By Katelyn Doggett
Summer weather provides many outdoor opportunities to go outside and spend time as a family, but why not branch out and try something you haven’t done before?
A trip to a U-pick berry farm combines spending an afternoon outside in the sun and eating locally grown fruit, so picking berries is the perfect summer activity for all ages, according to Boxx Berry Farm employee Lilia Varivoda. U-pick provides the experience of picking the berries yourself and tasting them in the fields, while still taking home as many
as you want.
This year, the berry season began early and many raspberry, blueberry and blackberry u-pick fields are already open to the public, Varivoda said. Raspberry and blackberry season typically begins at the end of June or early July but began in mid-June this year, while blueberries usually begin in mid-July. Strawberry season begins in late May, but has already ended in some locations.
U-pick is available at many berry farms across Whatcom County. Prices and berry variety vary by location. Grab sunscreen, water and a container and hop in the car to the nearest u-pick location.
Barbie’s Berries
7655 Melody Lane, Ferndale
360/384-1260
Monday–Saturday,
9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
U-pick raspberries $1.75/lb., blueberries $2.25/lb. and blackberries $1.75/lb.
Bjornstad Farms
6799 Old Guide Road, Lynden
360/961-4702
Monday–Saturday,
9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
U-pick raspberries $1.75/lb. blueberries $1.90/lb.; blackberries, tayberries, marionberries, loganberries and boysenberries $1.75/lb.
Boxx Berry Farm
6211 Northwest Road, Ferndale
360/380-2699
Monday–Saturday,
9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
U-pick raspberries, blueberries and blackberries $2/lb.
Haugen’s Raspberries
577 E. Pole Road, Lynden
360/354-4764
Monday–Saturday,
9 a.m.–6 p.m.
U-pick raspberries and blueberries $1.50/lb.
Kamm Creek Farm
850 Hampton Road, Lynden
360/433-7616
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
9 a.m.–3 p.m.
U-pick raspberries $2.50/lb., blueberries $2/lb. and red currants $4/lb.
