Mmmmhhh...delicious
Tempting delicacies
hand-picked
Pick your own berries
When temperatures rise, it begins again... the delicious berry season in the Duchy of Lauenburg. Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries ripen on the bushes and shrubs like tempting delicacies, enticing you with their beautiful colours and sweet scent.
The best place to experience this fragrance and colourful splendour is on the farms and fields of our berry growers in the Duchy of Lauenburg. Only here can you examine and select each fruit yourself. Surrounded by beautiful nature, you will discover a special kind of rural experience on family-run farms. The berries are grown with a love of nature and care in handling the fruit. And it's not just the appearance that impresses, but also the taste. Picking your own fruit on site is not only sustainable, but also keeps transport distances short. And sometimes the transport distances are shorter than you might think – as some fruits find their way straight into your mouth.
Children have plenty of space here to let off steam and discover the delicious and healthy aspects of berries in a playful way by picking them themselves. Once the berries have been easily picked by children and placed in baskets, picking becomes a real experience for the whole family. How wonderful it is to then enjoy a piece of fresh fruit cake, delicious waffles or a coffee in the café as a reward. Those who wish can take a little piece of country bliss home with them from one of the farm shops, whether it be jam, juice or fruit secco.
We would like to take you with us and show you where you can find this special kind of country experience, what you can conjure up from the delicious fruits and when which fruits are ripe.
Come with us – to the most beautiful unpackaged shops in the Duchy of Lauenburg.
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Lödings Farm by the Lake
As soon as you arrive at Lödings Farm by the Lake in Buchholz, you will notice the special atmosphere and unique location of this family-run business above Lake Ratzeburg. The farm welcomes you with a farm shop, farm café and almost endless rows of raspberry bushes.
July is all about raspberries, as this is when the delicate fruits can be picked directly from the farm's plantations. Choose the most delicate, delicious and ripe raspberries yourself – and snack to your heart's content straight from the bush. The fresh raspberries are large and bright red, firm and fantastically aromatic – a taste experience that is second to none.
To complete the pick-your-own experience, the farm offers many other highlights related to these sweet fruits: every Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., tractor rides around the raspberry plantation are offered. In the farm shop, the farm's own fruit is processed into delicious fruity jellies and jams, chutneys, dressings, raspberry ketchup and much more.
And after a hard day's work, the connoisseurs among the raspberry pickers can reward themselves with a delicious slice of raspberry cake in the farm café with a view of Lake Ratzeburg. The children can play in the sand or let off steam with the Dino Cars – and all within sight.
Pick your own raspberries
Picking season: July and August
Where can I pick: around the farm in Buchholz/Ratzeburg
What else the farm has to offer
- Breakfast buffet and various seasonal themed buffets
- Farm café with a view of Lake Ratzeburg
- Farm shop with an extensive range of own and regional products
- Delivery service: the Landbote
- Seeluft pigs
Willhof – Healthy Harvest
A love of nature and agriculture is very important in tranquil Walksfelde, not far from Nusse. This is where the Willhöft family lives. Klaas and Carina Willhöft live and work on the farm with their three children, not far from the Elbe-Lübeck Canal, which has been run by the Willhöft family for generations.
At the start of strawberry season, the Willhöft family opens their pick-your-own fields in Walksfelde. Selecting and picking the wonderfully bright fruits in beautiful natural surroundings is fun for the whole family.
Pick your own
Picking times at the farm (Dörpstraat 4, 23896 Walksfelde): Strawberries from May to June
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Friday to Sunday (and public holidays) 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wulff Raspberry Plantation – Delicious berries from Seedorf on Lake Schaalsee
The Wulff Raspberry Plantation is located in the middle of the Lauenburg Lakes Nature Park, not far from Lake Schaalsee. It has been open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the season from the beginning of June to around mid-August since 1993. Colourful berries invite you to pick them yourself and take them home. It all starts at the end of May with strawberries, and from mid-June you can pick your own raspberries. A little later, the red and black currants as well as the blueberries and blackberries (thornless) are ripe for harvesting.
Right at the entrance to the plantation, you are greeted by the Wulff family's beautiful, spacious grounds with plenty of room and a lovely view of the picking rows. Once the empty fruit basket has been weighed and the children are seated in the handcart, you're ready to go – and everyone can find their favourite berry here.
Once the baskets are full of wonderfully bright fruit, the Berry Café beckons on the way back with fresh cakes, waffles, ice cream and other delicacies. For younger visitors, there is a great adventure playground with a trampoline, obstacle course and many other things, while parents or grandparents can enjoy the wonderful atmosphere over a cup of coffee.
Pick your own
- You can pick these berries in the fields belonging to the Wulff family in Seedorf:
- Strawberries: end of May – end of July
- Raspberries: mid-June – end of July at the latest
- Currants: throughout July
- Blueberries: throughout July
- Blackberries: throughout July
- What else the farm has to offer
- Berry café; now open daily again
- Large play area for children
- Handcarts available to borrow
- Flowers for self-picking
- Berries for purchase
Pick-your-own strawberries with the Putfarken family
The strawberry farm is located in Hohenhorn near Geesthacht and offers fun and enjoyment for the whole family every year during strawberry season. Two large strawberry fields for pick-your-own offer pure fruit and picking experiences. For many of the customers and friends, it has become a tradition to visit the Putfarken family's fields every year.
Picking strawberries yourself is the best way to get fresh strawberries. In addition to getting some exercise in the fresh air, you can also try them right away. The delicious red and wonderfully fragrant fruits are then literally ‘hand-picked’.
The pick-your-own fields at Erdbeerhof Putfarken are a popular destination for the whole family. Children of all ages are welcome. All rows are lined with straw so that the fruit and shoes stay clean.
Pick your own
- The picking fields are located in Hohenhorn on the B404 towards Geesthacht and are signposted during the season.
- Picking season: end of May to approx. mid-July.
- Address of picking fields: Putfarken Erdbeeren, Ackerweg 3, 21526 Hohenhorn
Heidelbeerhof Pehmöller – Blueberries with tradition
The Pehmöller family has been growing blueberries in Schnakenbek since 1992. Their high standards for the quality and purity of their products mean that they start every day with anticipation. Sustainability, a clear view of nature and careful handling of the berries are priorities for the family.
The manageable size and natural setting of the blueberry fields create a cosy and beautiful atmosphere, making picking the thumbnail-sized fruits yourself an unforgettable experience of nature.
Depending on the weather and the year, the blueberry season usually begins around the end of June and ends in the last days of August. Then you have the opportunity to pick the fruits yourself.
Once you have finished and have a basket full of delicious dark blue shiny fruits, you can visit the farm shop, where you will find fresh and frozen blueberries as well as many other delicious blueberry products such as juice, blueberry secco, wine, sauce and compote or jams and jellies. And to round off the experience, you can enjoy a slice of warm blueberry butter cake with a coffee or tea on the terrace.
Pick your own
Simply take your empty picking container (at least one per person) to the farm shop. It will be weighed empty and you will receive a receipt with the empty weight and a customer number. This will then be deducted when the full container is weighed.
Picking times during the season are the regular opening hours:
- Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
- Sun from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Ripening period: approx. end of June to end of August
What else the farm has to offer
- Farm shop with a wide range of products made from our own blueberries
- Farm café with blueberry delicacies
- Blueberries for sale
- Blueberry plants for sale
