There’s nothing like a fresh strawberry, picked from the ground with your own hands. As the weather warms up and summer can be seen on the horizon, You-Pick strawberry opportunities are sprouting! Get your hands on one of summer’s sweetest treats at a local area farm!
Before heading out to pick your own berries, please call ahead and verify hours and that the berries are ready to be picked!
Strawberry season is short, so don’t wait!
Eckert’s Country Store + Farms
951 S. Green Mt Rd, Belleville, IL 62220
Starting in May, pick-your-own strawberries at Eckert’s! A tractor will bring you to and from the strawberry fields.
You can purchase Field Access Passes online.
🍓🍋 Check out Eckert’s Strawberry Lemonade recipe here! 🍋🍓
Tuesdays – Thursdays from 10 am – 5 pm | Sundays from 9 – 5
Thies Farm + Market
14101 Creve Coeur Airport Road, Maryland Heights, MO 63146
U Pick strawberries are now available at Thies Farm! Please call 314-469-7559 for info on days to pick.
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 10 am – 4 pm
Thies Farm + Greenhouses
4215 North Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO 63121
3200 Greens Bottom Road, St. Charles, MO 63303
Pick Your Own Strawberries, Beginning APRIL 25: Spring is here and the berries are ready! Bring the family out to Thies Farm & Greenhouses and enjoy the sweetest strawberries of the season—picked fresh by YOU.
Hours vary based on location.
Thierbach Orchards
15885 Orchard Lane, Marthasville, MO 63357
Has not been updated for 2026
Thierbach Orchards begins their fresh fruit season in May with Strawberries.
Open Daily in Season, 8 am – 1 pm
Donahue’s Sunshine Farm
3540 Fairmont Avenue, Collinsvile, IL 62234
Opening Saturday, April 25 + Sunday, April 26 (weather dependant)
A u-pick strawberry farm that also offers other fresh produce. U-Pick season is usually May and June. Check their Facebook page for exact dates and times.
Cash or Check only – no cards taken
Scharf Farm
8132 State Road 163, Milstadt, IL 62260
Strawberry picking season is here! Hoping to begin strawberry picking in mid-May
Check their Facebook page for the latest updates!
Monday – Saturday | 9 – 6pm
Sunday | 10 – 5pm
Open at Soulard Thursday – Saturday | 7 – 4pm
Mclaughlin Strawberry Farm and Vegetables
963 McLaughlin Road, Murphysboro, IL 62966
Opening day means a fresh field full of strawberries. We will open at 6am with pre-picked and pick your own available. Opening day is always busy so get there early.
We will close early if we sell out. So check the page for updatestes if you plan on coming in the afternoon
Opening Saturday, April 25, 2026
Monday – Saturday: 6 am – 6 pm
Theodora Farms
4835 N. Alby Road, Godfrey, IL 62035
Strawberry season starts around Memorial Day, and lasts about a month. Check their Facebook page for the latest updates!
Theodora Farms has not shared 2026 dates for Strawberry picking, but confirmed they will soon. The rest of the farm will be ‘fallowed’ meaning rather than farming the land, they will let it rest and rebuild for the season. This will not impact their UPick Strawberries.
Tuesday – Friday: 10 am – 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 1 pm
Sager Farms
5251 Kell Road, Kell, IL 62853
Strawberry picking season is almost here! Sager Farms has not yet updated their page for 2026. Check their Facebook page for the latest updates!
Monday – Saturday: 8 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm
Schwartz Orchard
1942 Copple Road, Central, IL 62801
Not yet updated for the 2026 season. Check Facebook page for the latest updates!
Strawberry Festivals
Eckert’s Strawberry Festival
Eckert’s Belleville: 951 South Green Mount Road, Belleville, IL
May 2, 3 | 9, 10 | 16, 17 | 23, 24, 25
10 am – 5 pm
Make plans to spend the weekend at the farm—it’s Strawberry Festival time!
Gather your family and friends and head to our Belleville Farm for a fun-filled celebration of the season. Enjoy delicious festival food, sweet strawberry treats, and refreshing strawberry-themed cocktails while live music sets the mood all day long.
Explore the farm and capture the moment at our many photo-worthy spots, then settle in for an easygoing day of music, food, and fresh air. Kids will love the pony rides, petting farm, children’s play area, and carnival rides, while adults relax, sip, and soak up the festival vibes.
It’s a joyful, all-ages farm festival full of flavor, music, and memories—exactly how summer should feel.
10am–5pm (fee charged for select activities)
🍓Orchard Evenings: Strawberry Edition | May 7 at 5:30 pm (Adults)
🍓 Strawberry Jam Class at Eckert’s Belleville | May 13 at 6:30 pm
Kimmswick Strawberry Festival
Historic Downtown Kimmswick
June 6 – 7, 2026
10 am – 5 pm
The Strawberry Festival will be bursting with fresh strawberries, strawberry shortcake, chocolate-covered strawberries, strawberry cheesecake, and strawberry iced-tea. Enjoy your favorite festival foods, too, like kettle corn, shish kebobs, funnel cakes, onion blossoms, BBQ, hamburgers and hotdogs and roasted corn on the cob along with many others.
There will be craft booths, home and garden vendors, a children’s petting zoo, bounce houses and pony rides for kids.
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home Strawberry Festival
First Baptist Church Arnold:2012 Missouri State Road, Arnold, MO 63010
June 13, 2026
9 am – 2 pm
This year’s event will kick off with the craft festival at 9 am with the quilt and craft auction to kick off at 10 am. Wonderful strawberry-inspired concessions will be available throughout the day! This event is all indoors with plenty of parking! This event is critical to the agency’s financial stability and continuing the amazing work of caring for children, youth, and families who need hope, healing, and restoration. Support this ministry and enjoy shopping and eating while bidding on some amazing quilts and crafts.
If You're Up for a Bit of a Drive ...
Ozark Farms Strawberry Festival
11600 Hwy 72, Rolla, MO 65401
May 9, 2026
10 am – 3pm
Join us at Ozark Farms on Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 10am to 3pm for our most anticipated event of the year—Strawberry Festival! This family-friendly celebration is a beloved tradition filled with sweet strawberries, joyful memories, and good old-fashioned fun. Enjoy a full day of shopping with local vendors, pony rides, face painting, delicious food trucks, live music, bounce houses, and hands-on experiences with baby chicks and mini goats. Bring your fishing poles too—our lake is well stocked for fishing fun. Whether it’s your first time or your favorite yearly tradition, you’ll find something special waiting for you at the farm. Admission is free!
