Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Southeast New Jersey 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!

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

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Atlantic County

• B & B Farms - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, peppers, African crops
  250 S. Mannheim Avenue, Egg Harbor, NJ 08215. Phone: 609-965-5558. Email: jlamonaca@gmail.com. Open: Daily Monday thru Sunday, berries and weather permitting 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; Call first; thew blueberry season is usually mid-June through July. Directions: We are located 1 14 miles off Route 30 \(White Horse Pike\) on Mannheim Avenue in Pomona, NJ - cross one intersection \(Duerer Street\)- we are the second driveway on right. We have B & B Farms sign at intersection and at driveway. Turn in driveway and proceed past blueberries. Turn left at house and follow signs for parking. Walk over to the house garage and someone will assist you here. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Daily Monday thru Sunday, (berries and weather permitting) 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; Call first; thew blueberry season is usually mid-June through July. We are located 1 1/4 miles off Route 30 (White Horse Pike) on Mannheim Avenue in Pomona, NJ - cross one intersection (Duerer Street)- we are the second driveway on right. We have sign at intersection and at driveway. Turn in driveway and proceed past blueberries. Turn left at house and follow signs for parking. Walk over to the house garage and someone will assist you here. Blueberries: June 15 to August 1; Visit our Facebook page for additional updates. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. We also have U-pick African and ethnic crops through November, PICK-YOUR-OWN: HOT PEPPER, BITTERBALL, KITTLEY, SWEET POTATO LEAVES, JUTE LEAVES, SPINACH (MALABAR), OKRA AND MORE. Enjoy picking AND eating right from the fields! STRAWBERRIES OPEN SATURDAY in late May! Note: PARK AT 228 S MANNHEIM AVE (not 250 as usual - this is a new field, and she is a beauty!) Weather permitting, please check our social media for updates. Typical harvest dates are:Strawberries (end of May-June).Blueberries (mid June-July). Raspberries - July, AugustWe have containers or bring your own. Discount for CSA members.
• Blueberry Bill Farm - Blueberries,
  914 11th Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037. Phone: 609-839-4306. Email: blueberrybillfarms@gmail.com. Open: Every day from June 15th through August 1st; call for picking availability and hours. Directions: See their website for directions. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . Blueberry plants. Join our mailing list (on our website) to be notified when the farm opens up for pick your own berries. Blueberry Bill is your friendly source for Fresh Blueberries (Available in 12-pint crates ($25) and pick-your-own ($2/lb) during the 2018 season) ; Frozen Blueberries (Available year round in 30lb boxes 2018 prices ($50) and Blueberry Plants Available year round in any quantity ($10 each). 2-4 year old plants. Duke, Blue Crop and Elliot varieties. All items are available for pickup only. A visitor writes on July 17, 2013: "Loved going to this farm -a hidden gem! Went last week and the blueberry bushes were covered with berries. Made picking very easy. Not highly advertised, but their Pick Your Own is excellent. We picked close to forty lbs of blueberries! At $1.25/lb, it was great! You are given a container to put the berries into while you pick. Boxes to bring your harvest home in are available, not sure if there is a charge for them as I had brought my own. No farm animals, bounce houses, etc..just very yummy berries at a good price! No idea if organic or not. " .
• DiMeo U-Pick Blueberry Farms & Blueberry Plants Nursery - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, porta-potties, picnic area, picnic area you may bring your own food, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, group reservations
  3101 Nesco Road, Hammonton, NJ 08037. Phone: (609) 561-5905. Email: dimeofarms@gmail.com. Open: for blueberry picking during the months of June, July and August; 7 am to days week; 10am to 8pm; Our blueberry plants nursery is open all year - round; Always call first to schedule an appointment and make sure we are not "all picked out" before you drive out; BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Directions: We are located close to Downtown Hammonton. Take the White Horse Pike \(Route 30\) and turn on Pleasant Mills \(Nesco Road\) which is Route 542. Drive down a couple miles and you will see our signs. Make sure you pull in the main driveway and park between the orange cones until assisted. Someone will show you where to park. Please wait to be assisted before you park or get out of your vehicle. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, Check. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. We are located close to Downtown Hammonton. Take the White Horse Pike (Route 30) and turn on Pleasant Mills (Nesco Road) which is Route 542. Drive down a couple miles and you will see our signs. Make sure you pull in the main driveway and park between the orange cones until assisted. Someone will show you where to park. Please wait to be assisted before you park or get out of your vehicle. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Our family specializes in growing better tasting rare heirloom blueberry varieties that are more flavorful than just typical ordinary commercial blueberry varieties. We have over a 100 year-old history in the New Jersey blueberry industry that continues with our 4th generation that hosts all types of farm events to be combined with blueberry picking. Yoga classes along the Hammonton Creek and blueberry fields and of course our beautiful blueberry plants nursery. Our beautiful u-pick blueberry farm is a one-of-a-kind upscale blueberry picking experience. (ADDED: January 05, 2020)
• Legendary Blueberries, LLC - blueberries,
  511 West Duerer Street, Egg Harbor, NJ 08215. Phone: (609) 703-3355. Open: Daily Customer service from 9 am to 2 pm; Self service from 2 pm to 7 pm; July 1st to Mid August, berries permitting. Directions: Follow White Horse Pike to Tre Figlios' Turn on Mannheim Avenue across from restaurant Go down one block make left on Duerer Street First house on the right. Payment: Cash, Check. You Pick, What You Like. A visitor writes on June 30, 2014: \Michelle and her family were very friendly and picking was excellent. The kids had a great time and our family enjoyed the all natural berries. They even provided complimentary Popsicles!! Be sure to verify out this family owned farm. \"Comments from a - truncated. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. 2009: "this blueberry farm was great

Cape May County

• Allen Family Farm - Uses natural growing practices, apples, blueberries, corn (sweet), tomatoes, Other fruit or veg, porta-potties are available, picnic area
  26 Tarkiln Road, Belleplain, NJ 08270. Phone: 609-861-3778. Email: blueberrykids@verizon.net. Open: End of June through September; 7 days a week; sunup until sundown. Directions: Gravel Road at Fire Tower. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . . Blueberries are not sprayed so you may eat as you pick. Family friendly; children welcome Bring a picnic lunch. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Beach plums available late summer and early fall; tomatoes and corn late July until early September call first peaches early August apples late August through October call first pumpkins and sweet potatoes October: call first. we are a local business dedicated to family friendly services open during the summer months our main crop is pick em yourself blueberries. children are welcome.
• Littleworth Tree Farm - blueberries, U-pick and already picked, honey from hives on the farm,
  1957 Tuckahoe Road, Petersburg, NJ 08270. Phone: 609-628-3346. Email: tuckahoe1@comcast.net. Open: U-Pick Blueberries fromLate June to August 1st on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 7:30 am to 1 pm. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . Alternate Phone: 609-335--2270. . We invite you and your family and friends to visit for U-pick blueberries during late June and throughout the month of July. Check our website for dates and hours. Don't feel like picking? We always have some fresh picked blueberries on hand. Experience Littleworth during the summer season when you pick up fresh already picked strawberries, pick your own or already picked blueberries or honey from our farmVisit us the weekend before Thanksgiving for Choose and Cut Christmas Trees. strawberries grown right here on Littleworth Farm. Starting in mid-May, look for our sign to go out front. Janet picks early each morning and turns the sign to say "Here Now". The best time to stop by is between 8 am and noon, because the strawberries usually sell out quickly! Please call or email if you have a special order or would like us to put some aside for you. $6.00 per quart (we pick only)
• Stiles Farm and Nursery - blackberries, blueberries, raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), raspberries (yellow), apples, peaches, nectarines, pears and plums, U-pick and already picked
  172 Route 47 South, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210. Phone: 607-222-9175. Email: stilesfarmandnursery@yahoo.com. Open: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. (UPDATED: August 18, 2016)

Ocean County

• Argos Farm - pumpkins, blueberries, Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, farm market, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, Jumping pillow, pony rides, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
  1250 Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731. Phone: 609-693-3513. Email: angela@argosfarm.com. Open: Blueberries Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 4pm from late June to mid-July, Then in the Fall, Thursday and Friday from 2pm to 6pm Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm September 21 to October 27, 2013. Directions: Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 74- Forked River. Make a left onto Lacey Road West. Argos Farm is located one mile on the left hand side. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard. . . Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. Corn Maze and Pumpkin Picking is open from late September through late October. (UPDATED: June 18, 2022, JBS)
• Brookville Farms - Blueberries, pumpkins
  1211 Wells Mills Road, 511 Rte 72, Waretown, NJ . Phone: 609-713-1594. Email: brookvillefarmsnj@gmail.com. Open: Mid April to mid December, Monday to Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm. Click here for a map and directions. . Fax: 609-698-5390. . We also have a roadside market / farm stand with Fresh Vegetables and fruit; We also have Plants, Flowers, Pumpkins & more.
• Champion U-Pick - blueberries,
  60 Cherry Street, Whiting, NJ . Phone: (732) 350-4467. Open: Call to verify availability before you go; July to early August, Monday to Friday 7 am to 5 pm; Saturday & Sunday, 7 am to 5 pm. Click here for a map and directions. 46628/">. Route 70 W to Route 539, left onto Route 530, right onto Cherry Street, 1/4 mile on right. Call for conditions.
  Comments from a visitor on July 14, 2008: " in Whiting, NJ (Ocean county) now closes at 5pm daily. The berries are ready and delicious!!"
• Emery's Farm - Certified Organic, blueberries, pumpkins, Honey from hives on the farm, farm animals
  346 Long Swamp Road, New Egypt, NJ 08533. Phone: 609-758-8514. Email: berryfarmer@aol.com. Open: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Visa, MasterCard. . We are certified organic for some crops. Please visit our website for up to date picking information. Weather can impact our schedule and harvest! We want you to be informed before you drive out. Our 60 acre farm is heavily dedicated to growing BLUEBERRIES. We sell our Blueberries at the Farm Market in Pint Containers/Flats & U-Pick in the fields. In addition we also grow SUNFLOWERS, PUMKINS & CORN. Emery's is proud to consistently grow and sell directly to you for well over 50 years. Our Famous Pies are baked daily 7 days a week. You can also find a bounty of Jellies, Preserves, Spreads and just about anything else you can put in a mason jar on the shelves. Sunflowers are grown and cut on the farm - bunched up at the farm market all of July, August & September. Our fall season is a great time for Hayrides, Kid's Corn Maze, Straw Bale Maze and Lots of Pumpkins. Our Farm Animals are eagerly waiting your visit! We are located less than ten minutes from Great Adventure and we promise, "It's worth the trip".
  Comments from a visitor on September 02, 2011: "emerys farm in ocean county nj no longer has rasberrys. "
  Comments from a visitor on July 21, 2009: "Hi! I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your website. I used a lot of your information for my first jam making and canning experiments a couple of months ago. This past weekend I went blueberry picking at Emery's organic farm in New Jersey. They are FABULOUS!"

 

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!

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