Where to Pick Strawberries on the Eastern Shore
Your Guide to finding the best berries in Maryland and Delaware!
It’s Strawberry Season – and the ruby beauties are early – and abundant this year! Get thee (and thy entire family – many hands make light work) to your nearby pick-your-own farm and enjoy the fruits of the season!
Don’t know what to do with your abundance of berries? You can clean them then flash freeze on a cookie sheet. The next day put all your beauties in a freezer bag to enjoy throughout the year!
Maryland
Caroline County
- Blades Orchard - Minimizes chemical and pesticide use, 4822 Preston Road, Federalsburg, MD 21632. Phone: 4107548857. Fax: 4106731986. Email: bladesorchard@bladesorchard.com.
- Frase Farm - strawberries
Corner of Kraft & Friendship Road, Preston, MD 21655. Phone: 410-673-7249. Alternate phone: 410-673-1598. - Wing's Landing Farm - strawberries
6300 Bell Creek Road, Preston, MD 21655. Phone: 410-673-7238 (recording). Alternate phone: 410-673-7749.
Cecil County
· Walnut Springs Farm - asparagus, blueberries, red raspberries, black raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, sweet cherries, picnic area, petting zoo, playground available.
3910 Blue Ball Road, Elkton, MD 21921. Phone: 410-398-3451. Email us at: info@strawberryfarm.com.
Dorchester County
- Emily's Produce - u-pick strawberries and pumpkins
2206 Church Creek Road, Cambridge, MD 21613. Phone: 443-521-0789. Email: emilysproduce@yahoo.com. family owned and operated. Roadside market. Homemade desserts on weekends as well as a wide variety of jams, jellies, and relishes. Directions: on Route 16 one mile from the Cambridge South Dorchester High School.
Kent County
- Lockbriar Farm -
10051 Worton Road, Chestertown, MD 21620. Phone: 410-778-9112. Email: info@lockbriarfarms.com. Open: Call or see their website. Directions: Click here for a map and Directions. - Redman Farms - beans, blackberries, peas, pumpkins, strawberries,
8689 Bakers Lane, Chestertown, MD 21620. Phone: 410-778-5743. Email: redman@baybroadband.net. Open: Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 5:30 pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 4 pm. Directions:Click here for a map and directions.
Queen Anne County (aka, Queen Anne's County)
- Erickson's Farm - strawberries
171 Strawberry Lane, Centreville, MD 21617. Phone: 410-758-1655. - Godfrey's Farm - 302 Leager Road, Sudlersville, MD 21668. Phone: 410-438-3509. Email us at: info@godfreysfarm.com. Directions: Just east of Sudlersville at Route 300 and Leager Road. Open: Monday to Saturday 7 am to 5 pm, Sunday 7 am to noon. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard.
Wicomico County
- Grist Mill Gardens - strawberries
34178 Rounds Road, Pittsville, Maryland 21850. Phone: 410-860-1930. Email: webmaster@gristmillgardens.net. - How Sweet It Is - strawberries
3601 Stockyard Road, Eden, MD 21822. Phone: 410-742-8600. - Oakley's Farm Market - pick-your-own strawberries.
27466 Ocean Gateway (US Rt. 50 West), Hebron, MD 21830. Phone: 410-860-8553. - Strawberry Fields Forever - strawberries
4820 Powell School Road, Parsonsburg, MD 21849. Phone: 410-835-8586. - Wright's Farm - strawberries
9300 Old Railroad Road, Mardela Springs, MD 21837. Phone: 410-742-8845.
Delaware
Kent County
- Bobola Farms and Florist
5268 Forrest Avenue, Dover, DE 19904. Phone: (302)492-3367, Open daily, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 5pm. - Ficner's Farm
1911 Fast Landing Road, Dover, DE 19901. Phone: (302) 674-4677. Open June to Nov. Available to pick: mid-May through mid-June. - Fifer Orchards - 1919 Allabands Mill Road, Wyoming, DE 19934. Phone: 302-697-2141. Email: michael@fiferorchards.com. And for a map to our farm, click here.
- Robbins Paradise -4025 Paradise Alley Road, Harrington, DE 19952. Phone: 302-242-5397. Fax: 302-335-5566. Email: robbinsparadise@aol.com.
- T. A. Farms - Strawberries
4664 Mudmill Road, Wyoming, DE 19934. Phone: (302) 492-3030.
New Castle County
- Fairview Sod Farm - Strawberries
380 Green Giant Road, Townsend, DE 19734. Phone: 302-378-0611. Open: Call for hours. - Filasky's Produce 1343 Bunker Hill Road, Middletown, DE 19709. Phone: 302-378-2754. Email: pumpkinlady46@yahoo.com. Directions: Off Route 301 south, west of Middletown. 2 Miles down Bunker Hill Road.
Sussex County
- Broadcreek Strawberries - strawberries
8523 Bethel Road, Seaford, DE. Phone: 302-875-3872. - Jeff's Greenhouses (H&H Brand Farms) - strawberries
Main Street, Box 5, Bethel, DE. Phone: 302-276-3420. - Magee Farms - strawberries
Rd.1. Box 80 five miles west of Fenwick island, Selbyville, DE 19975. Phone: (302) 436-5589. Fax: 302-436-9842. Email: mageefarms@msn.com. Directions: 5 miles west of Fenwick island - Sykes Farms Inc. - strawberries,
11219 Nancy Street, Lincoln, DE 19960. Phone: 3024226041. Alternate Phone: 3023816076. Email: nancysykes610@yahoo.com.
Information compiled from pickyourown.org
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