Discover U-Pick farms in the Netherlands

soft fruits

Picking soft fruits under the open sky is a simple pleasure—sun on your skin, the rustle of leaves, and the satisfaction of plucking ripe berries straight from the bush. Whether alone or with loved ones, it’s a chance to slow down, laugh over missed stems, and fill baskets with juicy treasures. Back home, the fun continues: toss them into yogurt, bake a crumble, or blend into a vibrant smoothie.

Recipes to try:

Summer Berry Galette: Roll out puff pastry, pile on mixed soft fruits, fold edges, and bake until golden. Dust with powdered sugar.
Berry-Lime Jam: Simmer berries with sugar and lime zest until thickened. Jar and enjoy on toast or swirled into oatmeal.

For a refreshing twist, muddle soft fruits into a Berry Spritz: mix crushed berries with gin, a splash of soda, and a squeeze of lemon. Garnish with mint.

If your haul includes herbs like mint or lemon balm, steep a handful in hot water for a fragrant tea. For flowers, scatter petals over salads or float them in a bowl of water as a centerpiece. The best part? Every bite or glance reminds you of the day spent picking under the sun.

Gelukkige Groentes pluktuin Ooij

vegetables, herbs, flowers
gelderland

Gelukkige Groentes is a self-picking farm with ecological vegetables in Ooij, Netherlands. You can harvest your own vegetables weekly through a picking subscription. They focus on local food production to reduce CO2 emissions, restore biodiversity, reduce plastic waste, and minimize food waste. They have a location in Ooij and Malden and offer guided tours. With the picking subscription, you can harvest seasonal vegetables, herbs, and flowers from May to December. They grow over 60 different crops, including familiar vegetables like leeks, onions, carrots, and cauliflower, as well as less common ones like hakurai turnips and trombochini. You can also pick herbs like oregano, coriander, and dill.

Pluck van het veld

vegetables, flowers, herbs
noord-brabant

Pluck van het Veld is a self-picking farm where members can harvest their own fresh, organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers. The farm handles the planting and maintenance, while members enjoy the harvesting. A pluck subscription allows members to choose 5 to 15 types of vegetables weekly, complemented by fresh herbs. In addition to vegetables, the farm offers a flower-picking garden from July to October, featuring flowers grown in open soil without pesticides. There are specific picking days and times for the flowers. Tulip picking is also planned for the Spring of 2025. Flower picking subscriptions are available.

Moestuin de Haar

fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs
utrecht

Moestuin de Haar is a 1.5-hectare self-picking farm located on the former production grounds of Kasteel de Haar. Visitors can become “oogstdeelnemers” (harvest participants) and harvest their own vegetables and flowers weekly, making the garden a community space. The farm cultivates vegetables, flowers, berries, and herbs using organic farming principles. The website mentions that the farm relies on harvest participants buying a share at the start of the year to support the farm with plant and seed purchases, as well as the maintenance of the garden. The farm uses composting and crop rotation, to improve the soil structure, and promote healthy produce without the use of artificial fertilizers or pesticides.

CSA Zelfoogsttuin Kraaybeekerhof

utrecht

The Tuinen van Kraaybeekerhof is a biodynamic farm and estate in Driebergen, Netherlands. The farm includes: A self-harvest garden (CSA), where members can pick their own biodynamic vegetables, fruits and herbs. A flower garden, where members can pick their own bouquets. A tea garden. The farm also has a nursery where you can purchase plants. The landgoedwinkel (estate store) is closed for the year but will reopen in spring 2025. Volunteers are welcome to help with the work on the farm. The farm regularly organizes activities and workshops.

Kansrijk Biologische Zelfoogsttuin

fruits, vegetables, herbs
utrecht

Tuin Kansrijk is a biological self-picking farm located in Groenekan, The Netherlands. They focus on positive impact, from the ground to the consumer. They do not use pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or artificial fertilizer, for the benefit of the environment and the consumer. The farm offers fresh, locally grown produce with no storage or transportation involved, which provides the farmers with a fair price. The farm allows visitors to harvest their own produce, offering a connection with nature and a sense of community. Visitors can enjoy picnics, relax, and engage in conversations with other harvesters.

by Broersen

fruits, flowers
noord-holland

By Broersen is a third-generation family farm located in Warmenhuizen, near Alkmaar and Schagen in North Holland, specializing in Dutch produce for 50 years. They cultivate and sell asparagus from late March to June, and strawberries from early April to November. In addition to their own produce, they offer related and other local fresh products in their farm shop. The farm features a self-picking garden where customers can pick various soft fruits and cut flowers. During the summer vacation period for the northern region, strawberries can also be picked in their greenhouse.

Fruittuin Verbeek

fruits, flowers
gelderland

Fruittuin Verbeek is a family-run fruit farm located near Zwolle and Elburg. They focus on sustainably growing various fruits like apples, pears, cherries, plums, and berries, selling them directly in their farm shop. Their motto is that flavor should develop in the orchard, not in cold storage. Visitors can enjoy a walk through the orchards with information boards or participate in an interactive scavenger hunt to learn about fruit cultivation.

Tuinen van Kraaybeekerhof

fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs
utrecht

Tuinen van Kraaybeekerhof is an old estate located in Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands, with biodynamic gardens. The estate’s shop is closed for the year but will reopen in Spring 2025. The nursery remains open for purchasing perennial plants. During the season, you can become a member of the self-harvest garden and pick your own biodynamically grown vegetables, berries, and herbs every week. Additionally, a flower subscription is available for picking your own bouquets.

Moestuin Leyduin

fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs
noord-holland

Moestuin Leyduin is a community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm located on the Leyduin estate, on the border of Heemstede and Vogelenzang. On this one-hectare historical kitchen garden, about fifty different vegetables, twenty kinds of herbs, soft fruit, apples, pears, and a beautiful sea of flowers are grown in an environmentally friendly way. During the harvest season, members can come to the garden every week to harvest their own produce and enjoy the atmospheric surroundings. They may pick, various vegetables, herbs, soft fruits, apples, pears and flowers. By purchasing a share in the garden and through their involvement, they make the farm possible.