The strawberry and sugar snap pea picking are available in June for approximately 2-3 weeks depending on weather and fruit production. The exact opening date is posted and confirmed on Facebook a few days prior to an actual opening. 

Iowa Orchard U-Pick Patch is located at 13140 NW 102nd Avenue in Granger on the south side of Highway 141. View Map

 YOU MUST HAVE A RESERVATION TO PICK. Picking is subject to weather and fruit availability.  Strawberries do not ripen all at once – each plant has ripe and unripe green berries simultaneously. So, when all red berries get picked we must irrigate and wait a few days for the green fruit to ripen.  Using a reservation system ensures your best picking experience and our ability to provide the best customer service. 
Reservations are offered for a few days at a time only, not the whole season – with the weather being a huge influence on strawberry production we can only guarantee picking for the nearest future. The online scheduler is continuously updated to allow more reservations every few days as the season progresses. This will always be announced on Facebook. To save time and effort, you can also get on the list to be notified as soon as more reservations become available hours before it is published on Facebook.
Click here to make a reservation now THIS LINK WILL APPEAR WHEN THE 2024 SEASON STARTS IN JUNE.
Click here to be notified as soon as more picking spots become available THIS LINK WILL APPEAR WHEN THE 2024 SEASON STARTS IN JUNE.
strawberries at Iowa Orchard

 Strawberry Prices & Admission

Admission is $5 a person (kids 2 and younger are free). Once parked, gather your party to get checked in. Picking containers and carriers will be provided at the check-in tent for your convenience. Free bottled water and portable bathrooms will be available at multiple stops around the farm. If berries are picked at the further away corners of the farm, you can use our tractor ride to get there and back. U-pick strawberries are $5/lb if less than 10 lb is picked, and $4/lb for 10 lb and more.

* The $5 entry fee covers our additional expenses incurred with running a busy u-pick operation. The majority of these are loss of fruit due to the nature of “crowd picking”, transportation across the farm, additional liability insurance,  extra social media, and phone/email communication due to multiple crop updates and weather changes, property upgrades like gravel road for convenient public access, additional signage, rental of bathroom and handwashing stations, and other investments involved with running a smooth u-pick operation.

We try to have a supply of prepicked berries at both locations but it is limited and unpredictable. We recommend calling 515-276-0852 before heading our way or placing an order using the following link THIS LINK WILL APPEAR WHEN THE 2024 SEASON STARTS. The pickup is 11 AM – 2 PM at our Granger location, and 3 PM – 6 PM at the Urbandale store. Prepicked berries are $8/lb. A quart is 1.25 lb so $10. A flat is 10 lb so $80.

U-pick sugar snap peas are $4/lb.

While here, you can also enjoy our mini cider donuts made hot to order and strawberry apple cider lemonade! If that is the only reason for your visit – no need to make an appointment, just show up and grab them to go!

THINGS TO REMEMBER BEFORE COMING TO PICK STRAWBERRIES:

  • As strawberries grow low to the ground, no pets are allowed in the patch to avoid contamination.  If you are an owner of a service dog, please, let us know how we can help to accommodate you to the best of our ability.  An emotional support animal is not a service animal.

  • We provide you with a cardboard flat to pick into – no need to bring your own container.

  • Please, plan on having at least one adult per 3 children to keep an eye on them.

  • Strollers are not allowed into the strawberry field. They damage the berries/plants and cannot be pushed because of the thick straw covering the ground.

  • Fresh berries need to be refrigerated right away.

  • Prewashing berries before storage makes them go bad faster –  wash them right before consuming.

iowa orchard strawberry field
iowa orchard strawberries