Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Saturday, June 20 morning by appointment only.

We will require reservations for this pick, as the season begins to wind down. 

Click here to make an appointment: https://waughsomefarm.setmore.com/waughsome

The season is starting to wind down as we are just reaching the end of the season. Blackberries are still plentiful, but blueberries are winding down. You may be able to find some blueberries, but it will be hard picking. Be sure to ask us where the good picking is.

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless blackberry varieties on the farm are producing ripe fruit, including Arapaho, Caddo, Osage, Ouachita. Kiowa is our only thorned variety, but the berries are so big and sweet that they are worth the trouble. Ponca is usually our favorite but it’s starting to suffer from blight in the late season.

blueberries: Mostly our late season rabbiteyes, including Powderblue and Tifblue. The Pink Lemonades are picked out for the season.

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound.

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), credit cards and Venmo. When paying by cash, we round down to the nearest dollar.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. 

We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

    7:30 am/ 9:15 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

We will not open on Wednesday, June 17 as previously scheduled, due to weather.

We have had a lot of rain today and our parking area is too soft to accommodate vehicles. The orchard is pretty messy as well.

We will keep Saturday morning on our schedule and hope for a dry-out. 

Everybody be safe!

    7:30 am – 9:00 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberries and blueberries on Monday, June 22 from 6 pm to 7 pm. Field closes at 7:30 pm or whenever we run out of ripe fruit. 

We will post the link to register here 24 hours in advance (so 6 pm on Sunday for the pick on Monday).

Blackberries and blueberries are available for picking but it is getting to the end of the season. Blueberries are very nearly picked out. Ask us where the good spots are. Blackberries are still coming in, but this might be the last week for them as our season has traditionally ended about June 19th. Some blackberries are showing signs of blight, so be choosy and only pick the good berries and leave the bad ones for the birds.

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless varieties including Osage, Ouachita, Ponca and Caddo. Kiowa is thorny, but has excellent fruit. Caddo and Kiowa are producing large berries right now.

blueberries: We still have early-season rabbiteye varieties including Climax, Premier, Austin, Brightwell, but they are getting harder to find. Late season rabbiteyes are ripening such as Powderblue and Tifblue. 

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound. 

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash, credit cards and Venmo. We round down to the nearest dollar when paying with cash.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. 

We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets into the orchard or parking area.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

    6 pm – 7:00 pm

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Friday, June 5 from 7:30 am to 9:30 am. 

Blackberries are especially plentiful and so we’re opening on Friday morning so that pickers have more time to pick.

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless varieties including Arapaho, Osage, Ouachita, Ponca and Caddo. Kiowa is thorny, but has excellent fruit. 

blueberries:  All varieties of rabbiteye blueberries are bearing ripe fruit, including Premier, Climax, Austin, Brightwell, Tifblue and Powderblue.

The weather may cause us to cancel the pick at the last minute, so be sure to check this page or our Facebook page for announcements before heading over.

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound.

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), Venmo, and credit cards. When paying by cash, we round down to the nearest dollar.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. Frequent visitors may be interested in our Waughsome Farm “Golden Bucket”.

We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets into the orchard or parking area.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

   7:30 am – 9:30 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Wednesday, June 3 from 7:30 am to 9:30 am. 

Blackberries are especially plentiful and so we’re opening on Wednesday morning (and evening) so that pickers have more time to pick.

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless varieties including Arapaho, Osage, Ouachita, Ponca and Caddo. Kiowa is thorny, but has excellent fruit. 

blueberries:  All varieties of rabbiteye blueberries are bearing ripe fruit, including Premier, Climax, Austin, Brightwell, Tifblue and Powderblue.

The weather may cause us to cancel the pick at the last minute, so be sure to check this page or our Facebook page for announcements before heading over.

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound.

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), Venmo and credit cards. When paying by cash, we round down to the nearest dollar.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. Frequent visitors may be interested in our Waughsome Farm “Golden Bucket”.

We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets into the orchard or parking area.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

 Orchard Notes

    7:30 am – 9:30 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

    8 am (by appointment)

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

**Update: All spots for Saturday morning are taken. Check back with us to see if we open up additional dates and times.**

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Saturday, May 30 from 8 am to 11:30 am. We may require reservations if we get a lot of rain and can’t use our entire parking area. If we do, we will post the link to reserve at 8 am on Friday morning.

At this point in the season, blackberries and blueberries will be available in equal amounts. Blackberries are hitting their stride, in terms of pace of ripening. 

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless varieties including Arapaho, Osage, Ponca and Caddo. Kiowa is thorny, but has excellent fruit. 

blueberries:  Early-season rabbiteye varieties are available including Climax, Premier, Austin, Brightwell. 

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound. 

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash and credit cards. We no longer accept Venmo. When paying by cash, we round down to the nearest dollar.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. Frequent visitors may be interested in our Waughsome Farm “Golden Bucket”.

 We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets into the orchard or parking area.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

This picking session is cancelled. There’s been too much rain and the parking area is inundated. We will wait until Saturday, May 30 to open next. We are likely to require reservations for Saturday. We will post the link for Saturday reservations at 8 am Friday morning on our website and our Facebook page.

The good news is that there is a lot of ripe blackberries and blueberries in the orchard right now.

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Wednesday, May 27 by appointment only starting at 6 pm. With the recent rain, our parking area is soft and we can only park so many vehicles. So we will require reservations in order to limit the amount of visitors. If it’s raining or lightning in the area we will close the orchard, although we may be able to wait out any passing storms. Bring your mud boots and possibly rain jackets.

One reservation per vehicle. Carpooling is encouraged!

Blackberries and blueberries are available for picking. It’s peak season and ripe fruit should be plentiful.

blackberries: thornless varieties including Arapaho, Osage, Ponca and Caddo. Kiowa is thorny, but has excellent fruit. Other varieties are starting to ripen.

blueberries: Southern highbush blueberries have been making for a few weeks and are very ripe. Early-season rabbiteye varieties are available including Climax, Premier, Austin, Brightwell. Pink Lemonade is just about picked out for the season.

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound.

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash and credit cards. We no longer accept Venmo. When paying by cash, we round down to the nearest dollar.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. Frequent visitors may be interested in our Waughsome Farm Golden Bucket.

We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets into the orchard or parking area.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

    6 pm, by appointment only

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

Weather update: We will open this morning. It’s been drizzling off and on, but it looks like the rain is holding off and will clear out for a while. Bring your mud boots and rain jackets! Those with later appointments should check the weather and our page for updates before heading over.

All reservations for Memorial Day are taken.

Our next open day is Wednesday, May 27 evening.

The recent rainy weather is causing problems with our parking area, so we’ll need to limit the Memorial Day Berry picking to appointments only so that we can spread the crowd out across the morning.

Each appointment is per vehicle. 

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Monday, May 25. Blueberries are especially plentiful. Blackberries are just getting started, but the cloudy weather is slowing them down. We will limit each customer to one gallon of blackberries so that later appointments might have a chance to pick some. They will really get going if we start to get some sun. 

The fields are muddy, so bring your rain boots and possibly rain coats. If there is heavy rain or lightning, we’ll need to close the orchard. Sometimes we can wait it out if it’s a passing storm.

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless varieties including Arapaho, Osage, Ponca and Caddo. Kiowa is thorny, but has excellent fruit. Limit one gallon per customer for Memorial Day.

blueberries:  Early-season rabbiteye varieties are available including Climax, Premier, Austin, Brightwell. Most of the Pink Lemonade have been picked, but there are a few available for the determined picker.

The weather may cause us to cancel the pick at the last minute, so be sure to check this page or our Facebook page for announcements before heading over.

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound.

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred) and credit cards. As of May 2026, we’ll no longer accept Venmo. When paying by cash, we round down to the nearest dollar.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. Frequent visitors may be interested in our Waughsome Farm “Golden Bucket”.

 We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets into the orchard or parking area.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

 Orchard Notes

    Morning appointments

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

Saturday morning weather update: It looks like rain and possibly thunderstorms are moving toward the farm this Saturday morning. We intend to open and let people pick as the weather allows. We’ll close the field if the rain is heavy or there is lightning, but then may open again if it clears out.  Bring your mud boots and rain jackets! Check back with this page or our Facebook page for announcements before you start heading over.

The good news is that there is a lot of fruit in the field with ripe blueberries and blackberries.

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Saturday, May 23 from 8 am to 11 am.

At this point in the season, we believe blackberries and blueberries will be available in equal amounts. Blackberries will start hitting their stride, in terms of pace of ripening. 

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless varieties including Arapaho, Osage, Ponca and Caddo. Kiowa is thorny, but has excellent fruit. 

blueberries:  Early-season rabbiteye varieties are available including Climax, Premier, Austin, Brightwell. 

New for 2026 season: we will start selling picked fruit by weight: $8 a pound.

Blueberries and blackberries are $8 a pound. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), Venmo, and credit cards. When paying by cash, we round down to the nearest dollar.

New for 2026 season: we will start providing bags to put in the buckets. Then we will have an easy way to weigh the produce. You can take the bags home or transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. Frequent visitors may be interested in our Waughsome Farm “Golden Bucket”.

 We are a no-smoking farm. We cannot allow pets into the orchard or parking area.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

    8 am – 11 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA