Mrs Heather’s Strawberry Patch

Perfect place to let the kids roam, eat delicious strawberries and soak in some sun. The boys had a great time and we loaded up. Lots of strawberries and a couple different fields to pick from. Overall, a great experience and a fun way to start spring/​summer.

Mrs. Heather’s Strawberry Patch is owned by the same Mrs Heather who runs the pumpkin patch down the road in fall, but it’s open only during spring strawberry season and is located at a different site in the same general area.
The basic deal is– you pay for a flat or half-​flat and go pick strawberries until it’s full. Our 5-​yr-​old loved it… he loved finding perfectly shaped berries and funny-​looking berries and searching through the plants to pick his own.
The place has tons of plants– there are a few different sections, so if one is full of kids picking, you can go to a less-​busy patch and find plenty of unpicked berries. We went on a Thursday mid-​morning and there were a few school groups there picking in a couple of the patches, so we went in a different one.
The place also has lots of activities for the kids– face painting, a kid-​sized zipline, a bouncy giant pillow thing (no clue what to call this– it’s like a bouncy house with no house, just a hill-​sized bouncy surface), sand area with lots of construction trucks, swings, a merry-​go-​round, etc. There’s also plenty of seating, including picnic tables if you want to bring a lunch and shaded areas where parents can hang out and watch the kids pick berries or play in the play area.
There were no characters there when we went, but sometimes they have the Easter bunny and Strawberry Shortcake there. All of the activities are free– the only cost is paying to pick berries.
They have a little stand that also sells chocolate-​covered strawberries and strawberry jam.
In terms of entertaining the kid, it was worth the drive from New Orleans. And we ended up with a flat of strawberries to turn into jam, ice cream, shortcake, smoothies and whatever else we dream up over the next few days.
During the height of the season, they’re almost certain to have enough to fill a flat of berries, but in the early and late parts of strawberry season, you might want to call first and see if they have berries ripe– they sometimes don’t have enough for flats but enough for people to pick a pint or two.