Address: 7450 Balfour Road Brentwood, Ca. 94513
Berry Best Family Farm is situated in the town of Brentwood which is a part of the Contra Costa County. In 1878, the town of Brentwood was founded and it’s known for its farming and agricultural products such as peaches, corn, cherries strawberries, and many more. The Berry Best Family Farm offers one of the sweetest strawberries in the county. The Family Farm is about 1 hour and 20 minutes from San Francisco/Daly City via I-580 East. The farm opens from 9 am -5 pm but started their u-pick strawberries at 10 am on our visit. The Strawberry picking season is best in the month of June while the cherry-picking season is best in early May to mid-June. The season changes or varies depending on the weather and crop size.
We arrived at the farm early at around 9 am due to the fact that we didn’t know the strawberry picking will start at 10 am. Since we arrived too early, we decided to check out the surrounding area and took pictures of the family farm. It was a sunny day but was windy in the morning and later became warm in the afternoon. The Berry farm also has a small produce stand with a wide variety of fresh produce and fruits such as watermelon, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, lemons, local honey, and various greens. We had to park our car on the side of the road behind the farm signage. We then proceeded to the main entrance and bought a box for 50 cents each to put our u-pick strawberries. My 12 years old daughter was excited when she saw the strawberry field with rows of bright, delicious, red strawberries ready to be picked. We all went on our own and picked the sweet, ripen, and reddish strawberries in different areas of the field. My daughter was happy while she picked her own strawberries from the field.
It took us about 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete our strawberry picking and had 3 full boxes of fresh sweet strawberries. We then proceeded to the exit area and a lady weighed all our picked organic strawberries. We paid a total of $50 for our strawberries and the price that day was $3.50 per pound. We didn’t buy anything at the farm stand since we just went there for the u-pick strawberry experience. The farm area has a portable potty onsite and a tank with water to wash your hands.
Here are some of the Strawberry picking farm rules that we saw posted in front of the entrance. Cash only, no backpacks allowed, 50 cents per box, please avoid jumping over the rows, no pets allowed, no outside food, no eating strawberries in the field, and a minimum of 2 lbs per person.
Overall, we were completely satisfied with the wide variety and quality of the sweet fresh strawberries. It was a fun and relaxing strawberry-picking experience, especially for my daughter. Their fresh strawberries were so sweet that it felt like we were eating candies. The warm sunny weather and fewer people made our strawberry experience at Berry Best Family Farm very memorable. We will definitely come back for the other types of berries during its picking season. We actually went Cherry picking afterward as the entire agricultural area is surrounded by farms that offer a Cherry picking experience.
Tips:Â They have a large dirt parking lot area for all their customers. Be careful when driving through Vasco Road which passes through the mountains. The road is very winding, with lots of uphill and downhill. There were even a few police cars that we saw waiting for cars that were speeding. The agricultural area has a lot of Cherry-picking farms all around the vicinity. We went to the Cherry Blossom Farm for our Cherry picking experience which is about 3 minutes away. There is a good restaurant called Tequila Taqueria about 25 minutes away and S.F. Premium Outlet in Livermore which is about 35 minutes from the Berry Farm. There is also a winery called Hannah Nicole Vineyard within the area. Don’t forget to bring comfortable shoes, a shirt that can get dirty, sunblock, a hat, and sanitizing wipes while picking strawberries.
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