Are you hoping to do a little flower picking at one of the local U-pick flower farms? Spring has sprung with rows and rows of beautiful blooms at flower farms near Greenville, SC, and in Western North Carolina. These are the U-Pick flower farms that will welcome you and your kids to a feast of color, and an opportunity to pick your own gorgeous blooms.
Thompson Family Farms: Tulips and Sunflower Picking
13830 SC-11, Campobello, SC
Season: Early spring for tulips, fall for sunflowers
Thompson Family Farms offers cut-your-own tulips in their flower fields beginning March 11th, 2024. The tulip season is short, so make sure you visit early! The cost is $8 per person 12 and older (children under 12 are free), and stems are $1 per stem. U-pick sunflowers are in fall for 2024 along with their u-pick pumpkins, zinnias, corn, and cotton! Follow the Thompson Family Farms Facebook page for updates.
Here’s our review of Thompson Family Farms.
Dirt & Grit Flower Farm
3456 Harris Bridge Road, Woodruff, SC
Season: Early spring
Dirt & Grit offers u-pick tulips and daffodils at their family farm in Woodruff, SC. Their tulip fields open to the public starting on March 8th, 2024, and go until sold out (a couple of weeks at best). The cost is $25 per person 10 and up, which includes 10 stems. General admission begins March 10th, 2024; $8 per person 10 and up, flowers $1/stem with general admission. For up-to-date info follow Dirt & Grit Flower Farm on Facebook.
Watch! Our Visit to Dirt & Grit Flower Farm
Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard: Tulips in Spring
170 Stepp Orchard Drive Hendersonville, NC
Season: Opening March 22, 2024
Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard is open in March for u-pick tulips. Be sure to follow Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard so you do not miss up-to-date info.
Watch! Picking Tulips at Stepp’s Orchards
Alexander’s U-Pick
385 Waterfall Drive, Mountville, SC
Season: Early spring for tulips
Alexander’s U-Pick is offering u-pick tulips for the first time in 2024. The tulips are $2/stem. Their operating hours vary so follow them on Facebook for the latest information.
Callaham Orchards
559 Crawford Road, Belton, SC
Season: Early spring for tulips
Callaham Orchards may be known to our readers for their strawberries but they’ve also added in tulips! They do not have set hours or days so you need to follow them on Facebook to see when they have tulips available for picking. They offered them initially at $10/10 tulips + vase or $8/10 tulips if you bring your own vase.
Grandad’s Apples N Such: Pick your own lavender
2951 Chimney Rock Road, Hendersonville, NC
Season: Late May, Early June
Grandad’s will offer u-pick lavender beginning May 24th, 2024. There will also be new summer bakery items, fresh produce, and in-season fruit to purchase. The farm will be open from 9 am – 4 pm, Thursday – Sunday until June 30th, 2024. The farm will reopen again in the fall for apple season.
Never Ending Flower Farm: A HUGE variety of U-Pick flowers
152 Tom Harris Trail, Barnardsville NC
Season: spring, summer and early fall
Open for the season in mid-May 2024, Never Ending Flower Farm offers a wide variety of flowers for picking from May through September. You can see the full list on the Never Ending Flower Farm website, but in May look for varieties like poppies, snapdragons, and yarrow. As summer progresses you’ll find varieties like marigolds, sunflowers, cosmos, dahlias, and more.
Never Ending Flower Farm Website
Elf Leaf Farm: U-Pick lavender and products
141 North Campbell Road, Landrum, SC
Season: 2024 dates are Tuesday, June 4 – Sunday, June 9, 2024, Tuesday, June 11 – Sunday, June 16, 2024, Tuesday, June 18 – Sunday, June 23, 2024, Tuesday, June 25 – Sunday, June 30, 2024.
The U-pick lavender season at Elf Leaf Farm is quite short, so be sure you watch their website and Facebook pages for up-to-date information. It is typically late spring into early summer. In addition to UPick lavender, the farm also offers a large variety of lavender products like soaps, teas, baked treats, and more.
Twin Creeks Lavender: Pick your own lavender
4638 Midway Road, Williamston, SC
Season: late May through early July
Twin Creeks Lavender Farm expects to open 2024 for U-pick lavender in late May. While at the farm you can enjoy the fields, picnic, and browse items in the barn shop. Cut your own lavender bundles will be measured and banded at checkout and prices around $5-$15.
Sassafras Flower Farm: Evening U-Pick flower events like no other
255 Alex Drive, Easley, SC
Season: Opens May 17th, 2024
Sassafras Flower is open seasonally for Upick flowers on specific dates. Spring/summer opening date is May 17th, 2024. Hours are Wednesdays 8 am-Noon, Thursdays and Fridays 4 pm- dusk, and Saturdays 8 am – Noon. Bring your own buckets, clippers, everything. No pets.
Sassafras Flower Farm also hosts relaxed open field and farm stand days, children’s events, flower-arranging workshops, and more. Here are all the Sassafras Flower Farm Events.
Ten Acre Garden: U-Pick flowers and more
158 Chambers Farm Ln Canton, NC
Season: All summer
Ten Acre Farm offers U-Pick flowers, as well as a vegetable CSA, fall events, and more. Follow them on Facebook for flower availability and upcoming events.
The Ten Acre Garden Facebook Page
Harvest Moon: A unique flower CSA
145 Chapman Grove Road, Pelzer, SC
Not a U-Pick farm, but this farm has a flower CSA! You can join the flower CSA and keep fresh flower bouquets decorating your home all season long. They have several options in their Flower Club Membership for bouquets throughout the season, starting at $180.
Harvest Moon CSA Subscriptions
Jeter Mountain Farm: U-Pick summer blooms
1126 Jeter Mountain Road, Hendersonville, NC
Season: Late summer
(Opens in July for Upick Zinnias, Dahlias, Poppies, Cosmos, Blackberries, and Blueberries)
In addition to apples, of course, Jeter Mountain Farm also offers UPick zinnias in July and sunflowers in early August. So, you can pick your flowers, get apples, and enjoy a coffee on the farm, in one fabulous day trip. Don’t miss their fun (free) indoor play area!
Jeter Mountain Farm Harvest schedule
Beechwood Farms Sunflowers
204 Bates Bridge Road, Marietta, SC
Season: Late summer
Beechwood Farms is known for strawberry picking, but they also offer U-Pick sunflowers in late July/early August. They will have u-pick sunflowers beginning in June. The cost is around $20 per car to drive up to Sunflower Hill. The price includes 2 U-pick sunflowers, use of the picnic area, and you can stay as long as you want until 5 pm. Additional sunflowers are $2 per stem. Follow their Facebook page for additional updates.
Denver Downs Sunflower Festival
1515 Denver Road, Anderson, SC
Season: Late June and Early July
In addition to the huge amount of fall fun Denver Downs offers guests with its corn maze, slides, kids’ activities, jumping pillow, and more, they also offer u-pick sunflowers as part of their South Carolina Sunflower Festival in late June and early July.
Denver Downs Sunflower Festival
Sol Flowers of Anderson, SC
150 Bradley Road, Anderson
Season: Summer- sunflowers
You can usually pick sunflowers at the Good for the Soul Sunflower Festival. Learn more on the Sol Flowers of Anderson, SC Facebook page.
Nix Pumpkin Patch: Dahlias and Zinnias in Fall
3726 Chimney Rock Rd, Hendersonville, NC
Season: Fall
Check Nix Pumpkin Patch for U-Pick flowers in the fall along with their wonderful pumpkin patch. In 2023 they offered colorful zinnias and dahlias.
Here’s our Kidding Around Review of Nix Pumpkin Patch.
Which of these are your favorite U-pick flower farms?
