Produce Farms near Hawthorne, FL

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

Anthony

Blueberry Downs sits in Anthony, in Marion County's blueberry belt just north of Ocala, where sandy soil and mild winters suit southern highbush varieties well. No working website, phone, or social page turned up in a search, so current season dates and pricing are unconfirmed. Call ahead before making the drive.

Listed simply as "Organic Blueberries," this is a u-pick stop on County Road 315 in rural Marion County, in the same corridor as several other area blueberry farms. No specific hours, pricing, or grower name for this address turned up in public search — call ahead before visiting.

B & G Blueberries is a Florida blueberry operation, one of the small growers that plant low-chill southern highbush varieties to catch the state's early spring harvest window before the rest of the country's crop comes in.

Silver Springs

Claire's Blueberry Farm sits on Northeast Highway 314 in Silver Springs, just east of Ocala near Silver Springs State Park, in Marion County's stretch of low-chill blueberry groves.

Silver Springs

Barbara's Blueberries operates near Silver Springs in Marion County, part of the belt of small central Florida blueberry farms that typically run u-pick season from spring into early summer. Pick dates, hours, and pricing weren't confirmed online.

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

Palatka

Ron's Berries sits on South Providence Church Road outside Palatka, in Putnam County along the St. Johns River. The name points to a berry operation, but no published hours, crop list, or website confirm specifics. Worth a call before making the drive.

Ocala

Wagon Blueberry and Chestnut Farm grows on SW 16th Place in Ocala, pairing two crops rarely found on the same property in Central Florida. No independent website was found online; call ahead to confirm what's in season and open for picking.