We are pretty much picked out for the season. We had a great year of it and appreciate everyone who came to Aunt Zelma’s in 2024. Looking forward to seeing you all next year.
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Aunt Zelma’s U Pick Blueberry farm in Island Grove Florida is the ideal outdoor getaway. We have acres and acres of blueberries, with six varieties of berries on almost 50,000 plants, with plenty of room for social distancing and family and group fun. Our plants are coming in nicely this year, and we are having another bumper crop.
Please note: Some Google searches made from the Orlando area point to an address in Winter Park. That was the business office where we registered our business license — there is no blueberry farm in downtown Winter Park. We are located between Ocala and Gainesville off Highway 301. Google does get it wrong on the rare occasion.
We can now accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards!
Open from 9 AM through 5 PM during picking season. We provide the buckets and weigh the blueberries that are actually picked. Although the market price varies, typically the price runs approximately 5 dollars a pound which is roughly 1/2 of the typical grocery store price.
While we are not certified organic, we use no pesticides or herbicides on our berries — they are only touched by water and Florida Sunshine! You can eat them right off the bush — we encourage taste testing as you pick to find the variety you like best.
We are conveniently located right on US Highway 301 approximately 18 miles north of Ocala. We would very much enjoy having you and your families come visit us at Aunt Zelma’s Blueberries.
Zelma’s Blueberries offers a U-Pick option for our customers. We love to have people out at the farm and have made our You-Pick season a key part our our blueberry growing operation. Picking season varies depending on weather and when the berries ripen in the fields.
Picking starts around 9 a.m. as soon as the berries dry.
If you have any special needs, please call ahead so we can have extra staff on site to help out. Our number is 352-317-6110. Due to health regulations, we do not allow pets in the fields, but you can bring them to the parking area and picnic spots.
We are open seven days a week, from 9 AM to 5 PM. Frankly we usually close about six because we still have people in the field at that time. Hours may vary early in the season or right at the end – the weather has a lot to do with what berries are ripe. We post any changes in hours — or weather-related closings on our Facebook page here.
We have several varieties of blueberries on the property, including Arcadia, Key Crisps, Windsor and Sweet Crisp.
The weather has been very favorable for blueberries this year and we have an exceptionally good crop.
We hope to see everyone out at the farm. Look for our blueberry signs on U.S. 301 in Island Grove near Cross Creek and just 18 miles north of Ocala near Country Road 325 from Gainesville, Florida. We are conveniently located near I-75 and US 44, whether your are traveling between Tampa and Jacksonville, Orlando, Gainesville or other parts of Florida, we would love to have you come by and visit our blueberry farm.