Produce Farms near Gainesville, FL

Gainesville

Santa Fe River Berry Farm takes its name from the river that runs through Alachua and Suwannee counties, part of north-central Florida's commercial blueberry country. The farm sits on County Road 225 east of Gainesville. No published hours or website turned up — call ahead to confirm picking season.

Graham

Blueberry Woman Dead Creek Ranch operates out of Graham, a rural pocket of Bradford County in north Florida's blueberry-growing corridor. No working website, phone, or social page turned up in a search, so current season dates and pricing are unconfirmed.

Micanopy

Wacahoota Farms grows u-pick blueberries on SW 136th Place outside Micanopy, in the rolling farm country south of Gainesville. No independent website was found online; call ahead to confirm the picking window, which for North Central Florida blueberries usually runs April into May.

Waldo

Stratton's Blueberries grows u-pick blueberries off County Road 1471 in Waldo, in Bradford County's stretch of north-central Florida farmland between Gainesville and Starke. Florida blueberries typically ripen from late March through May. We couldn't confirm current hours or pricing — call ahead before driving out.

Southland Berry Plantation is a family-owned blueberry farm and nursery in Earleton, offering both U-pick and already-picked options for buyers in a hurry. Call ahead of a visit — hours and ripe rows shift through the Alachua County blueberry season.

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Melrose

Melrose Organic Blueberries grows in the sandhill lake country around Melrose in Putnam County, an area with a number of small blueberry operations. No working website, phone, or social page turned up in a search, so organic certification and u-pick availability are unconfirmed.

Island Grove

Aunt Zelma's Blueberries is on Southeast 219th Avenue in Island Grove, a rural crossroads on the Alachua-Marion county line near Orange Lake. Florida blueberries typically ripen from April into June. This farm appears to have a website, but its certificate had expired during research — call ahead before visiting.

Lawtey

Sweet Berries of Crawford Farms operates on NW 43rd Avenue in Lawtey, Bradford County — a corner of north Florida better known for strawberries around Starke but also home to working blueberry patches. Email [email protected] to check what's ripe and ask about picking hours before visiting.

Williston

Our family purchased the property and started Sweet Berry Farms, LLC in May 2020. This purchase was a part of a year plan that started in 2015 with a goal of learning as much as we could from the best u-pick ~ w-pick operations and to bring that knowledge back to Williston, Florida where we met in high school over 40+ years ago. Along our journey we learned from several blackberry growers, industry trade groups and agriculture professionals from both the University of Arkansas and the University

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Bronson

Brad's Organic Blueberries grows blueberries in Bronson, in Levy County's sandy-soil blueberry country west of Gainesville, where the crop typically comes in from late April through June. No hours or contact information are published online.

Bronson

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Interlachen

Miller Blueberry grows on County Road 315 South in Interlachen, a Putnam County community in the north Florida blueberry belt.

Interlachen

Bay Lake Blueberry Farm is in Interlachen, in Putnam County's lake country between Gainesville and Palatka. No working website, phone, or social page turned up in a search, so current season dates and u-pick pricing are unconfirmed.