Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Linn County, Oregon 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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Linn County

• Angelicas Farm - blueberries,
  39971 Sandner Drive, Scio, OR 97374. Phone: (503) 991-1460. Email: jacobo_yosadara@yahoo.com. Click here for a map and directions. . (ADDED: July 16, 2024, JBS)
• Berkey's Blueberries - Uses integrated pest management practices, blueberries, U-pick and already picked, farm market, porta-potties are available, picnic area
  32589 Berlin Road, Lebanon, OR 97355. Phone: 541-409-4558. Email: info@berkeysblueberries.com. Open: late June through first part of September on Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm, and Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm, Sunday from 12 pm to 5pm; Please call ahead for availability. Directions: from Lebanon, drive east on Grant Street. Cross Grant Street Bridge, and immediately turn right onto Berlin Road. We are 2 miles on the left along the road. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, WIC Vouchers. . . We have 5 varieties on 5 acres. Certified Organic through Oregon Tilth. The blueberries are usually available the first part of July, the large Duke and Reka varieties will kick off our blueberry season. Reka are usually best for freezing and baking. Sweet, large Draper blueberries are ready mid-July. In late July, the Legacy, a medium-to-large blueberry, offers excellent flavor; it's sweet and tastes like candy! The two-month growing season finishes off with the very large and firm Liberty blueberry ready for harvest at end of July through mid-August. (UPDATED: May 22, 2024)
• Bob's Blueberry Hill Farm - blueberries
  34830 Meridian Rd., Lebanon, OR 97355. Phone: (541) 259-1254. Email: rmcconedvm@yahoo.com. Open: 7 day a week during day light hours. Click here for a map and directions. . . has been in the McCone family for over 30 yrs. We take orders for fresh berries, attend Albany Saturday Market and do you-pick!
• Bryant Family Farm - blueberries, U-pick and already picked, restrooms, picnic area you may bring your own food
  35923 Bryant Drive Sw, Albany, OR 97321. Phone: 541-704-0677. Email: BFFberries@gmail.com. Open: 7 days a week, 8am to 7pm. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . Previously known as Romans Blueberries. 19 varieties of delicious (no spray) blueberries! Berries should be ready mid-June (UPDATED: July 06, 2018) (UPDATED: June 20, 2016) (ADDED: June 12, 2015)
• Detering Orchards - apples, beans, blueberries, cucumbers, nectarines, pears, peaches, peppers, pumpkins, rhubarb, summer squash, tomatoes, Cider mill fresh apple cider made on the premises, and prepicked produce, restrooms, picnic area, school tours
  30946 Wyatt Dr, Harrisburg, OR 97446. Phone: 541-995-6341. Email: Deteringorchards@aol.com. Open: every day 8am to 6pm Call for your needs. Directions: Located in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard. . Apple daze celebration first Saturday of October. 15 miles north of Eugene and 7 miles north of Coburg, follow the signs. Free apple cobbler and ice cream, Western music and horse wagon rides. Families and dogs welcome all season., famous for having the best tasting fruit in the region, is a family owned farm . People travel from all over the west coast for the unique Detering taste. grows top quality fruits and vegetables such as apples, pears, peaches, blueberries, tomatoes, pumpkins, peppers and many others, with most of the produce offered as both harvested and U-pick. produces its own home-made jams, preserves, salsa and apple cider, which you're going to love! You will also find locally produced nuts, honey, corn and melons for sale at the produce stand, which accepts cash, checks and credit cards.
  Comments from a visitor on September 01, 2012: "I've been going to Detering's for years. They are friendly, helpful and reasonably priced."
• Fitchett's U-Pick Blueberries - blueberries
  31359 Bryant Way SW, Albany, OR 97321. Phone: (541) 928-8583. Email: mlkirsch@gmail.com. Click here for a map and directions. . fitchett.david@gmail.com. or .
• Grandpa's Fresh Market - apples, beans, blueberries, nectarines, peaches, pumpkins, strawberries, tomatoes, prepicked produce, gift shop, restrooms
  36483 highway 226 SE, Albany, OR 97322. Phone: 541-928-8778. Email: mcccacmc@aol.com. Open: Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7 pm, Sunday 10am to 4 pm. Directions: From Albany take highway 20 east to highway 226 SE 34 miles on the left. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . From Albany take highway 20 east to highway 226 SE 3/4 miles on the left. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Strawberries-June, Blueberries-July, Peaches, Tomatoes, corn-August, Pumpkin Patch, Corn/Sunflower Maze, Vegetables-October, Christmas Trees, wreaths, gifts-December 4th-21st; Jams, honey, pickled garlic, gifts-all season. At Grandpa's we grow 98 percent of our own produce and it is picked fresh everyday, guaranteed. Approximate Seasons of Grandpa's Produce June Strawberries, Zucchini, Cucumbers, LettuceJuly Blueberries, Sweet Corn, Cherries, Onions, Cabbage, Summer Squash, Broccoli, Blackberries, CucumbersAugust Tomatoes, Specialty Peppers, Melons, Peaches, Nectarines, Sweet CornSeptember Peaches, Melons, Winter Squash, Sweet Corn, October Grandpa's Pumpkin Patch Opens! Pumpkins, Melons, Gourds, Straw Bales, Cornstalk Bundles, Corn Maze, Hayrides (weekends only)
• Seven Oaks Native Nursery - No pesticides used, Blueberries
  29730 Harvest Drive SW, Albany, OR 97321. Phone: 541-757-6520. Email: info@sevenoaksnativenursery.com. Click here for a map and directions. . A visitor reports: "No spray. Most proceeds from blueberries go to support a school in an impoverished nation (can't recall which one at present). Two varieties of berries, one early, one late. Wonderful berries, usually in clusters as big as bunches of grapes. Very relaxed. Honor system."
• Springbank Farm - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, asparagus, blueberries, gooseberries, upick and picked fruit, bathrooms, picnic area you may bring your own food
  32264 Berlin Rd, Lebanon, OR 97355. Phone: 503 816-5529. Email: info@springbankfarm.org. Open: July 4, 2020 through mid August, on Tuesday to Saturday, 8 am to 6 pm: Sunday 12 pm to 6 pm. Directions: From Downtown Lebanon: heading east on highway 20, Left at Grant Street, cross Grant Street Bridge, immediate right onto Berlin Road 3.5 miles on the right, directly across from Hidden Valley Road. From Sweet Home: highway 20 2 miles from turnoff, Turn at signs to Waterloo, follow into Waterloo, Cross Bridge, Immediate Left onto Plagman Drive, Road T\'s, Left onto Berlin Road 12 Mile down on the Left. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, WIC Vouchers. . Alternate Phone: 503 819-6209. . From Downtown Lebanon: heading east on highway 20, Left at Grant Street, cross Grant Street Bridge, immediate right onto Berlin Road 3.5 miles on the right, directly across from Hidden Valley Road. From Sweet Home: highway 20 2 miles from turnoff, Turn at signs to Waterloo, follow into Waterloo, Cross Bridge, Immediate Left onto Plagman Drive, Road T's, Left onto Berlin Road 1/2 Mile down on the Left. We will be closed July 4th. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. U-pick & We-pick. Bulk pricing. Oregon Tilth Certified organic blueberries. We are now certified organic through Oregon Tilth. Blueberry CSA and bulk discount pricing. Pre-orders are encouraged. We have 7 varieties of blueberries: Duke, Draper, Chandler, Bluecrop, Legacy, Liberty and Ozarkblue. Frozen berries are available in the off season. Bring your own containers for upick for this season. (UPDATED: June 29, 2020)

 

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