For more springtime fun (think festivals, hiking, and new attractions), check out our Spring Fun Guide for Atlanta Families. 

Pick your own strawberries right off the vine at Southern Belle Farm’s 12-acre patch. Photo by Rebecca Leffler

U-Pick Strawberry Farms Near Atlanta

1. Jaemor Farms —Alto 

This family-owned farm in Alto (about 75 minutes northeast of Atlanta) offers u-pick and pre-picked during the season. This year a quart of pre-picked strawberries is $6.99. They also have a bakery and market on site with fresh cakes, breads, donuts, pies and ice cream. Call ahead to confirm what's in stock. 

2. Mercier Orchards —Blue Ridge 

Known mostly for their apples, Mercier also grows other produce like strawberries. During the season they offer u-pick and pre-picked strawberries. Mercier is a convenient location for families who also want to take a day trip or weekend getaway to Blue Ridge. 

3. The Shed at Fitzgerald Fruit Farm —Woodbury

Visitors can purchase a gallon of pre-picked strawberries for $15. The farm features u-pick options as well, and updates their Facebook page with dates and prices. Folks love their chocolate strawberries. 

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4. LCCL Strawberry Farm—Rome

Popular among families, LCCL Strawberry Farm has been offering u-pick strawberries since 2003. Pickers are assigned a row among the vines and staff can assist in the selection and picking of ripe berries $3.50 per pound. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own containers. On weekends LCCL offers train rides for $1. (Cash or check only for all purchases). 

5. Mitcham Farm—Oxford

Visitors to Mitcham Farm pay $1 admission and have access to: gem mining (fees apply), family swings, a small playground, and farm animals. Additionally, u-pick strawberries are priced at $17.95 per gallon. This strawberry farm sells a number of other strawberry-based products and hosts the Mitcham Farm Strawberry Festival every year (for 2024, it's on Saturday, April 27). 

6. Moon Farms Country Market—Colbert

A bucket of u-pick strawberries costs $17 per gallon at this 70-year-old strawberry farm, located 90 minutes east of Atlanta. More than 25,000 strawberry plants are put in the ground each year so there’s plenty for the picking. Folks rave about their strawberry ice cream! Cash or check only. 

7. Southern Belle Farm—McDonough

Strawberries can be picked right off the vine at Southern Belle’s 15-acre strawberry patch. Admission to the patch is $1, and strawberries are $17.95 per gallon. Season picking passes are available. The patch is open Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm; Saturday, 10am-6pm; and Sunday, 1-6pm. The farm also offers activities Tuesday-Sunday such as jumping pillows, a tube slide, a cow train, pedal karts and more.

8. Sweet South Strawberry Farm—Thomaston

About 75 minutes south of Atlanta sits Sweet South Strawberry Farm, where visitors can pick strawberries 10am-6pm, Monday-Saturday, and 2-6pm on Sunday. You can also enjoy homemade strawberry ice cream at the farm’s store. A u-pick gallon costs $14. 

9. The Strawberry Farm at Ramhurst—Chatsworth

U-pick strawberries are $17 per basket at this family farm, about 90 minutes north of Atlanta in the north Georgia mountains. The farm is open for u-pick on weekends 10am-6pm, weather permitting. Cash only.

Rows and rows of fresh strawberries are ripe for the picking at Washington Farms. 

10. Warbington Farms —Cumming 

With over 100,000 strawberry plants in their fields, Warbington Farms lets visitors pick right from the vines or purchase pre-picked strawberries in the market. There is typically a fee to pick as well as a fee for the fun park, which includes a mega slide, jumping pillow, hay rides, and more. ​And sometimes catch cool special events, like this weekend's Spring Ladybug Launch!

11. Washington Farms—Bogart 

About an hour east of Atlanta sits Washington Farms, which boasts u-pick strawberries in the spring along, where visitors play games, ride zip lines, and bounce on the jumping pillow. The farm is open Monday-Saturday 8am-6pm for strawberry picking. A gallon of u-pick strawberries costs $15.95 and they encourage visitors to BYOB (bring your own bucket). 

12. Whitley Farms—Sharpsburg

Whitley Farms is located 45 minutes south of Atlanta (near Peachtree City) and offers u-pick strawberries for $6 per pound. There is usually a small admission fee to the vines. Check Facebook for updates as opening hours vary each day. Guests can also purchase carrot baskets and bags of sweet feed for $2 each to feed the resident cows, Curly and Curly Jr!

What to Know Before You Go

• Check strawberry farm websites/social media (most use Facebook) BEFORE heading out for strawberry picking. Farms often post when they are sold out or necessary closures due to weather conditions. 
• Confirm via phone or website/social media that children are allowed to pick. 
• Pets are not allowed at most strawberry farms.
• Strawberry fields can get boggy, especially after a light rain. Avoid open-toe shoes and be prepared to get muddy.

Unless noted, photos courtesy of the farms