Went cherry picking here in early June. Very simple. You "check in", they give you a bag(s) and a grasper for high up ones if you're serious (we weren't that serious). You walk around picking the cherries you want. The trees are marked to indicate the different varietals. You put them in your bag, and you go back to the table to pay for what you picked. Great date idea. There are a couple photo spots designed for Instagram type photos. We didn't use those, just took regular pics. And the whole thing cost like $10 for both of us. That's less than 2 coffees and you get the cherries too. Make sure to check in advance as crops aren't always predictable. read more

Mariani Orchards Harvest Experience - Delicious cherries. - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

It was our first time at Mariani and we had a great time picking cherry ..though, we went toward end of cherry picking season ( last weekend be 6/12/26)? , there was still plenty of nice ripe cherry to pick , small to large sizes , even some at toddler height level . No outside bags or buckets allowed, they will give u plastics bags ... wear good shoes cuz there were many fallen cherry on certain parts and dirts on the grounds. I would recommend shoes you don't mind getting dirty or stained. Parking was small but we still found parking at the entrance maybe cuz we went toward end of the season and later in the afternoon. If going on warm spring weather , bring a hat or umbrella., there were still plenty of shades under cherry trees as walk tree to tree or row to row . We got carried away and end up picking 6 lb +, cost added up fast . 6.50$ per pound for cherry and 3.50$ / lb for apricots . Both cherry and apricots were sweet ! Distanced only 20 mins from San Jose Central area , which is great location if you are in nearby town/city . read more

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We try to go cherry picking every year and somewhere in Morgan Hill since Brentwood is too far and crowded. I have previously gone to one of the U Pick ranches but they had very limited timing this year and none of the times worked for us. I found this place while looking for other places to go and it was open on the weekend that we wanted to go. We went late on a Friday afternoon and this place was easy to find but I didn't think it was the right place because when you enter, it looks like a car junk yard. There was one other family picking cherries so the place was not too crowded. We checked in, had to read some information, got our bags and went right in. They have various types of cherries - bing, lapins, black etc. and that was the best thing about this place. The trees are have a color stripe that tells you about the types of cherries. We walked for most of an hour with barely any cherries. All the reachable ones were either picked out or too unripe. What I noticed is that for the other families who came after us, the people in the front gave them long poles that will help pick cherries on the top which we were neither told about nor offered, hmmmmmm. We finally found one tree loaded with black cherries, they were small but delicious and we went overboard and picked too many. This place charges $6/lb while most others charge $.50c more. They also have apricots but the fruit was not ready on the weekend that we visited. read more

Mariani Orchards Harvest Experience - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

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My favorite orchard to pick cherries! This orchard seems to have expanded their parking area. Last year they just had the main small parking lot you would pull into. Now there's more parking available on the side of the road for overflow. Guess the place got more popular. When you walk into the lot, you'll see the tented area where they hand out bags and you purchase your cherries at the end of your adventure. When you first arrive at the tables, they'll ask you to read through all their rules and overview of how to pick cherries. They have a handy print out of all the varieties of cherries that you can identify based on the colored stripes on the tree trunks. When you go into the orchard, the fun begins! This year to start, they just had a few varieties ready so far. I ended up focusing on picking the Tartarian cherries. These are a beautiful dark red cherry that are very soft (hence bruise easily!) and tasty. They're sweet and not that acidic. Compared to the other cherries available so far this summer, these are my favorite. $6 / lb of cherries. That's 50¢ cheaper than the other U-Pick orchards that are currently open and for even better cherries (imho) :-) I'm looking forward to coming back soon! read more

Mariani Orchards Harvest Experience - Tartarian cherries - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

This is a nice farm very close to San Jose which makes it way more convenient than Brentwood farms . Reached there around 10 am and it was lil less crowded at that time as they open around that time itself but then gradually it started getting crowded. The price is $6 per pound which I found reasonable for a cherry farm . They will give you bags and the fruit picker as well ( ask for the fruit picker ) . They gave us a pamphlet stating what strip color in tree corresponds to what variety and they have rainier , bing and all other varieties. This made it easy to find the right cherry for us . There is a certain section which is barricaded with a yellow ribbon , and there were some rainier cherry trees on the other side , probably meaning you shouldn't go in that side, but I saw some people still going to the other side and some people were smart enough to stand on this side of ribbon and use there fruit pickers to pick the cherries of the other side . They have nice Photo Booth locations where you can take those wonderful pictures . They don't allow you to have picnic though ( they told us on the phone) but other than that I think I found the perfect spot for my cherry picking going forward. read more

Mariani Orchards Harvest Experience - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

Easy to get to and nearby. The cost per pound for cherries is was $6.00 which is reasonable. There is a small parking lot and plenty of street parking in case the lot gets full. There are teens that 'greet' you when you come in. They tell you to read the rules and give you bags to use. Throughout the orchard there are several photo ops they have set up which are cute. All in all we had a good time walking around with our family. The problem we had is that most of the cherry trees were picked clean. The ones that remained were too high to reach, or had not ripened. We still managed to get some cherries and have a good time. The downside is they had tools to help you reach the cherries and nobody let us know - only saw them on the way out. It would have been really helpful if that had been part of the info shared upon arrival. read more

Mariani Orchards Harvest Experience - Cherry tree - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

Our usual U-Pick cherry spot got cleared out super fast this year, so after a bunch of searching on socials and here on yelp, we ended up here. And wow, I'm so glad we did! We'll definitely be making this our new go-to. They had tons of cherries, offered picking baskets, and even had these adorable little photo ops everywhere, plus a piano in the middle - so cute! My daughter did not believe it when I sat down to start playing and played a random song. I tried to play top end of chopstix and couldn't remember it. So now I'm on a mission before next year. It was such a pleasant, low-key place with no traffic, no waiting, and no paid parking. We picked seven pounds in the first week of June, so we definitely didn't miss out on our family tradition after all. Such a great find! read more

Mariani Orchards Harvest Experience - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

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I saw a Facebook event for cherry and Apricot picking and attended. At the time they said Apricots needed another week. So I told them I love the dark sweet cherries. I am so glad I saw the event. I had went to the U-Pick off of Monterey road a few weeks ago and ended up leaving. That place didn't have handicap parking, there was thousands of people and I wasn't going to attempt to walk a half mile for cherries. This place is literally right before Andys orchard... they actually look like they are on the same property, they don't have fences. I asked them about it and they said it is 2 different owners. So I got about 3 pounds of delicious cherries for about $13 which is way cheaper, fresher, tastier than you find at the grocery stores. When I got cherries from the grocery store, the next day they were super squishy. Make sure you don't wash them until you plan to eat them and eat them within 4 days, keep in fridge. These cherries were sooo good. 5 stars on the cherries. I saw another Facebook event for apricot picking. I LOVE Blenheim apricots and they said they have them here. So I came back with high hopes to get a few pounds to make a jelly and apricot pie. I looked at about 15 of the trees that were Blenheim, but it was all green. Apricots are supposed to be nice full orange/yellow. So I was pretty disappointed about that and gave them the bag back and told them they aren't ready to be picked. The guys asked what I was talking about. I told him the Blenheim is green and hard. He said, "no no thats when you pick them, when they are green." I didn't want to argue. When I left I even looked it up on how to know when apricots are ready, it literally says when there is no more green left and has turned golden orange. They should have people there that know what they are talking about. read more

Mariani Orchards Harvest Experience - Yummy! - Pick Your Own Farms Near Me - Morgan Hill, California

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Came here on these conditions day of opening. The fruits are plentiful, you don't have to wander deep in the orchard to find good ones. There were bunches by the side road where you go and pay for em. 10ish is a good time to go, not too hot but certainly have a few spots to park left. There's this adorable swing for pics we certainly took advantage of. The cashier was friendly and it was only less than $4 per pound for cherries. read more

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This U-Pick Cherry Farm in Morgan Hill is a HIDDEN GEM. They are open in the daytime during the cherry season (mid-May to early July). They have a decent size parking lot - you can park in any available space - and when you get there you will be warmly greeted by the owners and/or the staff at the welcome tent. There are SEVEN different kinds of cherries you can pick, marked by a colored stripe on the trees. Every kind of cherry is AMAZING and SWEET but I especially love the red Tartarian cherries and the yellow-red Rainier cherries, which you often can't find in Brentwood. The cherry farm is HUGE and since there's not that many people picking, almost every tree is FILLED with delicious cherries you can easily pick. Cherries are $5.50 per lb, which is very reasonable considering the variety and quality of their cherries. Also, this cherry farm is only 30 minutes away from those that live in the Santa Clara / Sunnyvale area, much closer than Brentwood and in my opinion much better. We will be coming here every year from now on to pick cherries. read more

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