Tom's Berry Patch in Forest Grove enables you to experience the fun of picking your own berries fresh from the bush or vine. Choose from four varieties of blueberry, two of blackberry, marionberry, and raspberry at our farm. Strawberries are available for pre-picked only. Each variety has it's seasonal availability.
These are procedures are in place for this year only, we plan on being back to normal operations next year, our normal procedures are on the "U-pick" page and we welcome you to read those over as well.
It is not spread through food or eating, hooray! But there is other ways it can spread, so we have created the following guidelines for this season with guidance from the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
We need to still keep the 6ft distance, so an employee can help you find a row to pick on if you need help, though we are confident there is plenty of space for people to spread out and not be too close to another family.
Please do not bring containers from home this year to reduce contamination. We also cannot provide buckets, because we cannot effectively sanitize them. Instead, we are providing one-use containers for you to pick in and bring products home. There is no extra cost for the containers.
For those of you with special circumstance or need large quantities, please call or email us to discuss your options.
A face mask or covering is being encouraged for customers, however you can make your own choice on when and where to wear it while visiting us. Employees will wear them when coming in contact with customers or while picking for an order.
We will continue to have our port-a-potties with wash stations and will need you to wash your hands before entering the fields. We will also have hand sanitizer at the checkout table.
We check our employees year-round and anyone that looks sick or has symptoms will go home or stay home. We ask that our customers show us the same courtesy.
The checkout table, weight scale and contact surfaces will be sanitized as necessary throughout the day. There will be markers and roped off areas to help people maintain the 6-ft distance. We will still be accepting cash, check and credit card for your convenience. We won't have berry samples (for taste testing) this year either!
As always, you pick it—you buy it, so only touch produce you intend to buy and take home, we appreciate you not eating product while in the fields as well. We also ask that only water bottles be out in fields, no other food. Our picnic tables will not be available for customer use this year either as we need them for employee use only.
If you are not comfortable going out or are unable to travel we do offer pre-order through our Online Shop, by phone or emailing us. There is even a delivery service option this year as well, more details on the Online Shop! We will continually update our Online Shop when products and options become available.