Strawberry picking season is fairly short — from late May to early June — but many farms also offer pick-your-own blueberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, peas, and other fruit and vegetable picking all summer long.
Fruit Picking Seasons at a Glance
| Apples | Mid-July through late October. The best times for picking Apples is from early September to mid-October. For more on local apple picking, read next, Where To Go Apple-Picking Near Staten Island. |
| Blackberries | Early July through Early August. The best time to pick blackberries is from mid to late July. |
| Blueberries | Mid-June through mid-August. The best blueberry picking is from early July to early August. |
| Cherries | June. Cherries have a short season. The best time to pick them is roughly from June 10–June 25. |
| Peaches | Early July through mid-September. The height of peach season is from the middle to the end of July. |
| Raspberries | Early July through late July. The summer raspberry season is short. They’re best picked in the second and third weeks of July. |
| Strawberries | Mid-May through late June. The best time to pick strawberries in New Jersey is usually in early June. |
| Pumpkins | Mid-September through late October. The best time to pick pumpkins is just before Halloween, anytime from early to mid-Coctober. To learn more about pumpkin picking, read The Best Pumpkin Picking Farms In Staten Island And New Jersey. |
The Best Local Fruit Picking Farms
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. **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 •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 Harvest Festival: June 8, 9, 15 & 16
Battleview Orchards
91 Wemrock Rd, Freehold, NJ
732-462-0756 • battlevieworchards.com
Pick your own: strawberries, sour cherries, peaches, nectarines
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Bonacorsi Family Farm
1137 Croton Rd., Flemington NJ
609-638-0048 • bonacorsifamilyfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
Califon Farm Market & Orchards
472 County Road Rt. 513 Califon, NJ
908-832-2905 • melickstownfarm.com
Pick your own: peaches
Donaldson Farms
358 Allen Rd., Hackettstown, NJ
908-852-9122 • donaldsonfarms.net
Pick your own: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
Strawberry Harvest Weekends: Saturdays and Sundays during the month of June
Giamarese Farm & Orchard
155 Fresh Pond Rd., East Brunswick NJ
732-821-9494 • giamaresefarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, peas, peaches
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Johnson’s Farm
133 Church Rd. Medford, NJ
609-654-8643 • johnsonsfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, sugar snap peas, cherries, blueberries
Strawberry Harvest Festival: May 24-26 & May 31 – June 2
Lee Turkey Farm
201 Hickory Corner Rd., East Windsor NJ
609-448-0629 • leeturkeyfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, cherries, sauce apples, peaches, melons, raspberries, nectarines, pears, blackberries, raspberries, vegetables and more
Oldwick Farm
170 Oldwick Road, Oldwick, NJ
908-439-2955 • melickstownfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries
Peterson Farm
438 Quakertown Rd., Flemington NJ
908-782-0707 • petersonfarm.net
Pick your own: strawberries
Phillips Farms
290 Church Rd., Milford NJ
908-995-0022 • 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
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Sussex County Strawberry Farm
565 Rt. 206 N., Andover NJ
973-579-5055 • sussexcountystrawberryfarm.com
Pick your own: strawberries, blueberries
Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton NJ
609-924-2310 • terhuneorchards.com
Pick your own: strawberries, asparagus, cherries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches
Von Thun Farms
519 Ridge Rd., Monmouth Junction NJ
732-329-8656 • vonthunfarms.com
Pick your own: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, apples
Strawberry Harvest Festival: June 15 & 16
Wemrock Orchard
300 Rt. 33 W., Freehold
732-431-2668 • wemrockorchard.com
Pick your own: strawberries
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