U-Pick Farms in Utah in July
July is a lean month for picking fruit in Utah, and only two farms here have any: Rocky Top Fruit Farm in Payson, where apricots follow the June cherries at $3.85 a pound, and Riley Orchards & U-Pick in Genola, whose raspberries and sweet corn start in July. The rest of the list is lavender, cut flowers and vegetables, including The Lavender Apple's cut-your-own festival on July 10 and 11, 2026, with free admission.
The bigger difference between the eight is how you get in. Four open their fields during posted hours, S & K Blossoms works by appointment, and The Lavender Apple and Beck Farms pick only on event days. Sweet Pea Farm & Orchard in Parowan is the one southern Utah option, with a u-pick side small enough to call about first; the other seven are Wasatch Front or Cache Valley drives.
Our picks
- Tree fruit to take home in July: Rocky Top Fruit Farm. Apricots at $3.85 a pound, picked walk-in on posted half-day slots, though the orchard can shut for a stretch mid-month between crops.
- An early start before the valley heat: Riley Orchards & U-Pick. Raspberries, sweet corn and summer squash all open in July, and the field is walk-in Monday to Saturday from sun-up to sun-down.
- A July festival day: The Lavender Apple. The harvest festival on July 10 and 11, 2026 is free, with cut-your-own bundles, wagon rides and free parking at Millville South Park.
- Flowers on a whim: Flower Farm UT. Open Monday to Saturday from early morning to late evening with no booking, at $25 a jar or $30 for 20 stems.
- A planned evening in the rows: Beck Farms. Ticketed two-hour sessions at golden hour from late July, with snips and a short lesson included, at $35 a cup or $40 a vase.
At a glance
| Option | Address | What You Pick | Season | How You Visit | What It Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 510 East 300 South, Millville, UT 84332source | Lavendersource | Mid June to mid Julysource | Event days onlysource | Free admissionsource | |
| 8648 S 6200 W, Payson, UT 84651source | Apricotssource | June through Octobersource | Walk in during open hourssource | $3.85 a poundsource | |
| 3973 W 4450 S, West Haven, UT 84401source | Cut flowerssource | July through Octobersource | Book a time in advancesource | $25 mason jar or $60 florist bucketsource | |
| 13760 N 5400 W, Garland, UT 84312source | Vegetablessource | Tomatoes July to October, berries and corn from Augustsource | Walk in during open hourssource | Tomatoes $1.00, raspberries $3.50, watermelon $5.00source | |
| 850 N 100 W, American Fork, UT 84003source | Cut flowerssource | Late July through Octobersource | Event days onlysource | $35 paper transport cup or $40 glass vasesource | |
| 2491 N Fort Lane, Layton, UT 84041source | Cut flowerssource | Walk in during open hourssource | $25 jar, $30 for 20 stems, $40 vasesource | ||
| 294 N 800 E, Genola, UT 84655source | Berriessource | July through Octobersource | Walk in during open hourssource | ||
| 136 S 600 W, Parowan, UT 84761source | Vegetablessource | May 23 to October 31, 2026source |
Why July is thin for fruit picking
Utah's sweet cherries finish in mid June and the berries and peaches arrive in August, and several farms close for a stretch in between. Rocky Top shows the pattern: cherries in June, apricots in July, then a pause before the August berries. Riley Orchards runs the other way, opening its whole season in July.
Michaelis Family Farm in Garland catches the changeover. Its strawberries are done by July, tomatoes come on at $1.00, and raspberries at $3.50 and watermelon at $5.00 follow from August. The farm asks you to text ahead for patch conditions, because a hot week moves the crop, and it takes only cash or Venmo.
Cut flower farms: jars, buckets and vases
The three flower farms mostly charge by the container you fill. Flower Farm UT in Layton charges $25 for a jar, $30 for 20 stems and $40 for a vase, and you just turn up. S & K Blossoms in West Haven charges $25 for a mason jar or $60 for a florist bucket, with July to October slots on Wednesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, and it suggests allowing about an hour. Beck Farms in American Fork charges $35 for a paper cup or $40 for a glass vase, supplies the snips and a lesson, and its sessions routinely sell out.
The options in detail
The Lavender Apple
A family lavender farm in Cache Valley, below the Wellsville mountains, whose picking window is the shortest on this list: the fields are worth visiting from mid June to mid July and the harvest is celebrated with a two-day festival, July 10 and 11 in 2026. Admission is free and you cut your own bundle, alongside food trucks, artisan vendors, horse-drawn wagon rides and lavender lemonade. Outside the festival the farm keeps shop hours on weekdays and sells its own oils, culinary lavender and soaps, so a mid-week visit is a store visit rather than a picking one. Park free at Millville South Park and walk through the hay field, or pay $5 to park closer.
Rocky Top Fruit Farm
The one tree-fruit orchard on this list with real July picking, on the bench west of Payson. Sweet cherries open the season in June and apricots follow in July, then the trees rest and the berries take over in August, so the orchard can be shut for a stretch mid-month between the two. Picking is walk-in on a posted schedule of half-day slots rather than by appointment, and you pay by the pound at the scale. They keep bees, sell their own raw honey, and have chickens, goats and a pig for children to look at while the adults pick.
S & K Blossoms
A small flower farm in West Haven, just west of Ogden, that runs on booked appointments rather than open gates. Tulips are the spring draw; the summer cutting season opens in July and runs to October, with weekday slots on Wednesday mornings and Tuesday evenings and weekend times kept for date nights. You choose a mason jar or a florist bucket when you arrive and fill it yourself, and they suggest walking the rows first and allowing about an hour to cut. It is a working home farm with mud, bugs and free-range chickens, so wear shoes you do not mind ruining.
Michaelis Family Farm
A market-garden farm out in Box Elder County near Garland, and the most forgiving option here for a family with no fixed plan: the u-pick patch is simply open six days a week through the season, no booking and no ticket. July is the changeover month, when the strawberries have finished and the tomatoes come on, with raspberries, blackberries, sweet corn and melons arriving from August. Everything is priced per item at the patch rather than by admission, and they ask you to text ahead for patch conditions because a hot week moves the crop. Cash or Venmo only.
Beck Farms
Six acres of cutting flowers on century-old family land in American Fork, run as evening events rather than an open field. Picking sessions are ticketed two-hour slots at golden hour, late July through October, and you choose a paper transport cup or a glass vase when you book; the farm provides snips, a vessel and a short lesson. Dahlias, celosia and specialty zinnias are the backbone of the late-summer rows. Sessions routinely sell out, so this is one to book well ahead rather than drop in on.
Flower Farm UT
A self-serve cutting garden on Fort Lane in Layton, and the easiest one on this list to visit on a whim: the field is open Monday to Saturday from early morning to late evening with no booking and nobody to check in with. You pay online or at the stand for a jar, a twenty-stem wrap or a vase, then cut what you like from rows of sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, snapdragons and dahlias. Snippers, jars and wrapping are laid out at the farm stand. The farm also runs date nights, workshops and butterfly releases through the summer, and sells ready-made bouquets and honey if you would rather not cut.
Riley Orchards & U-Pick
A family orchard and market garden at Genola, farming here since 1952, and the only place on this list whose whole season opens in July rather than closing then. Raspberries, sweet corn, zucchini, cucumbers, summer squash and peppers all start that month, with tomatoes, peaches and apples following through the autumn. Picking is walk-in, Monday to Saturday, sun-up to sun-down, which suits an early start before the Utah Valley heat. They post what is actually ripe to a Facebook group rather than a calendar page, so it is worth checking the day before rather than trusting the published harvest chart.
Sweet Pea Farm & Orchard
Three acres in Parowan, and the only entry here that puts southern Utah within reach: everything else on this list is a Wasatch Front or Cache Valley drive. Started in 2014, it grows vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers under greenhouses and season extension to cope with a short high-desert growing window, and the season runs late May to the end of October. The farm is better known locally for its Saturday farm breakfasts and farm-to-table dinners than for picking, and the u-pick side is small, so it is worth a call before making the drive. Picking terms and prices are not posted online.
How we researched this
Each farm's picking season is quoted from its own page, so you can see exactly where July falls: two open in July, The Lavender Apple winds down by mid-July, and Beck Farms starts late in the month. Prices stay as written because a pound of apricots and a jar of zinnias do not sort against each other. Riley Orchards' cost cell is empty because its shop lists farm-stand prices rather than picking prices, Flower Farm UT never states a season, and Sweet Pea Farm & Orchard's picking terms would not load.
Rowley's Red Barn and Cherry Hill Farms, the names many people expect, are fall apple farms: Rowley's lost its 2026 apple crop to a spring frost, and Cherry Hill's Utah u-picks are listed as coming in September 2027. Ogden Bay Produce picks from August. Young Living Lavender Farm, Perry's Berries and Stanton Cherries could not be included because none had a readable farm page to quote and take a photo from. Riley Orchards posts what is ripe to a Facebook group and Michaelis asks for a text about patch conditions, which says how quickly a hot July week changes a field.