Black Arts Festival was held here today and was such a fabulous showcase of local and regional…read moretalent! It was the first festival I've attended in a long time and the staff did a fabulous job making sure everyone's comfort level is being catered to regarding masking and social distancing. I would love to see Kalamazoo go back to hosting at least a couple festivals per month throughout the summer. They always do an incredible job with our local Pride Festival, which did not take place this year due to the huge spike in Covid cases in the region in the spring. My favorite festival was always Taste of Kalamazoo, which I desperately hope will come back at some point. Greek fest was another treasure tradition that folded a few years back. It will be interesting to see how the space evolves as the new complex across the street and gets poised to open up.

Yoga festival〜！！I had been here for several event before！！It's good place to do event！！read more

We went here for strawberry picking. The staff were so nice and helpful. They provide the…read morecontainers to use for picking. They also told us the best place at the moment for picking as it apparently changes quickly. They also had plenty of already picked strawberries for purchase. The strawberries were absolutely delicious.

Fun in the sun and a pile of fruit to boot!…read more So after another Reits run, the three of us (me, S, and my niece) decided that we'd had enough digging around looking for books and toys, but we really didn't want to go home yet. That was when S had a great idea- go pick strawberries! U-Pick fruit places are everywhere around here, and we've both got good memories of heading to Fritz's U-Pick out near Gobles when we were younger. So a quick search on Yelp turned up this place, and it was actually convenient to get to- it was on the way back from Reits. Pulling in, we were greeted with a field full of cars, and a massive strawberry field- with lots of other people here! The way it works is rather simple- you get a big container and a few little ones, and you go up and down the rows of strawberry plants looking for ripe red berries to pick while avoiding the rotten ones, the green ones, and the damaged ones. When you've picked enough (whether because your carrier is full or your back says "no more" doesn't matter), you carry the strawberries up to the hut where they're weighed and you pay for them. Then you take them to your vehicle and go on your way. It's a lot of fun, and my niece had a blast helping us dig for yummy fruit, and spending some time outside instead of watching television all day is always good. There are a few caveats- this is physical activity, so be prepared to get down and dirty. The majority of the berries are deep under the leaves, so you might have to kneel or sit in the moist dirt. Wear stuff you don't mind getting dirty. There are bees about- just give them space if you have to. It also gets pretty hot, so take precautions on sunny days! The berries here won't be as big, as uniform in flavor or in color as the ones you find at the Wal-Mart/Meijer's/local grocery. If you're looking for strawberries just to eat, be aware that you might get some sour ones- but if you're going to do things like make jelly or jam, make some strawberry pie or shortcake, or whatever, this place will suit your needs perfectly! If you don't feel like picking them yourself, you can buy them for about three bucks and change a pound (u-pick are about two bucks a pound). This is a great place to spend a few hours! We'll be back again!

I enjoyed picking my own blueberries from their various fields. Brookside Farms grows five…read morevarieties of blueberries so pick some of each variety and mix in your bucket. I love their homemade baked blueberry pies and blueberry muffins which are not very sweet and stuffed full of blueberries. Their homemade blueberry and triple berry jams are excellent. They make a large jar of reduced sugar blueberry jam as well. In addition, you can buy raspberry jam and several other varieties. They offer frozen blueberry pies to bake at home. Staff is friendly and welcoming.

Bought 25 lbs. of blueberries and they were full of worms! Buyers beware and I through them out $68…read moredown the drain.

We love this stand all season long. What ever is in season, they have the best! The gather your…read moreown herbs in a little plastic bag is something we count on every time we go. The eggplants are exceptionally fresh and delicious in varied sizes. They also have unexpected items like summer blooming dill stems and sorrel. They have the best corn in the area and peaches too. It's hard not to buy too much and then bring home beautiful cut flower selections or flowers in pots. It is fun to plan meals around what we find at this stand. The staff is kind and helpful in this happy place. The prices are right.

Friends of mine GIFTED me with the most delicious ripe strawberries from 29th Street Farm. Can't…read morewait to make the trip out their tomorrow and buy more. Never have we tasted any strawberries BETTER THAN THE ONES we had yesterday. Too bad the strawberry season is so short in Michigan. Asparagus is freshly picked. Hope they still have some hanging flower baskets because I'm sure they're going to be just as wonderful as the strawberries (btw, second year our friends have "gifted" us with s'berries!)

Over priced and nothing really there took grandkids there and what a waste of time and moneyread more

Wonderful small museum on Leila Arboretum campus! Knowledgeable staff and very friendly. The…read moreplanetarium was a pleasant surprise. Special thanks to Christine who went out of her way to show my son some dinosaur fossils and much more! Spend a few hours there and then walk the Arboretum grounds for a nice way to spend an afternoon.

So after living here for three years I finally just found out about this massive event in Battle…read moreCreek Michigan. Advertises carnival rides/food, air shows, local shopping tents, live music, beer garden, events, fire works and hot air balloons. Of course it's hard to pass something that hosts that many things in one afternoon. The parking lot is massive, and plenty of room for everyone. The parking line was pretty long to get in, and it cost 5 bucks, but it was better than walking in my opinion. Sadly, as we were parking we were informed that a few minutes before we arrived that the jet truck had exploded during the air show, and the air show had been canceled. We decided to go anyway because there was still hot air balloons. The line to get in was very efficient and we walked right in. Ticket cost was 10 dollars per person to get into the festival. We wandered around and did some shopping. They have some pretty amazing local talent there making some some impressive things. After that, we got some food. I got a pizza from a local pizza tent which was amazing. We then got some funnel cake. Was everything I remembered from childhood. Haven't had funnel cake since I was a teenager. Food was a little pricey but anyone who has been to an event/festival in the last 5 years knows that food and drink prices are inflated to make a profit. After food we wandered through the carnival rides and decided to do the Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel brought an amazing view of the grounds and showed that the event truly is a popular event in Michigan. After the wheel we decided to go get beer, find shade, and wait for the hot air balloons. The beer garden has some pretty amazing options. Aside from commercial beer they had many options of Michigan made beers. I enjoyed blood orange beer from Cheboygan. Was delicious. After a couple hours of waiting we were informed that the hot air balloons were not gonna make it for the day. We found out that the hot air balloons come flying in on one day and fly out on another and they were delayed due to weather flying in. If you can find out which is happening I recommend going on a day that they fly out and not in. Watching them fly off would be so much more exciting, and there is a higher chance of not getting to see them on a day they are flying in. The slightest winds can delay them. Overall, we were disappointed because we got no air show, and no hot air balloons. However, we did get to see a massive explosion go off. The entire air strip was covered in jet fuel from the truck earlier so they had to ignite it. The explosion felt like a meteor hit the earth. Was so loud, shook the ground, and it was instantly dark outside from the smoke. Was exciting to say the least. A definite must do event for 4th of July even without the jets and balloons. If you're going for balloons find out what day they fly out. We went because it was the 4th, but the festival is 5 days. *Note* you can bring in your own chairs, tents, coolers. We didn't know being our first year. Go prepared for an all day event and zero shade on the grounds.

I found a place for the kids and I to go to that was just apples. They don't do credit so make sure…read moreto take cash. Peck is $22 and a bushel is $44. They have the high density apple trees. Which mean they are the short ones so they are easy for the kids to pick. Of course my kids pick fast and were done in 8 minutes. They had several varieties there. We went after 1 pm to make sure they were open. They run old school and don't have web pages n such with business information. It sure was nice to get just apples and my kids enjoyed it. They love apples anyways.

Wonderful staff! Very nice farm. We had a wonderful time picking blueberries. The bushes are huge…read more- almost trees. Tons of blueberries for picking. Lots of other fresh fruits and veggies. The staff was so kind and caring. The gentleman explained everything to my twin boys. They keep talking about the place. I'm glad we live close so we can go down there all the time. The boys look forward to when they can pick berries during the summer to earn some cash. Thank you for a wonderful experience. We highly recommend this establishment. Looking forward to 2025!

this place was great! there were so many ripe blueberries, we had no trouble finding the ripe ones…read more the woman who worked there was very nice. the prices were not expensive at all. we paid $5 for a good amount of blueberries. i would definetly recommend this place.