It's an interesting and not boring drive out here, and after covering a patch of dirt road you…read morearrive at a modern well built farm stand! Dave is here-and he's a quite enterprising young man! Part of a HVAC team by day, Dave's real passion lies in the dirt! And his farm stand delivers! Modern, clean facility with comfortable porch chairs with cushions. And you're sure to enjoy a cold, fresh, ice cream cone in this heat! Perfect for chatting and enjoying life while here. The fresh grown offering are limited to blueberry, strawberry and fig offerings. However, there are garden fresh offerings of okra., potatoes and onions and the occasional odd garden item! Dave even offers fresh eggs, The on-site grown, these blueberries are sweet with tender skins. Berries range in size from medium small up to "Rabbit Eye" size. You can't go wrong...

From the owner: Providing a Family Friendly U Pick experience. We have Seasonal Blueberries, Blackberries,…read moreStrawberries, Vegetables and Farm Fresh Eggs Year Round.

Place was great, we went 4/27 but just getting to the review. Everyone was so friendly and it was a…read morehot day. There was still so many strawberries to pick, my wife and I left with (2) buckets but we could have easily filled up 20 lol. Strongly recommend this quint farm and its fields. It's crazy people are such whiners and give some of these places terrible reviews, they are farms for goodness sakes, what are you expecting to where high heels and a dress, or dress pants. Just dress accordingly or go to the supermarket. Although Dempsey rightfully so hasn't received any bad reviews, some farms have and comments are just dumb, silly and downright rude!!! Some people are just impossible to please. That's why I always read reviews thoroughly because you need to take them sometimes with a grain of salt.

The best tomatoes I've ever had! You pick them yourself right off the vine. I've been ruined from…read moregrocery store tomatoes! I wish I lived closer! Huge Amount of tomatoes for such a low price!!

As a veteran of over a half century of home stands, roadside displays, and farm markets, Hodges is…read morethe real deal! While 'Premises Grown' produce is limited to strawberries and thorn free blackberries in season, Hodges excels. Pick your own or (sometimes) picked and packed, this produce is beautiful, natural, and abundant. The stand is easy to find off GA 21 (west side of the road), down a few paved side roads, and to the small barn. Eddie and Christy Hodges host a great little store, with a fine selection of country surprises. It's fun, and nourishing to the mind and body.

Went to the strawberry festival for the first time, and me and my husband were pretty excited about…read morepicking berries. Upon walking in, I noticed that the everything was to be paid for separately, kids activities, berry picking. We arrived around 1 pm and the berry fields were still open but totally picked out. That was the only thing we came for other than to try the ice cream. Huge disappointment. Won't go back as it wasn't worth the drive/money, and to be honest to me it seems like a huge cash grab.

We attended ottawa farms for the Strawberry festival this week. Although our strawberry pickin's…read morewere finite (we picked berries around 3 and the field was very busy and picked through), we had a great time at the farm. We did the hay ride through the cow field and saw so many calf's - we had a lot of fun doing this. Grounds were very muddy in the festival, but they kept the rides ad clean as they could. We saw goats and horses and pigs too- all the animals had plenty of food and water. We liked the farm shop and the homemade strawberry ice cream. The singing chicken man had us laughing all afternoon too! We had a nice time but I would start WAY earlier next year.

While some folks may be waiting for Basketball season to start, I am more excited about another…read moretype season! It's Blueberry season here in Georgia and what a perfect day for blueberry picking it was yesterday! It was overcast and in the low 70s (whaaaat?!), so I took advantage of the "cool" temps and packed up the kids in the car and headed out to Heritage Hill Farm in Ludowici (never knew it was pronounced Ludo-wi-SEE haha). - Parking - You'll have to park by the fields. There is no lot, but you can park along the edges, as long as you don't box anyone in. - Picking & Price Info - You must call Linda, the owner of the farm, at the number on the business listing to set up a time for picking. The address listed is the official address of business, but the fields are located before the listed address. She'll give you the directions to the field once you speak to her. It's $10/gallon, BYOB (bring your own bucket) and this includes AYCE (all you can eat) blueberries. Seriously. I asked if she was sure. She said yes. She's obviously never met my kids haha. My kids had no problems rising to the challenge. As I picked 2, they ate 4. The blueberries are so sweet and so is Linda. She has a big heart and donates ALL of the proceeds to her ministry that provides food and care for needy children. Fields are open until July 31st. Cash only. There were a quite a few families there, but the fields were large enough and the bushes were full of blueberries that we didn't even cross paths with any other families. Great activity for social distancing. 1.5 hours later, 2 gallons picked. I would say it was a BERRY successful day! Enjoy!

Another incredible experience at Shuler Peach. I made a delicious kale and peach salad with…read moreshredded mozzarella, red onion, pumpkin seeds and homemade salad dressing! So delish!

We had a great time picking peaches earlier in the week wheee I happened to buy plums for my…read morechild.. well end of the week we had no plums and a kid who wanted more. This staff is a God send.. we got stuck in nasty weather trying to get to the orchard. We got there 15 min to close.. but no plums :(. I asked if they were out and they said yes prepicked but you can pick some.. I said you sure? Knowing it would most likely add time where they wouldn't close on time.. the lady said sure.. she even walked me back to the tree. I kid you not it took us about five minutes and we had a gallon and two minutes later we were cashed out. Thank you to the staff for being so kind. You didn't need to go the extra mile for us but you did. You will be on our stop when we travel from now one. Customer for life

While I have small gardens in my backyard we always visit to get bulk for canning. The variety is…read moregreat and staff friendly. Love going every year.

Sorry to hear about Vince F.'s experience. We haven't picked tomatoes at Driggers for years (we…read morehave a slightly more convenient outlet), but we've seen many satisfied pickers there so perhaps this particular experience wasn't typical. It's still painful when a memory (homage to a mother) turns sour from a bad encounter. Driggers is a must stop for us between Augusta and Waycross, especially for Driggers' greens in fall which are consistently fantastic. Other produce is also excellent, and I loved his comment about 'widow maker' watermelons one summer -- the melons were so large a grown man would stagger a bit carrying one (they were as good as they looked, too). In mid-2024 Driggers 'upgraded' the farm stand in Collins to more of a country store adding a variety of commercial jams, syrups, candy and other items. Nothing wrong with this and the core produce is as good as ever, but it does change the feeling when you enter the store. Strongly recommended for a look-see if you are in or passing through the area and have an interest in excellent, locally grown vegetables and fruits.

Poppell Farms was our go to for the 2019 Pumpkin patch season. Our toddler had a lot of fun jumping…read moreon the outdoor trampoline, picking a pumpkin and doing the kiddie train ride. We played a lot of outdoor activities - it was a hot day and not too crowded. Sadly Poppell was a no go for the 2020 pumpkin season, but we still took advantage of them for Christmas trees! We got a tree and a wreath! Trees come in varying sizes. They have different colored tags to denote how tall the tree is. Their wreaths come in different sizes too! This will be our first wreath ever!

We visited Poppell Farms today for the first time. We were very impressed with the variety of…read morepetting farms animals, games, rides, etc. They had plenty of restroom options that were clean (including one with a baby changing station which was nice). One thing that really stood out was that they were very safety conscious. You could tell that safety is their first priority. The staff were very courteous and it seemed like there was a staff member everywhere you turned. The only reason I didn't give our visit 5 stars was because the "pumpkin patch" was very disappointing. We had driven 1.5hr to get here with the main purpose of wanting our kids to have the experience of a hayride to an actual pumpkin patch. Instead, we waited 45min in line for the hayride that ended at a grass field (not pumpkin patch) with only small pumpkins (that were not big enough to carve). They did have full size pumpkins of various sizes and price points in the main event area back at the farm entrance, but we were expecting a place where pumpkins could be picked off the vine. For this reason, I'm not sure we'd return but I do want all the other great aspects noted because they were so well done.

Cute interior with clever design for selecting chocolates and you can watch them make the…read morechocolates. The chocolates themselves were just lacking in general, we spent more than $30 on a wide variety of 9 chocolates and were less than impressed. The unique flavors they were supposed to have were completely muted and we felt absolutely ripped off. You could get the same flavor profile of the Red Velvet and Let Them Eat Cake from a bag of knock off Lindt truffles, the supposedly 72% cacao Silver Bullet truffle tasted like nothing, and the Habanero Caramel had zero spice or pepper flavor. After trying all of our selections we came to the conclusion that the white chocolate varieties were best because they're not actually chocolate. All in all this is an aesthetically pleasing tourist trap.

How appropriate that this chocolate shop is right around where Forrest Gump was show seated on a…read morepark bench with his box of chocolates! There are so many gorgeous and delicious truffles for sale here! I bought a few to take back home and to also enjoy on the spot. I had a beautiful mint julep truffle and a some with a raspberry taste to them. Every one is a little work of art and a taste of pure heaven!