Pick what's actually ripe.
We open the gate by appointment when something is ready. Bring a basket and an afternoon. The rows are wide enough for a wagon, the walk is wooded, and the dog is friendly.
Goldberry Grove's u-pick is laid out across about seven acres of cleared hillside, planted in layered agroforestry: a chestnut–hazelnut– walnut canopy with serviceberry, mulberry, elderberry, pawpaw, and persimmon below. Everything is grown without synthetic fertilizer or pesticide — JADAM and Korean Natural Farming inputs only.
What's in season, roughly
- JuneMulberries, early serviceberries, the first elderflowers (for syrup, not eating).
- JulyServiceberries finish, elderberries set, the first wild raspberries along the woodland edge.
- AugustElderberries ripen. Late summer wild plums in the hedgerow if the birds don't beat us to them.
- SeptemberPawpaws drop. Persimmons follow once the first hard frost hits the tannins. Hazelnuts start coming in.
- OctoberChestnuts. The main event. Hazelnuts finish. Black walnuts drop and we'll show you how to hull them without staining everything you own.
How it works
U-pick is by appointment, not drop-in — that lets us match the gate opening to what's actually ripe and keep the rows from getting trampled before they're ready. Dates and what's open get posted to Instagram and the journal seven days out. Pay by the pound on the way out; we tare baskets at the table.
The land is steep in places. Wear closed-toe shoes. We have a farmhand crew (George and Wesley) who can point you to the easiest rows if the trail looks rough. Children very welcome — most of our u-pickers are families.
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