Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

Update #2: We will open from 5 pm to 7:30 pm today. We’re going to get another round or two of rain, but we will open and let people pick fruit as the weather allows. That means there may be some times you have to wait in your car or get chased out of the field, but hopefully by sunset we’ll have some pockets of clear weather so you can get your picking done in the post-rain coolness.

We will close the orchard if there is heavy rain or lightning in our area. However, we will open the orchard if it’s a light rain or drizzle or intermittent rain. Bring your rain jackets and rain boots or shoes you don’t mind getting wet or muddy.

You might want to make the special effort to visit today if you don’t mind the weather or the uncertainty, because both the blackberries and blueberry bushes are loaded with ripe fruit right now. And sometimes the orchard is nice and cool after an afternoon shower.

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Wednesday, May 20 from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. Field closes at 7:30 pm or whenever we run out of ripe fruit. It’s first come, first serve (no reservation required).

Blackberries and blueberries are available for picking.

Available for picking:

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 another early ripening blueberry that turns bright pink when it’s ripe. It’s very popular!

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.

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

    5 pm – 7:30 pm

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blueberry Picking Special

• Pick 4 pounds of blueberries and get 1 pound free
  • Berries are $8 a pound. So in other words, 5 pounds of blueberries for $32
• Offer good on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
• Picking sessions on Sunday, May 24, 2026 are by appointment only. One reservation per vehicle.
  • All reservations are booked up for this date. We may have times available for Memorial Day.
• Offer only good for blueberries, not blackberries.
• It generally takes 50-60 minutes to pick 5 pounds of blueberries, which is nearly a gallon.
• Cannot be combined with other discounts like the Golden Bucket.

It’s a good news, bad news kind of situation. 

The good news is that the orchard is bursting with ripe blueberries like we’ve never seen.

The bad news is that the recent rainy weather is causing problems with our parking area. We can only park a limited number of cars at a time. So we will require reservations for morning and afternoon picking sessions.

You’ll need to bring your rain boots and possibly a rain coat. Keep an eye on the weather, because we close the field when the rain is heavy or if there is lightning.

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

blackberries: The blackberries were picked pretty well on Saturday morning. They typically take at least two days to ripen, and probably longer with the cloudy weather, so we’re not expecting many good blackberries on Sunday.

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

    Morning and afternoon picking sessions by appointment only

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

Opening day for the 2026 pick-your-own season is Saturday, May 16 (8 am – 10 am)

We’ll open the orchard for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Saturday, May 16 from 8 am to 10 am. Field closes at 10:30 am.

At this point in the season, we have more blueberries ripening than we do blackberries. There will be some blackberries available, but we’ll likely run out quickly. So if you’re primarily interested in blackberries, wait until Memorial Day weekend to visit. If you’re primarily interested in blueberries, come on down! 

Available for picking:

blackberries: thornless varieties including Arapaho, Osage 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 another early ripening blueberry that turns bright pink when it’s ripe. It’s very popular!

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.

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.

Our bathrooms were not delivered in time for opening day, but we’ll have them for the rest of the season. Apologies for any inconvenience.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

    8 am – 10 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

CANCELLED: We are closed for the 2025 spring season

Unfortunately, when we went through the orchard this Friday evening,  there were not enough berries for us to open for picking on Saturday. Birds are likely eating the berries faster than they can ripen, and once that happens there’s no recovering for the season. Thanks for coming out to pick this season, and we’ll see y’all next year (unless we are able to open for fig picking in late August).

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Juneteenth Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

We’ll open for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Thursday, June 19 (Juneteenth) by appointment only at 8 am and 9 am.

Click here to make a reservation for 8 am.

Click here to make a reservation for 9 am.

Alternate date: If we get rained out in the morning, we will reschedule for Thursday evening at 6 pm – but the weather pattern lately has been rain in the afternoon and evening.

We are coming into the end of the season. We probably only have a week or two left. Blackberries are still ripening. Late season blueberries have been a bit of a challenge with the birds, but we’ve deployed bird netting and it’s been working.

Available for picking:

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

blueberries: late season rabbiteye varieties such as Tifblue and Powderblue. 

All berries are $10 a quart or $40 a gallon. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), Venmo, and credit cards.

We provide picking buckets and transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. 

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

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

  6 pm – 7:30 pm

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

We’ll open for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on June 17 at 5:45 pm and 6:30 pm by appointment only.

Click here to make reservation for 5:45 pm

Click here to make reservation for 6:45 pm

If the link acts broken, it means the reservations are all filled. 

Waughsome Farm Golden Bucket owners can pick without an appointment (anytime during the open hours).

Alternate date: If we need to cancel due to weather, we will reschedule the pick for the following morning, Wednesday morning at 8 am. 

The blackberries and blueberries are ripening well, but we are in their late season. We will only have two weeks or so of picking before the end of the season.

Available for picking:

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

blueberries: Rabbiteye varieties including Austin, Brightwell, Tifblue and Powderblue. We’re picked out of Pink Lemonade for the season.

All berries are $10 a quart or $40 a gallon. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), Venmo, and credit cards.

We provide picking buckets and transfer the picked berries to take-home containers. 

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

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

  6 pm – 7:30 pm

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

CANCELLED: Father’s Day Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

Update: Father’s Day evening appointments are cancelled. We got a lot of rain over the afternoon and the parking area is inundated.

We’ll open for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Father’s Day Sunday, June 15 by appointment only. We will have evening sessions at 5:45 pm and 6:45 pm. However, we will not open if it is raining or lightning at the orchard at the designated time.

Click here to schedule appointment for 5:45 pm

Click here to schedule appointment for 6:45 pm

Recent rainstorms have softened the parking area, so we can accommodate only so many vehicles at a time. The orchard is good for foot traffic. Bring your muck boots or old shoes.

Available for picking:

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

blueberries: midseason rabbiteye varieties including Climax, Premier, Austin, Brightwell. We’re picked out of Pink Lemonade for the season.

All berries are $10 a quart or $40 a gallon. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), Venmo, and credit cards.

We provide picking buckets and 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.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

  6 pm – 7:30 pm

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

Father’s Day Blackberry and Blueberry Picking

We’ll open for pick-your-own blackberry and blueberry picking on Father’s Day Sunday, June 15 by appointment only. We will have morning sessions at 8 am and 9:15 am.

Click here to make a reservation for 8 am

Click here to schedule appointment for 9:15 am

Recent rainstorms have softened the parking area, so we can accommodate only so many vehicles at a time. The orchard is good for foot traffic. Bring your muck boots or old shoes.

Available for picking:

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

blueberries: midseason and late rabbiteye varieties including Austin, Brightwell, Tifblue and Powderblue. We’re picked out of Pink Lemonade for the season.

All berries are $10 a quart or $40 a gallon. You only pay for what you pick (no entry fee). We accept cash (preferred), Venmo, and credit cards.

We provide picking buckets and 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.

See the following pages for more information:

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

  8 am and 9:15 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA

CANCELLED:

We will not open on Saturday morning due to excessive rain. 

Our next scheduled pick is Sunday evening, Father’s Day, June 15 at 6 pm – 7:30 pm. But check our page before heading over, because we may adjust the schedule further due to weather or the forecast.

Hours and Pricing

Before You Visit (Frequently Asked Questions)

Orchard Notes

  8 am – 10 am

  40269 Abby James Rd Prairieville LA