Produce Farms near Utica, NY

Frankfort

A family greenhouse and u-pick berry farm on Roberts Road in Frankfort, in the Mohawk Valley. Spring brings spray-free, non-GMO vegetable plants, annuals, herbs, and perennials; summer opens pick-your-own organic blueberries. They also sell fresh rainbow eggs year-round, frozen berries, and garden supplies, working under regenerative growing practices. Greenhouse plants run mainly May and June, with blueberries following through summer.

Frankfort

Brick House Acres sits in the Mohawk Valley about ten minutes south of Utica, running a greenhouse and a u-pick berry field. The garden center opens from late May through June with annuals, perennials, vegetable plants, herbs, and hanging baskets. In July, visitors pick their own raspberries and blueberries on the hillside, and fresh eggs are sold year-round.

Herkimer

Wereszczak's Blueberries runs a u-pick patch on Steuben Hill Road in Herkimer, in the Mohawk Valley of central New York. Blueberries here ripen across July and into August, the standard window for the crop in this part of the state. The farm isn't documented much online, so call ahead for picking hours and to check that berries are on before heading up the hill.

Clinton

Clinton

Blueberry Hill Farms & Nursery pairs a plant nursery with pick-your-own produce on Roberts Road in Clinton, southwest of Utica in Oneida County. The nursery side sells plants and shrubs while the fields offer blueberries and other berries in season. Details on hours and stock aren't posted online.

Remsen

A pick-your-own blueberry farm on Evans Road in Remsen, in the Adirondack foothills of northern Oneida County. Blueberries ripen and open for picking in the summer, the short window when upstate berry farms like this one run. Confirm picking days and field conditions with the farm before driving out.

Remsen

Heywood's Blueberries offers pick-your-own blueberries on Evans Road in Remsen, in the foothills north of Utica. Upstate blueberry picking here generally peaks from mid-July into August. Call before heading out, since ripening and open days shift with the weather each summer.

West Winfield

Lee Center

Taberg

Irvada's Blueberry Lane grows pick-your-own blueberries on Point Rock Road in Taberg, in the hills north of Rome, Oneida County. Picking runs through the summer blueberry window, generally mid-July into August. Call ahead, since open days depend on ripening and weather.

Town of Oppenheim

Blueberry Hill offers blueberries on Belden Corners Road in the town of Oppenheim, Fulton County, in the hills west of the Great Sacandaga Lake. Upstate blueberry season here generally runs mid-July into August. Call ahead, since small u-pick patches open and close with the ripening fruit.