Lyon Blueberry Farm

Lyon Blueberry Farm

1700 Hwy 56

Wilsonville, AL 35186

205- 669- 9205

Lyon Blueberry Farm is a U-Pick located in the Four Mile Community between Wilsonville and Columbiana. The farm opened this year on the second week of June (but this date is subject to change from year to year) and operates from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm every Tuesday through Saturday for the duration of the summer.

J.T. Lyons opened his farm up as a U-Pick blueberry farm almost nine years ago. The first one-hundred blueberry bushes were planted by J.T., his wife, and his daughter. Now the farm has expanded to include over 1,500 bushes ready to be picked every summer. J.T. and his wife still run the farm today. When going to pick blueberries, Lyon Farm encourages the whole family to join in. They only ask that appropriate clothing is worn (dress for the high temperatures of an Alabama summer) and that children are watched. The U-Pick has seven varieties of blueberries to offer laid out in neat, well-maintained rows. The blueberry farm also uses a natural irrigation system to keep the berries healthy and ready to pick no matter the weather conditions. They also provide customers with picking buckets for their berries and charge $10 per gallon bucket of berries.

Though the U-Pick blueberries are the main attraction at Lyon Farm, it is not all they have to offer. They also have blackberries and vegetables available for picking. The vegetables offered include watermelons, tomatoes, okra, butter peas, and pinkeye purple hull peas. In addition to all the fruits and vegetables, the farm also has boxwood shrubs ready dig up and take home, sold for $20 and ready for landscaping.

For more information, as well as directions and any updates, check out the Lyon Blueberry Farm website at http://lyonblueberry.blogspot.com/.

Jessica