because they had them picked unripe by machine so they are very firm and can handled being bumped around in shipping. They may look good, but are not as tasty as those picked when actually ripe.

So, the key is, PICK ONLY RIPE BERRIES!

How to pick blueberries

Since blueberries hang on the bushes in bunches a but like grapes do, the easiest and fastest way to pick them is hold your bucket under them in one hand and with your other hand, cup a ripe bunch and gently rub them with your fingers. The ripe berries will drop into your bucket, while the unripe ones will remain attached to the bush.

When the bushes are at peak, I can easily pick 2 gallons per hour (if I'm not being distracted by the kids and the sun isn't too hot!). A newbie might do 1 gallon per hour.and at the beginning or end of the season it takes more time as the berries are not as plentiful nor concentrated in clusters.

Tips for storing blueberries after harvesting:

• Once picked, don't place the berries, still warm from the sun, in a closed bag or container. Leave the container open so moisture doesn't form in the container.
• Don't wash berries until just before using, to prevent berries from becoming mushy.
• Chill berries soon after picking to increase shelf life. Store your fresh blueberries in the refrigerator as soon as you get them home, without washing them, in a covered bowl or storage container. If refrigerated, fresh-picked blueberries will keep 10 to 14 days.
• Freeze berries in freezer containers without washing to keep the skins from toughening. Place berries one layer deep. Freeze, then pour the frozen berries into freezer containers. Because unwashed blueberries freeze individually, they can be easily poured from containers in desired amounts. Remember both frozen and fresh berries should be rinsed and drained just before serving. Just before using, wash the berries in cold water.

Blueberry Measurements and Conversions

Keep in mind that blueberries vary considerably in density and moisture content, so these ranges are approximates.

• 1 gallon of blueberries weighs about 7.5 lbs or (4 liters of blueberries is about 3.5 kg)

• 1 pint of fresh blueberries weights about 3/4 of a pound. (1 liter of blueberries is about 700 grams)

• 1 pound of fresh blueberries is usually between about 2 and 3 cups of berries.

• It takes about 4 cups (about of blueberries to make a blueberry pie (see this fantastic and easy blueberry pie recipe)

• A normal batch of blueberry preserves, jam or jelly requires 5 pints of berries.

• Blueberries do come in a variety of sizes from small (190-250 berries per cup) to extra large (<90 berries per cup).

Blueberry Recipes, Canning and Freezing Blueberries

Recipes

• The world's best Blueberry pie, recipe and directions and illustrated!
• Blueberry buckle coffee cake: illustrated directions for this great crumb-topping blueberry coffee cake
• Other easy directions to make blueberry desserts: cobblers, etc.

Canning, freezing and other blueberry recipes:

• How to Freeze Blueberries
• How to Can Blueberries
• How to Make Homemade Blueberry Jam
• How to make blueberry jelly
• How to make and can blueberry syrup (it works for strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, too)
• blueberry pie filling to use later,
• blueberry butter

Baking tips

If you have trouble with blueberries settling to the bottom of muffins and blueberry breads, try one or more of these tips:

• Coat them with flour before adding to the batter. Just gently shake the blueberries in a bag (plastic or paper) with 1/2 cup of flour, then dump them mix in a sieve to remove excess flour.
• It may just be that your batter is too thin. try making the batter a little thicker!
• Fill the muffin cups or baking pan up to 1/4 full with batter (which hasn't had blueberries added to it yet); then stir the blueberries into the remaining batter, and continue to fill the muffin cups or bread pan. The blueberries will start off higher in the mix!

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