Hoffman Farm is a popular U-Pick farm near Portland. It is located at South Beaverton and less than 30 minutes away from Portland. It gets extremely busy during the berry picking season due to the farm being close to the large city and also offers large variety of berries for people to pick. It also has a large playground for kids to enjoy as well.
We got to Hoffman Farm around 9:30AM in the morning and there were already a lot of people. Most people here are mostly looking for blueberry and strawberries. When we got to the entrance, we could choose to use a bucket or use cardboard box. Since we have small kid with us, we chose the bucket as it was easier to carry with.
Hoffman Farm also offered train ride to go around the farm. The train ticket was $5 per person and it could take you all the way to the backside of the farm and people could get back on to the train after done picking the berries.
As we walked through the farm, the blueberries were the ones we encountered. There were rows and rows of blueberries and most were ripe. As we continued down the path, we also saw raspberry and blackberry. There were also marionberries. The strawberries were all the way at the back and that was where most people were.
There were rows and rows of strawberries at the farm and there were plenty of space of large amount of people to share. It was more work to pick strawberries since we had to bend down to pick them. The strawberries were quite sweet. Some strawberries were quite large too. We just had to have patience to look for the big juicy ones.
As we finished picking the berries, we headed back to the store to weight our berries. The cost of the berry is only $2.50 per pound. It was quite cheap and there was no entrance fee collected. We were thinking that people could just come in and take a walk around the farm. We were hoping to see some baked goods at the farm store but did not find anything interesting.
Overall, it was a great experience at Hoffman Farm. The fact that it was so close to the city just made it so convenient for people to visit. We definitely would visit Hoffman Farm again to pick up more fresh berries.
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