Bella Organic Farm

Writing a belated review for the haunted maze back in October. There’s a long line to get tickets. Then expect a 1.5−2 hour wait for your group to be called. Once your group is called, there’s another line to get inside the maze itself. (So total of 3 lines). There’s food and drinks around to pass some time, but not much else to do at night. The hay rides seems to be only operational during the day for the regular mazes and farm. Once in the haunted maze, it was pretty nice. Actors and decorations were good. The maze wasn’t very difficult and the actors traffic (scare or chase) people towards the right path.

I have only evee been out there for the pumpkin patch so I can’t speak to their other products, but their pumpkin patch kinda sucks. 40 bucks got me and my 10 yo a corn maze, 2 not organic elephant ears, a really gross carmel apple and a cob or what tasted like feed corn. The staff was nice but the price gouging was despicable. You had to pay for the ride to go get a pumpkin, then for the pumpkin. They dont offer anything you can’t buy at any other farm. I loved the Bella organic idea and brand, but I guess I thought they would have some community, a little music, fair prices at their pumpkin patch. Instead it was just like a gross carnival where everything is expensive and low quality. Super disappointed. I know they probs make a ton during halloween but it put me off buying their products for the rest of the year. Next year we will go somewhere else.

During a trip to their corn maze, my wife’s phone fell out of her pocket. She told me of the rude security guards that wanted her to pay another admission just to search for her phone, or wait until after midnight when the place closes. When the guards were on their walkies with the owner, the owner sounded irritated and going off about how sick he was of people losing stuff in his maze (somehow, the owner was under the impression that my wife couldn’t hear him complaining over the loud walkie-​talkie). Well, buddy. You’ll never have to worry about that again, because the way you and your security staff treated us we will never spend another penny in your establishment again! Perhaps this will be a teachable moment for you and your staff about proper customer service. At least the manager in charge manned up and helped her out eventually. This person stepped up where the security staff and owner failed miserably.

Do not waste your money on the haunted corn maze! It wasn’t scary. Plus there was a bunch of young kids being loud and following my group. One kid kept running past us and tripped my friend and also knocked us with corn. There were also kids that were not part of the maze that were trying to scare us. So disappointed that I wasted my money on this! I’ve been to much better haunted corn mazes.

We love this place organic and fresh and the food is amazing ! If you looking for a great place for corn maze, food and fun! Also good for a date or if your single and looking for ladies and the animals are kept in big cages and got stuck once in a cage and she rushed and loved so much hard core woah they care for them wish I could come more often

Very disappointed in the blackberry wine. We couldn’t drink it and plan to use it as a vinegar in a dressing. I don’t mind paying $ 18 for a good balsamic, but not for a berry vinegar.
Bought a few veggies, but finished up our shopping at Douglas Farms, which is by far our choice for future fresh produce purchases.

Very disappointing.
I took my children berry picking earlier this year, the strawberry plants were sad and small. We decided to give it another shot so I called to ask if they do u-​pick apples as well. The women who answered was very rude and acted as if I shouldn’t be wasting her time with my question.
Many of the other farms on Sauvie Island will give you a tractor ride to the berries you want to pick AND the staff are friendly. We’ll be taking our business elsewhere next year and I will continue to tell my friends to do the same.

I got this great email entreating me to come and try the amazing corn, freestone peaches, apricots and beans… and a coupon for u-​pick berries… It was our first visit and we chose to go here rather than one of the many farmers’ markets on a Saturday morning. When we arrived at almost 10 we weren’t certain they were open even after we went inside. Two staffers were scurrying around filling boxes of tomatoes or pawing through them taking out bad veg I am not certain which… the aforementioned items that were advertised and we were looking forward to purchasing were not even available. I am familiar with organic… it means real… not necessarily pretty but this was even below that… We did buy enough to get a free cloth bag… but it was mostly locally made artisanal items, wine, coffee, cheese and apple pie that were not even made by Bella. sadly this hit and miss marketing ploy may have brought us once, but sadly it won’t bring us in again…
I would like to amend that the coupon I received was indeed from the Pumpkin Patch down the road… Frankly I wish I had actually arrived there instead because my review stands the product for sale was sub-​par and there were at most 3 staff members present. The green bag I received has «Bella Organic Pumpkin Patch & Winery» stamped on it with the website below: «www​.belaor​ganic​.com»

Okay average family style farm for U-​Picks. A lot of features: goat petting, small hay ride, corn maze and pumpkin patch during Fall, nice seating area with American style BBQ food. (Very average things for U-​Pick farms)
Staffs aren’t as helpful nor friendly but there was one guide that was very helpful as to telling you what you should pick first and directions.
It seemed to me that when comparing to the other u-​pick farms in Oregon that I have been to, their features are all very average even low end. I would consider looking for a better U-​Pick farm if you can find others if you expect to go to a good U-​Pick farm.
June 2015 u-​pick price:
Raspberries $ 3.50/ lb.
blueberries $ 4.00 /​lb.

The two-​star Unilocal definition says it all: «Meh. I’ve experienced better.»
One thing that drew us to the farm was the organic u-​pick berries. There was a nice lady that explained how the u-​pick works and walked us through the map of the farm. We ventured out to the strawberries. After we spent some there we had to go back to the main store to seek some shade, as there was none out in the strawberry field. This time we decided to take a picture of the map because the signs were less than helpful out in the field. It was not clear which patches were open for picking and what was in each patch (sounds dumb, but unripened marionberries and unripened blackberries look extremely similar). The strawberries were delicious! Fun for kids to pick but the blueberries were fun for adults — didn’t have to hunch over on the ground.
As I said in the beginning of this review, one thing that drew us to Bella Organic was the organic factor, so we were very disappointed at the food options — burger, elephant ears, french fries, soda, etc. I was expecting higher quality food carts, not some crappy fair food. This ruined the whole purpose of coming to a farm trying to be surrounded by healthy fruits and vegetables — yet they didn’t even serve any!
Then the checkout process… ooooh the checkout process. Sure, it’s a farm, but given they make their own jams and sauces etc. I expected a higher caliber operation. There were only two cashiers and a line of about 20 people. And they moved slow. Shelves were empty… just did not have a good feel.
Just overall seems like the farm is really lacking solid management. We left totally disappointed and if we ever do go back it will just be for the strawberries because they were amazing, but right now that’s a huge if.

Don’t buy the blueberry wine– it’s rotted to vinegar.
Strawberries ok this year.

I wanted to like this place. I really really wanted to. I don’t like leaving negative feedback, but I wish I was warned before going.
Yesterday, I took my family out to the farm for some berry picking. First off, some of the staff were not very helpful. Since it was our first time there, I asked someone where should we start and he pointed and said «over there». Thanks? We finally just wandered off in hopes of finding what we were looking for.
Our first stop was for strawberries. I understand u-​pick farms are very popular and I understand that we came almost a month into the season, but this was truly disappointing. There are multiple fields for the strawberries and we tried them all. The plants had very few strawberries left (again, I understand we are late) and they were poorly taken care of. We ended up giving up after almost an hour and a half because we didn’t even pick a pound yet.
We figured we would try to pick some cherries, but quickly changed our minds with how crowded it was.
Defeated, we went back to the farm store and just purchased our fruit.
I’m not ruling out Bella Organics yet. Even though we will probably never be back for berry picking, maybe we will try the pumpkin patch this fall. Like I said, I want to like this place.

Me and my family love visiting this place. There are things to see and pick year around. It’s location is amazing and a perfect stop coming or leaving Sauvie Island.
The workers are knowledgable and kind.
I bring all visitors here when I can. It’s fun and not too far of a drive, yet really gets you back in touch with nature.
They have all sorts of events going on here year around, so check out their site to see what’s coming up.

So happy there is an established organics farm here, but there are pros and cons:
Pros:
Family run
Easy to get to
Competes with other conventional farms that are majorly polluting our waterways.
Has a corn maze :)
The main staff, part of the family, is VERY nice.
Cons:
First — the music is horrible!!! It’s like an obnoxious circus that blares at ear splitting volume. Sometimes it’s country pop, other times it’s techno.
— the ambiance is mixed and not well curated. They have high quality vegetables and canned goods, but the other merchandise, while funny, doesn’t really interest me.

I had my first pumpkin patch adventure yesterday at 29. I was super excited! I had a sheltered childhood which did not include pumpkin patches. That’s ok because I don’t think my parents would have been into the whole carving Jack o lanterns for fun when I was a kid.
Anyway, we got to the farm and off to find the perfect pumpkin! The fields with the pumpkins were a ways out so we hopped on the hayride (yay for 2 new experiences!). There wasn’t much of directions on how to not kill one another while getting on and off. I suppose it is that way since they put a sign up «ride at your own risk». Sheesh. It was still fun for me though because I have never ridden on a hay ride truck. I just imagined it could get disorderly if there were individuals who aren’t very considerate. It didn’t happen though, it’s just my overactive imagination thinking of worst case scenarios.
Once you find your perfect pumpkin, you trek back to wait for the shuttle/​hayride. You get to the pay station and they slide your pumpkin through these pre-​determined price marked holes. Which ever smallest hole your pumpkin makes it through is the price you pay. Simple, simple.
Negative: nosy cashiers. One of the cashiers made a totally inappropriate comment to the group I was with. It was a conversation between my two friends and the cashier felt it was in her place to interrupt a conversation which she was not welcomed it. shame that cashier for not only being rude by interrupting, but for being judgmental as well.

Crowded. But the best time to get here is between 4:00 and 4:30 pm. Pumpkins everywhere. You pay by size. Corn maze is huge. Food from the grill is very reasonable. Beer and wine garden while the kids are in the maze is awesome. My family and I stayed for over 2 hours. Absolute fun for everyone. We left after the first signs of twilight, and no traffic getting out at all. Spent no more that $ 80 for everything.
This will be our «Go to» pumpkin patch.

We really are severely disappointed and I wish we would have read the reviews first. Went an hour with my family expecting to have an awesome time with amazing food carts and a corn maze. Instead we were greeted to shuttered carts, slim pickings on the well, pickings and higher market prices on produce than anywhere else we have been in PDX area. If a business is going to be open on a holiday but the advertised services, entertainment and attractions arent open, then change your advertisment. This is ridiculous and a waste of gas… Thank God for McMenimans for a good meal and Safeway for produce. At least we got a good family photo on the haystack.

Bella is a blast Saturdays in the summer. Music, fantastic organic burgers, salads, and sandwiches. And the market is extraordinary! The volume of local quality goods really impressed us. The preserves, honey, produce, and apple ale will bring us back very soon!

The strawberries were excellent. Love going here. The best place to go on Sauvie Island. Have clean buckets to pick into. Yellow carts for the kids and plenty of fresh organic produce. I would recommend it to everyone.

A friend and I took our kids to Bella Organic Farm to strawberry pick this morning and were sorely disappointed. First of all, the sign at the entrance says they require the purchase of something called a «tasting bracelet» if you are going to sample in the fields. This is unheard of in my book. We often go fruit picking in the summers and tasting, especially for the little ones, is simply part of the given experience.
The field here is small, as are the plants, and there were only about a handful of perfectly ripe berries to be found. Granted, the season for this farm opened yesterday, but they should have stayed closed a little longer. Even the strawberries for sale in the farm store were of moldy, poor quality. I would have been embarrassed to display them if this were my store.
They did have wagons and berry buckets available, as well as a nice display of preserves and other goods in their store. The kids also enjoyed seeing the sheep and goat in the small pen outside, but other than the general niceness of the scenery on Sauvie Island, there is pretty much nothing else to recommend this particular place, at least for strawberries right now.