Picking Hours

SEASON 2025: Closed till mid June 2026!

THANKS FOR A GREAT SEASON OF PICKING, FUNDRAISING & CATCHING UP! 

We shift to horticulture work, hosting many service groups & classes from VT & RU who want to get off campus and into a peaceful & fun space. Thanks in advance to APO, LAMBDA, CIRCLE K, and DELTA SIGMA PI for choosing us as a service site & helping us with winter chores, invasive species removal, and the GIVE BACK GARDEN.

*NO Dogs on farm, folks. Cash, Good Check, Venmo accepted
Tip: call farm phone before you leave home-hours recording/picking conditions updates! 540-552-4195
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PAYMENT: $3/pint or $20/gal & $1.75 for a bucket your re-use ea time 
Cash preferred, Good Check/Venmo accepted. NO CARD Reader at stand.
NOTICE:  NO DOGS ON FARM! Parking is ample, Porta Potty is ADA accessible, & some mid-season blueberries near parking (3 handicapped spots) for those with mobility differences. Closed Toe Shoes (!) since it’s a working farm. Every crop ripening is weather & bird dependent-we control what we can! We are PESTICIDE FREE.
CONTAINERS: Berry pick in our sanitized, vented buckets OR your vented bucket from last year. Take berries home in your own containers/bags, use our take home bags if needed OR buy the bucket for $1.75 to take berries home and re-use every time you pick!

***We pick in rain, will close for lightning storms- so farm hours CAN change. Call farm phone BEFORE leaving home for updates! 540-552-4195 (hrs recording). 

  • Blueberries, MAIN crop, pick ALL summer long, Blackberries pick for a month most of July, and Raspberries (red, gold) pick reliably late July-late Aug/Early Sept or season close *Read crop specifics in our ‘ABOUT’ Link.
  • We appreciate you pickers keeping this U-Pick thriving & our volunteers/student groups helping us in & out of season to maintain a healthy & beautiful farm!

Welcome to 3 Birds Berry Farm–Blacksburg’s U Pick Berry Farm!  We are a PESTICIDE FREE/Insecticide Free, using organic farming practices & biological controls. We LOVE teaching kids how to be Expert Pickers & talking about sustainable farms/gardens. Come on out!   Learn more.