BirthdaysAre you interested in picking your own fruit? Check out these summer options kids will love! The picking season can be short, so check with the orchard before you head out.
Strawberries
Chiles Peach Orchard
1351 Greenwood Road, Crozet, VA Phone: 434.823.1583
Chiles Peach Orchard offers pick your own strawberries while the season lasts. Check their Facebook page for details on picking. They also have peaches and blueberries during the year too!
Blueberries & Blackberries
Mount Olympus Berry Farm
23298 Jefferson Davis Highway, Ruther Glen, VA 22546 Phone: 804.448.0395
Mount Olympus offers pick your own blueberries and blackberries. Call, visit the website or Facebook page, for details on what’s in season.
Swift Creek Berry Farm
16716 Genito Road, Moseley, VA 23120 Phone: 804.739.2037
The Swift Creek Berry Farm offers pick your own blueberries, accept this year, the crop was completely damaged by unseasonably cold weather. Swift Creek Berry Farm will be back next year!
Peaches
Chiles Peach Orchard
1351 Greenwood Road, Crozet, VA Phone: 434.823.1583
Chiles Peach Orchard offers pick your own peaches from June through August. While you’re there, visit the market for seasonal fresh local vegetables and gourmet goodies, including jams and jellies, apple butter and apple cider, gift baskets, and local crafts. And, a trip is not complete without a visit to the ice cream parlor!
Carter Mountain Orchard
1435 Carters Mountain Trail, Charlottesville, VA Phone: 434.977.1833
Located 1,150 feet above Charlottesville, near Monticello, Carter Mountain Orchard is a wonderful place to enjoy picking peaches in summer. Be sure to leave time to visit the country store and bakery – full of all kinds of goodies including apple cider doughnuts, fresh cider, Virginia made jams and jellies, apple butter and local crafts.
Cherries
Spring Valley Orchard
3526 Spring Valley Road, Afton, VA 22920 Phone: 434.960.9443
Spring Valley Orchard offers acres of cherry trees across a valley surrounded on all sides by the Blue Ridge Mountains. The season is short, so once they ripen, they will go quick! Check their Facebook page for details on picking conditions.
