Since Amber Brooke Farm's closure, my mom and I were looking for a new U-Pick farm. After seeing this place advertised on Instagram, we have made Crossroads our new home. It's pretty simple, and more cost effective especially if you're picking pounds. It typically cost about $4/lb which is standard. The field is huge and plentiful, and you will find some juicy, sweet berries. We stopped by on Tuesday after a weekend of rain - which meant ripe berries. We picked 9 lbs in 30 minutes. This farm is great for families as they have a playground and covered seating. Also, they have additional items that they sell like produce and jams. After coming here a few times, I will say if you can come during the week - definitely make the trip versus the weekend where they will more busy. Hopefully in the future they will have flowers, produce, and other fruit like blueberries for U-Pick and really grow the local farm. read more

Crossroads Farm & Apiary - Honey Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

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I was looking forward to go to Roger's Farm today for their U Pick Strawberry season. My friend, her 2 year old son, and I arrived to find they were closed. We didn't go out of a whim. We checked their website, Instagram, and Facebook before making the trip to make sure they were not out. Their website listed times for Sunday from 11am to 3pm for u-pick. Their Instagram and Facebook had the same posts. Their latest post said they will reopen on Saturday, March 13th and no follow-up post if they were picked out. I even sent them a DM asking if they would be open. I called on Saturday (3/13), early Sunday (3/14) around 8am, and again at 10am & 10:30am to make sure we weren't going to be arrive and then be out of strawberries. When you call the message speaks about closing dates for February, and then says their inbox is full. We got there at 11:33am and found the gate closed. We drove around thinking maybe there would be another entrance, and came back to their only entrance. There was nobody around. We called again; no answer; voicemail full. We checked their websites and social media again for an update -- alas, nothing. My friend's 2 year old was so upset. It was just so disappointing to drive out that far. We think maybe they forgot to "spring forward" with daylight savings, but as my friend said...isn't daylight sayings time meant for farmers? Either way we got there at what would've been less than 30 minutes to open. They should've updated their website, social media, or phone system at the least! We can't support local or farmers if we don't know when they are in business. read more

Fresh, large, and sweet strawberries from Roger's Farm! I would say it is worth the trip to go to Roger's Farm for strawberry picking. Within 20 minutes out of Gainesville, my bf and I reached to this farm. It was vast and filled with strawberries! At that time, I believe they were selling their strawberries around $1.50/lb, what a deal! It only gets better because the strawberries that you could pick from were so delicious! I would definitely recommend my friends and family to come and check this place out! read more

Crossroads Farm & Apiary - a bucket full of strawberries - Honey Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

If you love strawberries and you live within a 30 minute drive of Rogers Farm, YOU NEED TO COME HERE!!! U-Pick farms hold such great memories for me, since I remember going to these types of places in my hometown in North Carolina. I really enjoy taking my kids out to Rogers Farm for a little adventure. They give you a tractor ride out to the place where they want you to start picking, and the berries are so beautiful... it's way too easy to fill up every bucket and come home with pounds and pounds of deliciousness!! Luckily, there are plenty of berry lovers in my household to make sure the goods will be eaten before they go bad. There is also a fun little area for the kids to play and some picnic tables to eat a lunch if you bring some food (or you can always just eat all of your strawberries that you just picked!!) They also have a little stand with other local produce and honey. The berries were only $1.50 per pound last time I went, so that's a steal if you ask me! I highly recommend you come here!! Bring the whole family and all your friends so you can pick as many berries as possible!! read more

Crossroads Farm & Apiary - strawberries growing on a plant - Honey Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

This is a great place to pick strawberries, especially when the price per pound is low. The store has produce and jams, all decently priced. Hopefully they get blueberry bushes for future years. read more

Great prices Very friendly service Excellent setup for the family, with the play area, and washdown area. We went strawberry picking today, price was $1.25 per lb U pick. The layout of their farm and the quality of the strawberries is excellent. We loved it and will be back next year and for other events they hold. Glad we found out about this place. Can't believe we've been in Gainesville all this time and didn't know about this place. 5 stars ++ read more

Great fun for the whole family and lots to do for the kids during Halloween season! read more

Crossroads Farm & Apiary - a man driving a tractor with two children on it - Honey Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

a great place to come! especially during halloween! the corn mase!! i had **** dots of t-mobile 4g lte signal here -- blowin' my signal meter off my iphone 5!! read more

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This review is only for the Octoberfest Event and not for the farmer's market. I've been in Gainesville for 3 years and had been wanting to go to the corn maze ever since I moved here. But something always came up and I never made it. This year it was high on my list of things to do so I finally made time. Unfortunately, it was a dismal disappointment. I went on October 30th, the day before Halloween so I thought it would be a lot of fun and that they'd have scary monsters hanging out in the corn maze to startle the crowds. Nope, the corn maze was a wreck and there were no monsters to be found. It was nothing more than a big, empty, dusty field of fallen corn stalks. The petting zoo was nothing but caged/corraled animals. There was no interaction like I've found at other petting zoos. The animals appeared more bored than I was. The "Scary Trail" was just like the corn maze, no staff waiting to spook you. but at least it was shaded. I paid $28 for two passes to everything and it was a complete waste of money and time. A total disappointment. read more

Beautiful berries! My two boys & I picked about 20lbs of berries and they were as delicious as they were gorgeous. Somebody had a face full of strawberry juice, hmmm...The strawberries are $1.25/lb. and they provide buckets. You can bring your own BUT need to get it weighed first at the front. Then it's off to pick to heart's content. The three ladies who worked the counter were helpful and kind. I didn't know about the buckets and brought our own. They were a little bigger but they didn't charge any extra for it. We also bought some sweet onions, big fat juicy tomatoes, and strawberry rhubarb jam. There were several flavors of jam as well as honey and more veggies, all homemade of course. The only reason for 4 stars is the place could be spruced up a bit but it was a great experience that I hope my children will remember forever. read more

Great place to go pick super yummy and fresh strawberries. They give you a little bucket you can fill up as you pick the strawberries ($2/lb). There's a little farm tractor truck that you can ride to take you to the backside of the strawberry field or you can simply walk behind their vegetable/fruit stand to the field. It depends on the experience you are looking for. Definitely a cute little place to visit during the weekend. read more

So disappointed! I had heard wonderful things about this place. The staff were neither welcoming or friendly. There is one woman who drives around in a golf cart surveying everyone and yelling. She even chases kids off the playground until money is paid upfront. She had my son so scared I will never go back! read more

We have been to the farm on two separate occasions. The first time was a few years ago and then we decided to try again just recently. The farm itself is nice. There were lots of tasty strawberries to be picked and it wasn't crowded early in the day. There is a large playground and jumbo slide; although we didn't stick around to explore those areas. Unfortunately, the staff, on both occasions, was really rude and seemed to be inconvenienced by our presence. No one smiled, they seemed annoyed at our arrival and again at the check out counter. We frequently support local farmers and businesses ... but we likely won't return to support these folks again as they don't seem to appreciate or need their customer's support. Maybe we just happened to stop by on bad days?? read more

Just to comment on Derick S. there is another place you can go to, I took my kids there on a field trip with our home school group and it was Great!! They have a corn maze there as well, I'm not sure if it gets haunted at night, but at the begining of the maze they give you a riddle you have to figure out. Throughout the maze are posts with letters and numbers that you figure out the maze with. I thought that was neat. They've got a couple goats and pigs you can pet, a hayride, I didn't go on this, but I was told it was a lot of fun by my kids. They got to feed some cows and horses. They've got tire swings and little go karts the kids can ride on as well. There's also a little shop with baked goodies and other things this sweet little old lady makes. Homemade jams and such. It's called Coon Hollo Corn Maze out in Micanopy. They even have a website you can check out. . . www.coonhollowcornmaze.com I would give this place 10 starts if I could. read more

got burned on strawberries now sweet corn when corn dents it's two old and shouldn't be sold..... two strikes and you're out.....

Rude service and they acted like we were inconveniencing them by being there. We drove two hours and they were almost out of strawberries.

This place was the worst! If you want to go to some hillbilly place that cant spell and the people are rude and horrible GO to rogers! First off we took the kids during the day. There was loud inappropriate music at times and like i said, the people starting from the two old ladies who cant even count change correctly at the front, all the way to the people running the so called stations were TOTAL idiots and we felt like we were not even welcome there. Everyone was in a bad mood and one of the old ladies at the front didnt give me enough change back and they both were totally confused about what was even going on. Another thing, the first thing you come upon when you arrive at the front to pay are some signs that say no smoking, no pets, and no alcohol, great rules right? Well sadly the second thing i see is the owner smoking a cigar in the very front ticket booth. I made a joke saying to the two ladies that i thought it was a no smoking establishment, the owner promptly told me it was his place and he could do whatever he wanted to! Great example right? The hay ride was nothing more than that just a hay ride nothing really to look at... Anyway moving to the night time. The maze was suppost to get haunted at 8. So we went in at 830. We saw 2 people in the whole place that scared us. It was big dark and quite boring. And once agian going back to the signs. No alcohol remember? Well on the two workers i did see they reeked of alcohol and there were several of others drinking in the maze that were customers. You would be better off spending a FREE night in your back yard walking around. And that leads me to my last problem. For what they offered it was way to expensive. It cost me and my family $48 dollars to do everything ( and like i said it wasnt much). Also the food was ridiculous and took FOR EVER to get it. I would recomend not going and saving your money. Or going somewhere else. I dont know if anywhere else is better but if they are not i dont want to go to any corn maze! read more