Where to Pick Your Own Peaches in Maryland and Virginia

Peach-picking season is upon us—it usually runs from July to September— and we’ve gathered all the world locations the place you may spend a day harvesting the fuzzy fruit. Climate and selecting patterns can affect whether or not an orchard is open for pick-your-own days, so be sure you verify a farm’s web site for essentially the most up-to-date info.  

Handle: 1015 Baugher Rd., Westminster, MD

Hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 9 AM to five PM.

This family-owned orchard hasn’t began their peach-picking season fairly but, however it’s anticipated to begin in some unspecified time in the future in July. Area helpers will present you ways and the place to select, and there are wagon rides into the fields. Bonus, particularly if in case you have little youngsters: there are additionally moveable bogs within the fields. 

Handle: 34345 Snickersville Tpke., Bluemont, VA

Hours: 10 AM to five PM day by day (Peach selecting ends at 4).

Take a wagon to the orchards and get some ideas from the drivers on one of the best locations to select the ripest yellow peaches. Peaches are $1.99 per pound plus farm admission ($11 per little one and $12 per grownup). Admission contains entry to the farm’s 12-acre play space, which options rope swings, tractor tires, and big tube slides. If you wish to keep away from crowds, head over on a weekday afternoon.

Handle: 3064 Hartland Ln., Markham, VA

Hours: 9 AM to five PM.

Seven totally different styles of peaches are supplied at Fauquier County orchard. The farm takes money or checks solely. 

Handle: 1524 Snowden Rd., Delaplane, VA

Hours: Wednesdays to Sundays, 9 AM to 1 PM (Final pickers admitted at 12:30).

Combine and match peaches, plums, and nectarines for $10 per quarter peck and $18 per half peck. There are 12 totally different styles of peaches right here, with three of these varieties accessible throughout July and 7 accessible throughout August. The farm supplies containers; it doesn’t permit exterior containers, backpacks, or giant purses. 

Handle: 15604 Sugarland Highway, Poolesville, MD

Hours: 9 AM to five PM day by day.

Homestead Farm gives yellow peaches for selecting rain or shine. Children beneath 1 are allowed in free, in any other case, there’s a $3 admission payment. Peaches are $2 per pound. Say howdy to chickens, goats, and different livestock in your approach to the fields. 

Handle: 2415 Woodbine Highway, Woodbine, MD

Hours: Saturday and Sundays, 9 AM to five PM; Tuesdays by Fridays, 9 AM to six PM.

Peach selecting at this family-owned farm begins in mid-July and lasts till mid-September. Search for 16 totally different styles of peaches, 14 of that are thought-about “freestone” (that means the pit simply falls from the peach’s flesh). 

Handle: 1608 Russell Rd, Berryville, VA

Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 8 AM to six PM; Sundays, 10 AM to six PM (Selecting ends at 5). 

Decide your personal yellow peaches, then seize lunch on the patio at this family-run farm. There’s a $2 per particular person payment to enter the selecting space, and so they provide containers and a restricted variety of wagons.

Handle: 1550 Leeds Manor Rd., Delaplane, VA

Hours: Fridays and Sundays, midday to five PM; Saturdays, midday to six PM (Selecting closes an hour earlier than the farm does). 

Beginning in mid-July, you may decide each yellow freestone and white peaches right here. There’s a taproom that showcases the farm’s cider, mead, and wine.

Handle: 11409 Harford Rd, Glen Arm, MD  

Hours: Opening instances fluctuate; verify the web site for extra info.

Peaches can be found at this farm—an extension of Weber’s Cider Mill—beginning in mid-July. The farm has over 30 totally different styles of the fruit.