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Combining the experience of the great outdoors with the satisfaction of tasting freshly harvested fruits and vegetables, U-pick is the summer activity par excellence. Lovers of outdoor activities, discover U-pick destinations throughout Quebec.
Vegetable garden Mont-Rouge Gourmet stopover
In the heart of Rougemont, this inviting stopover welcomes you to pick fresh fruits and vegetables of several varieties. Depending on the season, discover eggplant, peppers, hot peppers, tomatoes and berries for the most varied flavors on your plate. The facilities, including a labyrinth and a mini-farm, encourage family visits.
• What to harvest: strawberries, tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers, peppers, apples and pumpkins
• Where: 154, rang de la Montagne, Rougemont
Dolbeau-Mistassini tourist blueberry field
From the end of July to the end of August, immerse yourself in the richness of Lac-Saint-Jean by hand-picking tasty blueberries. You can take advantage of your visit to appreciate the divine chocolate sweets of the Trappist fathers, including their inimitable blueberry chocolate.
• What to harvest: blueberries
• Where: 265, boulevard des Pères, Dolbeau-Mistassini
Nordvie Farm
We go to the Nordvie farm to pick your own delicious strawberries, but also to stock up on organic fruits and vegetables fresh from the fields: raspberries, rhubarb, sweet corn, garlic, garlic flowers and different harvests of ‘autumn.
• What to harvest: strawberries
• Where: 1049, chemin des 2e-and-3e-Rangs, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
The old farm
In the heart of the fjord, in Saint-Fulgence, La Vieille Ferme is a gourmet stopover that not only offers various products to be purchased at the P’tit Marché, a magnificent view of the splendours of the Saguenay fjord, an organic orchard for U-pick, but also a sheepfold that raises the “lambs of the fjord”.
• What to harvest: apples and squash
• Where: 163 Pointe-aux-Pins Road, Saint-Fulgence
OhBio — farm Jean-Pierre Plante
Île d’Orléans is without a doubt an essential stop for anyone who wants to indulge in the pleasure of picking your own. In addition to the magnificent view of the river and the possibility of purchasing several fresh products at the kiosk, the company is waiting for you to pick organic strawberries proudly grown on certified land.
• What to harvest: organic strawberries
• Where: 7441 Royal Road, Saint-Laurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans
In the nut garden
The workshops on picking different wild edibles and the possibility of purchasing different products in the store, including black walnut nuts, are combined with the pick-your-own hazelnut harvest in September. Discovering Quebec’s Nordic nuts!
• What to harvest: hazelnuts
• Where: 511, rang Kildare, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
The Courgerie
The owners, who are passionate about squash, invite you to discover their secrets by walking through their fields. A unique destination where you can learn more about this vegetable with different faces.
• What to harvest: squash (several varieties)
• Where: 2321, grand rang Saint-Pierre, Sainte-Élisabeth
Manicouagan Farm
A visit to the Côte-Nord requires a detour to the Manicouagan farm to pick the exquisite haskap. This stop will allow you to savor all the subtleties of this small fruit that deserves to be known and whose taste is a mixture of flavors of blackcurrant, blueberry and raspberry.
• What to harvest: haskaps, strawberries, raspberries, pumpkins and corn
• Where: 180 Granier Street, Pointe-Lebel
Sea buckthorn from Lac-Brome
The sea buckthorn berry, this small fruit rich in vitamins and appreciated for its medicinal properties, is cultivated in magnificent orchards which are adorned with orange bursts. We devote ourselves to its harvest from the end of August.
• What to Harvest: Sea Buckthorn Berries
• Where: 48 Fairmount Road, Lac-Brome
Farm La Fille du Roy
Interesting address for discovering artichokes and picking them yourself. This royal vegetable which unfolds magnificently awaits you from the end of August. The company also offers the possibility of harvesting ground cherries, strawberries, squash and pumpkins.
• What to harvest: strawberries, artichokes, ground cherries, squash and pumpkins
• Where: 1920, rang Saint-Simon, Sainte-Madeleine
Quinn Farm
Very family-friendly, this place has been known to pick-your-own enthusiasts for many years. You can harvest strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and certain seasonal vegetables at your own pace. From mid-May to mid-June, take advantage of your visit there to discover their asparagus, offered at the gourmet shop.
• What to harvest: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, corn, apples and pumpkins
• Where: 2495, boulevard Perrot, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot
To reread: 6 Nordic fruits to discover by U-pick »
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