Two hands picking ripe blueberries into a clean plastic container in the field.

Our Story

About

A family blueberry farm in West Abbotsford, growing and selling every berry we pick.

Our Story

The Blueberry Junction family and farm

After retiring from the mushroom business, Kerry and Linda thought a blueberry farm would be a great retirement project. They bought the land in 2000 and started planting blueberries in 2002. It quickly became obvious that this was not a small undertaking, so Craig began helping them out. By 2005 he quit his job to work full time at the farm.

Kids of our friends and neighbours, local labourers and labour crews helped us out with pruning and planting for the first few years. We had always assumed it would be difficult to get enough people to hand-harvest, so from the beginning the fields were planted with machine harvesting in mind. Our first small picking machine was towed by a tractor. Within a couple of years it was replaced by a new full-sized, self-propelled harvester with all the bells and whistles.

The Blueberry Junction family walking hand in hand down the lane beside the blueberry rows.

The picking machines delivered clean, quality fruit, and it was easy to see that our family and friends were eager to buy it. The demand increased exponentially each year. The Blueberry Junction store was built in time to open for the 2008 crop, and we went from hand sorting blueberries into boxes for family and friends to using our first processing line. The berries were cleaned and sorted in the morning, and Linda opened the store in the afternoon. Since we only had limited output it was necessary to begin taking pre-orders so that we weren’t disappointing people. By 2009 we were also freezing some of the crop for winter sales.

An adult and three children at the Blueberry Junction booth, under the farm’s blue canopy at an outdoor summer market.

As we planted more blueberries we needed more help in the fields, too. In 2009 seasonal workers from Mexico met the need for a steady workforce to keep up with pruning, weeding and the summer harvest. When Shirley took over sales the store could be open all day. Linda was free to manage the processing line full time, and our productivity took a huge jump. Eventually the processing line was upgraded to more sophisticated equipment that does some of the sorting and grading for us. Now we are much more efficient and can keep up with increasing demand.

The family has grown. Blueberry Junction has grown. The processing line has grown.

Since 2000

How we got here

  1. 2000

    The land

    Kerry and Linda buy 28473 Huntingdon Road. A retirement project, on paper.

  2. 2002

    First cuttings

    The first blueberries go in the ground.

  3. 2003

    A hard year

    Two tractors, two major pieces of equipment, plants and tools — all stolen. Zones 1, 2 and 3 get planted anyway, and 28581 Huntingdon Road is bought.

  4. 2005

    Craig comes on full time

    He quits his desk job to work on the farm. Our first picking machine arrives the same year — a Korvan 320, towed behind a tractor.

  5. 2008

    The store opens

    Construction starts June 1st and Blueberry Junction is open for sales that same summer, with a self-propelled Korvan 7420 harvester out in the field.

  6. 2009

    Pre-orders, freezers and a crew

    Seasonal workers from Mexico give us a steady team. Large freezers were added that spring, along with a grading line conveyor. Zones 7 through 10 planted.

  7. 2011

    Over 70 acres

    Zones 13 and 14 go in as Draper.

  8. 2013

    The store stays open all day

    Shirley takes over sales, and Linda moves to the processing line full time.

  9. 2020

    Renovation

    Mature Draper is lifted out of Zones 8 through 12 and transplanted into Zones 4 and 5.

  10. 2024

    A new processing line

    Equipment that does much of the sorting and grading for us.

  11. 2025

    The blue van

    A remote pop-up at Delair Road.

  12. 2026

    “Tiny” Blueberry Junction

    Built this year, and parked at Delair Road for the month of July.

How We Grow

Fewer sprays, healthier bushes

A blueberry bush can crop for fifty years if it is looked after. Most of what we do is aimed at keeping the plants strong enough that they need very little else.

Winter pruning at Blueberry Junction: kneeling beside a bare blueberry bush with long-handled loppers, cutting out an old cane. The rows behind are leafless and red-stemmed.

  • Our “no spray” fields

    From the start of blossom season until the last berry is picked, our no-spray fields get organic sprays only.

  • Not organic — and we’ll say so

    We aren’t certified organic. What we do is reduce your exposure to pesticides as far as we can, and tell you exactly how.

  • Compost and soil science

    We fertilize with compost and use modern soil science to keep the plants healthy, because a healthy bush needs less help.

  • Pruned every winter

    Late winter and early spring we prune out winter damage and disease, and open the bush up so fruit sets where the sun and air reach it.

What We Grow

Three varieties, all of them ours

Every blueberry we sell — fresh or frozen — comes off this farm. Our family does the work or directly supervises the people who help us, so we can stand behind every pound.

Duke

No-spray fields · U-Pick

Our early variety, and usually the first thing ready when the season opens in July.

Draper

No-spray fields · U-Pick · Commercial fields

Duke’s later cousin. It carries the season on once the Duke rows are picked out.

Liberty

Commercial fields

Grown in our conventional commercial production fields alongside Draper.

A hand lifting a few ripe blueberries from a blue pail filled to the brim with freshly picked berries, still dusty with their natural bloom.

Visit Us

Come out and pick

Our fields are clean and family friendly, and there are washrooms on site. We ask you to sanitize your hands and pick into our clean containers — take your berries home in your own, or buy boxes from us at the stand.

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  • Where 28473 Huntingdon Rd
    Abbotsford, BC Open in Maps
  • Hours
    • Monday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
    • Tuesday Closed
    • Wednesday Closed
    • Thursday 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
    • Friday Closed
    • Saturday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
    • Sunday Closed
  • Call (604) 556-8066