This season
Closed for u-pick cherries in 2026. In a normal year they come in late May at $4.50 a pound, with no entrance fee and no appointment. Ladders and bags are provided; buckets are not.
Checked August 21, 2026
Long Shadow Farm at Byron grows walnuts, sweet corn, tomatoes and olives, and opens exactly one of them to the public: the cherries. It also provides ladders, which almost no cherry farm does.
Sweet cherries, at $4.50 a pound, usually available from late May.
The farm's own extra virgin olive oil, $25 for a 500ml bottle.
No entrance fee and no appointment needed.
The farm provides bags for picking and has ladders available, but is clear that no buckets will be provided. Payment is cash or card, and it asks nicely for exact change.
Pro tip: ladders are the reason to choose this farm over its Brentwood neighbours, half of which explicitly do not provide them. The fruit you cannot reach is always the best fruit on the tree.
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Our own assessment, scored the same way for every farm on the site, from what each farm publishes about itself. Not a visit, and not a public review score.