Picking your own is cheaper than the market, fresher than the store, and a genuinely good afternoon with kids. Here's what's pickable, where, and roughly when — across Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor, and a few farms just outside the corridor that are worth the extra drive.
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Strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries through the summer, plus apples in September. Also runs a market-style CSA and u-pick pumpkins and flowers.
Strawberries, tart cherries, black raspberries, and raspberries, plus pickling cucumbers and cut flowers.
Cherries starting in early July, then apples from late July through mid-October, followed by pears — plus a dahlia field worth a stop on its own.
Pumpkin patch plus u-pick vegetables earlier in the season — tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, cantaloupe.
Fall pumpkin patch and farm activities on Fort Collins' south side.
Corn maze plus pumpkins — a Fort Collins fall staple.
In-town pumpkin patch, easy to get to without leaving Fort Collins.
Loveland's go-to fall pumpkin patch.
Pumpkins and fall farm activities on Loveland's east side.
Windsor's local pumpkin patch option.
Greeley-area farm and greenhouse with fall pumpkin offerings.
Fall harvest includes pumpkins and Indian corn alongside potatoes, carrots, onions, beets, and squash — plus a "Potato Dig" harvest event.
Apples plus several varieties of plums and pears, with a country store and fall produce.
Cherries in early July, apples late July through mid-October, then pears.
Yes — u-pick windows depend on that week's ripeness and get cut short by weather, so call or check the farm's website or social page before you drive out. Bring cash for smaller farm stands.
Fall, typically starting in September, at farms across Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, and Greeley — following the peak of the u-pick berry and cherry season earlier in summer.
The closest u-pick cherry options are YA YA Farm & Orchard in Longmont (cherries starting in early July, then apples through mid-October, then pears) and Berry Patch Farms in Brighton (tart cherries plus raspberries and black raspberries) — both are a drive outside the immediate corridor but the closest options going.