U-pick berries with kids around Seattle: blueberries, strawberries and raspberries

Mid-June through early September is berry season around Seattle: strawberries and raspberries in Carnation first, then from mid-July the two blueberry farms right inside Bellevue. Blueberry bushes are low and the rows are flat, so a 2-year-old can pick standing up, and eating as you go is the easiest summer activity there is.

Closest are Bellevue's two city-owned blueberry farms, Larsen Lake and Mercer Slough: pay by the pound, no admission, with a wetland trail and a library next door. For strawberries, drive out to the Snoqualmie Valley: Harvold Berry Farm is the classic u-pick, and Remlinger Farms pairs picking with rides, so one ticket fills a whole day.

• 4 places
• 1 free
• 3 stroller-friendly
• closest is 5 min away