Nothing feels quite as summery as biting into a sugary sweet strawberry. With plenty of New Jersey farms right door in New Jersey, why buy your berries at the grocery store when you can spend a beautiful day on the farm handpicking bushels of them with your whole family?
Strawberry season is pretty short — from late May to early June — so grab those fresh strawberries while you still can. But don’t worry, it’s not ALL about strawberries. Many farms also offer pick-your-own blueberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, peas, and other fruit and vegetable picking all summer long.
See below for a list of nearby pick-your-own farms in New Jersey, all of which are less than an hour and a half’s drive from Staten Island. Be sure to check out the farms offering fun Strawberry Festivals! **Always call ahead to confirm before you head out, as picking schedules often vary and may change due to weather and crop availability.**
Alstede Farms
1 Alstede Farms Lane, Chester, NJ 07930
908-879-7189 • www.alstedefarms.com
Pick your own: strawberries, currants, red and black raspberries, blueberries, cut your own flowers and sunflowers, sweet corn, vegetables, peaches, cantaloupe, nectarines, honeydew, canary melon, Asian pears, blackberries, elderberries
Strawberry Festival: May 30, 31, June 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 11am-5pm.
Battleview Orchards
91 Wemrock Rd, Freehold, NJ
732-462-0756 • www.battlevieworchards.com
Pick your own: strawberries, sour cherries, peaches, nectarines
Bonacorsi Family Farm
1137 Croton Rd., Flemington NJ
609-638-0048 • www.bonacorsifamilyfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
Califon Farm Market & Orchards
472 County Road Rt. 513 Califon, NJ
908-832-2905 • www.melickstownfarm.com
Pick your own: peaches
Donaldson Farms
358 Allen Rd., Hackettstown, NJ
908-852-9122 • www.donaldsonfarms.net
Pick your own: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
Giamarese Farm & Orchard
155 Fresh Pond Rd., East Brunswick NJ
732-821-9494 • www.giamaresefarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, peas, peaches
Johnson’s Farm
133 Church Rd. Medford, NJ
609-654-8643 • www.johnsonsfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, sugar snap peas, cherries, blueberries
Strawberry Festival: May 29 & 30, June 5 & 6, 10am-4pm. Click here for more info.
Lee Turkey Farm
201 Hickory Corner Rd., East Windsor NJ
609-448-0629 • www.leeturkeyfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, cherries, sauce apples, peaches, melons, raspberries, nectarines, pears, blackberries, raspberries, vegetables
Oldwick Farm
170 Oldwick Road, Oldwick, NJ
908-439-2955 • www.melickstownfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries
Peterson Farm
438 Quakertown Rd., Flemington NJ
908-782-0707 • www.petersonfarm.net
Pick your own: strawberries
Phillips Farms
290 Church Rd., Milford NJ
908-995-0022 • www.phillipsfarms.com
Pick your own: strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, red and black raspberry, peach, apple
Snyder’s Farm
586 South Middlebush Rd., Somerset NJ
732-496-0441 • snyders-farm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, blueberries
Sussex County Strawberry Farm
565 Rt. 206 N., Andover NJ
973-579-5055 • www.sussexcountystrawberryfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, blueberries
Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton NJ
609-924-2310 • www.tehuneorchards.com
Pick your own: strawberries, asparagus, cherries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches
Firefly Festival: Sunday, June 21, 4pm-9pm. Click here for more info.
Von Thun Farms
519 Ridge Rd., Monmouth Junction NJ
732-329-8656 • www.vonthunfarms.com
Pick your own: strawberries
Strawberry Festival: June 6 & 7,10am-4pm. Click here for more info.
Wemrock Orchard
300 Rt. 33 W., Freehold
732-431-2668 • www.wemrockorchard.com
Pick your own: strawberries