Strawberry picking in Tennessee in June

Kelley's Berry Farm

A four-generation family farm on the bank of the Cumberland River in Trousdale County, growing berries here since 1978 on about ten acres of strawberries. It is one of the few Middle Tennessee patches that reliably picks into June, and the field stays open every day of the week while the strawberries last, which most farms do not do. U-pick ran $4 a pound in spring 2026, with pre-picked gallons around $25. The catch is that the Kelleys also sell at Nashville-area farmers markets from May through September, so the patch is under steady pressure; the farm's own advice is to call just before you come to see how the crops are looking.

McCulley's Amazin' Acres of Fun

Billed as the largest u-pick strawberry patch in Middle Tennessee, on a working Sparta farm that doubles as a family attraction with more than forty activities, a farm market and a strawberry festival in mid-May. The berries are Chandler and Camarosa varieties picked straight from the field, with pre-picked buckets sold inside the market, and you can reserve berries in advance if you are driving in. It sits out in the Upper Cumberland rather than the Nashville suburbs, closer to Cookeville and Crossville, so it is a proper day trip, and festival weekends draw a crowd that a quick berry stop will not enjoy.

Rutherford's Farm

A Blount County farm established in 1976 and now in its fiftieth season, with the cheapest berries on this list at $2.25 a pound on its posted price list, well under what the Nashville-area farms charge. Strawberries open a long crop calendar that runs on through green onions, cabbage, beets, half-runner beans, tomatoes and fall greens, so regulars treat it as a year-round stop rather than a spring outing. The farm asks you to call or text to order ahead for any crop and posts no set picking hours, so it is not a place to turn up unannounced.

Smith-Perry Berries

The Chattanooga area's strawberry farm, run by Aubie Smith with Bill Perry on the largest working farm in Hamilton County. Plantings have grown to sixteen acres and the crew picks between 400 and 1,100 gallons every morning for the farm stand, with u-pick running alongside, so mornings are the safe bet if you want a full field. The Smiths plant tulips in early spring and sunflowers in July, and their barn carries an "Everywhere You Look, UT" mural and doubles as an outdoor classroom for school groups. Berries here hold into the middle of June, later than almost anywhere in West or Middle Tennessee.

Hyde Farms

A 115-acre working farm on Highway 411 between Maryville and Madisonville where the strawberry patch shares the place with a petting zoo, mini-golf, inflatables and picnic tables, which makes it the easiest of these to turn into a morning out with small children. Both u-pick and pre-picked baskets are sold from a stand beside the field. Owner Mitchell Hyde has told the local paper the strawberry season should end between the first and the middle of June, which puts it among the last East Tennessee patches still open. It is a genuine drive from Knoxville, roughly a dozen miles south of Maryville on a two-lane highway.

Myers Brothers Farm

Twin brothers Blake and John Myers are fourth-generation Wears Valley farmers, and their patch reaches further into June than any other on this list. It is a small operation: a strawberry field up a gravel drive off Highway 321 with a farm stand for the rest of the year's produce, which runs to sweet corn, seedless watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes and fall mums. The Smoky Mountain backdrop is a real part of the appeal. The trade-offs are that there are no posted picking hours and no website, and the two directories that list the farm disagree about whether it takes cards, so bring cash and call ahead.