Where to pick or buy strawberries around Portland

U-picks

Sauvie Island Farms: No frills. Puget Crimson and Mary's Peak, $3 per pound.

The Pumpkin Patch at Sauvie Island: While it's known for its fall fun, there are animals year-round and a big gift shop and coffee stand. Hood, Mary's Peak, Puget Crimson, $6 per 2 pounds.

• If you don't want to u-pick, they also have pre-picked berries for sale.

Bushue's Family Farm in Boring: Mary's Peak, $2.65 per pound. No pets, bring your own containers.

Lee Farms in Tualatin: Shuksan, Mary's Peak, Sweet Sunrise, $3 per pound.

Pro tip: Bring your sunscreen, hat and bandana, as well as cash.

• Don't wear white.

Zoom in: Bob Hopkins, pastry chef at Southpark Seafood restaurant downtown, recommends Albion and Seascape varieties, which are everbearing and available from mid-May to late September at farmers markets around the city.

• "The varieties that people go nuts for start in late May and run for about a month," he tells Axios. "Hoods are the most popular."

The intrigue: Hopkins counted seven types of strawberries at the Shemanski Park Farmers Market last week.

The bottom line: If you're not up for picking the berries yourself, local grocers may be your next best bet.

• "Unger Farms delivers the best local strawberries to New Seasons I have seen in a store in a while, and Zupan's carries local strawberries" when they're in season, Hopkins said.