Picking Hours

SEASON 2025: Triple Berry Time Picking, U CUT Herbs, Edible Flowers & Zinnias!

(Blueberries, Blackberries & Raspberries-though the later, ‘cane-berries’ are less plentiful since just starting, picking best in 1st hour. We are anticipating a mid-August close this year SO pick the blueberries while we have them!!)

July=National Blueberry Month! What could be more patriotic than picking native to the USA Blueberries??

PICKING HOURS:
Mon: July 14, 8am-noon
Tues: July 15,  5-7:30pm  (‘Teaching Tuesdays’ 5:30-6:30pm – see below)
Wed: July 16,  CLOSED for ripening
Thrs: July 17,  9am-1pm
Fri: July 18,  CLOSED for ripening
Sat: July 19,  8am-noon
Sun:   Always Closed
*Call farm phone before you leave home for hours recording/picking conditions updates! 540-552-4195***Here’s the thing to consider: we are experiencing enormous picking pressure this yr in addition to losing 20% of our berry blooms to April freezing temps-please don’t come late in any picking shift expecting abundance. This is not the year for that. Maybe next year. We are riding the weather wave too!

U-CUT Herbs available NOW-many different herbs & mints. Zinnias & Sunflowers available NOW!

Teaching Tuesdays a unique, Summer Series offering @ 3 Birds Berry Farm
Where: The Perch pavilion on farm grounds, 1876 Brooksfield Rd. Blacksburg, VA Who: Adults and mature teenagers Cost: None; Presenters may be selling products discussed; please support! U-Pick Berries: We are open for berry picking also every Tuesday eve during our season, 5-7:30pm. For more hours & info visit www.3birdsberryfarm.com
July 15, 5:30-6:30pm Growing Berries 101 Join Bill Sembello, 3 Birds Owner, for a chat about where to start with berry growing: nurseries, vendors, products, tips, and suggestions. Bring your questions too!
July 22, 5:30-6:30pm Pie Crust Demo: Learn several different ways to tackle a pie crust & demystify the science behind it with VT Executive Chef, Michael Arrington, who has always wanted to do a crust making demo on the farm! Song Circle: Stay to close out the evening under the string lights with ‘Folky Songs of Peace: Song circle/Sing along with Ash Devine (ashdevine.net) from 7-7:45pm. BAKE SALE Fundraiser for Micah’s Backpack also happening this eve as part of our PIE DAY National Blueberry Month celebration …5-8pm…bring some $$ & take home decadent, homemade Blueberry desserts (while they last!); bring your kids out to see Bee Guy Tommy’s demo hive & pick out some Blueberry/Honey Bee stickers to take home!
July 29, 5:30-6:30pm Celebrating Miin giizis, the July Berry Moon: Learn to make Native American berry syrup and some delicious ways to use it with local Native food ways expert Mae Hey.
See you in the Fields!
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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.