Pick your own strawberry farms on Long Island
For berry lovers it's peak season for a u-pick experience. June marks the beginning of the season when red, juicy, sweet strawberries are ripe for the picking at Long Island farms.
At Wickham's Fruit Farm in Cutchogue, Laurie McBride, the farm stand manager says, "We have a large selection of strawberries for picking, featuring eight varieties over the course of the month, including cabot, malwina which is a late variety and the early Wendy variety that is ready to harvest in early June." At Patty's Bunches and Berries in Mattituck, expect a variety of strawberries that can be picked at different times throughout the season. "As the berries ripen, you'll find some varieties early, middle and late June, because we plant an intentional rotating crop, so there's something for everyone," says owner Patty DiVello.
These locations are now open for picking. Remember to call ahead and confirm, as u-pick is weather dependent.
Route 25A, Wading River
Pints of just picked strawberries sit by the farmstand at Condzella's Farm in Wading River. Credit: Randee Daddona
652 Peconic Bay Blvd., Riverhead
635 Victory Ave., Brookhaven
Rose Ciotta of Ronkonkoma, picks strawberries with her mom, Nikki, at Glover Farms in Brookhaven. Credit: Barry Sloan
740 Wading River Rd., Manorville
812 Sound Ave., Calverton
Ayana Parekh, Zainab Raza, Sofia Raza and Zalen Parekh, all of Mineola, go strawberry picking at Lewin Farms in Calverton. Credit: Rick Kopstein
410 Sound Ave., Mattituck
Strawberries picked at Patty's Berries and Bunches in Mattituck. Credit: Randee Daddona
397 Laurel Lane, Laurel
3355 Sound Ave., Riverhead
Dhruvika Khanna, of Bethpage, eats a strawberry that she picked at a u-pick farm in Riverhead. Credit: Morgan Campbell
5629 Sound Ave., Jamesport
3810 Middle Country Rd., Calverton
Ely Almonte, his son, Matthew, and their dog, Jada, pick apples; Jack Haber does the same at Windy Acres Orchard in Calverton. Credit: Randee Daddona, Morgan Campbell and Elizabeth Haber
28700 Main Rd. (Route 25), Cutchogue
Wickham's Fruit Farm is located in Cutchogue. Credit: Daniel Brennan
2287 Sound Ave., Calverton
- Strawberries through June 30
- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
- Starting at $7.50 per quart, must pick 4-quart minimum
- 631-727-1786
