Nova Agri

1225 Middle Dyke Road
RR#2 Centreville, Nova Scotia
Canada, B0P 1J0

Tel 902-582-3648
Fax 902-582-3676
novaagri.com

Blueberry Acres U-Pick
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I want to pick my own berries. What do I need to know?

The hours of the u-pick are always weather and crop permitting.  Please call ahead to avoid disappointmne 902.582.1482

Open, weather and crop permitting:

9 - 5, Tuesday through Thursday

9 - 6 Friday through Sunday

August and Labour Day weekend...open Mondays, 9 - 5

If you are planning to arrive towards the end of the day, please allow time to pick the amount of berries you want....1/2 to 1 hour per box, depending on the variety and time of season you visit.  Please call ahead to avoid disappointment. 902.582.1482

When you arrive at Between the Bushes Restaurant/Blueberry Acres, join us at our u-pick Front Porch service counter. Our friendly Cashier will direct you to the gazebo waiting area, where our bus will arrive to transport you to the field.  The bus makes the circuit approximately every fifteen to thirty minutes, depending on which location we are picking in.

What to Expect

We make every effort to place customers with strollers, wheelchairs, walkers, etc in our field by the office; if berries are not available close at hand, please have your accessory collapsed and ready to put on the bus.  Our driver will ask you to remain off the bus until everyone else has gotten on, then you will be seated last with your accessory in the front of the bus. 

Taking the bus is fun!  When you arrive at the field, you will be greeted by one of our Field Supervisors who will be happy to get you situated and ready for a wonderful picking experience.

We supply u-pick boxes, as seen in our photos.  These boxes are provided free of charge when picking.  We encourage reuse and recycling.  Bring your boxes back to reuse on another visit and we will give you a $1.00 discount on a minimum purchase of 6 lbs of blueberries per box.  We also supply containers for you to pick into - or you may bring your own clean plastic container to use.  If you bring your own, attach a ribbon, shoe laces, or string to the bucket, long enough to comfortably go around your neck.  This leaves both your hands free to be able to pick the berries.

To be able to find all those berries just waiting to be picked, you need both hands to be able to move the branches aside or up; look in towards the centre of and underneath the branches of a highbush blueberry bush - you will be amazed!

There is no smoking permitted on the buses, in the fields, or in any of our buildings, due to our "On Farm Food Safety Program".

What to Expect

You can pick at your own pace..... for hours if you like, but that's a lot of berries! It normally takes approximately half an hour to pick 10 lbs (one   u-pick box) of big, juicy blueberries.

When you are ready to leave the field, our bus driver will take you back to the front porch where our cashier will weigh your berries.  Our scales are calibrated to remove the weight of our Blueberry Acres u-pick box; our blueberries are sold by the pound.