Looking for a local, pick-your-own farm in Scotland? Scroll down this page and you will see the U-Pick farms in Scotland,
sorted by county. Those that offer organic or sustainably grown produce are identified by the words "organic" and/or "sustainable" in Green, next to their name
. The U-pick crops they offer follow the name of the farm. To search the page for a specific crop, use Ctrl-F (or on an ipad or Mac, use their "search on this page" function)
If they have a website, the name will be in blue and underlined; click on it and it will open their website. Beware of copycat websites; they just copied my website a few years ago, and do not update their information as I do, so theirs are usually out-of-date -and often copied incorrectly! I put dates to indicate when we last received an update from each farm,
and I make updates weekly (and whenever I hear from a farm or visitor with new info). See the customer and farmer menus at the top menu bar to submit updates and corrections and help me keep each current!
And if you know of any I missed and want to add them or correct the
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What's in season in November 2024, and
other timely information:
Notes for November 2024: Spring crops are underway; don't
miss the berry season, strawberries are first, followed by the brambles! Damsons
and other plums, figs, and summer veg are next! See this page for a
harvest calendar to know when each crop is typically available.
Strawberry festivals, fetes and fayres are coming, most in June and July -
see
this page to find a strawberry festival near you! We also have
home preserving,
bottling, drying and freezing directions. You can access
recipes and other resources from the drop down menus at the top of the page or the site search.
If you have any questions or suggestions,
feel free to write me!
Scotland U-Pick Farms and Orchards, by
county
Click on the resources drop-down above, if you need a county map
Aberdeen City and Shire (Grampian)
Argyll and The Isles
Ayrshire and Arran
Borders
- Border Berries - Blackcurrants,
redcurrants, raspberries, strawberries, restrooms, picnic area
Rutherford
Farm, Kelso Borders.
Phone: 01835
823763. Email:
AL@BORDERBERRIES.CO.UK. Open: 7 days, 10am to- 7pm (cafe from 11am to 4pm) No need to book but always quieter in the evenings, from early July. Directions:
A68,
9 miles North of Jedburgh, East at St Boswells
on A699 for 4 miles on Kelso road. Follow Rutherford Farm / Border Berries
signs.
Family
run farm on the south bank of the
Tweed
. The soft
fruit PYO is on 7 acres.
Facilities:
Ample parking, picnic area, toilets.
Click here for our Facebook
page. one of Scotland's last remaining outdoor berry farms. Our berries ripen in the sunshine (no extra polytunnel heat) which
makes for delicious, sweet berries only available in July & August. See Border Berries fruit page for more details of what's ripe when.
Strabwerries start in late May,
Wait until mid July onwards if you would like raspberries. Toilets: Located beside the cafe with easy access for wheelchairs, baby changing facilities. Picnic
area: In a dedicated field beside car park. Dogs: Welcome in the car park and picnic area but not into the fruit growing areas. A tap and water bowl are
located on the end wall of the cafe. (UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS)
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee and Angus
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Charleton Fruit Farm - Apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, currants (red and black), gooseberries, pears, peas, plums, potatoes,
pumpkins, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), raspberries (yellow), raspberries (Spring, yellow), raspberries (Autumn,
yellow), raspberries (black), raspberries (Spring, black), raspberries (Autumn, black), rhubarb, strawberries, tayberries, tomatoes, other vegetables,
U-pick and already picked, gift shop, concessions / refreshment stand, ziplines, pedal kart track
Hillside, Montrose , DD109EW. Phone: 07703110865.
Email: Mat@charleton-farm.co.uk.
Open: Daily between 10 am and 4 pm. Picking updates:
Click here for picking updates. Directions: Just off the A92 one mile north of Montrose.
Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards,
Visa/MasterCard, AmEx.
Click here for our Facebook page. Additional veg grown and sold in store (including white asparagus). Restaurant and take-away, free kids adventure
park, shop, holiday rentals, pick your own. Wedding venue opens September 2022. Entrance is free: Strictly no picnics. Free range eggs - see the chickens alongside the farm shop - soft fruit, own preserves and other local foods. They have a Coffee shop with an
imaginative menu, including fresh fruit and vegetables from the farm, an indoor and outdoor setting, gift shop local produce and somewhere for the kids to
play. April starts with the home grown asparagus followed in June by ready picked strawberries which then leads us to July and August for the pick your own
season.
(UPDATED: April 27, 2022)
Edinburgh and The Lothians
- Balgone Barns - pumpkins, squash, haunted trail, PYO sunflowers,
North Berwick, EH39 5NY. Phone:
07454 335556. Alternate phone: 07713 272853. Email: alex@balgoneestate.co.uk. Email:
david@balgoneestate.co.uk. Open: from August with sunflowers. Scotland's largest pumpkin patch, enjoy an
expansive 10-acre patch, home to a mesmerizing collection of over 50,000 pumpkins & squashes in 27 distinct varieties. Halloween trick or treats at the
Crooked Cauldron. Get your share of the treats with toasted marshmallows on offer by the lakeside. 500,000 sunflowers.
Balgone Barns facebook page.
(ADDED: 16 August 2023, JBS)
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Belhaven Fruit Farm - currants (red and black), gooseberries,
raspberries, strawberries, and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand,
restrooms, picnic area, events at your location (call for info)
South Belton Farm, Dunbar, EH42 1RG. Phone: 01368863246. Email:
office@belhavenfruitfarm.co.uk. Open: UPDATE for 2020, Their website is gone; Does anyone have current information,
are they still offering pick your own or are even open? If
so,
please write me, their last reported hours were 10am to dusk. Directions: Just of the A1 at Thistley Cross
roundabout 20 miles south of Edinburgh.
. Crops are usually available in May, June, July.Payment: Cash, only.
(UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS) (UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS)
- The Strawberry Barn - cafe, farmshop - No more PYO!
Thistly Cross Roundabout,
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland EH42 1ST. Phone: 1368 860573. Open: UPDATE for 2022: We are saddened to bring you
the news that 2021 was our last year of offering PYO Strawberries but we didn't know it at the time. Due
to recent storms and high wind our PYO tunnels were severely damaged, causing us to make this devastating decision.Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
(ADDED: July 17, 2020, JBS)
A visitor writes on July 06, 2022: "This PYO is no longer operating as of early 2022 - see
announcement on their website. "
-
West Craigie Farm Shop
- strawberries, raspberries, cherries, gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants,
brambles, tayberries and pumpkins, courgettes
West Craigie Farm, South Queensferry, Edinburgh, West Lothian EH30 9TR.
Phone: 0131 3191048. Email:
john@craigies.co.uk. Open: daily, from 9 am to 5 pm. All fruits are available for PYO and
ready-picked during the season at Craigie's. We also have most of the fruits available
frozen in the Farm Shop throughout the year and make jams and chutneys from
our fruit which are sold throughout Scotland under "The Jam Kitchen" name.
Directions: visit our website.
We operate a entry fee to our fields
during the PYO season, refundable against fruit picked. Simply buy a West Craigie Farm Shop entry voucher online ahead of your visit to gain entry to the field. You can check out our availability report below to see what’s available prior to your visit. On
arrival, show your entry voucher in exchange for a basket and a mapLINK and we will guide you to the best field depending on what you would like to pick.
All you have to do is pick your own fruit, fill your basket then weigh and pay! Entry to the field is from a pre-purchased voucher (in 2020, £5 per Adult
and £2.50 per child) which is redeemable against the fruit picked. We do not offer refunds where the fruit picked comes in under the cost of the voucher. When’s the fruit
in season? It depends on the weather, but generally PYO strawberries start
at the end of June and go on into August. Raspberries start mid July till
mid August. We also have gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, Victoria
plums, and big, beautiful sunflowers. See below for details (less fruit
highlighted = less fruit, more highlighted = more fruit, no fruit
highlighted = no fruit!). Register for our ‘e-newsletters’ and we’ll keep
you up to date with what’s available when.
Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
(UPDATED: 11 December 2023, JBS) (UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS) (UPDATED: 23 July 2008)
Fife
- Blacketyside Farm - Strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants,
blueberries, cherries, redcurrants and gooseberries
Blacketyside Farm, Leven, Fife KY8 5PX. Phone: 01333 423034. Mob: 07970130564. Email:
blacketysidefarmshop@tiscali.co.uk.
Open: six days a week, from 9 am to 5 pm during the berry season and 10 am
to 4 pm at
other times. Directions: on the A915 just east of Leven. sHere you can find a host of local produce and gifts , a fresh butchers counter, a
florist and our very own tearoom offering scrumptious meals and cakes. For our younger visitors we have a large Fort which hosts an exciting playground,
bouncy trampolines and slides. They have over 70 acres of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and cherries, . The introduction of the
poly-tunnels has resulted in the soft fruit season being extended to 6 months which ensures consistency and continuity of supply. Potatoes and carrots are
grown for our farm shop customers, barley is produced for animal feed and oats are sold to be milled for porridge.
Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
(UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS) (UPDATED: July 10,
2009)
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Cairnie
Farming Co. - Strawberries (4 varieties), Raspberries (3 varieties),
Redcurrants, Blackcurrants, Gooseberries, Tayberries, Cherries, Brambles,
Pumpkins and Sunflowers !
Cairnie, Cupar, KY15-4QD. Phone: 01334-655610. Email:
info@cairniefruitfarm.co.uk
Open:
Daily, 6th March to 1st November from 10:00am to 6:00pm; picking stops at 4:30 pm - ALWAYS call or
see their website BEFORE you go to check conditions and hours. Directions: north of the Firth of
Forth and 2 ½ miles from Cupar in Fife. Directions from Edinburgh and
Glenrothes: M90 north to junction 3, A92 through Glenrothes, turn right at
Rathillet Village, approx 3 miles. Directions from Perth: M90 south to
junction 9, A912 through Newburgh, turn left on A92, turn off at Rathillet
Village, approx 3 miles. Directions from St Andrews: M90 south to junction
9, A912 through Newburgh, turn left on A92, turn off at Rathillet Village,
approx 3 miles. See
here for more on the
Cairnie Mega Maze. The Mega Maze is open ONLINE TICKETS ONLY. Please note the indoor seating remains closed (2020).
The Farm Shop
features the ready-picked fruit grown at Cairnie, all of which is also available to Pick Your Own The Maze is availble 13th July - 31 October, daily. The
Maze, sown in maize, grows to a height in excess of 8 feet. By Mid July when the Maze officially opens, the maize will already have grown 4-5 feet in
height. The crop grows at an astonishing average rate of an inch a day! Also: Tearoom Garden with home baking, Jams,
Picnic & Children's Play Areas, Toilets, Free Parking. Open: Fruit Farm - 7
days: 09:30am - 6:00pm, Mega Maze - 7 days: 10:00am - 4:30pm (last entry). (UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS)
(UPDATED: July 12, 2015, JBS)
-
Pittormie Fruit Farm & Nursery - Raspberries, strawberries,
blackcurrants, redcurrants, tayberries, brambles, gooseberries (both red and
green) and loganberries.
Pittormie Ryholme, Dairsie, Cupar, Fife KY15 4SW. Phone: 01334 870233. Email:
info@pittormiefruitfarm.co.uk. Directions:
Click here for a map
and directions. We also have broccoli,
cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, turnips, cabbage, jams, free range eggs and
a nursery with bedding plants, perennials and hanging baskets. Open: Farm
shop open 8am - 8pm June to October.
"Egg Shed" open October to June. Directions: between Balmullo &
Dairsie on the A914. Seasonal crops: Strawberries, Gooseberries (Red and Green), Blackcurrants, Redcurrants, Tayberries, Loganberries, Brambles,
Blueberries, Rhubarb, Vegetables, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage. (UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS)
Greater Glasgow, Lanarkshire, The Clyde Valley
- East Yondteron Farm
- Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Blackcurrants, Redcurrants,
Blackberries, Peas, Broccoli, Potatoes
Innchinnan, Renfrew, Renfrewshire PA4 9LP. Tel:
0141 889 3492. Email:
info@eastyondertonfarm.co.uk. Open: Pick Your Own Monday to Friday 10am till 8pm,
Saturday & Sunday 9am till 5pm; When Crops are Ready for Picking.
Directions: The farm is easy to access from the M8 motorway our
customers come from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire,
Dumbartonshire, and Argyllshire. Typical seasons are: Strawberries Late
June, July and August; Gooseberries Late June, July and August;
Raspberries July and August; Blackcurrants July and August; Redcurrants
July and August; Blackberries End July thru August; Peas Mid July and
August; Broccoli Mid July thru August; Potatoes Mid July through April.
(UPDATED: July 11, 2020, JBS) (ADDED: 31 July 2009)
Highlands
- Wester Hardmuir -
strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, cherries, black, red and white
currents, loganberries, tayberries, blackberries and vegetables
A96, Auldearn, 2 Nairn, IV12 5QG. Phone: 01309 641259. Email:
james@hardmuir.com. Directions:
click here for
directions and a map. Open: 7 days, 8 am to 6 pm from 1st February to 31st December ; PYO: July and Aug from 8.00 am to dusk. They
have a large range of soft fruits and vegetables for PYO, plus pre picked
apples, plums and cherries. Early and late strawberries. The pick your own
season usually begins towards the end of June when the outdoor strawberries
and gooseberries begin to ripen. As the season progresses,
raspberries, black, red and white currents, logan and tayberries, brambles are also available for pick your own. Later in the season, towards the end of
August, our apple and plum orchards are open for pick your own. We are also hoping that our newly planted cherry orchard will produce its first crop this
year. To pick your own use our baskets (or bring your own) and we will direct you to the best fields for picking. Then pick your fruit and we will weigh it
upon your return to the farm shop and you pay. Since 1987 families have been visiting us to purchase ready picked and pick your own soft fruits. Our Farm
Shop is well stocked with a wide range of home grown & local produce including vegetables, potatoes, preserves & home baking. We also supply nearby retail &
wholesale businesses.
Crop |
Date |
Apples: |
Late Aug to late October |
Brambles: |
Mid July to mid September |
Blackcurrants: |
Mid July to mid August |
Blueberries: |
Mid July to late August |
Gooseberries: |
Late June to late July |
Plums: |
Late August to mid September |
Raspberries: |
Late June till late September |
Redcurrants: |
Mid July to late August |
Strawberries: |
Mid June till late September |
(UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS) (ADDED: 02 August 2008)
Orkney
Outer Hebrides
Perthshire, Tayside
-
Broadslap Fruit Farm
- Strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants, pumpkins
Dunning, Perthshire. Phone: 01738 730242. Email:
enquiries@broadslapfruitfarm.co.uk or
Contact us.
Open: Book your Pick Your Own time-slot now. Potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower
and broccoli are also all available from the farm shop. Directions: Broadslap is just off the A9 between Perth and Auchterarder on the B9141
midway between Dunning and the A9. When you visit Broadslap, you’ll see our delicious strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants, growing mostly under cover - too many
wet summers! You will also be welcome to visit and browse through our amazing farm shop, cafe, powered caravan sites, and our latest addition to the farm, our new and
spectacular ‘Childrens’ Outdoor/Indoor Playbarn’. Pop in for a peek, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
Click here for current
Prices. (UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS)
- Jamie
Watson Fruit Farm - UPDATE for 2020, Their website says they are
permanently closed.
Mill of Montague, Balbeggie, Perthshire PH2 7PR.
- Thomas Thomson Blairgowrie - blueberries
Balmoral Road, Blairgowrie, Scotland.
Email: pickyourown@tthomson.co.uk. Open: email them for details; this may have been a one-off event.
Melanie and Peter Thomson have had to shut down their 25-hectare blueberry operation due to both the shortage of pickers in Scotland and cheaper imports
coming in from Peru and South Africa. The family has been growing berries at West Haugh Farm at Ashgrove Road in Rattray and at another property, Westfield
Farm, for more than 100 years, starting out with raspberries and strawberries before diversifying in recent years to blueberries and cherries.
Donations
can be made online at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/pickyourown (ADDED: August 19,
2022, JBS)
- Peter Marshall & Co
- Raspberries, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, Blackcurrants
Muirton, Alyth, Blairgowrie, Perthshire PH1 8JF. Phone: 01828 632227. Mobile:
01828 633070. Email:
meg@petermarshallfarms.com. Open: Pick your own available by arrangement.
Directions: 1 mile west of Alyth, 1 mile off the Blairgowrie/Alyth Road.
More Directions: Muirton Farm - The farm is located approximately 15 miles
North West of Dundee and 1 mile west of Alyth. To get to the farm by car or
on foot, when you get into Alyth proceed along Airlie Street until you
locate the Costcutter shop. On the other side of the road, St Ninians Road
is to the left just after Costcutters. Continue up St Ninians Road 1 &
1/4mile, out of Alyth, until you reach the top of the hill where the farm is
located on your right. Directions to the West Jordanstone Farm: The farm is
located approximately 13 miles North West of Dundee and 1 & 1/2 miles south
of Alyth on the B954. The No 57 bus from Perth to Dundee via Blairgowrie and
Alyth goes past West Jordanstone Farm. Alternatively, the bus from Dundee to
Perth via Alyth and Blairgowrie also passes the farm. Approximately 1 mile
after Meigle is West Jordanstone Farm. (UPDATED: 11 July 2020, JBS)
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W Glen + Son - cucumbers, strawberries, tomatoes, and prepicked produce
Mains Of Errol ERROL, Perthshire, PH2 7TE. Phone: 01821642878. Fax:
01821642878. Email:
office@wglenandson.farm. Open: Monday to Friday 9am TO 6pm. Directions: We are situated one mile from
Errol Village on the St Madoes Road. Payment: Cash, only. At Mains of Errol we grow Sonata and Malling Centenary strawberries on Seaton table top system. All
our fruit is grown in polytunnels enabling continuity of supply and a non stop harvesting operation.
Ross-Shire
- Black Isle Berries - Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Redcurrants,
Blackcurrants, Plums, Apples, Damsons, Cherries (although the birds usually beat us to them!)
Ryefield Farm, Tore, Muir of Ord, Ross-Shire,
IV6 7SB. Phone: 01463 811276. Mobile: 07812 753 950. Email: enquiries@blackisleberries.co.uk.
Open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday all year round, PYO fruit is available from approximately the end of June to the end of August.
Directions: 600 yards off the Tore roundabout on the Fortrose road. Just 10 minutes from Inverness and Dingwall. Black Isle Berries can be found
at Ryefield Farm, Tore on the Black Isle, which has its own farm shop. There we can offer good quality, home-grown, seasonal fruit and
vegetables. During the summer you can pick your own fruit. Please visit our Products page to find out what products we can offer.
Shetland
Stirling, Loch Lomond, The Trossachs & The Forth Valley
- Briarlands Farm - strawberries, tearoom, outdoor activities
Stirling FK9
4UP. Phone: 1786 841309. Email: info@briarlandsfarm.co.uk. Open: 11am till 4.30pm daily. No need
to book, but we do ask that you respect social distancing and follow staff instructions! We will also take a name and contact number for track
and trace purposes! Payment: Contactless payment is preferred however cash can also be taken. We have loads of things to do, to keep the
kids entertained and whilst most of our activities are outside, we do have a craft area within our family friendly tearoom for those wet days
offering ceramic painting, sand art and decopatch; as well as an indoor soft play frame for under 7’s and a play area for pre-schoolers.
Briarlands Farm outdoor activities include
feeding the animals using feeding tubes
jumping pillows
tractor go karts
toddler trike
track
play frames
springers
zip wire
swings
mini diggers and water blaster( £1 coin required)
sand pits
Sheep pen maze
Straw Box
Tractor & Trailer Rides ( £1 per person)
Archery
Football Golf
Pick Your Own strawberries (in season)
There is no
charge to our tearoom where visitors can enjoy freshly prepared food from local suppliers including our own produce, our home-made jam and
delicious strawberries are not to be missed
(ADDED: July 12, 2020, JBS)
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Easter egg hunts
Environmental resources
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Zombie Paintball venues
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